| Show THE TOM lornes ont on top in the senate it is gamed by majority Maio rity ingalls speech january 15 the finite cial bill TB lakon up imme after th reading of the journal ingalls addressed tho beginning hia alech with a bitter denunciation of the independent in politic he laid there were two aaili which the safety if they did not endangers the existence of the republic the farat waa the inn rant debated deba aed deera dedi spurious suffrage a contaminated by the of decayed nations a auf frage intimidated and lup pressed in the bouth a luf irae impure and corrupt apathetic and indifferent in the great cities of the north 0 o that it was doubtful in bis mind whether for hair a century there hau been a presidential election in this that ex pressed the deliberate and intelligent Intelli fent judgment of the whole body of the am people the election bill was intended to deal with on part of the great evil to which he alluded but it was an imperfect partial and incomplete remedy violence i bad but fraud is no better and it waa more dangerous because more insidious there could be no abety anan liable and permanent peace in thi counter and under this until it was just as cafe for a blak bla k republican to vote in mississippi a it wag for a white demo crac 10 vote in kansas the second evil to which he had adverted wag tha tyranny 0 bombin d concentrated centralized conscience less and incorporated capital find th beope wre considering that gmt problem at the beginning of their second century the american people had become profoundly convinced that the ballot was not a panacea for the evila of society that it has not abolished poverty nor diminished injustice they had discovered that political quality did not result in fraternity that under a democracy the concentration of greater power in fewer bands was more than under a monarchy george wash first president had when he died ia 1789 the lafait private forture in the united state all hia belongings belon ginga broached a bum total of betwee tf and that wax laas than a century aaa since that time the growth in wealth and numbers of the united States Yow form one third of the worlds mining one fourth of its manufacturing one fifth of its farming and one sixth of if accumulated wealth he bad read in the deming paper shermana Sherman 8 speech considerable par of which was devoted to a defense of millionaires the people had suddenly awakened to a conception of the fact that the property of the country was puaina into the bands of those whom thalena tor from ohio called by an the speculators of the coultry cou atry obese men had no politics but plunder and no principle but the spoliation of the human race it wag no wonder the la borine and agricultural classes of the country had at last awakened and the speculators must take warning referring to the late election he said it waa neither a republican defeat nor a democratic victory it was great uprising independent of and to both political parties it was a crises that might become a catastrophe it was a revolution he attributed the depression of the country in a measure to the act of 1873 H bad not the slightest debt a great many majority of the people irrespective of party were in favor ef the free coinage of silver and had been for the past fifteen years warnings and admonitions had been plent yin this debate but be would say to those who are array ini against the deliberately expressed judgment of the american people there would come a time when the people would not be trifled with on this subject the political power of this nation was transferred from the circumference to the center and the people of that center were demanding the free coinage of silver it was for that reason he should cordially support the amendment of the senator floii nevada ingalls for a little over two hours As he took bis seat he was heartily applauded a well from the denely crowded galleries jones of nevada next addresses the senate in favor of stewarts amendment senata might as well make up their minds that the tire waa fast approaching pro aching when the question of ahe world would be what is the money of the united states and when the effort somo ol 01 that money wherewith to py the united States for the balance of trade which they would owe us I belleve it to be the privilege and destiny of this republic toja olve problem of per feet money addle which the apina 0 civilization IB for ever patting to the nations aa in the cue of the elisma of old A failure to solve this enigma means to b destroyed the debate wa then continued andar the three minute rule offered as an amendment the proposition presented by on the anat and providing for the aixa position of a coinage charge on silver after debate german withdrew his amendment for the present an amendment adding to the treasury certificates legal tender the worda except where otherwise expressly stipulated ia abe contact He subsequently withdrew his amendment finally the discussion on Ste amendment and the senate proceeded to vote on it it was agreed to jeaa 42 nay 30 plumb moved to strike out the 0 o tion limiting the of abe deposit of bond by national banks to 1000 to without division moved to astrike out third certion as to national bank currency and to the lieu of it the following that the of the reaal ry be authorized to replace all xuma of na dional bank note lie reatter permanent ly retired and cancelled by tha bruein leia thereof of like auma vuma in united state of the and character of united state note how out and authorized hy the act of march 31 an act to provide way and mean for ahe support of the government after a long debate rumba amendment vw yea W nanc 40 the rote thea recurred on tricking tri king dia agreed 0 o 31 th s bill was then reported to the senate and tha amendment made in committee of tha abol agreed to then vest ay torii shed ali sanat by forward afi a tate for it purely frea coinage bill which provided that iba standard 0 value inthe united states shall be tin dollar to be coined of standard grains or standard boid 25 8 10 araina vest stated that hia was similar to the free coinage bill that passed the senate last fies sion aidrich moved to amend the by ad duag thereto the nationiel nati onil banking tea tare of the original bill lost veata substitute was agreed to with and the bill as amended by the substitute agreed to yeas 88 gayb 27 hoar called up aba election adlin order to make it unfinished for tomorrow btuch butler an adjournment boet loet ayes 32 nys 33 the vote then on haars hoars motion to call up tle bill and reaul a tip yeas 33 naya 33 the vice president cast the decad edg vote in the affirmative thus carry bog the |
