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Congressional Record-House. 475 1896. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 475 metals, and in taking that view of it, the Administration can be with the Senator from illinois [Mr. PALMER]. Otherwise I should charged with neither inbecility nor dishonesty. vote "nay." _ Mr. President, the Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. HOAR] de­ Mr. PRITCHARD (when his name was ca-lled). I am paired plores the decadence of Southern honesty and Southern states­ with the Senator from Louisiana [Mr. BLANCHARD]. If he were manship and of sound views of Southern people upon finance. present, I should vote " nay." There perhaps is unfortunately a very wide departure between Mr. SHOUP (when his name was called). I am paired with the the statesmanship of this day of the Southern Senators and mem­ senior Senator from California [Mr. WHITE]. If he were present, bers of Congress and the statesmanship of Calhoun, and Clay, and I should vote "nay." Benton. There is likewise a very large margin, perhaps, between Mr. MITCHELL of Wisconsin (after having voted in the affirma­ the statesmanship of Massachusetts and the statesmanship which tive). I understood that the Senator from ldaho and myself had was ornamented and signalized by such great men as Webster. transferred our pairs. I voted with that understanding. But, sir, the Southern men do not add hypocrisy to their lack of Mr. SHOUP. Very well. I vote" nay." statesmanship, and while they are for the maintenance of what Mr. WILSON (when his name was called). I am paired with they call sound views on finance, they would not seelr to stab those the Senator from Florida rMr. PASco]. views by indirection for what I consider to be a puny party ad­ The roll call was concluaed. vantage. Mr. DUBOIS. I announce the pair of the senior Senator from What difference does it make in regard to the gold reserve New Jersey [Mr. SmTH] with the junior Senator from Nevada whether we have more in the Treasury in the way of paper than [Mr. STEW ART]. the needs of the Government require? If bonds are sold and gold Mr. BRICE. I wish to state again that the general pair which obtained, and the gold drawn out again by greenbacks~ so that I have with the junior Senator from Colorado rMr. WOLCOTTl has there is an apparent overflowing of the Treasury and yet a deple­ been transferred by agreement to the junior 'Senator from Ken­ tion of the gold reserve, how are you to maintain the thousand tucky rMr. LINDSAY]. million dollars of paper, every dollar of which is bottomed upon Mr. GEAR. I am paired with the Senator from Georgia [Mr. the ability of the Government to redeem in gold? How would it GORDON]. If he were present, I should vote "yea." benefit the country to pile up taxation, not a dollar of whic"b. now Mr. BURROWS. I wish to announce that my colleague [Mr. is paid in gold, in order to get paper notes into'the Treasury which McMILLAN] is paired with the Senatorfi·omKentucky [Mr. BLACK­ you could not hold at a parity with gold? BURN]. I admired the frankness of the Senator from Texas [Mr. MILLs] Mr. GALLINGER (afterhavingvotedin thenegative). I have when he said, from the standpoint of the Administration, that it a general pair with the ~enator from Texas [Mr. MILLS]. He has wrus idle to talk about advertising bonds when the very people not voted, and I will therefore withdraw my vote. who would take the bonds with gold would get the gold by draw­ The result was announced-yeas 27, nays 26; as follows: ing it-out of the Treasury with greenbacks. YE.AS-27. Mr. ELKINS. I hope, after the full disc~ion which has taken place, that we may now get a vote on the motion to refer, and Aldrich., Chilton, Harris, Murphy, Allison, Cullom, ruwley, Roach, then reach a final vote on the resolution this evening. We have Bate, George, Vest been here long enough, it seems to me. Be!'ry, . Gibson, Hoar, Voorhees, Brrce, Gorman, Lodge, · Walthall, :Mr. HAWLEY. Mr. President, if we are going on I wish to Caffery, Gray, Martin, Wetmore. say just a word or two, if the Senator from West Virginia will Call, Hale, Mitchell, Wis. excuse me. I do not know whether I was misunderstood or not. NAYS-26. I do not wish to be understood as approving of the course of the Allen, Clark, McBride, Pugh, Treasury Department in making the various loans which have been Baker, Davis, Mantle, Shoup, so much discussed. Burrows, Dubois, Nelson, Squire, Butler, Elkins, Peffer, Teller, I did not believe that the Government had the right to borrow Cameron, Frye, Perkins, Warren. money under the law of 1875 and devote it, directly or indirectly, Carter, Jones, Nev. Pettigrew, to the current necessities of the Government. I can not under­ Chandler, Kyle, Proctor, stand the mathematics by which the Treasury satisfies itself that NOT VOTING--32. the successive loans in no way went to pay current expenses; But Bacon, Gordon, Morrill, Smith, I appreciate the necessity and the emergency, and if that method Blackburn, Hansbrough, Palmer, Stewart, of borrowing can be palliated at all it is only by reason of the Blanchard, Irby, Pasco, Thurston, Cockrell, Jones, Ark. Platt, Tillman, refusal of the last Congress to act upon this general subject of Daniel, McMillan, Pritchard, Turpie, finance. Faulkner, Mills, Quay, Vilas, Mr. ELKINS. Now let us have a vote. Gallinger, Mitchell, Oreg. Sewell, 'Vhite, Mr. CALL. Mr. President, I wish to say a single word. !shall Gear, Morgan, Sherman, Wilson. vote for the resolution. I am opposed to the issuance of bonds of So the motion was agreed to; and (at 5 o'clock and 24 minutes any kind. I believe there are other means by which the wants of p.m.) the Senate adjourned until Tuesday, January 7, 1896, at 12 the Treasury may be supplied. All the arguments in opposition o'clock meridian. to the resolution are predicated upon the idea that there is no people of the United States, that a few men constitute the con­ trolling power in finance and control the revenues and the products HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. of the labor of this great people. Where are the gentlemen who subscribe for these bonds to get the gold? It is to come from the FRIDAY, January 3, 1896. people, the millions of toilers in the United States. There is no system of finance that is great enough to supplant the results of The House met at 12 o'clock m. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. the la.bor of the millions of the American people. HENRY M. COUDEN. Sir, you have only to advertise, and the notes of this Govern­ The Journal of the proceedings of Tuesday was read and ap­ ment, redeemable at its option in gold or silver, and bearing 3 per proved. cent interest, will be taken up in gold, dollar for dollar, by the CUSTOMS DISTRICT, ALASKA. people of this country without delay. It seems to me that there The SPEAKER laid before the House a letter from the Secre­ is no kind of question in regard to the truth of that proposition. tary of the Treasury, transmitting draft of a bill for the reorgani­ The resources of this country are in the labor of its millions of zation of the customs district of Alaska; which was refen-ed to toilers and in the brains of the poor people of the country, and the Committee on Ways and Means, .and ordered to be printed. not in the great princes of finance and the men who have at­ REPORT OF BOARD OF ORDNANCE .AND FORTIFICATION. tained, even by laudable enterprise, the position of captains of in­ dustry. There is no danger of the credit of this Government The SPEAKER also laid before the House a letter fi·om thu Sec­ failing when it is intrusted to the people of the United States. retary of the Treasury, transmitting the annual report of the Board Mr. ALDRICH. Mr. President, in view of the importance of of <;:>rdnanceand Fortification for. the year ended October 31, 1895; this question, and the very grave questions raised by the Senator which was refen-ed to the Comnnttee on Appropria~ions. from North Carolina [Mr. BUTLER] and th'e Senator from West .ADJOURNMENT. Vi.Tginia [Mr. ELKINS], the certainty that other amendments will Mr. HENDERSON. Mr. Speaker, I move that when the House be offered to the pending resolution, and the equal certainty that adjourn to-day it adjourn to meet on Monday next. the matter can not be disposed of to-night, I move that the Senate The motion was agreed to. · adjourn. Mr. ELKINS. I hope not. I call for the yeas and nays on the ENROLLED BILL .SIG:NED. motion to adjourn. The joint resolution (S. 32) authorizing and directing accept­ The yeas and nays were ordered; and the Secretary proceeded ance of the ram Katahdin, thereby making said ram a part of the to call the roll. United States Navy,havingbeenfound truly enrolled, the Speaker Mr. HANSBROUGH (when his name was called). I am paired signed th-e same. 476 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. J.ANU.AliY 3, MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. By Mr. MAHON: A bill (H.R.3210) to provide for the adju­ A message from the Senate, by Mr. PLATT, one of its clerks, an­ dication and payment of damages sustained by citizens of· the nounced that the Senate had passed a bill (S. 895) granting a pen­ United States in the border counties of York, Adams, Cumber­ sion toNancy G.
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