Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 26, Number 18, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 December 1876 — Page 1

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XLIV. CONGRESS.

Second Eesular Vision. SENATE. The EWUral ole-VTlglir rilll-Tlie Fresldufn 'SalarY The Oregon C'nc Inrthfer MivcaiiMvl-KiakFr Airrr. Wasmn;t..,Ih R In t.e morning hoer Mr. Edwiiiud called up tbt resolution submitted by him Fruity iaat, -referring to the tnes.ge of the house of rei'ewntatlTes in regard to devising means to nswmt RTid declare the electoral vote, to 8e"Äx;t a committee of seven senator to act wteb a committee appointed by the house, f rtd it "was a&ri. to by a unanimous vote iritbout discusekm. The chair was authorjLed" to appoint special committee. Mr. Crayton called up the senate hill for the relief of the officers and privates of the .'Fourth Arkcnsaa cavalry volunteers. warded and passed. Mr. Hitchoock introduced a bill to divide the stat of Nebraska into two judicial dis--tricts. Referred. Mr Wright introdnced a bill to establish a court for the trial ot contested elections in theofflcesof president and vice president of Ute United states, and at his re-piest it was ordered printed and to lie on the table. In introducing the bill Mr. Wright said he had prepared it without consultation with any one, but was not committed K it tern., and would be glad to have suggestions from other senators. He believed a law could be jjsed to settle all oar present dimculties. He re-lied uion the mmon sense of the people of the country, .and he believed the patriotic love of legal methods would prevail. Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, submitted a joint resolution providing that w hen the two bouses of congress adjourn on Friday ext it be to meet on Wednesday. January 3. 1877. Ordered printed and to lie on the table. Mr. Wright called up the iueMsae of the pres:dent sent to the senate last wion vetoing the bill reducing the president's dary troru $50,000 t $ü,00 -er annum, And tlie question being shall the bill pass, notwithstanding the uhjections of the president thereto. A discussion followed, and the senate refused to pass the bill over the veto yeas 25, nays ID; not two-thirds voting in the affirmative. ".The following is the vote on the president's salary bill: Yea. Alcorn, Bogy, Clayton, Cockerel'., Conkling, Cragiu, Davis, Iowe. Katon, Ferry, Goldthwaite. Harvey, Hitchcock, Johnson, Kernan, Key, Mci'reery, Morey, Morrill, Morton. Price, Sherman, Thurman, Wfayte, Wright 25. Nays Anthony, Birnum, Bayard, Blaine, Booth, Boutwell, Hurnside, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Chaffer, Ikirsey, hilmunds, Hamlin, In calls, Jones of Florida, Mitchell, Norwood, Paddock, Windom, Withers in. At the expiration of the morning hour considerati ia was resumed of the resolution of Mr. Mitchell authorizing an Investigation in regard to the appointment of presidential electors in Oregon, and Mr. McKee made a long speech, lie raid he did not question the motives of the governor of Oregon. Had he (McKee) been in his place he would have bold that there was a vacancy on account ci the ineligibility ot Watts, ana would then have filled the vacancy so as to carry out the wishes of the niaiority of the people. He then referred to the condition of affairs in South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana, and added that tUe will of the majority in those states had been reversed by the action of the returning boards. He referred to the argument of the senator from Ohio (Mr. Sherman) to the effect that the de cision of the Louisiana returning board wa supreme and inert be duplicated by the senate the sare as a decision of the supreme court of the United fcHates, and said if the decision of thitjboard was supreme in Louis iana the decision of the government must be supreme in Oregon, lie (Key) did not admit töat these decisions were tiaal, and argued th.it congress had the right to go behind them. He referred to the case of Kliza Pinkston, of Louisiana, and denied that any white men were engaged inoutragestipon her Htt could aseure hin friend from Ohio (Sher- . man) that there was not such a large num- ' 'fer of savages among the white people ot the south us the testimony before the Louisiana returning board would lead him tto believe. Mr. Mitchell announced that Mr. Logan desired to submit some remarks upon the rrolaticn. but was absent to-day on arcount -of severe indiepouition. The resolution was then informally laid aside. A message was received from the Louse of representatives announcing the proceedings in tltttt body in respect to the memory of the late Speaker Kerr. Mr. Morton said hio colleague, Mr. McDonald, wm a personal friend of J-fr. Kerr and was now absent. It would be:greeable i him and other friends of the deceased if the jjiesaaire froLi the house should be laid on ihe table until the return ef Mr. McDonald, ßo ordered. 2o quorum being present!, the senate ad Journed. JL ZlntfA of 3few BUI loir od need )oxl Wr CI at in Rig tag of KuOrttpe, -.Etc )lr. Knelt Introduced a kill regulating pr-jcee-n e s m thelectoral cunt for prei--ie:it and r.ice presieut. Rcfecsed to a select ouimitte on the subject. . KAU were introduced to prosote the eduction of tfie blind, to facilitate the negotiation kA bÄis of lacing, etc.; .concerning c pateation and change of allegiance; to fahKth the franking privilege; io reduca sTe jfc"aniw the nivy; to promote the eCJtik y of the marine hospital service; for A cumniiuion en the locust planting. Mr. Fry-c offered a rewiutlon for .the appoiiiLuent cf a corauittee of 'jsii to Inquire lato f the manner in which the election was conducted for , member of congress but Xovembr in the sixth district of Mhwbsippi an4 the fourth district of AVibama and whether in nuo'i distrku there was an intimidation candiclitcr tr roter. The house refused to second the previous r;cition and the rewokiiion wect over. Mr. Franklyn offered a resolution instructLnj'ie committee on expenaztures In the Lr.ury depHrtaient to inquise into the action of tlie secretary of the trettovry in regir.l thf. engraving of internal revenue lamjs k'.rg taken from the eugraving ti.rau of kHe treasury. Adopted. yir. (jtrZäld onuented telegram received 1 bim L-031 Mr. Huribut, a member of the Lou.i.4i4 scidc couiiai ttee, stating tluit a dis-

tr he ed was without knowledjn; or consent of the committee, which had never been consulted in the matter. Kth-rred to me ju.iicia tionimittw. Mr. Hale offt-red a resolution for the y t.ction of citizen.-, in the exercise of th roieir nVht of sufrra-j'?. Tiie resolution giving rise to debate, went over under the rule. rjinninnm.iviid tr .ninanil the ml it ..I. iN.iii.iiih . . . v . . . . . - - i - - - - and adort the reolntion calling for iener.il . . . . . . i - es Micrulan s report on me remoai oi voinor Wells, of Louisiana. The rc-lution f inquiry i'lto the action of Judge Bond, in South Carolina, failed for want of a two-thirds vote. The resolution instructing the judiciary connuittee to report an amendnu-nt to the constitution forbidding the paj meat of war claims to disloyal persons, was adopted by l-'sO ayes to r.iiys. The navs are as follows: Ainsworth, Ashe. Atkins, Boone. Bradford, Blount, Bright, Brown of Kentucky, Caldwell of Tennessee, Caldwell of Alabama, Cadfr. Cowen, CVxjk. Cabell. C'ulbertson. Davis, Dibrell, Ikmclass, lurbam. Faulkner, Felton. Finley, Forney, Franklin, iause. (ioode, Harris of (ieorgia. Harris of Virginia, Hartridge. Hatcher, Herfonl, Hewitt of Alabama. Hill, Hooker, Hunter. Knott. Loomis, Lynch. Milliken, Mdls, Morey, O Brien, Meag:in, ltiddle. Bobbins of North Carolina. Scales, hk-hleibt-r, Smith if ()eort?ia. Terrv. Throckmorton. Turker. Vance of North Carolina, Walker of Virginia. Walsh, Weaver. Williams of Alabama, Welshire, Watson of West Virginia, Whilthore and Yates total ti.".. The house then adjourned. Tilt; LWtlMlAXA IWESTIGATIOX. further Testimony TaWeu Itefore Use lIoute oniinltlee A 3Ta of Evidence Showing How CoIorHl Demoeratt are Threntened and Abused The fcenale Commlltee Clef ttiiK Keatly for Work. Nkw OraE.A Dec. IS. The following prueeedinps were had before the house investigating committee to-day: George Johnson (colored), who testified a few days ago, was recalled, and stated that be had been assaulted by colored republicans Mnce he t: titied before the committee; knows other witnesses who fear violence if they testify. E. W. Barnes, manager of the Western Union telegraph company, who had been subpenaed to produce dispatches sent and received by Kellogg. Packard, Dibble, Warmoth, e'artcr and General Auger from and ffter the 15th of August. 1870. was called bpfoce the iommittee. In answer to a question Mr. Barnes said he had not brought any messages with him; that he had been instructed by General Superintendent Van Horner not to deliver and produce messages; consequently he must, under his instructions, refuse to'deliver the telegrams called fur by tlie subena. The committee, after consultation, adopted the following resolution, which the chairman was instructed to communicate to the house of representatives by telegraph: Resolved, Thst for the etlicient prosecution of the inquiry ordered by the house, this committee communicate to the house for its consideration the refusal of K. W. Barnes to produce before the committee the telegrams referred to in the subpena duett tecum, served ujton him December 13, 187G, his refusal being in contempt of the house of representatives. General Huribut moved that the last clause, "his refusal being in contempt," etc., be stricken out, as the house itself was the best judge of the contempt if there was any. The chairman put the question on General Hurlbut'a amendment and it was lost, the republicans voting for and the democrats against it. The resolution was then voted for and carried by a party vote. John Young, of DcSoto, was the next witness. Heard State Senator Dave Young, a republican, say before the election that Nichols would be counted out even if he was elected. Knew of intimidation by the republicans of negroes who intended to vote the democratic ticket. They were threatened, and in some cases had to have protection frdm the conservatives. The colored people were afraid to vote the democratic ticket. Cross-examined by General Hurlbut: Young is the holding over state senator. Know of one instance where on Tensas river a white man, a democrat from Chicago, was maltreated and whipped by negroes. We pledged ourselves to protect negroes who desired to vote the democratic ticket even with our lives. Had no organizatian r society organied for that purpose. Is an attorney; practices in the parishes of Concordia, Tensas, Catahoula and others. Is a conservative democrat. Over 100 negKoes voted the democratic ticket last election at Vidalia; abont 100 voted for Tilden and 150 for the state ticket. Colored men were afraid to vote the democratic ticket unless guaranteed the protection of democratic white men, who gave assurance of protection; was at Vidalia the day of the election. Colored men, In many Instances, were deterred from voting the democratic ticket, as much talk among the negroes was that every colored democrat ought to be killed; his wife should maltreat and leave him, and many other threats. The colored republicans and the republican party is largely in a majority in Concordia; know of no violence to colored democrats, only threatening talk. Dave Young and several other republican officeholders are tinder indictment for stealing $31,000 of the public money. They obtained a portion of the money ss trort, etc No violence was offered to any colored democrat, but attempts were made to prevent them voting the democratic ticket, by forcing republican tickets upon thetn and tearing their democratic tickets. The supervisor of registration reade but two returns, one . including all the .rxdls and the second without polls 2, 3 and 4, where protests weFe made. Witness made out some of the protests. These poils were largiy republican. J. Floyd King testified: Was present in Concordia parish; was at the poll in Vidalia on tLe day of election? saw no violence nor intimidation, exevpt threatening remarks and one colored democrat Laving a republican ticket forced upon him; is in charge ae agent of four plantations ia Tensas, Madison and Concordia parishes and travels a great deal througk th country. Ia every place colored men desired to vote the democratic ticket, but were restrained through fear of being killed. In the Morgan plantation a colored democratic rlub was organized, all the members of which rote the democratic ticket. Under the circumstances, thought it m tieroic for ml ored men to rote the democratic ticket. Haa not ad via d any of his hands to vote for a democrat. Thornaa Dawson, colored, testified: Was in Concordia parish. Has worked on the Morgan place for about eight year. J. Floyd King is now manager of that plantation. Was president of a democratic club contain 35 or 40 members, of f

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hinds on the plantation. Voted the democratic ticket because he wanted to. Heard many threats made by colored republicans against colored democrats, and does believe he would have voted the democratic ticket on the day of election if he had not been attended by white mn. As protected, no violence was done to the colored men. H C. Whitney testified: Beside in New Orleans. Called upon James Anderson, supervisor of registration for the parish of Fast Feliciana. to interview bim, as I learned Anderson decided to make an exposure of certain n;atr.ers r-'psrdin the election in East Feliciana. Am ft correspondent of the New York Herald. Anderson said he knew all abont f,:il Feliciana and if the democrats woul 1 gv.a'-inte'.1 bim a position he would expo" everything, and intimated that puch would be favorable to the democratic party. Anderson said hwanted a living and produced a large envelope with & seal directed to J is. Anderson and indorsed, "to be oi-n-ed when the returning board kad promulgated the vote." Anderxon nid that he was badly treated by Kellogg and his party for, as they said, having gone b.ick on the party. Charles F. Wade, (colored,) of Concordia parish, testified: Voted the republican national ticket and the democratic state ticket. Did so partly because he had a disagreement with Senator Dave Young, and because be thought the democrats would give the state a better government. Knows of no violence to colored democrats, but heard a great many threats. The house subcommittee for Baton Konge and adjacent parishes left for Baton Bouge to-day. The sub-committees for fhreveport and Montio leave to-morrow Gov. Wells stated in conversation this afternoon Uiat he should decline to answer the question as to tlie reason for throwing out the votes of any poll or parish. New Okleani?, Dec. IS. The senate investigating committee met to-day in the United States district court room in the custom house. There were present Messrs. Howe of Wisconsin, chairman; McMillen of Minnesota. Oglesby of Illinois, Wadleigh of New Hampshire, McDonald of Indiana, and fcfaulssbury of Delaware. A number of prominent local republicans were in the room. The committee having been calied to order, Mr. Hove ptated that in the interest of harmony there would only be a certain number of persons present, live representatives of each party, to act as counsel, and the members of the press to be also admitted. He said also that the counsel for the party objecting to the action of the returning board desired to submit a statement of their objections in writing. Such a statement the chairman thought would great lv facilitate the business of tlie committee. He wished the document to be brief, and to be submitted us early as possible. Judge Campbell desired to file a counter statement and was accorded that privilege. Tbe chairman said it was desired to procure a tabulated statement of the votes as returned to the board. There were none of the, democratic counsel present The committee discussed the best mode of obtaining a full statement of the votes returned. A wish W83 expressed to get a copy of the commissioner's returns to the sujiervisors and It was finally concluded to send for Governor Wells in order to obtain the required information. 1 1 was urged by the democratic members that a copy should be procured, not only of the supervisors" tabular statement, but also of the returns made by the commissioners of election to the supervisors, in order that it might be clearly seen what polls should have baen thrown out by the board. Governor Wells, president of the board, was called in to give some information n the subject. He said he wonld furnish the committee with the required statement. As the board was busy preparing a report to the legislature, the clerks would not have time to make copies. The chairman said that six stenographers of the committee would do the work. The committee then adjourned until Tuesday at 11 a, m. Witnesses have been summoned to testify in the case of East Iteton Rouge. The work of the senate committee will be necessarily slow at first, as it is the object of the committee to obtain from the returning board the aggregate vote of the state as returned by the supervisors of the different parishes, the number of votes rejected bv the board and also the vote of the precincts in the several parishes which were rejected. It is doubtful If the committee will be Bubdivided as was done by the house committee. Aß a large number of witneBees arc already here to testify before the committee and others are on their way to the city, the committee hope to finish their work by the 15th o Uanuary.but it i hardly probable that it can be done by that time. Thus far the house committee have examined no witnesses on the republican side; THE PATRIOTIC PEOPLE

Of Sullivan Meet to Discuss the Presidential Situation. KIXGIXO KESOLimOXS, Denonnelns tbe Returning Board dwindle Hud Demanding the Inauguration -("Tilden and llendrlena. Special to the Sentlnel.l Scluvav, Ind., Dec 16, 1876. A large and enthusiastic meeting assembled here to-day in answer to a call made, irrespective of party, to consider tlie peer iiar nature of the presidential compli-catior-s. The court room was handsomely decorated by the patriotic ladies of Sullivan. The following preamble and declarations were presented: Wheeeas, On the .7th day of November. A. D. 187, the people of the United States of America were called upon to meet in the everal stites and hold an election under the laws of their state for president and vice president, and they did assemble and hold uch election in pursutneeof their constitutions and the constitution of the United States; ajul, Wberea. We believe at uch election fianiuel J. Tilden, of New York, was elected president, and Thomas A. Hendricks, o: Indiana, was elected vice preiden t by a constitutional niajority, fairly expressed uader Wie constitution of tike United Htates, and by a majority of over a quarter of a million of the popular vote then cact; and, WhereM, It in evident that the actions of the leaders of th republican party, exhibit a determination on their part to override this clearly and airly expressed wish and conclusion of the people and tlie states for a change of administration, embodied in the eminent men chosen on the principles of economy and reform, and an advocacy of the cause of the whole people, in coatra-distinc-

tion to the wishes of the few favored partisans; and, Whereas, As this evident intention on the part of these party leaders to thus retain power at all hazards, has created an uneasy feeling among the whole people, resulting in a want of confidence and a depression of all the business interests of the country, carrying bankruptcy, ruin and want throughout the lnd; and. Whereas, It i$ not only proper but it is the duty of the people on such occa-

l siom to meet together and express their feel ! ings and views in relation to u'h proceed- ' ings, and consul, together as to their action i in regard to the same the democratic and i conservative citizens of the county of Sulli van, Indiana, in convention assembled do hereby declare 1. 1 hat this government is a government intended or the advantage of the people, to secure their rights, their proierty and their liberties, protected by law. 2. That those, elected to official positions are the servants of the people, and as such can only be trust d and respected in the just and impartial administration of the laws and in carrying into effect the wishes and feelings of the people constitutionally expressed. 3. That the will of the people expressed at the ballot-box in favor of competent electors must be regarded as a settlement of the questions submitted to the consideration of the people and the states, wkhout the interference of one-sided partisan returning boards, protected and upheld by the army of the countr'. 4. That we are utterly opposed to the practice of republican administrations and especially the spirit exhibited by Ulysses H. Grant and his cabinet in using the array and navy of the United States to continue in power and perpetuate the republican party. Liberty, freedom and good government can not live on the same continent or breathe the same air with such rascality and corruption. 5. That the constitution of the United States has conferred on the senate and house of representatives all power necessary to protect the people and the stages in an examination of the nature and character of the returns made, and it is not only the right but the duty of our representatives in congress and senators to compel an accomplishment of the results of tlie election of tlie choice of the people of the states for president and vice president to be secured to them. , C. That we are in favor always of a peaceable solution of political questions, but this desire on the part of the democracy and conservative ciiizenä for peace, quiet and good order in all things must not be taken es a conclusion that they will tubmitto wrong, outrage aud usuration. for we believe, as was t-aid of Mr. Lincoln's election, "a party that is strong enough to tlect a president is powerful enough to see that he is duly inaugurated." 7. That we will btand by the democratic and conservative members of the senate and house of representatives of the United Htates in all measures which the occasion may demand in any effort to maintain the purity and integrity of the constitution of the United States and the constitutions of the several states. 8. That we will as one member uphold and support congress in ulacing in position tue president and vice president duly, fairly, honestly and legally elected. 9. Believing that the prosperity of onr government and her institutions depend upon the faithful observance of these principles of honesty purity and justice, we invite the co-operatfon of all good citueris."' 10. That the state convention to assemble January 8, 1877, at Indianapolis, Indiana, should speak out on these great questions in a straightforward manner, giving no uncer tain sound to their notes, but let them ring out on the clear air to the music of tne union, and the inauguration of the choice of the people and of the states, expressed in the persons of Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks. These resolution! were unanimously passed, amid a general good feeling and determination to act up to them. Speeches were made by leading citizens very ppirited, and a delegation appointed to the 8th of January convention at Indianapolis. A llotln; Tale. New Yprk. Evening Post. Officer Lamb of the Fourth precinct police last night found Julia Deems, of No 68 Cherry street,. sitting on the curb stone in Frankfort street shivering with cold and moaning over a bundle in her a, ms. In the bundle the policeman 'found an "infant frozen to death. The wrenched woman is the wife of a drunkard, whk' e cruelty drove her into tlie streets to beg. She was unable either to feed vt warm her child, and the baby died of cold on its mother's breast. The woman's grief in the poHce station was pitiful. The coroner will Investigate the case.' Living Without a Liver. The Richmond State's reporter was present, the other rooming, when a leading doctor of Mandator made a careful examination of one of the most wonderful physiological curiosities of the age. The lut naturec referred to was a colored specimen of humanity calling himself Jerry Haskins. and was a singular compound of anatomical development. I lis liver wa9 entirely absent, and in' place of a stomach; he presented a well-finished gizArd. He is in the habit of devouring his fool raw, and partakes freely of pebbles and email pieces of glass after each i meal. His digestive apparatus is evidently of the avine 'type, and he w almost aa imich a bird 03 man. Jerry say? he consoles himself with the thought that, no matter what other ill Lis l?esU may be heir to, he will pever suffer with a "locked liver." This curiosity is a tramp, and informed a colored brotner here that h. cam from Dal ath. ; Tl at Lucerne i:mbecxler. Philadelphia Times. The trial of Frank A. Beamish, of Scranton, on the charge of embe-zMng $10,000 and committing forgery in mutilating the tax books of the first school i'.istrict of that city, came to a close by the jury finding the defendant guilty in manner and form as indicted. For three days the court house was thronged with spectators, and when it was announced that the jury had agreed upon a verdict, aft t being out for a few Lours, a perfect sensation was created. The prosecution had arrayed a formidable host i witnesses, among them some of the leadiiig business men of bcranton, to prove their aJlegalioiS that Beamish liad stolen 10,000 of Uie pople's money ami committed forgery In consummating it. The Dickson manufacturing company had paid over f 1,700 in taxe.i, and this amount was found on leaves torn. tut of thjt book. The Lackawann iron and coif company hud paid over $7,000. and many other largt?" tnuounta were similarly treated.

LANDERS ON SILVER.

Our Congressman Discusses the Silver Question cn the Floor of the House. TIIE DOUBLE STA X BARD Recora mended by the Expcrleure of the Kation and the l'rnetical feigrn of Even ts. Mr. Lander, of Indiana Mr. Speaker, I regret very much, sir, that the debate on this very important question is bo limited. There are gentlemen here who are opposed to the standard silver dollar. 1 will be much pleased to hear some of these gentlemen, because I always like to hear those who are opposed to me on any question. I can often learn more from ihem than 1 can from gentlemen who agree with me. While 1 am in favor of remouetizing silver, yet at the same time if I were convinced that the interests of the country would be promoted by keeping it demonetized I would vote against this bill or any other to remonctize it. As the original bill stands I am not in favor of it. My main objection to it is this: that it provides for the depositing of gold and silver bullion and the issuing of certificates at their coinage value. Taking the certificates at their coin value, redeemable by the government, either in coin or bullion at the option of the holders, the holders can take the gold or silver bullion at their coin value. According to this bill the holders of certificates can at any time demand coin or bullion. In all business circles option does not belong to one party alone. In this case it belongs to the holdere of certificates, and if the bullion advances they will demand it, and if the bullion declines they will demand coin, and the government in obliged to give it. The government can not know until the certificate is presented what will be demanded. Therefore it can not coin the bullion, not knowing but what it will le called upon for bullion. Therefore the business community is not to have the benefit of the coinage of th's bullion under this bill. I am in favor of the substitute. It proposes to repeal the law of 1873 and to restore the double standard as it was from 17s)J up to that time. The do ible standard is designed to regulate the relative valuvsof the two coins. It is said that we practically have but one standard. That is true to some extent, since the ingenuity of man has never been able to adjust the value of tlie two coins in euch a way that they would long remain of the same relative value. The reason of this failure is that they are commodities. The value of any commodity is regulated by the uncontrollable laws of supply and demand. The right of the debtor to pay in the cheapest money is a right that has been conceded to him ever since the formation of the government and long before. That always brings into use the cheapest money, and checks the demand for the dearer. This has been the practical;working of a double standard, and the effect has been such that there has never been such change in the coinage value of those metals to make them corrcsiond with their market value. The onlv change that there has been was to make gold correspond with the market value of silver, la- 1831 .-. tlie. -market . to! ue c(. gold, and silver varied ' about six per cent., the silver being the lowest. Tbe right of the debtor in those days was recognized. Albert Gallatin, and other distinguished statesmen, contended that it would be a great act of injustice to the debtor class to increase the value of silver, since the debt of the country was based upon that (it being the cheaper) to make it colicspond with the market value of gold. Their views were acknowledged to be correct, and congress changed tlie gold eagle from 270 grains to 258, a redaction of 12 grains. This is the only change that has ever been, made between tbe gold eagle and tbe standard silver dollar from 17t)2 until 1873, when this vicious legislation was enacted against' the silver dollar. Had it not been for the use of both metals as equal legal tenders, I have no doubt tkieir fluctuation in value would, have been much greater. With a single standard nothing can be substituted for the metal used as such standard when a demand is made upon us for that metal. There is nothing to check the advance. The swndard silver dollar was not made by accident. It was made by Mr. Hamilton, after having ascertained the value of the Spanish milled dollar, which was in use in the colonies prior to the formation cf the government. All debts were based upon that dollar. It was found to contain 37X grains of pure silver. On the recommendation of Mr. Hamilton, congress declared that that should be the standard silver dollar of the United States, as in no other way could justice be done alike to both creditor and debtor. I want the gentlemen on this floor who advocate the single standard to tell the house what they propose to do. I want them to point out to this houpe in what way this advance In gold is to be checked. Our policy provides for checking iL I have shown how tlie double standard will cheek it. I am also in favor of restoring silver because silver ia a product of this country and it would give it increased value to make it a legal tender. Our mine constitute a portion of our national wealth. We have but few industries that produce fifty or sixty millions a year. The silver mines of this country produce walth to that amount, and furnish employment to thousand of our laboring population. Are we to allow this designing legislation of 173 to further depreciate the value of one cf our mist valuable producta? - I would do nothing to depreciate the Value of gold. It bj also a product of this country, but is not produced to more than one-half the Cxtfnt that s:lver ia. I believe in protecting the industries of our own country and maintaing the value of the product of such industries. The same gentlemen on thid floor who favor the demonetization of silver, that tends so much to depreciate the value thereof, have been the moet clamorous! for protection to their own industries. Our mining interests have been, very much embarrassed for the last few years because of this legislation. The decline in their bullion falla directly upon the laboring man who digs it out of the ground. I have a further reason for favoring the remonetization of silver. As wes said by the gentleman from Kentucky' (Mr. Durham), we have a right to pay all our bonded indebtedness in silver o well as in gold, und I have never been alle to understand whr it was that a congress professing to represent the interests of the people should destroy the valve of mort than one-half of that which they have to pay with. I w ant gentlemen who favor this policy to explain why they do so.

Tlie only reason that can be assigned

for the legislation of IS??, it is plainly seen, is that an abundance of silver would tend to cheapen it. This Is a risk that nil men take who flree o reoeive payment in a commodity likely to change its vilue like gold or silver. The only way that the bondholder could evade receiving it in payment was to have it demonetised, o that there would be only a gold coin ia existence, since their debt was pavable in coin and silver was as much coin as gold. Is it not etranjre that a conrrrees of tbe United States could be induced to destroy the value of this great mining interest, furnishing labor to so many thousands of men and producing wealth to the amount of fifty or sixty millions of dollars; that the . country could be induced to adopt logi.-.la-tion that benefits asingie class alone,sinall in number, and a non-producing class at tliat? It is said by gentlemen on this floor that are in favor of contraction of either hard or soft money that our productive industrie' can not prosper unless the cost of producing commodities for exportation corresponds with the cost of like articles produced in other countries, and which are likelv to fome in competition. In order to reduce their cost they propose to reduce the quantity of money in the country because the quantity of money in any "country or its representatives umh! in performing exchanges of commodities, regulates the value of all commodities. As tbe quantity of money is reduced the value I commodities is reduced, and consequently the price of labor. If the quantity of money is redacted here to correspond with the quantity of money in monarchical countries, the price of commodities wouM be the sime as there, and the price of L Isir that prod aces them must also be the same. You gentlemen have now pursued this policy until you have reduced many of our laboring men to beggary and want. More than two thousand families In the fit j where I liy. it is said, art depending upon the charities of the city for sustenance. The New Yrk Herald, a few days ago, informed us that nearly fifty thousand mechanics and laborers are out of employment in that citv, and a large portion of that number bordering on starvation. You pursue this policy of contraction as you have done and propose to continue to do, to reduce cost of commodities in order to compete with foreign nations, and you will tring our laboring men. down to tlie condition of the laboring men of Great Britain and other countries. It is this that I have Urn lighting ever since I have been upon thia door. It Is that we may have more money and cheaper money that I am now contend . ing fcr the remonetization f silver. I prt fer cheap money ai.d well paid labor to dear money and poorly paid labor. No government coin is countenanced by any other nation. Our coin is a commodity whenever it leaves our shores. The coins of other rations are commodities when they come here, and there is nothing n the argument so often adduced to which I have referred. Whenever a commodity of this country passes to another it ia subject to the laws of trade there. When their commodities come here they are subject to the laws which govern trade here. Our coin or currency have nothing whatever to do with their value in foreign countries. Their value Is regulated by the supply and demand in tlieir own country, and the amount of money in cirvu-, lation to perform the exchanges of tlie tuition. A favorite remark of con traction i-te and deroonetuers of silver is "let us have "rroTiesTrorniy. t harsr oorrre here to make honest money. Tbe constitution of the United States has conferred power upon congress to coin money and to regulate its value as well as thss value of foreign coins. Hu t do we regulate the valne of money? That is jort what we are now trying to do regulate the value of silvtr money. We are trying to make it a legal teuder for all debts, public and private; that is just the way that ongress regulates Üvi value of money. Whenever they make money, whether coin or . paper, only a partial legal tender it is dishonest legislation, and dishonest money is the result We have depreciated money. I hare never cast a vote here and never expect to cast one to make anything money for one purpose that is not money for all. If that policy prevails we will never have money thift can be called dishonest, because it will always be a; par. Money is valuable juft a it is usefuL and whenever a man gets into a , üeld with hts money, whether metalic or papery that be can .not use, he must submit to a shave to get Foraething that he can use. If gold had been legislated against as fcilver has been, and silver been favored with legislation as gold has been, gold would be dishonest money because it would, be depreciated, as treasury notes and silver now are. No man cares what his money is made of. The question is what can be do with it? I hope, Mr. Speaker, to see the day, and that very soon, when there will be no depreciated money; when this congress will exercise it power under the constitution to make money, and shall make all moner a full legal tender. Let this bill pass, the gold broker will be panicstricken, as silver will perform the same exchanges that gold does. Let this government honor its own paper and receive its own notes in payment of debts due to it, the gold brokers will leave their gold board like rats deserting a sinking ship. That is just what I want to tee. 1 want to see legislation in favor of the people and not in fvor of gold gamblers and bond holders, and ' no speculation in money except for legitimate business purposes. Money is not soiatthing to invest in, but is a tool of exchange and its oflicee are to perform exchange. After John ShermanMr. Glover, of Missouri, offered the following in the bonse yesterday: Whereas, The president of the United States has transmitted to congress a statement concerning the result af the late elections in Louisiana, to the effect that said result was fairly ascertained and truthfully declared; and 'Wherean, This statement is signed by John Sherman, who claims and exercises the functions of a senator 'rom Ohio; and Whereas, It is alleged that the said John Sherman is not in fact a senator, but holds a seat in the senate by virtue of a false and fraudulent declaration that he was elected thereto, and who says his title to that ecat has not been inquired ir, to by the senate, the issne as to sutU . title, not heving been raised before that body; therefore, Resolved. That the senate is hereby requested to inquire whether John 8herman, now holding a ,seut in that hotly for the f täte of Ohio, 'was in lict elected senator for rix vears from the 4th day of March, 188, to the end that congress and the people may be able to judge the value of the said John Sherman's views and statements concerning the result of the election.