The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-27
FORTY.EIGHrH CONGRESS.
The sanafa.


WASHINGTON, Feb. % Mr.. Hale from the
Committee on Appropriations, reported,
with amendments. the regular annual Naval
Appropriation bill, and said he would en-
deavor to call up the bill tomorrow.
The Senate passed the House bill to pro-
vide fre-proof building to contain the re-.
cords OF the Medical Museum OF the army.
Consideration Of the Legislative bill wae
then resumed.
All the amendments yesterday proposed
by Senators TO increase the number annual
clerks to Senate committees were voted
down.
By vote of 80 yeas to - nays. the Ssnate
agreed TO the committee amendment TO
strike out the House section to provide for a
new superintendent and election in the ter.
ritory OF Wyoming. The bill was then read
p third time and passed, substantially as re-
ported from the Senate Committee on Appro
priations.
The Silver bill was then taken up.
Mr.. Sherman said he was willing to vote
for the bill as it came from the Senate Cam
mittee. Two questions were involved in it:
First. shall the trade dollar be redeemed at
par of gold? and second, whether the coin
age OF the silver dollar should be discon-
tinued IN August, 1886? He said there was
no obligation, whether OF honor, law or
public policy 10 give the trade dollar any
preference over silver hullion purchased in
OPEN market Those dollars, like ell YER bars,
had been used Tor bullion purposes and for
trade only, not for circulation. After recit.
ing the history Of the trade dollar, Mr. Shsr-
nan sh~ wed that the bin taxing away its
legal tender quality had been passed with
ont objection being raised.
Mr.. Mcpherson asked why the Govern nent
should have taken away the legal tender
quality OF the trade dollar without provision
for its retirement?
Mr. Sherman said that 10 have talked OF
providing for the retirement OF the tTads
dollar when the law was passed taking away
ils legal tender quality. would have been
Jolly because that dollar was, At the
time, worth thirteen cents on the
dollar more than United States money.
Perhaps IL would have been better ii an
arrangement had az that time been made
permitting holdeTa of the dollars to convert
them into greenbacks but it would have
been simply considered ludicrous and
ridiculous. Sherman then entered into a
long statement as 70 the effect Of keeping up
the coinage OF silver, etc.
Mr.. Beck read from the report OF sx-Sec-
rotary Folger to controvert the position as
suned by Sherman on the trade dollar. AS
10 INC auepbD5lOu Vi EllNoI CJluhEc MI DECK
said: I'VE should not In the last hours of
this Congress attempt 10 strike down silver,
neither should We give any President the
power, in his discretion, to strike down the
coin OF the country. He (Beckl would
give that power to no President, no matter
how much confidence he might have in him.
He would as lief give the President the right
to declare war. He was glad to be able TO
say there was no danger that any
President would get such power, for
elsewhere in body that had power. An at
tempt bad been made this very day to give q
President such power, and Il had miserably
failed. Mr.. Hill maintained that the time
when gold would be In demand for export
was indefinitely remote. Silver was to-day
the exclusive money of large
majority of the people OF the world. Mr.
Hill criticised the position Of Messrs. Sher-
man, Morrill, and Bayard on the silver ques-
ton; also, the attitude OF the Finance Com
mittee of the Senate.
Mr.. Hill continued at great length. and
was followed by Mr. Coke, whose speeoh
closed the silver debate for the day, and
without action the matter went over. Con-
siderable confusion then occurred aud seY.
sral Senators sought recognition.
Mr. Aldrich. however, succeeded, and
called up the bill relating to titles 10 real
estate IN the District of Columbia It bad
hardly been placed before the Senate when
motions to adjourn and to 90 into exc cutive
session and to call up other bills were made
IN confusing TapiditY.
After some other matters had been talked
Of for a while the Senate went into execu
i've session and seen after al iourned.