National Republican., 1888-04-04
RIDDLEBERGER FAILS AGAIN
But HE u0gIp ONLY rE DEFEATED IN
81 LNLJrUyE SESSION
The nond ulii Comes ~ Tor Consid-
sFsiion aud q Further Discussed 4
Itght IN the House Tor Precedence
The Direct Tat uiil.


% Illinois ard Iowa. To preserve the
miueinl laiai, uf Montana iol c'ufgu, of the
United states. For o. constitutional amrn1
mert 10 give The W.iri,t II Columbia tha
right OF representation in 10th iluu.e- NJ
Cmucsa Fur higher impurt duty un
manufactured ciohIug.
The t,solutiUn heretofore offered by Nr
Elddl,hcrryr o. susr,ul 80 much of jir
rules o. tu provide Tor executive scssihu.
during the confederation uf tbe fisheries
uCaty was taken up. Mr. Rddle'errrr
said be- had given notice yesterday that be-
would can up The resolution Ia order that
those who were opposed a. u migh' absent
themselves aud draw upon the courage
which they lacked to vote Tor o., H. prop.
osition had been beaten from time land bal
teen for live years. by Just The same Mind ui
parliamentary practice that had Inst hUru
ifi,d tintcrUdsing other morning husIucssI.
lie called for the yeas aud ulls on agreeing
To the resolution.
Mr. Edmunds sald tnat as the question
was agreeing to the resolution, Dc dcsIc1
Ia submit some observations o. the Seulta
which he did not care a. submit % hcr
majCsty's ministers Just a. present, llr.
therefore, moved that the galleries h,
cleared aud the doors closed.
The motion was arrvcd tn, aud thu un,lcr
at I o'clock, was executed.
The Senate, after two hours spent in .r.
crct legislative session, opened ~ dnprs
During the secret session senator Riddle
bcrgCr's resolution to consider the ihcrics
treaty IN open session was the uuly subject
Of debate, Int several senators yruturd 90
discuss briefly the merits ~ the trrlty usals
being, however, called 10 orlcr fuf aI doing
Senators Edmunds and lluar male q strlng
fight against the resolution. Upon motion
~ nstfl
dered 10 IL referred Ia the committee On
foreign relations only right seuntors voting
in the negative.
When the doors were openc,l. anl the
public session Of the Senate resumed, Mr.
Sherman asked unanimous consent 90 offer
q resolution 10 have the following hills con-
sidered IN the oidcr named: First, the hill
for the establishment Of bureau ~ animal
industry: second, the hill for the admission
Of Dakota; and, third, the bll for the In.
vestmcnt Of certain funds IN the treasury,
but objection was made by Mr.. Plumb. The
vote was then taken on Mr.. pnlmer's mo
ton TO recomnit 10 the llnauce committee
the bin TO provide for the purchase of
United States bonds, and the motion wa,
rcjected-yeas 90, nays ~.
Mr.. Stewards pending announcement hav-
ing been read, Mr.. Beck asked him Ia with.
hold IL for the present and until the hill
should lie reported to the Senate. Mr..
Stewart agreed to do so, and then Mr..
Spooner offered as a substitute for the whole
bill the folowing
That section two of the act making appro.
priations FOR the sundry civil expenses Of the
government for the year ending June -, 1852,
In these words: "That the Secretary Of the
Treasury may, at any time, apply the surplu,
money In the treasury, not otherwise appro.
priatcd Tor so much thereof rs lc may consider
proper) for the purchase or redemption of
United states bonds, provided that the bonds
SO purchased shall constitute no part nf the
sinking fund.- but shall be- cancelled was In.
tended TO be permanent provision Of law,
and the same is hereby declared to have been,
since its enactment, ana 10 bo now IN full
force and effect
The substitution was agreed Ia without
Il division.
Mr.. Beck then offered an amendment as
an additional section, providing that when
ever the circulation, or any portion thereof,
of any bank not In liquidation shall bc sur.
rendered, and shall not be taken up by other
national banks, the Secretary Of the Treas.
ury shall purchase at the market price an
equivalent amount of silver bullion in eX-
cess of the minimum monthly silver COIN
age, which shall be coined and used rs pro-
yiled for in the silver coinage bill Of 2sth of
February, 1878.
Mr. Stewart proposed an addition to the
amendment (and Mr.. Beck accepted IT.
providing that nothing in the act shall alter
or repeal the silver coinage act of 1873.
Mr.. Sherman approved fully Of the sub
stitutc as agreed to, and thought 1t an i'm
provement on the House hill, but he thought
1t better to postpone the consideration of
Mr.. Beck's proposition till more conve-
nicnt season. lie (NIr. Shcrmam thought
that he could see some objections to that
proposition. IT involved questions of Sc
rious difficulty. One of these questions
was, whether it was wise to continue the
| .T..
| clearly of opinion that IL was not wise,
| There was now in the treasury aud sub.
| treasures over 20O,0OO,0 900 of silver dollars,
and only between $4,000, 900 and GO,OOO, 600
in circulation. If the proposition Of the
senator from Kentucky were stripped of
| that feature (the coinage of the silver and
| If it applied only to the purchase and de-
| post Of silver bullion II would be relieved
! of the objection which he (Nlr. Shcrmau)
| had to it..
lie was as much IN favor Of bimetalic
currency rs any man in the United States.
| lie believed that both silver aud gold We're
| necessary 10 carry on the financial affairs o!
the country, but gold was the only repre-
| sentative of value in operations with for
eiGn countries. He suggested that the con
| sideration of the important question in
volved in Mr.. Beck's amendment should be
| postponed for week or two. so MS to see
! how il might be, not defeated, but modified
| or changed without disturbing the business
of the country. lie, therefore, appealed tO
| senators whether it would not be best to let
! the bill as II now stands (unobjccti0nablc in
foIm) go to the President to be approved
| and carried into execution. and to let the
| proposed amendment and all proposition,
as to the silver question go to the commit
tee on finance and be carefully considered.
| Mr.. Stewart congratulated the Senate and
| the country ON the position In which the bill
now stoOd but still lie thought there was
a good deal of poison IN the bill Tin the way
of cOntraction) and he was in favor of send
| ing with II the antidotc contained in the
amendment.
Mr.. Beck reminded the Senate that he
had favored the passage Of the bll just as il
| came from the house, and had twice voted
against Mr.. Plumb's amendment. But
there was no principal in the amendment
| which he had offered, 1t merely provided
against the contraction of the currency
| lie did not care to go now into the question
suggested by Mr. Sherman-as to confin'
ing his amendment to the purchase OF silver
| bullion. lie (Beck) did not propose t.
make any difference between the two coined
| metals
Mr.. Allison suggested some verbal change,
In Mr.. Beck's amendment, which the latter
accepted, so as to make It read
THAT whenever the circulation, or any
portion thereof, of any national bank not IN
liquidation shall be surrendered by the de
pOsit of United States notes IN the treasury
or otherwise, and the same, or any cquiva
lent amount, shall not be taken by othc
national banks within thirty days the Secre
tary Of the Treasury SHALL &c.
Mr.. Mcpherson expressed the belief thai
If the Senate, in such unwisc, ill-timed, i'll
digested manner, was determined on th
simple bill to force the country into such I
condition of affairs as was aimed at TN
country would he ON silver basis within
sixty days and gold be at premium.
Mr.. Plumb thought th' the progres
made by the senator from Oalo (Sherman