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Morrill, Addresses The Senate Or
The Silver BiiI.-Other Matters.

Morrill, Addresses The Senate On
The Silver BiiI.-Other Matters.
| WASHINGTON, June 2.-In the
Senate, the Senate bill to grant a
right OF way through public lands
for irrigation purposes was reported
and placed on the calendar.
Plumb Introduced a bill, prepared by
St John Of New York, for the pur.
chase Of silver, to use as lawful
mUney. Referred TO committee on
finance.
Dawes gave notice that he would
Tomorrow ask the Senate to con-
slider the Fertilization bill.
The Silver bill was taken I'D and
Morrill, addressed the Senate. He
said the wage-earners Of the United
States were TO be counted by the
millions and were the most numer-
Gus class Of the country. II was
that class IL was now proposed to
pay of in cheaper or in deprecated
standard money and 10 require them
to pay higher prices for everything
they had 20 buy. Could there be
anything, he asked, more
likely in all parts of the
country TO provoke strikes for
higher wages? The miners in
Nevada and Colorado wanted every
thing about gold struck out and
simply say: 1--WE want forty per
cent more profit, He believed
that by wise and moderate IegisIa-
ton a sufficient amount of silver
might be utilized, and vet a
hlmetailic standard maintained. He
did not want to have the United
states divorced from the CONNER
cial world, hut that was not the
policy Of those who led or in the
debate. Their transparent design
was to go by single bound to a
silver standard. 1.-THE country was
TO have but single standard, he
preferred that the standard should
be gold, rather than silver. He
would, however, like to have both
maintained, and believed that with
A VERY LIBERAL INCREASE
in silver and with good management
on the part Of the Treasury Deuart-
ment, purity Of value would be pre-
served, silver advancing a good deal
and gold recediRg somewhat in
value Morrill, urged against the
proposition 10 Issue legal tender
notes in exchange for silver as IN
constitutional.
The conference report on the mill
tary academy appropriation bill was
agreed to. -
The conference report on the army
appropriation bill was again taken
up and the question In regard TO
canteens discussed. Allison, who
presented the report, spoke in de-
Tense Of II. -
Hale predicted that il this can
teen system went into effect II
would become so obnoxious thst II
would last buta little while.
Plumb suggested that the move
ment against the canteen system
was In the Interest Of the posi- trad
ers. .s
3. Hale said it was a serious and
grave observation-disclosures the United
States government should, for The
hrst time, embark in the selling of
hquer 70 its soldiers.
. George remarked that IL the pro-
position could not be made 10 appIy |
TO officers as well as men he would |
vote to strike the whole thing out.
The conference report was agreed |
80, nayss.
The silver bill was again taken up
and Harris addressed the Senate.
de said that he should vote for the
free coinage Of silver, and if he
failed in securing that he should
support the nearest approximation
that be might be able to secure.
The silver bill went over till to-
morrow, and the Senate, after an
session, adjourned.