The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-11
SENATE PRocEEDINGs.
The Conference Silver Bill Passed by q
Party Vote.


Party Vote.
WASHINGTON Cry. July 10.-The Senate
resumed consideration of the conference
report on the silver bill, and was addressed
by Morgan in opposition to the report.
Hecxperted that the day was 10 tJera crisis
in the question of the currency of the
United States, as much so in regard to the
demonet zation of silver and the confning
Of coinage to single gold standard as was
the act of 1873. He did not know but the
effect of the vote to be taken today, if it
should result in the adoption of the con-
ference bill, would be really more fatal to
the prospects of silver coinage in the future
than the act of 1873. The legislation of
1878 had been, he said. an act of the cold
blooded assassination of the silver dollar,
1t had been presided over by the senator
whose fine italian hand was to be seen in
the conference committee bill, which was a
total departure from the action of both
House and Senate, and was as essentially
new as If it had been novel written by the
senator from Ohio within the last five days.
Morgan went on to speak of legislation on
all important matters being now entirely
controlled by conference committees, COM
mittees of arbitration, whose proceedings
were secret; that if such a committee were
bribed to the extent of $1G0. .O00, 900 no sena-
tor could be permitted to find ii out. This
statement was challenged, and caused
some side talk between Morgan, Allison
and Sherman.
Morgan resumed the argument against
the conference bill, and called the attention
of the friends of free coinage, especially of
the senator from Colorado (Teller) to the
fact that the same ''fine Italian hand"
which framed the act of 1873 operated in
the conference bill to destroy utterly any
hope for the RECOMMENDATION of silver SO
long as it remained unrepealed. He pre-
dicted that when the others of the confer
ence come to realize what they had done
they would feel like kicking themselves
over a ten-acre field. The bill would
morometallize the country, and would
make gold the only thing with which to
pay debts or purchase property. The craft
of the senator from Ohio could not, after
up bill that would more thoroughly de-
stroy silver forever as money.
Morgan spoke for three hours, and
closed with an appeal to the senator's not
to allow the senator from Ohio tSherman)
to thrust his stiletto again into silver.
Call also argued agsint the conference re-
port. and Plumb spoke in its favor. The
conference bill would give the country as
much money during the next year as free
coinage would give. The bill was long
step in the right direction. 1t was
Piumb's belief that if the bill became law
so nicely and easily would 1t work and so
helpful would it be to all the people of the
United States that the next step would be
free coinage. He would vote for the con-
ference bill, regretting that it was no Bet
Ter. glad that it was no worse. After fur
ther debate vote was taken and the con-
ference report agreed to, ayes 80, nays 26,
as follows
Yeas-Aldrich. Allen, Allison. Blair, Casey,
Cullom, Davis, Dawes, Dixon, Dolph, Edmunds,
Eyarts Farwel, Frye, Hawiey, Higgins, His
cock. Hoar ingalls,. Jones of Nevada, Mcmillan,
Manderson, Mitchell, Moody. Pettigrew. Pierce,
Platt. Plumb, Power, Quay. Sanders. sawyer,
Sherman Spopner, Squire, stewart, Stock bridge,
washburn. Noleott-S9.
Nays-Barbour, Bate, Blackburn, Call. Car.
Isle. Cockrell, Coke, Colquitt, Daniel, Faulk.
ner Gibson, German, Hampton, Harris. Jones.
of Arkansas Kenna. McPherson, Pasco. Pugh,
Ransom. Reagan. Tarpie, Vance, Vest, voor
hees, walfham-26.
The following paifs were announced
Hale and Gray. Chandler and Brown, Pad
dock and Eustis. Teller and Berry. Wilson
OF Iowa and Wilson of Indiana. Ad.
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