Evening journal., 1890-07-11
PASSED BY THE SENATE.
The Conference Silver Bill Re
ceives It's Approval
BY A STRICTLY PARTISAN VOTE.

Yeas, 80; Nays. eG-Mr. Payne Supported
the hin by Releasing MIR. sherman from
Their "Pairing" Agreement-nfr. Nor
gan Talks About "Fine italian Hand. /"
WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE senate passed
the conference silver bill yesterday by a
vote Of 30 to g. IL was a strict party vote,
but Mr.. Payne who was absent, released
Mr. Sherman from pair, and thus giving
the bill the support Of two votes When
the consideration Of the conference report
on the silver bill was resumed, Mr. Morgan
opposed the report. He said he expected
that the day was TO be a crisis in the ques-
tion Of the currency Of the people Of the
United States-as much so in regard % the
demonetization Of silver and the combining
Of coin to the single gold standard as was
the act Of 1873 He did not know but that
the effect of the vote to be taken today df
it should result in the adoption of the con-
ference bilD would not be really more
fatal to the prospect Of silver coinage in the
future than the act OF 1878. The legislation
Of 1873 had been an act Of coldblooded as
sassination OF the silver dollar. II had been
presided over by the same senator whose
fine Italian hand" was TO be seen III the
conference bill, bill which was a total de-
parture from the action OF both the house
and the senate, and was as essentially new
as If it had been a novel written by the SEN
ator from Ohio within the last Eve days.
Denied by MIR. Sherman.
Mr.. Morgan went on to speak Of legis la
tion on oil important mat tiers being
now entirely controlled by conference
ommittees-committees Of arbitration
whose proceedings were secret, so that II
such a committee were bribed 30 the extent
Of Sl00,00O000 no senator would be per-
mitted to find It out. Mr.. Allison re-
marked there was no necessary secrecy
about conference committees. They were
public committees. Mr.. Morgan replied TO
that remark by saying that in this very
discussion Mr. Sherman had declined to
answer question as TO proceedings in the
conference committee on the ground that
such proceedings were secret Mr. Sher-
man said he had never denied TO the senate
any information as TO what took place ia
conference. Mr.. Morgan spoke for three
hours and closed with an appeal to the SEN
ators not to allow the senator from Ohio
(Mr. sherman) to thrust his stiletto again
into silver
A Comparatively UnohjectionahIe" BnI.
He was followed by Mr.. Call, who also
srgued against the conference bill, sug-
Aesting that IL was only a variation Of the
Tarmers' alliance ware house bill and that
the only difference was that in the case of
silver it was to be bought outright Mr.
Plumb said that in the particulars which
he regarded as essential the bill was com
paratively unobjectionable, supposing al
ways that a compromise had 70 be made
The conference bill would give 70 the coun-
try as much money during the next year
as the free coinage OF silver would give
The amount Of treasury notes now issued
at the present price Of silver was about
$50 100000. Under the conference bill il
could not be less than 1000 900 and would
probably be S7O,0OO,OO0 That was a very
important gain, and it would last as long
as silver was produced and the act re-
nfained on the statute books. In conclu-
sion he said: