Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-07-10
CONGRESSIONAL.
IN THE SENATE.

the presiding officer (Ingails) announced his
signature to the bill for the admission of Wy
oming. The bill now goes to the President for
his signature.
On motion of Blair the Senate proceeded to
executive business. The doors reopened at
o clock and the sundry civil appropriation bill
was reported. Allison stated that he would
ask consideration OF the bill to morrow.
The conference report on the silver bill was
then resumed.
CocKrell continued his argument against the
report. He criticised the last clause of the Sec
ond section OF the conference bill, and said the
language therein indicated preference for
single gold standard. The section reads-so he
would interpretet it-that until the parity be-
tween the metals is established gold would be
given preference and legal tender notes would
be redeemed in gold.
Teller controverted this assertion
Jones OF Arkansas read an extract from an
article in yesterdays New York Euening Post
lthe paper was opposed, he said, to silver legis
lation in all its fOrms to the effect that the con-
| ference report contained some features not en-
braced in either the House bill or Senate BILL
and tending to make it better measure than
either. II also stated that the purpose of the
| Cockrell-"Preciselyw what have said. That
article is from very able representative of the
gold interest, and it is warning to the Senator
| from Nevada (JOnes) that he has abandoned
| the cause of the equalization of silver with
gold. Under this conference report the Secre-
| tary OF the Treasury can drive the country to
part with every dollar OF gold, and can lock up
| in the vaults OF the treasury every silver dol
lar. That is the most dangerous power given
| the Secretary of the Treasury since the founda-
| ton of the Government"
Platt-"Does the Senator mean to say that he
/ would not give the Secretary of the Treasury
| discretion as to which coin he would pay in %
| .CockIell-'I certainly would give him that
| discretion. l would say, 'redeemable in coin -
| Platt-.'That is all that there is tn say
| CockIell-'That is true; but there is within q
| declaration which is fatal thing; and that is
that the gold standard still exists, and must be
! Taking up the third section of the confer
| ence bill, Cockrell entered a most earnest and
solemn protest against it, as meaning prac-
tical cessation of silver coinage after July 1891
Jones (of fNevadal-"That is all we want
Cockrell-"Iu other words, the Senator from
Nevada is willing to abandon the double stand
ard, to make silver a mere commodity, to stop
its coinage, and to tell tie people of the country
| that he has done something for them in the
restoration of a double standard. The confer
ence i'll is a total abandonment of all preten-
siOns to double Standard
Mitchell, in the course of some questions in
volving Cockrelps consistency, remarked that
while he was i'll favor of free and unlimited
coinage of silver, he would support the confer
| ence bill Lecause it was all that the friends of
silver could get.
Crockrell-"I believe il the Senate will reject
this report the House will. in the end. agree to
the Senate bill. We have made no determined
effort to support the Senate bill. We show no
backbone. We show no disposition to stand by
what we have solemnly done, and we give truth
East that the bill was only project to furnish q
market for silver bullion
Daniel addressed the Senate in opposition to
the silver bill. The question, he said, was a
great deal bigger than the President of the
United States, whether the Presidents name
was Benjamin Harrison or Grover Cleveland
Daniel argued that under the conference bill
SO, GOO worth of silver bullion would be
piled up in the Treasury every year for all the
years tnat the silver stream would be flowing,
and not dollar of it could be coined to pay the
bonds OF the Obligations OF the United States,
which were payable in coin. Such an enor-
nous discrimination against silver as that never
existed in legislation, except whenever COM
pletely demonetized. He admitted that it
would be better that the conference bill should
become a law than that no bill on the subject
should become law. But it was a mere make
shift. Sooner or later. Daniel said. Congress
and the Executive have got TO come into col
lision on the silver question. Why not let the
collision come now? If the friends of silver
stood up to the fight they could win it, and if
they ran away they would lose it. If they be-
lieved in the free coinage of silver, as he did,
they should stand by the Senate BILL and let the
President of the United States take care of
himself.
Morgan took the floor, but saw ne could not
finish his remarks to-day.
Informal understanding was had that vote
should be taken tomorrow and the Senate
adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, July 9TH In the House to-day
Hit OF Illinois, from the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, reported back the resolution requesting
the President to furnish the House the CORE
spondence between the Government of the
United States and Great Britain touching the
subjects in dispute in the Behring sea since
. March 4, 1882 AT er tome debate the resolution
was adopted.
Hit presented the conference report of the
diplomatic and consular appropriation bill.
In the course of the discussion. reference hay
the last bill for the protection of United States
rights in Samoa, McMillln of Tennessee de-
clared that 1t now appeared that the negotia-
tions had been to enthrone king who had been
! dethroned by his people Our REPRESENTATIVES
sent abroad for the purpose of settling the Sa-
moan matter, had actually gone to the extent
of over riding the will of the people OF Samoa
and setting up as king scapegoat who had been
dethroned; and moreover, this American Ad-
miDistration had undertaken TO pay part of the
expenses of this kingdom. 1t was disgrace to
the American people and to the Administra-
ton responsible for the negotiations
McCreary of Kentucky, who was Chairman
OF the Committee on Foreign Affairs last Con-
gress, said he believed we had done The best
that could be done, aud that McMillin was put
ting it too strongly. If he was not satisfied with
the negotiations he could introduce bill to
carry out his views, or he could call for the cor
respondence with the foreign nations. There
was not word about Samoa in the present bill
McMillin-"The gentleman has admitted
taken up deposed king and placed him on the
throne. Was 1t not another agreement that the
Chief Justice should be appointed and the Gov
erpments OF the United states and Great Britain
and Germany guarantee his salary?'
McCreary THE gentleman states it too
strongly. The Samoan question has nothing to
do with this appropriation BILL"
Hit then demanded the previous question,
declining TO yield to McMillin, who was dtsir-
GUS OF continuing the Samoan controversy
Thereupop McMillin raised a point of no quo
rum, pending which Rogers of Arkansas moved
that the House adjourn. Lost-ayes 76, nays 9S.
The previous question was ordered-yeas 103.
nays H.
McMillen moved a reconsideration A vote
on tabling the motion to reconsider resulted
yeas l0i. nays so - the Speaker counting,
through the Clerk, a quorum, and declaring the
motion carried
Breckinridge of Kentucky challenged the
correctness of the count, instancing the names
of nloe, HerSert, Cram snd Fithian, and stat
ing that they were not present. subsequently
he withdrew the challenge to the names of
Grain aud flthian, but persevered as far as
Enoe and Herbert were concerned.
The speaker, admitting the necessity for abso-
lutte correctness in the record of those nem bers
present and voting. stated that even eliminat
ing the names of Enloe and Herbert, there was
a quorum present He therefore declared the
motion TO iable carried. and put the question on
agreeing to the conference report The vote
was resumed. resulting in yeas Ill. nays SS.
The Speaker was unable to count a Quorum, SO
the conference report was not agreed to for the
present.
Adjourned.
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