Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-16

| Cured IN the Senate amendment to the
House bill for the admission of WyO-
ming as state, also in the amendments
to the House bill for disposing of mill
tary reservations in Wyoming. The Sen
ate bill providing for the adoptio.l of reg
ulations to prevent collisions at sea was
taken up and passed-yeas 125, nays 45.
The House refused to consider the reso-
luton from the committee on rules
providing that Immediately after it's
adoption it shall be in order for the
committe on the judiciary to call up for
consideration the original package"
bill anG afterward the bankruptcy bill
this order to continue from day to
day for four days successfully, beginning
with to-day.
WEDNESDAY, July 9.-The only bust
ness Of the session was listening to
discussion Of the conference report on
the silver bill.
THURSDAY, July 10.-The Senate
agreed to- the conference report on the
silver bill to-day by vote of 80 yeas to
20 nays. 4 long debate preceded the
ballot. The bill as passed provides that
the secretary of the treasury shall pur-
chase from time to time silver bullion to
the aggregate amount of 100000
ounces, or so much thereof as NAV be
offered, in each month, at the market
price thereof, not exceeding 81 for 375t
grains Of pure silver. The treasury
notes issued in payment for the bullion
shall be redeemable in coin and legal
tender in payment of all debts, public
and private, except where otherwise
expressly stipulated IN the contract, and
shall be receivable for customs, taxes
and all public dues. Upon demand of
the holder of the treasury notes the sec
rotary of the treasury shall, under such
regulations as he may prescribe, re-
deem such notes in gold or silver coin,
at his discretion, ,itbelng the established
policy of the United States to maintain
the two metals on parity with each
other upon the present legal ratio, or
such ratio as may be provided by law.
The secretary of the treasury shall
silver bullion purchased snder the pro-
visions of the act, into standard silver
dollars, until the first day of July, 1891,
and after that time he shall coin Of the
silver bullion purchased under the pro-
visions of the act as much as may be
necessary to provide for the redemp-
sion Of the treasury notes. The last
section provides for covering into the
treasury the fund held for the redemp-
ton of national bank circulation.
| FRIDAY, July H.-Mr. Teller intro
duced a joint resolution declaring it to
be the determined policy IF the United
States government to use both gold and
silver as full legal tender money;
vite the governments Of the
Latin Union countries, and of such
other nations as he may deem advisable
to join the United States in a con-
| ference to adopt common ratio be-
tween gold and silver for the purpose
of establishing, internationally, the
use of bi-metalic money and
securing fixity of relative value between
those metals. The conference is to be
held at such place as may be mutually
agreed upon by the executives of the
governments joining it; and when, in
the judgment of the president of the
United States, a sufficient num-
Der of nations shall have entered
into such international agree
ment he shall declare the
ratio SO fixed to be the existing ratio in
the United States. The president is to
appoint no less than three nor more
| than five commissioners to attend such
conference on the part of the United
States, and who are to receive S., 800
and their reasonable expenses. The
| Joint resolution was referred to the
finance committee and after some de-
bate on the subsidy bill, Mr.. Vest of
fered as substitute for the bill as to
the American merchant marine, pro-
vision for free ships, to be used only in
the foreign carrying trade, not in the
coastwise or lake trade. The bills
went over without action after an I'M
successful effort by Mr.. Frye to have an
agreement to vote upon them to-mOr-
row.
SATURDAY, July 12.-In the Senate
Mr.. Vest spoke at length against the
subsidy bills. He was followed by Mr..
Stewart. Mr.. George spoke in opposi-
ton to the bills Mr.. Harms offered an
amendment providing that the total sum
paid to any vessel sailing between
| shall in no case exceed the sum paid to
vessels of the same class and tonnage
between such foreign ports and the
nearest American port thereto. After
discussion the amendment was re-
jected-yeas 81, nays q Ca party vote).
| Mr. Teller offered an amendment pro-
vidingth that no vessel shall be entitled to
payment under the act that makes any
discrimination between or gives
unequal facilities to competitive
transportation lines in the receiv-
ing or forwarding of freights
or baggage at any American port
or at any lOTolgH port. agreed 10. Inc
vote was then taken on the amend
ment offered yesterday by Mr.. Vest,
providing free ships for the foreign
trade, but not for the lake or coastwise
trade. The amendment was rejected
yeas is, nays 20 "a strict party vote)
The tonnage subsidy bill was then
passed-yeas 20, nays Is. The vote
! was then taken on the postal subsidy
bill, and it was passed-yeas %, nays
l6. On motion Of Mr.. Morrill,, the tar
iff bill was taken up and made the sun
finished business" for Monday.