Los Angeles herald., 1890-07-11
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
The Conference Substitute for the Silver
Bill Adopted.

Inc conference substitute Tor the silver
Bill Adopted.
WASHINGTON, July 10.-The senate
today resumed consideration of the con-
ference report on the silver bill, and
was addressed by Morgan in opposition
to the report. He expected that today
there was to be crisis in the question
of the currency of the United States; as
much so in regard to the demonetiza-
ton of silver and the confning of coin
to a single gold standard, as was the act
of 1873. He did not know but that the
effect OF the vote to be taken today Gf
it should result in the adoption of the
conference billy would not be really
more fatal to the prospect of silver
coinage in the future than the act OF
1873. The legislation of 1873 had been,
he said, an act of cold-blooded assassina-
tion Of the silver dollar. 1t had been
presided over by the same senator
whose 'fine italian hand" was to be
seen in the conference bill-a bill which
was to be a departure from the action OF
both the house and the senate, and was
essentially as new as if it had been q
novel written by the senator from Ohio
within the last five days.
Morgan went on to speak of legislation
on all important matters being VOW
entirely controlled by conference com
mittees-cOmmittees of arbitration
proceedings of which are secret, so that
if such committee were bribed t. the
extent of one hundred million dollars,
no senator would be permitted to find it
out.
This statement was challenged, and
caused some side-talk between Morgan,
Allison and Sherman.
Morgan resumed his argument against
the conference bill, and called the atten-
ton of the friends of free coinage, par
ticularly of the senator from Colorado
(Teller) to the fact that the same cline
Italian hand" which framed the act Of
1873 operated in the conference bill to
destroy utterly any hope of the demone-
tization of silver so long as it remained
unrepealed.
He predicted that when the others of
the conference came to realize what
they had done they would feel like kicking
themselves over ten-acre field. The
bill would monometalize the country,
would make gold the only thing with
which to pay debts or buy property.
The crafty senator from Ohio could not
(after twelve months consideration
have fixed up bill that would more
thoroughly destroy 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.
Sherman, to thrust his stiletto into
silver.
Call also argued against the conference
report.
Plumb spoke in it's favor He said the
conference bill would give the country
as much money during the next year as
free coinage would give. The bill was
a long step in the right direction. 1t
was Plumb's belief that, if the bill be-
came law, so nicely and easily would it
work, and so helpful would it be to the
people of the United States, that the
next step would be free coinage. He
would hope for the coinage bill, regret
ting that this is no better, and glad it is
no worse.
After further debate vote was taken
and the conference report was agreed to
yeas 80, nays 26, as follows:
Yeas--Aldrich, Allen, Allison, Blair,
Casey, Cullom, Davis, Dawes, Dixon,
Dolph, Edmunds, Evarts, Farwell, Frye,
Hawley, Higgins, Hiscock, Hoar, In
gals; Jones, Nevada; Mcmillan, Man
derson, Mitchell, Moody, Pettigrew,
Pierce, Platt, Plumb, Powers, Quay,
Sanders, Sawyer, Sherman, Spooner,
Squire, Stewart, Stockbridge, Wash
burn, Wolcott-39.
Nays-Barbour, Bate, Blackburn, Call,
Carlisle, Cockrell, Coke, Colquitt, Dam
iel, Faulkner, Gibson, German, Hamp-
ton Harris. JOnea Arkansas. Konna
Mcpherson, Pasco, Pugh, Ransom,
Reagan, Turpie, Vance, Vest, Voorhees,,
i Walthall-26.
The following pairs were anzaounee2z
Hale and Gray, Chandlers and HroWus
\ Paddock nd Enr1i. I611oe and E1x1X y
\: Wil.on, 1oWn, and WIl1cn, indiana.