Connecticut western news., 1890-07-16
FlFTY-FlRsT CONGRESS.
Condensed Report of Proceedings in u
 Senate and House.

Condensed Report of Proceedings in the
 Senate and House.
 WASHINGTON, July 9.-In the senate Wednesday the bill for the adm ission of Wyoming as a state was signed by Mir. h. gals, the presiding officer. The bill now goes to the president for his signature
 The debate on the silver bill was re- stunned. Senator Cockrell (Mo.) vigorously objected to the bill, particularly those par agraphs giving discretionary power to the secretary of the treasury. Mr. Platt asked if he would not give the secretary of the treasury any discretionary power, to which MT. Cockrell replied that he would give the secretary that discretion by saying ''redeemable in coin." His contention was against the language of the bill, which de- clared the gold standard still in existence and gave to the secretary of the treasury 8 dangerous power. He urged that the third section of the bill provided for a cessation of silver coinage after July, 1891, and made of silver 8 commodity. He said that he believed if the senate would reject this report the house would agree to the senate bill.
 MT. Cockrell read from The New York Tribune statement that if under the pro- posed law there should be an attempt to force up the price of silver none might be offered, and in that case none might be purchased for the month. This was the declaration, he said, of the official organ of the Republican party. The bill, in his judgment, was infinitely worse than the present law.
 Mr. Daniel said that he did not agree with some of the criticisms of the language of the bill. He regarded it as silver vic tory, but still he was not prepared to vote for it. He spoke of the possibility of execu tive interference, and said he could not reproach Republican senators for receding from their position before the apprehension of it.
 Still he thought the silver question greater than any president. His objection to the conference bill he said, was based on the fact that it did not preserve gold standard of value but created one The bill discriminated against silver because it could pile up S7O, 900 900 worth of the metal every year in the treasury not dollar of which could be coined to pay the govern ments bonded indebtedness, which was payable in coin. The conference bill was better than no bill; but still it was mere makeshift It was inevitable that congress and the executive should come into colli- sion on silver, and why not have the quar- rel now?
 MT. Morrill, took the floor, but pending his remarks the senate adjourned with the understanding that vote will be taken on the conference report today
 The senate committee on foreign rela- tions referred to MT. Payne as a sub-com- mittee the petition of J. H. Hollander, 8 citizen of the United States who claims damages from the government of Guate- mala for expulsion from that country. 
 WASHINGTON, July 1.-The senate passed the conference silver bill yesterday by a vote of 39 to 26. It was strict party vote. Yeas-Messrs. Aldrich, Allen, Allison, Blair, Casey, Cullom, Davis, Dawes Dixon, Dolph, Edmunds, Evarts, Farwell, Frye, Hawley, Higgins, Hiscock, Hoar, Ingalls,, Jones (Nev), McMillan, Manderson, Nit chell, Moody, Pettigrew, Pierce. Platt, Plumb, Power, Quay, Sanders. Sawyer, Sherman, Spooner, Squire, Stewart, Stock bsidzs. Washbuxu Wolcptt-ao