Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-10
THE DADDY DOLLARS.
Silver Still the Leading Topic in
the Senate.
KILLING TIME in THE HOUSE.
A Motion to Amend the Journal
Finally Carried.
Mr.. ROGERS cRiTicizes Mr.. REED.
SENATE.

SENATE.
Mr.. Dawes presented a memorial from Lynn,
Mass, protesting against appropriations for
sectarian Indian schools. Referred.
Mr.. Stewart offered resolution (Which was
agreed to) calling on the Secretary of the In
terror for information as to the selection Of
sites for reservoirs by the director Of the geo.
logical survey.
MIR. MORGAN OPPOSES THE SILVER BILL.
The Senate resumed consideration Of the
conference report on the silver bill, and was
addressed by MIR. Morgan in opposition to the
report. He expected that the day was to be
crisis In the question of currency of the peo-
pie OF the United States, as much SO in regard
TO the demonstration of silver and the con-
fining 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 (if
1t should result in the adoption Of the confer
ence bilD would not be really more fatal to the
the act Of 1873. The legislation of 1878 had
been (he said) an act of cold-blooded assassi-
nation OF the silver dollar. 1t had been pre-
sided over by the same Senator whose "fne
Italian hand" was to be seen i'll the conference
bill. a bill which was total departure from the
acton OF both the House and the Seuate, and
was as essentially new as if it had been novel
written by the Senator from Ohio within the
last five days.
LEGISLATION CONTROLLED BY CONFERENCE CON-
M1TTEEs.
MIR. Morgan went on to speak of legislation
on all important matters being now entirely
controlled by conference committees commit
tees of arbitration. whose proceedings were
secret; so that If such committee were bribed
to the extent of a hundred million dollars no
Senator would be permitted to find it out.
lIQO Il &t.,xx xhz,n
sary secrecy about conference committees.
They were public committees.
MIR. Morgan replied to that remark by saying
that in this very discussion Mr.. sherman had
declined to answer a question as to proceedings
In the conference committee on the ground that
such proceedings were secret.
MIR. SHERMAN SAID
he had never denied to the Senate any infor-
nation as to what took place in conference
He had been asked what particular conference
had offered a particular proposition and he
mad felt that he was not at liberty to answer
such question. II he had been asked
who voted for it he should have stated
the exact fact; but as to disclosing con-
versation in committee that would be a de-
parture not only from parliamentary propriety
but from gentlemanly propriety.
Mr.. 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 (Mr. Teller)-to
the fact that the same fine Italian hand
which had framed the act Of 1873 had operated
IN the conference bill to destroy utterly any
hope OF the reconciliation of silver, so long as
II remained unrepealed He predicted
that when others OF the conferees came to
realize what they had done they would
FEEL LIKE KICKING THEMSELVES
over ten-acre field. The bill would mono
metalize the country; would make gold the
only thing with which to pay debts or 70 buy
property. The craft of the Senator from Ohio
conid not (after a tweive-months' considera-
tion) have fixed up a bill that would more
thoroughly destroy silver forever as money
than the conference bill would.
THE LIGAL EFFECT OF THE Bill.
was plain. 1t was that the moment the price
OF silver was forced up to 37I1 grains for a
dollar the coinage of silver ceased. The peo-
pie of the United States would hold to strict
accountability for that the men who. in the last
moment, had given away" the whole question
to the opponents of silver money.
MEssRs. FARwELL AND JONES JOIN IN DISCUS
SION OF THE CURRENCY.
The position taken by Mr.. Morgan was con-
troverted by Mr.. Farweil and Mr.. Jones (Nev.) }
and discussion was carried on between them
as to the effect Of the bill upon the currency of
the country. In the course of the discussion
MIR. Jones asked what would gold dollar per-
form for farmer which paper dollar would
not perform as well, and Mr.. Morgan said that
the question showed that he had. "struck
nat money man." That Sem
ator (Mr. Morgan said) had been
years and years advocating with marked ability
the making Of gold and silver the basis of ali
coin and currency of the country; and now he
kicked it all away and dismissed it with a sneer
and said that
AS GOOD DOLLAR ~
could be turned out of the printing press az ont
Of the gold or silver mine.
Mr.. Jones-i did not enter on that discussion.
MIR. MOrgan-No; but you interpoIated it into
my speech. know that the free-coinage Sena-
tors who support the conference bill are in a
tight place. They are in a bad box but not in
half as bad a box as they will be in when the
people ''get lick at them for striking their
colors and providing for selling silver to the
government, but not for its coinage.
HOUSE.