The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-10
SENATOR'S ON SILVER.
A Vote on Conference Bill Will
Be Taken Today.
DEMOCRATS IN OPPOSITION.
Congressman NcMillin Gives His
Opinion of King Malietoa.
Wyoming Bill Goes to the President--
Republican Congressional Committee
Issues An Appeal for the Federal
Election.

UAshIH6Toh OiIIs July I'LL tHe oen~
ate the presiding officer, ingalls,, announced
his signature to the bill for the admission
of Wyoming. The bill now goes to the
president for his signature.
On motion of Blair the Senate proceeded
to executive business. The doors were re-
opened at O'Clock.
The sundry civil appropriation bill was
reported, and Allison stated that be would
ask consideration tomorrow.
Consideration of the conference report
on the silver bill was resumed, and Cock
rell continued his argument against the re-
Fort.
Cockrell criticised the last clause of the
second section of the conference bill, and
said the language therein indicated pref
erence for single gold standard. The Sec
retary of the treasury would SO interpret
it. Until parity between the metals was
established, gold would be given the pref
erence, and legal tender notes would be re-
deemed in gold.
Teller controverted this.
Jones of Arkansas read an extract from
an article in yesterdays New York Erening
Post. paper opposed, he said, to silver
legislation, to the effect that the conference
report contained some features not in en-
braced in either the House bill or Senate
bill, and tending to make it better meas
ure than either, and also stated that the
purpose OF the silver men was ''foiled"
Cockrell-Prec:sely what have said That
article is from very able representative of
gold, and 1t is warning to the senator from
Nevada that he has abandoned the cause OF
equalization of silver with gold in this confer.
enee report The secretary of the treasury can
I~t.- .tt.~
gold and can lock up in the vaults OF the treas
ury every silver dollar That is the most dan
gerous power given to the secretary of the
treasury since the foundation of the govern
ment.
Piatt-Does the senator mean to say he would
not give the secretary of the treasury discretion
as to which coin he would pay in?
Cockreil-I certainly would give him that
discretion. would say, "redeemable in coin." /"
Plat-That is all there is to say.
Cockren-That is true, but there Is with 1t Q
declaration which is fatal, and that is that the
gold standard still exists and must be MAIN
tanned.
Taking up the third section Of the confer
ence bill. Cockrell entered an earnest pro-
test against it as meaning practical cessa-
ton of silver coinage after July, 1891.
Jones OF Neyada--Ihat is all we want.
Cockrell-In other words, the senator from
Nevada is willing TO abandon the double stand
ard, TO make silver mere co nruodity, to stop
its coinage and to tell ~ people of the country
that he has done something toward the restora-
ton OF the double STANDARD. The bill is q total
abandonment of all pretensions to a double
standard.
Mitchell, in the course of some questions
involving Cockrell's consistency, remarked
that while heswas in favor of free coinage,
he would support the bill because it was all
that the friends of silver could get.
Cockrell--I believe that if the Senate will re-
ject this report the House will in the end agree
to the Senate BILL We have made no deter
mined 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 truthfuness to the assertion OF the mono
metsliists OF the East that the bill was only q
project TO furnish m arket for silver bullion.
Daniel addressed the Senate in opposi-
ton to the bill. The silver question, he
said, was great deal bigger than the presi-
dent of the United States, whether the
presidents name was Harrison or Cleve-
land. He argued that under the confer
ence bill $40. 000.000 worth of silver bullion
would be piled up in the treasury yearly
for all the years that the silver stream
would be flowing, and not a dollar of it
could be coined to pay the bonded obliga-
tions of the United States, which were paw
able in coin. Such enormouss dis
elimination against silver as that
bad never existed in legislation
except when silver was completely demo-
netized. He admitted that it would be bet
ter that the conference bill should become
law than that no bill on the subject should
become law. But it was mere makeshift.
Sooner or later Daniel said, congress and
the executive had got to come into coIlis-
sion 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 believed in free coinage, 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 said he could
not finish his remarks today. An informa al
understanding was had that vote would
be taken tomorrow. Adjourned.
Confirmation: General E. n Bachelor.
quartermaster general of the army.