The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-11
THE SILVER BILL PASSED.
REPUBLICAN, SENIORS ONLY TOTE
FOR 7HE COA FERENCE REPORT.


FREQ Coinage SENATORS Admit That There
n, No Free Coinage In the DnI, hut Say
That II IL IL Long step In That niree'
tion-DcmocrntS In the House tontin"e
Their ObntrmctV, Tnctics-The Confer.
ence Report on the Consular and Dipl"'
,rut,c Augmentation IIIti Finally Adopted
wAsu1ScToN, July iO.-The Senate to-day
roeumed conei,iera ion OF the conference re-
mort on the silver iii and WIS addressed by
Mr. Morgan Dem. Aln.) in opposition 10 Inc
report lie cNpe ted that the day was TO be
crisis In the question OF currency OF the peoplo
Of the United States, us much SON reEAtn 10
tho decentralization OF silver and tn" conUhihS
of coin TO tho single gold standard -- Hs
WINS the act Of 1873. He did not know
but that the effect Of tho vote 10 DO
taken to-day-ifit should result In the Ruon-
ton OF tho conference hill-would not 10 reall'
moro fatal 10 the prospect OF silver colnaRo III
the future than the net OF 1873. The leGisla-
ti,n NJ 1874 was an net OF cold blooded assas-
sInntion Of tho silver dollar. 1t was presided
ov.r nv the same Senator whose :" fine Italian
hand" was to be seen IN the conference bill-a
hill which was q total departure from the ac-
zion Of both the House and tho Senate. and was
ma essentially new as II 1t had been mover
written by tho senator from Ohio within the
last Ave days.
Mr.. Morgan went on 10 speak OF legislation
on all important matters being now entlreH
controlled by conference committees-cominn-
toes OF arbitration, whose proceedings were
secret; so that. II such n committee were
bribed to the extent OF slOO,Uoo.ouo no oeh"toF
would be permitted to find 1t out.
Mr.. Ali. on lKcp., Iowa that there was no
-.oo,.,.y aanraIv conference commit
tees They were public committees
MIR. Morgan replied 10y saying that In THIS
xerv discussion Mr.. Sherman had declined 10
answer question as to proceedings III the
conference committee, on the ground that euch
proceedings were secret.
Mr. sherman Rep Ohiol said he had never
denied to tho Senate any information as 10
what took place in conference. He was asked
what particular conferee had offered par
ttcular proposition. and felt that he was not at
liberty to answer sucn question. II he had
been ashed who voted fo- it he should have
stated the exact fact: but ~ to disclosing con-
versation in committee. TINT would he depart ,;
ure not only from parliamentary PROPHECY ouS
from gentlemRnly proprletS =, Al,
Nh. Morgan called the attention Of the
friends Of lree coinage partTra d OF 81 TIE
fact that the same " line Italian hand WHICH
had framed the act Of 1873 had "pepated b III me ne
fhe Standardization Of silver so long rs ii re-
NAMED unrepealed. Ho predicted that when
others OF the conicirees came TO leniiGe Wha;
themselves over, II ten-arre field. The ~
would monometaIlizet the country. would make
to buy property. The craft Of tho Senator rom
Ohio could not. after twelve. months consid-
grafton xs1 UP H that reler
money 1n0r evST than The conference bill would.
The legal eject OF the bill was plain. II was
mr. TO 81 a grains Tor dollar the coinage OF
silver ceased The people of the United suites
the men who. in the last moment. had given
away the whole question 10 the opponents OF
Mr. Norman spoke for three hours and closed
with an appeal to Senators not to allow the
senator from Ohio Mr.. Sherman to thrust his
MIR Gail Dem. Fla argued against the con-
ference bill. suggesting that It vas only a varL-
aud that the only difference was that IN The
case OF silver IL was to be bought outright.
Mr.. Plumb tlten Nan, Snid mat IN me par
bin WAS comparatively unohI"ctionable-s
rosing always that compromise had to lie
made. The. essential feature of the IN Il
the first section OF II. directing the purchase OF
4 800 900 Gun, es Of sill, or every month: do
MT find ANYTHING, in the Bill which d lii
is n long step in the right direction
nueh "nSert sten than ns was af %e,
then prevailing-n longer step because OF the
Increased amount OF Treasury notes that will
stay out and will strengthen the whole fabric
Of individual and governmental credit They
will he as porIar as the TreensaeGs We're WEI ana
lation. If this bill becomes alawmy own belief
is That. so, easily and nicely will It work, 70
States 30 wisely will it commend itself TO the
good judgment OF the people that the next
taken take W. With the pracIir, Concurrence Of the
American people. | 81 ~ Tote Tor the confer;
ence bill, reEretting hat 1t is no better and
iD,D m Al,
NJ Vance Dem. Mott is admitted that
the bill is, not what it ought TO be. Common
it what 1t ought to be. We have made but one
effort 70 make it what it ought to be, and be.
Capitol, We Immediately submit and make no
further effort WegeopGse1 d oi h "r the e. oene
one for oF the HsH sne q The miners AND
tween the two bills.
vote for the conference bill. becau- he thought
1t rs different from free coinage 9s night was
ton might result in the passage OF a free coin
age bill. The conference III announced dis
tinctly that 1t was the Intention Of Congress 10
In his judgment. free coinage would put the
country, on silver basis. Mr. Dolph referred
who had voted for free coinage. and who now
favored the conference bill
MIR. Teller llep. COLI resented this allusion
TO himself and others and said hat he had no.
ticed that tho people who were tho most ear
full OF financial Legislation we're those VINO were
most ignorant Of tho su bect. He admitted
that there WIS no free coinage In the confer
ence bill; but he insisted that, Objectionable
as ii was to him because II was not free coin
age. it was a step in thRt direction;
Mr.. Mitchell REP, Orej said that he voted
for Mr. PlumbS free coinage amendment be-
cause he favored It and because the people OF
Oregon favored II. II he had voted against 1t lie
would nave felt bound To apologize 10 his State
for such vote III the shape Of a resignation OF
his seat in the Senate. A he could not get the
bill which he desired, he would give to the CON
ference bill his earnest and unqualified sup
Ior., In fact that bin embodied almost liter
ally the Vows which he had expressed in some
remarks made by h i'm to the Senate In June.
Mr.. BLAIR Ron; y. H.; expressed the idea
that q man should stand up aud take his medi-
cine cheoGIulIy. After Listening 70 one ,sena-
bill gold sta93derI, and the other Senator
free coinage, and 10 the senator from Kansas
INT. Plumb. VINO was satisfied that 1t was free
coinage I'LL, and to the Senator from Colorado
IMr. Teller. who was not satisfied with 1t pre-
cisely ho Mr.. Blair thought h0 would vote for
It, but he gave notice that under no clrcnm-
stances would no. here or elsewhere. give a
single reason for so doing. Laughter and u
complimentary remark ron Mr.. EdmundL
that that was the best speech which had been
male on tho ,ecti.
Mo vnta wnS than taEan and tho cnnfarapca