The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-11

WASHINGTON, July 10-The Senate re
sumed consideration oil the conference re-
port on the silver bill and was addressed
by Morgan in opposition to the report.
He expected to-day was to be crisis in the
question of the currency of the United
States, day as much so in regard to the
decentralization of silver and the confirming
the gold standard as was the act of 1873.
He did not know bat the effect of the vote
to be taken to-day Of 1t should result in the
adoption of the conference bilD would not
be really more fatal TO the prospect of sill
yer coinage in the future than the act of
1873 The legislation of 1873 had been, he
said an 'act of cold blooded assasSina-
tom of the silver dollar. IL had been pre-
sided over by the same Senator whose Zine
Italian HAND was to be seen in the confer
ence BILL which was a total departure
from the action of both the House and the
fnate and was as essentially new as if it
lad been novel written by the Senator
yrom Ohio within the last five days.
Morgan went on to speak of legislation
on all important matters being now entirely
controlled by the conference committees,
committees of arbitration, whose proceed
ings were so secret that if such committee
were bribed to the extent of a hundred
million dollars, no Senator would be per-
mitted to find it out.
~\Ihis statement was challenged and
na2sed some side talk between Morgan.
EIlison and Sherman. Morgan resumed
his argument against the conference bill
and called the attention of the friends of
free coinage, particularly of the Senator
from Colorado Creller) to the fact that
the same ''fine Italian hand' which framed
the act of 1873 operated in the conference
bill to destroy utterly any hope of the
RECOMMENDATION of silver so long as 1t re
manned unrepealed. He predicted that
when others of the conferees came to
realize what they had done, they would feel
like kicking themselves over a ten acre
field. The bill would monometallize The
country. would make gold the only thing
with which to pay debts or buy property
The craft of the Senator from Ohio could
not latter twelve months consideration
have fixed up a bill that would more
thoroughly destroy silver for ever a!
Money.
Morgan spoke for three hours and clcseC
with an appeal TO the Senators not t. allow
the Senator from Ohio (Sherman) To thrus
his stillelo again into silver.
Call also argued against the conference
report
Plumb spoke in its favor The confer
ence b II would give the country as mucl
money during the next year as FIRE
coinage would give. The bill was a lon
step in the right direction. sit is nv belle
will it work and so helpful will it be TO a
the people of the United States that tn
next step viii be free coinage" He woul
vote for the conference bill, regretting it
10 better, glad it is no worfe.
After further debate a vote was take
and the conference report agreed to, yea
80; nays, 26, as follows:
Yeas Aldrich, Allen, Allison, Blair
Casey, Cullom. Davis, Dawes, Dixol
Dolph, Edmunds, Evarts, Farwell, Fry
HawIey, Higgins, Hiscock, Hoar. Ingall
Jones, of Nevada; Mcmillan, Aandersoi
Mitihel, Moody, Pettigrew, Pierce. Plat
Plumb, Power, Quay, Sanders, Sawye
Sherman, Spooner, Squire, Stewart, Stoc
bridge. Washburn, Wolcott-39.
Nays-Barbour, Bate, Blackburn, Cal
Carlisle, Cockrell, Coke, ColquiUt, Dani'
Faulkner, Gibson, German, HamptC
Harris. Jones, OF Arkansas; Kenna. ii
Pherson, pasco, Pugh, Ransom, Reaga
Turpie, Vance, Vest, VOORHEES,, Waltha
20
The following pairs were announced
Hale and Gray: Chandler and Brow
Paddock and Eustis; Teller and Berr
Wilson, OF Iowa, and Wilson, of Marylan