The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-09

was wiped out by the report Of a confer
ence committee, and when the Senate was
asked 70 recede, TO retrograde, to go back.
and to leave the whole question to hostile
treasury department, he should not vote
for the bill. He would vote for any bill
that bettered the present law, but he agreed
with the senator from Texas (Mr. Coke
that the conference bill was not an i'm
provement on the present law. 1t was
more vague than the present law, more un-
certain, left more discretion to the secretary
and consequently involved the interests OF
the people in more doubt.
TELLER's UNWILLING SUPPORT.
Mr.. Teller said that as much as he dis
liked the adoption of halfway measure, a
measure that disregarded the will of the
people for free, unlimited coinage Of silver,
he was compelled to support the conference
bill as the only measure which could bring
relief to the people of the United States for
the next few months. He believed that it
wns impossible to secure free coinage of sill
yer at the present session-not that he did
not believe that there was a majority
in its favor in the House of
Representatives, but because, under sys-
tenn which he could not speak of patiently,
could not be heard. And it never would
be heard until the people of the United
States should send to that body and to the
Senate men who were willing to represent
them, and to represent them in spite OF ex'
terror influences brought to bear upon
them, men who were able to with
stand the ridicule of the great
metropolitan press, men who were able TO
withstand the influence which the money
power Of the country knew 30 we'll how To
bring to bear, men who were able to with
stand the influences of the administration
and were willing to forego the favors OF the
executive for the purpose OF doing that
which they considered to be right.
The conference report or compromise was
not satisfactory to him. He had not ex-
pected that it would be; nothing would be
satisfactory to him save free coinage Of
silver. That was the only logical way to
dispose of the question. It was the only
way that it would be ever settled. The
conference bill was. at best, temporary
expedient, as the Bland bill had been
and the next congress would be vexed
with the question as much as the present
congress was.
AN OBJECT LESSON.
Mr.. Stewart said that if the conference
bill were executed in good faith, as the
Senate was bound to assume it would be, il
would give great relief. He was confident
that it would be an object lesson that would
lead to free coinage The bill should receive
the vote of every friend of silver.
Mr.. Cockrell gave some of the reasons
why he could not vote for the conference
bill. 1t gave away, he said, every particle
of what the Senate proposed-to put silver
on a parity with gold. 1t reverted back tc
the single gold standard, and left silver as {
mere merchandise like wheat, tobacco, corr
or oats.
The discussion was interrupted at
o'clock, and the bill went over without &C.
ton till tomorrow.
HOW AN ENGLIsHMAN LOOKS AT 1T.
LONDON, July 9, 8 A. M-The Chronicle
commenting on the silver compromise, says
1.-THE friends of silver will naturally rejoic
at this important step in further remonetiza
ton. Should the expected rise be realized
it will give great credit to the Indian ex
chequer, probably improve the condition o1
Lancashire manufacturers and British anC
Irish farmers, and remove many objection;
to bimetallism."