The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-10

WASHINGTON, July 9.-The presiding Off
Ger Qngalls) announced his signature to
the bill for the admission of Wyoming. The
bill now goes to the President for his sig
nature.
On motion of Blair, the Senate proceeded
to executive business. The doors were re-
opened at 1 o'clock.
The sundry civil appropriation bill was
reported. Allison stated he would ask con-
sideration to morrow.
Consideration of the conference report
on the silver bill was resumed. Cockrell
continued his argument against the report
Cocl1ren criticised the last clause OF the
!. second section of the conference bill and
> said the language therein indicated pre-
ference for the single gold standard The
secretary of the treasury would so inter
pref it it until parity between the metals
was established and gold would be given
the preference and legal tender notes would
be redeemed in gold.
Teller controverted this assertion.
Jones, of Arkansas, read an extract
from an article in yesterdays New York
EUentng Post "a paper opposed, he said, to
silver legislation in ali its forms). to the
effect that the conference report contained
some features not embraced in either the
House bill or the Senate bill and tending
to make it better measure than either.
it also stated that the purpose of silver was
<.foiled, ?,
Cockrell-Precisely what l have said.
That article is from a very able represent
alive of the gold interest and it is a warning
TO the Senator from Nevada (Jones) that
he has abandoned the cause of the eouali-
cation of silver with gold. Under this
conference report the secretary of the
treasury can drive the country to part with
every dollar of gold and can lock up in the
vaults of the treasury ever silver dollar
That is the most dangerous power given to
asecretary Of the treasury since the foun-
dalton of the government.
Platt-Does the Senator mean to saw he
Mould not give the secretary of the treas
ylry discretion as to which coin he would
pay ins
Cockrell-I certainly would give him that
discretion. 1 would say "redeemable in
coin"
Platt-That is all there is to say
Cockrell-That is true. but there is with
il a declaration which is fatal thing, and
that is the gold standard still exists and
must be maintained.
Taking up the third section of the con-
fa4ence bill, Coclzrell entered a .'most
earnest and solemn protest against it,, as
meaning a practical cessation of silver
coinage after July, 1891.
Jones, of Nevada, - That is all we
want.
Cockrell-In other words, the Senator
from Nevada is willing to abandon the
double standard to make silver mere
commodity; TO stop its coinage and to tell
the people of the country he has done
something for them in the restoration of
the double standard. The conference bill
is total abandonment of all pretensions
to double standard.
Mitchell in the course of some questions
involving Cockrell's consistency, remarked
that while he was in favor of the bill and
unlimited coinage of silver, he would sup
port the conference bill because it was al
that the friends of silver could get.
y Cockrell-I believe if the Senate will re-
feet this report the House will in the enc
agree to the Senate bill. We have made
no determined effort to support the Senate
bill. We show no back bone; we show NJ
disposition TO stand by what we have
solemnly done, and we give truthfulness tt
the assertion of the mono metalliSts of The
east that the bill was only a project u
furnish market for silver.
Daniel addressed the Senate in opposition
TO the bill. The silver question, he said
was great deal bigger than the Presiden
of the United States, whether the Presi
dents name was Benjamin Harrison o.
Grover Cleveland. Daniel argued that un
der the conference bill SIC, 600 600 worth o
silver bullion would be piled up in the trea
sury every year for all the years that tn,
silver stream would be flowing, and not
dollar Of 1t could be coined TO pay thu
bonded obligations OF the United States
which were payable in coin. Such az
enormous discrimination against silver a
that never existed in legislation excep
when silver was completely demone
TIED He admitted it would be bette
that the conference bill should become Law
than that no bill on the subject should be
come law. But ii was q mere nakeshifi
Sooner or later, Daniel said, Congress an
the executive, had to come into collision o.
the silver question. Why not let the coils
ion come now. If the friends Of silver stoo
mp to the fight they thought could WIN il
and if they ran away they would lose Il
If they believed in the free coinage Of silve
las he did, they should stand by the Sen
ate bill and let the President Of the Unite
States take care of himself.
Morgan took the floor, but said he coul
not finish his remarks today. Aninformi
understanding was had that vote woui
be taken tomorrow and the Senate az
lourned.
A In the House.