, 1890-07-10

.su,yoro INV The nr.s;d;ng
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omcer Ilneaii-J ~anhouhceu MS signature
to the bill Tor the admission of wyoming.
The bill now goes to the president for his
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ceeded to executive business. The doors
were reopened at | o'clock.
The snndrv civil annronr;a,,on hill was
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ask consideration tomorrow.
Consideration OF the conference report
nm the silver hill VIVA resumed and Cock-
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ien 0ou'inueu VIZ aisu"ens Aka'ns' Tue
report. tie criticized the last. clause OF
the second section of the conference bill
and said the language therein indicated a
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secretary OF the treasury would 80 inter
pref It, Until a parity between the
metals was established 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 yesterday s New York
Loenn0 fost "a paper opposed he SAID,
70 SILVER iegisiation In all It's forms) TO the
enect that the conference report contained
some features not embraced In either the
mouse Dill or the senate Dill and endln
70 make II a better measure than either.
IL also stated that the purpose OF the
SILVER bill was fooled.
Cockrell- Precisely h l have said.
That article Is from a very able represent
atIve OF the gold interest, and 1t Is a warn
ing to the senator from Nevada lJones)
tnat ne mas abandoned the cause OF equal
lzatlon OF silver with gold Under thus
conference report the secretary oil the
treasury can drive the country to part
with every dollar oil gold and can lock up
IN the vaults OF the treasury every silver
dollar. That Is the most dangerous power
given the secretary OF the treasury since
the ioundation OF the government
fiatt-Doe the senator mean to say
that he would not give the secretary OF
the treasury discretion as to which coin
he would pay In!
Cockreli-l certainly would give hun
tnat discretion L would say redeem
apie In COIN,
piatt-ihas Is all that there IS to say
Cockreil-ihat 10 true. put there Is
win IL q declaration which Is 4 fatai
thinR, q mat Is the goid standard still
exists ana De maintained taxing
up the third sector OF the conference bill.
Cockrell entered a most earnest and SOL
emn protest agiinstit as meaning the
practical cessation OF silver coinage after
July, 1891.
Jones OF evada-Ih is all We
want
Cockre.i-ln other words the senator from
Nevada Is Wiling to bando the double
to make silver a mere commod-
ny, 70 stop It's coinage and tel the peo-
pie OF the country mat he mas done some
thing Tor them In the restoration OF the
double andar Inc conference Dill Is q
totai abandonment oil all pretensions TO a
uoupie hda
nitcheil IN the course oil questions IN,
voiVing Sockrell consistency, remarked
That while ne was IN favor OF the free
and unlimited coinage OF silver, he would
suppo the conference oiil because 1t was
all that the friends OF silver could get. ;,
Oockrei-l oeheve II the senate VIII
reject TINS report the mouse Will In the
eno agree 10 the senate Dill. Inc mouse
made no determined effort to support the
senate Dill: we snow no backbone; we
snow no disposition to stand oy what we
nave soiemhiy done. ana we give truth
iuiness to the assertion OF the monometal-
ISIS oil the East that the bin was only a
project to furnish a market Tor silver bul
non.
Daniels addressed the senate In OBJ
position 70 the Dli. line silver question:
ne salo, was q great ueafS.geer ,han tne
presloent Oh .he oni.ed Ssates, whe.ner
me president 8 name was BENJAMIN haT.
IiSUn OF uEOVeT OltVelAnQ. D4nlelH
argued that under the conference bill
xIO. u NJ worth OF silver bullion WOuld