Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-06-13
In THE SENATE.
The Conference Report on the De-
pendent Pension Bill
Explained.
SENATOR EvARTs ON THE SILL
JAZZ YER BILL.
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An American Arrested at Berlin for
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SENATOR EvARTs ON THE SILL
lttA YER BILL.
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SENATE
The Dependent Pen.Io. BiII rn.,
the silver NIL.

The Dependent Pension BiI rn.,
| the silver NIL.
WASHINGTON, June Elm the
Senate, Davis presented the comic
renee report on the dependent PEN
sion bill, and proceeded to explain It..
AS 10 the question of dependent
parents, he said that all the changes
made by the hill rom the existing
law was, whereas, the existing law
required the dependency to exist
at the time of the soldiers death.
the pending measure merely re
quired dependency at the time Of
application. The pension Of de-
pendent parents was the same as
under the existing law. The House
substitute, containing n provision
for service pensions for the
benefit OF all who had reached
the age Of o years, rs a re-
suit OF much discussion and con-
siderable alteration, had been elm
mated and the conferees agreed TO
strike out the words, ''and who are
dependent on their daily labor, or
contributions Of others not legally
bound to their support" The con-
ferees agreed TO the pension not ex-
ceeding Sl2, and not less than So.
AS 10 widows and minor children,
the provision Of the Senate bill had
been Substantially pension to. the
widow Of lees than si2 per month,
irrespective Of cause of the soldiers
death, whether attributable to the
service or not. That provision had
been the subject Of considerable dis
cussion in the conference, and the
result had been n combination of
both the Senate and the House pro-
visions. The bill would add about
forty-two millions per year to the
cost Of pensions. The report went
over, and was ordered printed.
THE SILVER BILL
was then taken up, and Evarts ad-
dressed the Senate.
He characterized the act OF 1873
as a "murJlerOus thrust at silver.
After n review OF the international
conferences on the question Of silver,
out OF which nothing had come. ne
said that now, for the first time in
the progress OF the matter Of redress,
the question confronted the repuhli-
can party, which had a majority in
each house and control Of the execu-
tive power. 1t was for that party TO
determine that the Interval OF lassi-
tude and delay shOnld lie no longer
extended. The people Of the United
States, through their representatives
in the two houses Of Congress. and
in their election Of the executive
head, in his opinion, had deter
mined that they could not allow this
disgrace and disorder 10 continue,
either in regard 10 their dcmestic
money or their money in relation
TO commerce. Congress was now
prepared for the adoption, in one
form or another, Of n measure,
which, As compared with anything
that had been done ia the interval
between ISL anu 1890, was like the
step of giant as compared
with that Of sick man.
Speaking OF the proposed opening
OF American minis to the silver OF
the world, Evarts said, with the
AiAcIcuNe III AaNto7 Veg III Luiblc
ami 6 in this country that measure
would be utterly impracticable, es-
pecially il it were desired also to
cause the opening Of minis abroad
to coin silver. The proposition to
receive silver bullion over the coun-
ter Of the treasury and pay for it in
certificates, leaving the transaction
at the will Of the owner Of the
bullion, never approved itself 10 his
Judgment. Money can never safely
be treated rs commodity. Ii was
not 20 I've treated as anything but for
the propulsion of circulation.
Vance spoke in favor Of the un-
limited coinage of silver.
Morgan began a coinage speech,
BIT without concluding, yielded to
motion TO adjourn