The Delta independent., 1890-05-20
CONGRESSIONAL.
SATURDAY, MAY 10.


itary post, was agreed to-yeas 80, nays l3.
MIR. Cockrells amendment striking out
the words 'beer or wine," was disagreed
to. The bill then passed.
The Senate then took up Individual PEN
sion bills on the calendar and passed all of
them-lS5 in an hour and half.
HousE.-The House went into!committee
of the whole on the tariff bill.
MONDAY, MAY IL.
S20O, 900 for the public building at Ogden,
Utah, was reported and placed on the cal
endar.
The Senate then proceeded to consider
the action authorizing the issue of treas
ury notes on deposits:of silver bullion. Mr..
its favor. He declared the financial de-
preston due to the shrinkage in the vol
ume of currency. The motion of demon
etization in the case of silver, as well as
the creditor class of the world, eand coufis-
cate farms, the practicable rewards to the
hardy toilers.
HousE.-The tariff bill was taken up and
read for amendments.
MIR. Anderson Of Kansas offered the
amendment providing that the President
may suspend the rate Of duty on any i'm
ported article when, in his judgment, the
production or manufacture or sale Of such
article are monopolized or contracted by
any trust or combination. The amend
ment caused a lively debate in regard to
trusts. Carried, 81 to 76
A number of amendments offered by
Democrats were rejected.
TUESDAY, MAY 13.
SESATE.-Senator Jones, of Nevada, con-
tinued his address. He opposed tho idea
of redeeming treasury notes in bullion on
the ground that when they were redeemed
the monetary circulation would become con
tracted, and putting bullion on the market
wouldnot make up to the country for the loss
of money from circulation. He predicted
that the restoration of silver to its birth
right will mark an epoch in the history OF
this republic. 1t will place in circulation
an amount of money commensurate with
our increasing population, it will give as
surance to our languishing industries that
the volume of our circulating medium Is
not to continue shrinking, and that the ten
dency of prices shall no longer be down
ward. 1t will increase the wages OF labor
and the prices of the products Of labor; it
will reduce the price of bonds and other
forms of money securities; it will tighten,
but not iinequitably, the burden of mort
cages; it will increase largely, though not
uniustiy, the debt-paying and tax-paying
power of the people. 1t will loosen the
grasp of the creditor from the neck of the
debtor.
In answer to questions, Mr. Jones said
that if there was free coinage OF silver he
believed tnat in three days silver, not used
for coinage, would be worth sl.2o an ounce,
and there it would remain.
HousE.-A large number of amendments
to the tariff bill were considered and re-
iected. Thirteen pages out Of 158 were
dispatched.
WEDNESDAY, MAY Is.
calendar was the Senate bill subiecting
imported liquors to the provisions of the
laws of the several States.
Mr.. Plumb demanded the regular order;
ana when MIR. Hoar desired to make some
further remarks. Mr.. Plumb objected and
resented by Mr.. Hoar, who remarked that
he had never seen such an exhibition of
boorishncss before.
Then you never looked into a glass"
was the retort of Mr.. Plumb.
Mr.. Edmunds introduced a bill to estab-
lish a university OF the United States and
haG it referred to a select committee.
The silver bill was then taken up and
Mr. Teller addressed the Senate. He
spoke of the bill as relating TO, perhaps,
the most important question that had been
presented TO the Senate since the demoue-
tization of silveri in 1913, if it could be truly
said that more important question had
ever been presented TO the Senate.
The silver product of the United States
20, ,Ooo, 600 ounces last year, was insignif-
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ests of the country that were involved in
the rehabilitation of silver as money
metal. There was in the country gen.
eral feeling, not confined to any class, that
silver ought TO be used as money on equal
terms, so far as practicable, with gold.
HoUsE.-On motion of MIR. Morrill, of
Kansas the House insisted on its amend
ment to the Senate dependent pension bill
and u conference was ordered.
The House then went into committee of
the whole on the tariff bill.
Various amendments looking to a reduc-
tion of the duty on earthen, china and
glassware were made on the Dem ocratic
side but met with no success.
THURSDAY. May Is.
SENArE.-Among the bills reported from
committees and placed on the calendar
Were the Senate bill to provide for the ad-
iudication.of claims arising from Indian
depredations; the house bill granting
pen sion to Mrs. Della Parnell.
The Senate then resumed the considera-
ion of the silver bill and Mr.. Teller con-
tinued his argument and criticism of 1t.
There were two features of the bill which
should be amended, he said, if the bill was
to perform two things which his friends
proposed to accomplish by it That WAS to
raise the price of silver, and to give the
country an increased money circulation.
He claimed that everyone admitted that
this was temporary measure.
1t Afforded no relief whatever except in
making a special market for silver in ex-
cess of the present government demand,
3, 900, 900 month. If it was proposed to
restore silver, it would have to be given
its full money functions. There were, at
least nine men in the world calling for
silver as against one man calling for gold.
There We're not more than l2S ,OOU, 900 of the
people of that preference, and by law sill
yer was the chief money. Silver was the
better adapted for the use of money than
gold. While he was himself = bi-metallist,
If there was to be only one money standard
he would welcome a silver basis, in the IN
terest of the race, and of the people of this
country. and the sooner it was reached the
better for American industry, the better
for commerce. the better for trade, the bet
ter for everything.
HousE.-Mr. Mckinley from the COM
nittee on rules reported resolution pro-
yiding that the debate on the tariff bill
shall close on next Wednesday. After
objections from Democrats the resolution
.arried.
The reading of the bill consumed the re-
nainder Of the day, and at its conclusion
The committee rose and the House took =
recess.
The House at its evening session passed
lS9 private pension bills.
The anti-slavery conference at Brus-
sels has made much progrees. 1t has
agreed to adopt measures for reprossing
slave raids, and will shortly pass the prop.
ssition requiring all European countries
possessing territories on the African coast
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