The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-13
IN THE SENATE.
Mine-Owner Stewart Assails tho Admin
istration-The Election of Senators.

Mine-Owner Stewart Assails tho Admin
istration-The Election of Senators.
WASHINGTON CITY. April 12-In the
Senate resolution was offered by Morgan
calling for information as to reciprocity
with Germany and Haiti; agreed to.
The resolution offered by Stewart yes
terday in relation to the purchase of silver
and the coinag of standard silver dollars,
was taken up. After an amendment by
Sherman and inserting the words, land a
detailed statement of the amount pur-
chased each day" Stewart addressed the
Senate on the subject.
He was not sure that he fully understood the
last monthly statement of the treasury depart
ment as to the financial condition of the treas
ury. Having cited the figures set forth in
the April statement, he remarked that the en-
tire amount of gold in the treasury in excess of
the outstanding gold certificates was less than
one-eighth of the silver and paper. for which
redemption demand might be made on it. Stew
art gave the amount OF gold in the treasury as
sl25 ISIS, coo, and said ii the gold standard to
be maintained the silver act OF 1890 would have
to be repealed and the secretary of the treas
ury would have to be authorized to sell
bonds in order to accumulate gold enough to
redeem tine silver coin and paper money now
outstanding. But no public man would dare to
ever, silver was maintained as money, the silver
in the silver dollar would have to be made
+, equally valuable as the gold in the gold dol
lar. and that should only be done through the
coinage OF silver on the came terms and condi-
tons applied to the coinage OF gold He
spoke of the uniavorable disposition of the pres
ident and administration toward silver, and
mentioned it YVES matter of common report
that sellers OF silver to the government had been
given time to deliver the silver to Fl II their
orders after they had occupied the market and
kept others out thus depressing prices.
Whether this was true not would be shown
when the secretary OF the treasury sent his an
swer to the pending resolution. The people of
the United States would not stop agitation on
the subject until silver was restored to the
place which ii occupied previous to the IN
fortunate legislation of 1873.
The resolution went over till tomorrow
Morgan expressing his intention to speak
upon it for brief period.
The joint resolution heretofore intro
duced by Palmer, proposing a constltu-
tionaI amendment for the election of
United States senators by the people was
taken up, and Chandler addressed the
Senate in opposition. The time might
come, he said, when he would be con-
WINGED that such proposition might be
submitted, but he was not convinced of it
at the present time. He would therefore
state some objections to it. He did not
propose to crafty the Farmers Alliance
by voting for q constitutional amendment
for which he thought there was no oc-
casion. He spoke of the evil OF the caucus,
but argued that the present system of
electing senators was less liable to fraud
and abuse, and criticised Palmer's allusion
to General Logan's election to the Senate
as a trick.
Palmer diselaimed intention of reflect
ingo Logan, and gave history of Logan's
election.
Chandler urged another objection in the
present degraded condition Of suffrage in
the United States.
Palmer replied to Chandler's allusion to