The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-04-13
In the Senate.

WASHINGTON, April 12-The resolution
offered by Stewart yesterday in relation 10
the purchase Of silver and the coinage of
standard dollars, was taken up. After an
amendment by Sherman, inserting the
words "a detailed statement of the amount
purchased each day." Stewart addressed
the Senate on the subject. Previous to
this the resolution offered by Morgan call
ing for information as 10 reciprocity with
Germany and Hayti was agreed to. He
was not sure, he said, he fully understood
tue last monthly statement Of the tresury
department as to the financial condition of
the treasury. Having cited figures as set
forth in the April statement, he remarked
the entire amount of gold in the treasury
in excess of outstanding gold certificates
was less than one-eighth of the silver and
paper for which a redemption demand
might be made on it. Stewart gave the
amount of geld in the treasury as SIPS, Sl5-
600. He said if the gold standard was 10
be maintained the silver act of 1890 would
have to be repealed and the. secretary of
the treasury would have to be authorized
TO sell bonds in order to accumulate gold
enough to redeem the silver coin and
paper money now outstanding, but
no public man, he said, would dare
make such monstrous proposition. If
| however, silver was maintained as money
the silver in the silver dollar would have to
be made equally as valuable as the gold in
the gold dollar, and that should only be
done through the coinage of silver on the
| same terms and conditions as applied to
the coinage of gold. He spoke of the I'M
favorable disposition of the President and
administration towards silver and men
tened as matter of common report, that
sellers of silver to the government were
| given time tG deliver the silver to fill their
| orders after they had occupied the market
and kept others out, thus depressing prices
| Whether this were true or not, would be
shown, he said, when the secretary of the
treasury sent his answer to the pending
resolution. In conclusion, he declared the
people Of the United States would not stop
the agitation on the subject until silver
was restored to the place which it occupied
previous to the unfortunate legislation of
1913. The resolution went over till to-
morrow, Morgan expressing an intention
to speak upon it for a brief period
The Joint resolution heretofore introduced
by Palmer, proposing a constitutional
amendment for the election of United
States Senators by the people, was taken
up. Chandler addressed the Senate in op
position. The time might come, he said
when he would be Convinced such propo-
SltlOn mlgnt De submitted, but he was not
convinced for II at the present time. He
would, therefore, state some objections
10 IL.
Chandler said he did not propose tc
crafty the Farmers Alliance by voting
for a constitutional amendment for which
he thought there was no occasion. He
spoke Of the evil causes and argued thai
the present.system of electing Senators was
less liable to fraud ana abuse; he criticised
Palmer's allusion to General Logans cleo
ton TO the Senate as trick. Palmer dis
claimed any intention of rejecting OF
Logan and gave the history of Logan.
election. Chandler argued it was another
objection to the present degraded condition
OF suffrage in the United States.
Palmer replied 10 Chandler's illusions Il
his political history, and said he left the
Republican party when it left its owl
principles and became a tariff and protec
zionist party. He had no fear of tn,
popular vote. While the Republican party
, was devoted to the uses for which it was
made, no grander or nobler party existed
1t was only after it fell into the hands O
men who used il for the advancement n
private interests that it became the foe Il
the country, which it was.
Cullom asserted there was no fraud il
! General Logan's last election TO the Sen
: ate. The joint resolution was referred t
the committee on privileges and elections
, and after passing number of bills on tn
calendar, the Senate adjourned.