The record-union., 1892-01-07
CONGRESSIONAL.
FREE COINAGE DISCUSSED IN THE
SENATE.
The House Indefinitely Postpones the
ing of Food to Russia.
Special 10 the REcoRD-UN1oN.

Special 10 the RECoRD-UNIoN.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Ga large number
of papers were presented and referred in
| the Senate this morning. One was from
| the Chamber of Commerce of Seattle,
Wash, praying Congress by more liberal
appropriations to enable the War and
Navy Departments to place the country
in a thorough condition of defense, so as
to be prepared to maintain its national
dignity and protect its humblest citizens
in any part of the world.
The Nice-President laid before the
Senate message transmitting the agree
ment made by the Commissioners with
the Indians of Colville Reservation in
Washington.
Among the bills introduced and re-
ferred was one granting pensions to the
soldiers in the Seminole and other Indian
wars.
Morgan offered a resolution directing
the Committee on Foreign Relations to
work of the Nicaragua Canal. The reso-
luton was laid on the table, Morgan stat
ing that he would call it up tomorrow.
The bill introduced by Stewart 10 pro-
vide Tor the free coinage Of gold and sill
yer bullion was taken UP and Morrill,
proceeded to address the Senate. Morrill,
criticized the speech heretofore made by
Stewart OH the same subject and spoke in
opposition to the bill for the free and un
limited coinage of silver. He now and
ever was in favor OF maintaining both
gold and silver in circulation and silver
to the EXTREMIST boundary that could
maintain it on parity with gold.
At the close of the speech, which occu-
pied about an hour and half in its de-
I ivory tQlInr took the tinnr and pallaH
attention to the fact that the Senator from
Vermont, as well as the President of the
United States, in his annual message,
treated the silver bill of July, 1890, as the
work of bimetallists in Congress. He
(Teller) denied that assertion. The bill,
he said, was not the work or product of
blmetallistS. The committee was known
to be for many years deadly hostile to
bimetaIlism. He did not intend to quar-
rel with the Act of July, 1890, but he did
intend to show it was not a silver Act; it
was money Act, and as such it received
the approval of the Senators who had
voted for free coinage.
After quoting q sentence from the
Presidents message to the effect that the
bill had been expected to bring the price
of silver up to Sl.29 per ounce, Teller
challenged the Executive for the good of
that statement, and asserted that only
one Senator (alluding to Jones Of Ne
vada) had intimated that the Act of 1890
would bring silver up to par. On the
other hand more than twenty Senators
had asserted that it would not bring
silver up to par. If disaster came, as it
would come if that policy is persisted in,
it would have to be laid at the door of
the men who for fifteen years steadily re-
sisted general public demand for the
use of silver on equal terms with gold.
But there was another proposition COM
from tho EYnnnfiUa. what W. ito
''It was that the United States should ac-
cumulate all the gold of the
world, and the money centers of Europe
would say that the United States, having
all the gold, they would JOIN the United
States in the work of using silver"
Coming as it did from the Executive of
the nation, he (Teller) was bound to
speak of it with respect, whatever he
might think OF feel. How was the United
States to accumulate the gold of the
world? Even when this country had an
abundance of crops and was ENJOYING
great prosperity gold left this country at
the rate of q million dollars day. The
United States was the debtor nation, ow-
ing to Europe more than two thousand
million dollars. How was the United
States to get Europe to unload her Golfers
and send gold here?
No action was taken on the bill, and
after a short executive session the Senate,
out of respect to the memory of the late
Representative Gamble, adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Elm the House
this morning Blount of Georgia asked
that the Senate joint resolution author
izing the Secretary of the Navy to trans
port contributions for the relief of the
suffering poor in Russia be referred to
the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Kilgore of Texas objected, contending
that it should be referred to the Com
mittee on Appropriations. There was
much discussion over the matter
Bryan of Nebraska hoped the appro-
priation OF 100000 would be stricken
from the resolution. If Congress was not
empowered to aid citizens in it's own
country in Nebraska during the drought
how was it empowered to carry corn
raised this year in Nebraska to people of
another country.
Kilgore then withdrew his motion to
refer the resolution to the Committee on
Appropriations, and the motion to refer
to the Committee on Naval Affairs was
lost.
The House then, on motion of Blornt.
agreed to proceed to the immediate con-
sideration OF the resolution.
Holmans of Indiana moved to strike
out the appropriation clause. He could
not see any reason why the United States
should charter a ship to transport pro-
visions contributed by her citizens to
sufferers in Russia. The Russian Gov
eminent is amply able to do this.
After further debate Holman's motion
to strike out the appropriation clause was
agreed to-l66 to 20.
Breckenridge of Kentucky, remarking
that it was perfectly clear the United
States navy had no ships which could be
used, and that the resolution was now
useless one, moved to postpone its con-
sideration indefinitely. Agreed to-93 to
81. This is equivalent to a defeat of the
measure.
Adjourned.
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