Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-11
SENATE.

tors in their seats when the chaplain offered
prayer. After Thursdays journal had been
read the Vice President laid before the senate
several official and other documents. including
n communication from the Treasury Lei art
ment as to the sale of the United States custom
house and rost Office site and building at Mill
waukee and one from the Interior Department
asking an appropriation Of SljO.OOO rs deh-
cheney to supply subsistence 10 the Sioux IN
Gians.
AGAINST AsrrATING HE Wool QUESTION.
Mr.. Aldrlch presented the renonstrance Of
the wooden manufacturers of New England
against any az citation of the question OF the
duties on wool and asked that II be read and
printed IN the Record
Mr. Harris objected 10 the encurlbering of
the Record with the Iull text OK such papers and
50 the remonsirance was ordered 20 be printed
as "a document and was referred to the finance
committee
MENIc0 WANTS HER FLAGS BACK
Mr. Perkins presented communication
from Mr.. Ryan. the American minister st
Mexico, to the late Senator Plumb suggesting
that it would be a generous and neighborly
act to return to Mexico the trophies of war
captured by United States troops IL the Mexican
war OF 1917. Ar. Perkins did not know the
said that he Endorsed the expression The
letter was referred to Ike committee on foreign
relations
A large number If bills were reported from
committees and placed on tie calendar, Among
them the following:
For the division of certain military ressrya-
tons in Nebraska
To aid the states o. Colorado and South
Dakota 10 sustain schools of mines
To authorize the construction of n bridge
across the Missouri river between Chamberlain
in Bruls county and Lyman county IN South
Dakota
FALL OF RECORDS.
Making an appropriation for building in
Washington, ID. T., to be used as hall Of
records
For the erection of post Office buildings in
towns where the post office receipts exceed
$500 year.
For a public building at Mammoth Hot
Springs an the Yellowstone National Park
ApprOpriating $4,000 for public building
at Bradford. Pa
Among the bills introduced and referred
were the following:
BY Mr. White ia. TO increase the-endow
ment Of the Louisiana State University and
Agricultural College
by MIR. Quay-De timing the term artists" in
the law TO preventive immigration OF ilborers
under contract
Also prohibiting enlisted men in the army
or navy from performing services in civil life
for pay and emOlumenL
THE ELECTION OF SENATORS.
By Nr. Chandler-Rela;ive to the election of
United States Senators and to prevent vacan-
cies in the Senate after elections or appoint
ments have been made.
By Mr- StanfOrd-Giving to the state of Cali
fornia per cent Of the net proceeds of the
cash sales of public lands In that state.
By Mr.. HIscock-Io amend the act OF March
2. 1883, TO prevent the importation of adulter-
ated and spurious tea
ADDITIONAL JUSTICES IN THE DISTRICT.
By Mr. MeMiilan-To create additional JUS
tees of the Supreme Court OF the District of
Columbia
Mr.. Teller introduced joint resolution pro-
vidiag for an international bimetaIlic agree
ment.
The joint resolution was read. 1t declares it
to be the determined policy of the United
States government to use both gold ard silver
full legal tender money. either under the
ratis now existing In the United States or under
one that may hereafter be established by the
United States alone or in accord with other
nations
Ii directs the President to invite the govern
ments OF the countries comprising the Latin
union $50 called and of such other nations as
he may deem advisable to join the United States
II JOINT conference and TO adopt a common
ratio between gold and silver for the purpose
Of establishing internationally the use of BIZ
metallic money and Of securing hxity of rela-
tive values between these metals.
The conference is to be held at such place
as may be mutually agreed upon by the execu-
these governments or any three of them shall
have agreed to unite and Whenever in the
judgment of the President, sufficient number
of nations shall have entered into such interna-
tonal agreement. the President is to declare
the ratio SO fixed to be the existing ratio in
the United States, and all coinage thereafter is
10 be at such ratio until changed by law
The President Is to appoint Subject to the
approval OF the Senate not less than three Eur
more than five commissioners. who shall report
TO him Ito be transmitted 10 Congress and who
shall receive -, 600 year and reasonable ex-
penses-
Mr. TrLLEa's ExFLASATroS.
Mr.. Teller said that he did not desire to ask
action on the resolution without its going to a
regular committee, but he desired to call the
attention Of the finance committee to it. He
had on the 1lth Of July las. presented to the
senate and had referred to the finance COM
nlitfee a similar resolution II had slumberei
IN that committee until the close of the scs-
sion, and he was not over-confident
that the present resolution would receive
aay more attention. IL was repeatedly said that
everybody In the Crited States who was not in
favor of free coinage was In favor of the use of
silver II II could be safely used. and also said
that 1t could only be done under an arrange
Inent or agreement The opponents of free
coinage had never. however. taken any step
toward securing such agreement Cat least
not since lsSl). But he hoped (sarcasticalIv)
EOw that the finance committee was composed
OF men who were either all OF them in faycr
of free coinage OF in favor of bimetall;c agree
ment-al free coinage men were III favor of a
bimetlliic agreement-that thes Senate would
get SPECIFY report from that commit
tee. He believed in Al international
agreement il it could be secured but he did
not intend TO rest the case entirely on an inter-
national agreement lie was rot prepared to
surrender the effort 20 secure free coinage and
full recognition of silver IN this country uu til
an international agreement could be made
That agreement was step which the oppo-
nents .. free coinage said ought to be made
and he was now giving them an opportunity
10 make it. But II had TO be made through
the action OF the government IL an official way
not by sending a man here and a man there
ciers- The world had TO be gwen to under
stand that the government OF the United
States was anxiOusly GesirOus Of binetallic
agreement, and also that the United
States proposed whether there wac such an
international agreement mott to use silver
money Oh equal terms with geld, either a,
the ratio now established or at such ratio
whether l514 or 20 or any other) as might be
declared to be the proper ratio. The world
should be made to know that at some
ratio the people of the United States intended
20 use SILVER and gold legal tender
money and not TO use silver subsidiary
money only; that they proposed to take the
bullion now in the treasury where II was
threatening the stability Of the bimetallic sys
tenn al over the world oat OF the category OF