The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-02
SENATE
Adjourned

| WASHINGTON, March 1-After the rout
inc business in the senate today that body
went into executive session. The doors
were reopened in about half an hour and
legislative business was proceeded with.
The postofice appropriation bill was re-
ported and placed on the calendar.
conference was ordered on the naval ap-
preparation bill, and Messrs. Hale, Allison
and German were appointed conferees.
Mr. Teller asked unanimous consent to
| take up for consideration the MCGarrahan
| bill, and it was discussed until the expira-
tion of the morning hour, when the bill
| lost the right-of-wav. During the argu-
ment Senator Morrill, mentioned Senator
Wilson of Iowa, among others, as having
an interest in the claim. Mr.. Wilson In
dignantly denied the suggestion that he
ever had any interest, directly or indirect
ly, in the claim. Anyone, he said, who
asserted that he had uttered a positive
and unqualified falsehood of the worst
character.
The postoffice appropriation bill was i'm
mediately brought forward. The first
amendment that provoked discussion was
one striking out the item of SlS6,OO0 Ior
special facilities on trunk lines.
Pending the discussion conference was
ordered on the agricultural appropriation
bill, and Messers. Allison, Cullom aud
Call were appointed conIereeS.
The discussion was interrupted in order
20 have the conference report on the sun
dry civil appropriation bill acted on. The
report on the bill was then read, after
which Mr.. Allison's motion to consider the
bill was agreed TO.
Mr.. Allison made an explanation of the
report and stated in relation TO the Sher-
man bond amendment, that be would lin
order TO test the sense of the senate upon
= fo papaHe frpT1 IL
Mr.. Sherman explained and advocated
the amendment When he had offered
tie bond amendment he had no expecta-
tion that there would be any opposition to
it. The pretension that it repealed any
other provision Of the resumption law WAS
absolutely unfounded. If congress now
denied to the secretary of the treasury
power to sell bonds it would cripple the
government, and those whose fault it was
would be responsible to the people. There
was now in the vaults of the treasury a
great mass of silver bullion. If it were
coined it would undoubtedly disturb
the parity of the two metals and bring
about panic. He had heard a good deal
about bankers and plutocrats and gold
bugs; but, said he, there were no greater
goldbugs in the world than the owners of
silver mines. In proof of this he read
from a Nevada paper notice of an assess
ment of % cents share, payable i'm
mediately in United States gold coin.
Mr.. Sberman's speech was replied to by
Nessrs Stewart, Wolcott aud Teller Mr..
Teller expressed the belief that no bonds
would be issued by the incoming secretary
of the treasury.
Mr.. German stated that he had full au-
thority for saying that the bond amend
ment had been reported after consultation
with the president aud with the next Sec
retary of the treasury; but it was possible
that the sundry civil appropriation bill
would be defeated if the amendment were
insisted upon.
Mr.. Sherman-I certainly would not in
sist upon any amendment, however
l favored it, which would result |
in defeating All appropriation bill.
A vote was taken and the senate, with |
ont division, receded from the Sherman
The conference report was
then agreed to, and further conference
was ordered on several amendments |
which had not been finally disposed Of
After paying a fitting tribute to the !
memory of the late Senator Gibson the |
senate adjourned.