Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-25
OFFICIAL THANKS.
The Method Of Acknowledgment
Proposed by Mr.. Sherman
Is NOT SATISFACTORY TO Mr.. HOAR
And So the Resolution Proposed
Goes Over IN the Senate.
THE REPEAL BILL AGAIN UP.

The Senate reassembled. in continuation
of the legislative session of Tuesday of last
week. at II o'clock this morning. and. al
though there was evidently no quorum
present. no notice was taken of that fact
ard, for the first time in week or longer.
business went on without a call Of the roll
A Resolution by MIR. PETER.
resolution was offered by Mr.. PETER
Q<an.) and was referred to the judiciary
committee reciting the existence of a diff
ference of opinion as to the legal effect of
the repeal Of a part of the act of Febru-
ary %. 1873. by the act Of July IA. 1890 (the
Sherman acD, whether or not 1t still left
the free and unlimited coinage of silver at
the ratio of l6 to the law of the land. and
directing the committee to Investigate that
subject and report to the Senate.
Worlds Fair Acknowledgement.
Mr.. Sherman (Ohio) reported back from
the committee on foreign relations the
House joint resolution rendering the ac-
acknowledgements of the government and
people of the United States to the various
foreign governments for their generous and
effective contributions to the Chicago ex-
position. and asked that it be put upon its
passage.
The joint resolution was read. 1t de-
clares 1t to be the sense of Congress that
the acknowledgment Of the government
and people of the United States be rendered
to the various foreign governments Of the
world which have SO generously and effec-
lively co-operated in the quadro-centennial
exposition at Chicago in commemoratfon Of
the discovery of America by Christopher
Columbus.
The second clause directs that a certified
copy OF the resolution, prepared in suitable
terms by the Secretary of State, shall be
forwarded through the customary diplo-
matte channels to the respective foreign
governments.
MIR. HOar's Suggestion.
Mr.. Hoar MassD expressed his disap-
proval Of the form Of the proposed acknowl-
edgment. He thought 1t an exceedingly
awkward and imperfect one. By 1t the
government Of Great Britain would re-
ceive from the State Department the copy
Of a joint resolution passed by Congress
rendering Acknowledgements to all the for
eign governments. 1t seemed to him that
the President should make an express
courteous acknowledgment to each gov
ernment by name. saying that the gov arn-
ment Of the United States tenders that gov
ernment its Acknowledgements for its con-
tributions to the exposition.
1t seemed to him that the mode proposed
In the hastily drawn resolution would be
almost slight to foreign governments
He suggested a substitute, and then the
resolution was laid aside without action
NlH. oHeIu HrSt expressing his opinion
that the resolution was in proper form
and saying that 1t had been prepared at
the State Department.
b. The Repeal Bill Again Up.
The silver purchase repeal bill was taken
up and Mr.. Pugh (Ala) addressed the Sem
ate in opposition to 1t.
senator Stewart Again.
Mr.. Stewart NevD followed Mr. Pugh,
and quoted extensively from today's papers
on the silver question situation. He went
on to denounce the gold conspirators as
having agents in the Capitol debating
legislation. and as having elected a Presi-
dent determined to carry out their policy.
That President was now in the saddle, and
Congress was helpless. He would rather
sacrifice his life than see the country under
the rule of the gold kings. The pretence
that the Senate was registering the will
OF the majority was too false and fiimsy
to deceive any one. No political party had
dared to go before the people and ask them
to lndorse wnat was now demanded.