The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-24
BY Means Of Recesses the Lsgisla-
tive Day Is Heightened to
q Week.
Jones, Of Nevada, Continues for
Some Time His Address
on Silver.
In the Aftspnosn He Givss Way 70 Teller,
Of Colorado ~ Slr. Stewart, Of
Nevada

WARRINGTON. OCT. 23.--Ths senate met at
10 o'clock. No adjournment having taken
place sinss week ago to-day the lsgisla-
tive day Of OCT. II continues. 6tswast. OF
Nevada, gave notiss Of an amendment he
intended TO offer to the repeal bill. propos-
Ing conference TO be held at Washington
within nine months between delegates Of
the United States. Mexico. Central and
South America, Hayti and San Domingo
for the adoption Of CON mon silver coin
20 bs legal tender between citizens OF the
contries represented,
Considsrstion Of the silver Espssl bill
was then resumed. Jones, Of Nevads, re-
suned his argument In opposition TO the
bill. Jones made an elaboration Of the
arguments hs was advancing wh.n the
senate took : rsssss Saturday evening, that
the standard Of the country osuld bs
neither gold. silver, nor : material thina
but that. whatever the standard might be
IL vas quantitstivs and tho value Of each
unit depended upon The number Of units;
and that there could be but . single stan
dard n the country and that ons Of qusn-
tity.
Last summer the British governnsnt do.
string 70 show is sympathy with she OBJ
ject Of she adminissration In this country,
Issued an order with the view Of faeilisat-
ing the descent Of silver. The order was
taken By New York 10 be an announce men +
OF the doom Of silver. During this time
whore WAS the United Stntss. Of al nations
the most Interested? The position Of ths
chief naaiatrate Of this sountrv on ths
| question was we'll illustrated BY . line from
Emerson. II am thUs doabt-r. and doubt"
but IN the word Of a supple mental line tho
genius of the rspublio admonishsd the
pEesi ,snt, o we'll - G eas Britain. that ths
psople Of the United States did not propose
to bs left out Of confederation - 10 what
should be tho material of their money.
Tbs United States 10 not yet Dc. endenoy
| Of G eat Bitain and the prssIdent not a
Cove nor general. For the q st time In our
national history We lind Ourselves pusting z
into execution. throuah ofncsrs elected bv
the people Of the United Statss. plans
which. II not Formulated. are heartily sp-
street. A. l:O6 .. o. Jones remarked sh.t
he desired TO yield tbs floor to Teller. Of
| Colorado. exp. essing the desire to resume
his speech at another time.
Teller answered she question ~ 10
whether he thouR ht ths government of the
silver maintain the parity between GOLD and
silver, by saying it could. because he did not
believe more silver would come to the conn
| sry thaA business would absorb. In other
Words demand would be sqaal to supply.
Free coinaRs BY the Uulssd States Aloas
m Qht not do it." said Teller In answsnr TO
a query by Palmer. '"The position I take
10 that our example would be followed by
other seuntries and then the monetary sys-
| ten of tho world would return TO tbs sys-
TEN that prevailed prior to the dsmons-
tization of silver bv Germany, the United
States. the Latin union. etc.,
Stewart, Of Nevada. then addressed the
senate in advocacy OF his proposed smsAd-
ment for = Pan-Ane loan eonfersnos.
without conc udinR. Stewart yielded aud
| the senate took lsoess uatil tomorrow.