The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-15
ALLlS0N'S MOTION LOST.
BY 4 yOTE or ~ 40 eS THE SENIfE
HEfUSEs 10 AMEND THE BfLL.
The BIaud BIN Likely to be Passed TO-DAY.
Me,srs. Teller and George speak in
Advocacy OF the Measure.

AsHlNGTON, March H.-After the
routine morning business the Senate, al
ls.sD. resumed consideration Of the Bland
seignioage lii Mr Doiph stated that
AS objection had been Withdrawn TO the
printing ol the extracts which he had
referred 10 ia his speech yesterday, he
would consider that speech as ended
Then Mir. Teller addressed the Senate IN
support Of the bill. lie denied the az
sumption of Mr.. Sherman and Of other
senators who had argued against the bill
thar the act Of 1880 left the coinage Of
silver 10 the discretion of The Secretary
of the Treasury, and be declared that the
act was mandatory. and that unuel t
the Secretary should coin many siiNer
dollars as he had issued Treasury notes
! II 1a5W000 Of Treasury notes had peeH
issued. thon ll5,V1059 OF silver dohais
should be coined for the redemption u
the Treasury notes
lie claimed that the difference between
tre purchasc price OF silver bullion ana us
mini value should Doe put into money anu
usad for current expenses, because tne
act declared that the seigniorase snou'a
/ be turned into the Treasury ana ne "'so
/ argued that the proper eNecu'loh VI s'D
| iaw required that there shoulu De ~.
/ every dollar of Treasury no'es s"'si
| dollar living in the Treasury ready TO De
paid out 10 the man VINO deHl""u'" u ~
( exchange for Treasury notes
Mr.. sherman Coutiadieied.
There were one or two other poinls III
Alr. Shermaus speech which ne uesiIeu
/ 10 contradict. one of thtm Mas '"'
/ statement that there was hoaIu VI "'i'
! 0aD 00O of silver dollars lying Idle III t"e
,rgo,.,,,,.,. "rrhere is no hoard OF that
/ kind I'M the Treasury MI IeAer assel'eu
,,-ith emphasis. "The statement Is an uh-
/ ,rntb % Nr sherman spoke OF IL as an
| tlfo board There is no idle money IN the
,r-,l''-,, of the United States. There has
49,, 40 die silver money in the treasury
/ ,,oept that which lies behind the iIe@aIiS
nofes TO the extent OF >"'V1V'vV'' no
statement made here by ilenlpeF % '''S
/ Committee ON Finance '9"el MANI ~ a''-
semi broadcast to the world inal we nv ~l"'e
| a hoard of 1854 OO0OD oI liie siiNoi 49,
! - ~ Treasury is unworthy a place ll
"a, -. co,ote II is absolutely untrue anu
is known to be untrue by every A'ei'''0'
! of this body Ill of food that
ie fed TO the people by those VIM p"s
| This country on the GOLD stahuaIu' anu
| who are not satisfied Win hdFihb uoo"o'
| "a ,ba Industries Of the country, nut no"
! are attempting TO disguise us as senators
! ~, ebov-ing that we are supporting
Kin infan,ous in its character ana py
! ,,ieronreeanting the facts TO the people
| ~ tho world This debate had been most
unfair. as debate has always peeh on lne
mart of the men who advocated lhe
| cold standard. 1t has been uhlaH III
many respects. IL is UNFAIR OF else
ft.tl
is unfair and lacks in intelligence aiso'
Every dollar of silver money that mas
! hon .oiued is doing money duty, ana Is
doing il with infinitely more potency
and mower than any gold money that Is
| I'm circulation in the United states. u
nore unfair and untruthfui statement
could rot have been made
The Gold aud silver standard.
Nv Taller went on TO say that ne
would not consider il a very great dlsas-
| ter if the country were on silver Dasls'
/ II was on a gold basis now, ana the
| condition Of the country was not a happy
| one And il was a notorious fact that
| countries which used silver as standard
money only were in better CONDITION 'ndH
the United States was in
This was the only country In the
world. Mr. Teller said. whose legislators
| depreciated its money. Why was IL that
France could float eight or nine hundred
millions of silver money? IL was be-
| cause no Frenchman ever dared 10 stdha
| up i'm a legislative body Of that country
| and declare that the money OF the couh-
! trv was not good money. IL was LETT
for this country alone 10 have its lesis-
latiye members to repudiate the Govern
| ment money. Since 1878 there had been
a continued attempt by the Treasury
! Department TO depreciate the silver
! money Of the country. All the great COM
| mercial and banking agencies OF the
country. led or supported by the great
| metrOpOlitan press had been endeaVorlns
| to make the people believe that siNer
was unfit for money, ana IL Would not
| discharge money duty. The senator's
from Ohio. Wisconsin, and oregon
| sherman Villas, and DOlph, had told
| the Senate that the American silver dol
lars was q forty-nve cent dollar.
But Mr.. Teller asked, has II any
whore failed 10 buy one hundred cents
worth of anything which anybody had
| TO sell? IL is true that. measured in
gold. il will only bring i5 cents but mea-
sured in commodities, 1t viii buy CO
per cent more of wheat, Of corn, AMI
of cotton than II did IN 1872.
1T is a dollar which is as good as
gold'
ALI. George Dem. Mss) argued IN
| support or the blllt dilntlsn ne dunllttel
that il was "artiicialiy drawn. indppr)-
pirate i'm expression and with some am.
| liguity in it," IL was not, he said, q
| free-cOinage measure. He wished that IL
were, If there was any chance OF its be-
coming a law. The bin proposed only to
require in specific terms the coinage OF
silver already purchased. already owned
by the Government and already requlr-
cd by law to be coined.
Refused to Rsconsider
While Mr. George was still speaking
the hour Of o'clock arrived. and then
Mr. Harris Dem, Tenn arose and de-
manded ln accordance with the terms Of
unanimous consenD that the vote be taken
on Mr Alis0ns motion TO reconsider the
vote ordering ,he bil TO a third reading.
The vote was taken and the motion
was disagreed 10; Yeas, 2s; nays. -, as
follows.
1eas-Aldrich. Allison. Brice. Caffery.
Carey, Chandler, Cullom, Davis. Dolph.
Frye. Gallnser Hale, HaWley. Hoar.
Lodge, Mcmillan, Mcpherson. Manderson,
Mitchell (Wisl, Morrill,. Palmer, Proctor,
Quay Smith, 6tockbrldge. Villas, Wash
burn, and Wilson's
Nays-Allen, Bate Berry. Blackburn,
Blanchard, Butler, Can, Camden. Cooz-
rel. Coke, Colquitt. Daniel, Dubois,
Faulkner. Gibson. Gordon, HanabrOugh,
Harris. Hill Irby, Jones (ArAl Kyle,
Lindsay, Martin Mills, Mitchell (Oregon,
Morgan Murphy Pascoe, PETER Per-
kns, PettigreW Powers, Pugh. Ransom,