The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-15

WASHINGTON, March 14.-Aiter the
routine morning business the Senate at
1890 resumed consideration of the Bland
bill. Dolph stated that as obj ection had
been Withdrawn to the printing of the
extracts which he had referred to in hi
speech yesterday, he would consider
that speech as ended.
Then Teller addressed the Senate in
support of the bill. He denied the as.
sumption OF Sherman and OF o;her SEN
ators who had argued against the bill
that the act OF 1890 left the coinage of
silver to the discretion of the Secretary
of the Treasury, and he declared that
the act was mandatory and that under
1t the secretary should coin as many
silver dollars as he had issued Treasury
notes. If S155. 000,0 of Treasury notes
had been issued, then 155, O00, 900 of sill.
YER dollars should be coined for the re-
dempsion Of the Treasury notes.
There were one or two other points in
Sherman's speech which he desired to
contradict. One of them was the state
ment that there was hoard of 364, 900, =
600 Of silver dollars lying idle in the
Treasury. There is no hoard of that
Hind in the Treasury" Teller asserted
with en- phasis. The statement is an
untruth. Sherman spoke of it as an
idle hoard. There is no idle money in
the Treasury of the United States.
There has been no idle silver money in
the Treasury except that which lies
behind the Treasury notes to the extent
of S35. 100000 The statement made
here by a member of tho finance com
mlttee (Sherman) and sent broadcast to
the world, that we have a hoard of
364,CO0, 900 of idle silver money in tho
Treasury is unworthy q place in the
Senate 1t is absolutely untrue, and is
known to be untrue by every memb Der OF
this body
Teller went on to say that he would
not consider it a very great disaster If
tho country were on silver basis. 1t
was on e I'D basis now and the condi-
ton of the country was not happy
one. And it was notorious fact that
countries which issued silver as stand
ara money only were in better condi-
ton than the United States was in.
George Dem, Miss.) argued in SUP.
port of the BILL although he admitted
that 1T was ''artificially drawn, inapt
In expression and with some ambiguity
In it." 1t was not, he said, free coin.
age measure.
While George was still speaking the
hour of 2 o'clock arrived. and then Har.
ris (Dem., Tenn.) rose and demanded
Tin accordance with the terms of the
unanimous consent) the vote to be
taken on Aliisons motion to reconsider
the vote ordering the bill to q third
reading.
The vote was taken and the motion
was disagreed to-yeas, IS; nays, As
Henderson then moved to refer the
bill to the CON mittee on finance with
instructions to amend it so as to pro-
vido that the silver certificates shall be
issued only in anticipation OF in lieu of
the seiginorage. Manderson's motion
was rejected, yeas, 81; nays, A.
Then 1T was proposed by Harris to
abrogate the agreement that the re-
mainder of the discussion be under the
Eve minute rule. He proposed that the
debate be general, the vote to DO taken
at o'clock tomorrow on the passage
of the bill. Unanimous consent was
given, and George resumed his argu-
ment in support of the bill.
George was followed by Carey crop,
Wyo.), who argued against the bill, and
then, at 5.25. after short executive
session, the Senate adjourned.