The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-10

AAA0 i4ih current lt-i di FfrAs
After Interruptions by several senator's,
and much coll0quy as TO the purposes
Of the bill, Mr. Villas said:
Fatal step Toward sIonometali-m.
The difficulty with the discussion cf the
question Is that many Of those things
which appear To the one side TO be the
greatest danger to the bill. appear 20 he
other side TO be its chief merits. and II
certainly adds u the alarm which !
feel In regard 10 this legislatiOn-this
purposes and conseque.ces-tO hear from
able and intelligent men an express de-
claration Of their understanding that II
Is step, long step. perhaps an efiica-
ciOus and fatal step. towards the sub
stitutlon Of the silver standard in this
country for the gold standard. It Is not
substitution OF the bimetalism-that fat-
u0us wil-o'-the-wisp which is always
sent floating before arguments which real
~ favor silver monometallism-it is not
FOR the establishment Of the bimetalistic
standard. but 10 ir measure simply for
the establishment Of mOnometallc
silver standard in place either of gold or
bimctailsm.
In reply 10 the question from different
senators. Mr.. Villas said. "Au the money
in the Treasury is part and parcel
| OF the general balance in the Treasury.
I except lilNA WHICH, ~ lAH lhfiN- h'Nit
| deposited there and set apart speclll-
! cally under the law. being q deposit and
not the property Of the Government. has
a trust character particularly impressed
upon il by an act Of Congress.
There has never been any specific set
ting apart Of any reserve fund for the
particular redemption Of the notes Of the
Government. During Dir. Cleveland's first
administration a practice was adopted
by Secretary Manning TO reckon, as If
Il were a liability. a hundred millions OF
the gold I'm the Treasury for the purpose
Of the redemption of greenbacks. There
was nothing to base that upon except a
provision in the law tha, when gold
in the Treasury fell below SlOO000,O0o no
more gold certificates should be issued until
the amount went above that sum.
TO PERFECT roe Phfa.eo gy.
Suggestions having been made by Mr.
WOlcOtt Oep., COLI as TO the real mean
ing Of certain language In the bill, whicf
he admitted was not so precise as it ough
10 be, Mr.. Villas spoke Of the singuial
want Of perspicuity, the singular unhappi
ness ana infelicity of the language OF th'
bill, and Of the necessity Of the adoption
of the motion Of the senator from Iowa
so that we may have some opportunity
70 perfect the phraseology Of 1t.
Mr.. Villas yielded TO motion TO procee'
to executive business, although he SAT-
he had not been able. owing to frequen
interruptions. to get through the frs
point of his argument, which he will re
sumo next Monday.
Mr.. McLaurin Dem, Miss) was ap
pointed a member Of the Committee o
Public Lands
The Senate at $50 p NJ. after shor
executive session. adjourned until Monda.
next.
House of Representatives.
WAsHINGTON. March 9.-rhe House
agreed TO the request Of the Senate for
conference upon the joint resolution AN
thorizing the printing of 5000 copies o
the Hawaiian correspondence The Senate
wants the indexing Of the volume don'
by It's Committee on Foreign Relations
and the House wants II dore by tQ
Secretary OF state Messrs Richardson
McKaig. and Broderick were appointed
c0nferees on the part of the House
Mr.. Hager CRep., Iowa cndeavorcd q
| get through by unanimous consent oil
for an increase Of pension for "A consut
, | uent but Mr. KilgOre objected. The HOus
r then went into the committee Of th
whole on the District Of Columbia ap
{ preparation bill the general debate q
, close at o'clock
. When general debate closed Mr. Dear
, mcnd's amendment, repeating all la"
which require the United States to pa
half the expenditure of the District q
Columbia. was defeated. Ayes, %; noes
81.
{ Mr.. DeArmond then offered an amend
G ment fixing the Governments proportio
4 of the expenses at One-third instead {
$ one-half as now required by law. Til
o | amendment was also rejected; Ayes, 8
r noes Co. Mr. DeArmond made the poif
o Of no quorum and tellers were ordere'
l After unavaliing efforts, extending OY'
s nearly an hour, 10 secure a quorum, tf
= vote was announced as ayes, 80; roes, IL
! and a call Of the committee was begu
I under the rules
o The call disclosed the presence Of J
5 members, and another vote by tellers W.
0 ordered on MIR. DeArmond's amendmen
Il and the amendment was lost: Ayes, 3
noes. 129.
l. After disposing of ten pages Of the bi
4 | with but one slight amendment. the cor
j. mittee rose and. at O'Clock, took a r
cess until 8 o'clock the evening sessi'
TO be for the consideration OF priva
c pension bills.
G The first pension bill taken up at
;, evening session OF the House was O
d granting q pension 10 Martha A. widow
j the late General Ethan Allen Hitchco'
j. grandson OF General Ethan Allen, Of Rev
J. utionary fame. The bin proposed p'
e sion of 500 a month. The commit
recommended it be $50 On motion of
{ Jones Dem. Va, the bill was order
i TO be reported to the House unfayorab
After disposing OF eight bills Mr. Talb
l. Dem. s. c. made the point Of no a
n rum. A vote officially demonstrated
il lack Of quorum. and, at 1925 i. NJ,
a | EIo,tco od1 .ftrnpd