The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-15
WAsHINGroN, D. G., March Il

WASHINGTON d. c., March H.
m FTER the routine morning bust
IA\ ness the senate at IL 80 resumed
I9( consideration Of the Bland seig-
Ii U niorage bill. Mr.. Teller, Colo
rado. addressed tho senate in support
Of the bill. He denied the assumption
Of Mr. Sherman and Of other senators
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 it the
secretary could coin as many silver
dollars as he had issued treasury
notes.
There were one or two other points
in Mr.. Sherman's speech which he de-
sired to contradict. One of them was
the statement that there was hoard
of 1854, 600. 900 silver dollars lying idle
in the treasury. There is no hoard of
any kind in the treasury" Mr.. Teller
asserted with emphasis, Mr.. Sherman
spoke of it as an idle hoard. There is
no idle money in the treasury of the
United States
lutE6 ud5 DtCu uO lulb hllFCl LlOuC1
in the treasury except that which lies
behind the treasury notes to the ex
tent of $3j. 600, 900. This was the only
country in the world, Mr.. Teller said.
whose legislators deprecated its
money. Why was is that France
could float $500 900, 900 or 100000 900
of silver money 1t was because no
Frenchmau ever dared to stand up in a
legislative body Of that country and
declare that the money of the country
was not good money, 1t was left for
this country alone to have its legisla-
tive members repudiate the govern
ment money.
MR. ALLIsoN's MOTION LOST
Mr.. Harris, Tennessee, arose aud de-
manded lin accordance with the terms
of the unanimous consent) tine vote to
be taken on Mr., Allison's motion to re -
consider the vote ordering the bill to
third readiug. The vote was taken and
the motion was disagreed to-yess, 2s
nays. 45
The Democratic senators who voted
in the affirmative were Messrs Brice,
Cafferv. Mcpherson, Palmer, Smith
and Villas The Republican senators
who voted in the negative were Messrs.
Dubois, Hansbrough, Mitchell. Ore.
gon, Pettigrsw, Power, Shoup, Squire,
Stewart, Teller and Wolcott. The
three Populist senators. Msssrs. Allen,
Kyle and PETER, voted no.
Mr. Henderson (Neb.,) then moved
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finance with instructions to amend it
so az to provide that the silver certifi-
Gates shall be issued only in anticipa-
tion or in lieu of tho seigniorags. The
vote was taken and Mr.. henderson g
motion was rejected yeas, q nays, "A
At %. after a short executive ses-
sion, the senate adjourned
THE sUNDRY SERVICE BILL.
Fifty additional pages of the sundry
civil appropriation bill we're eonsid.
cred in committee OF the whole in the
house today. Mr.. Morse. rep. Mass. J
withdrew his statement which was
pending yesterday :at adjournment, to
strike out the appropriation for the in
ter-state commerce commission. In ans.
swer to statement made in the anony.
nous letter received by Representative
Wise, dem, Va yesterday, that Mr.
Morse represented neither his own state
nor any other in his opposition to the
law, Mr.. Morse sent to the clerks desk
and had read number of editorial ex-
pressons from the papers Of Massa-
chusetts aud other states declaring
against the law
BY unanimous consent a bill was
passed to loan the Columbus caravels
for exposition purposes to the Red
Cross for one year, The house ad-
| iourned at 30,