Arizona republican., 1895-12-22
UNPOPULAR IN CONGRESS Cleveland'S Financial Policy Rebuked. Stewart Of Nevada Leads in
 Objection.
A Movement Toward the Payment of Government Obligations
 in Silver.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-The ses- sion of the senate today was notable in bringing out a very pointed state ment from MT. Dubois Republican of Idaho, who was understood to voice the views of the silver element in the senate that no financial legislation was possible along the lines declared 1 by President Cleveland and strenu- ously urged in his message of last evening.
 It was patent to every senator, Mr. Dubois said, and should be under stood by the public that the presidents S desires for the retirement of green backs or the authorization of a bond issue were utterly impossible of accom- plishment The only action the sen ate would take, if it was given an op- opportunity To vote would be to adopt a resolution of MT. Vest, Democrat of Missouri, offered earlier in the day, di- recting the coinage of the silver bull lion in the treasury and the payment of the government obligations in sil- yer.
 The first response to the president s message urging financial relief came in the form of a resolution offered by Mr. Vest as follows:
 Resolved, That the secretary of the treasury is hereby directed, in pur- suance of existing law, vesting in him i full power odo so, to coin as rapidly as possible silver bullion in the treas ury, purchased under the act of July 1 14, 1890, into standard silver dollars. and with such dollars to redeem. can- eel and retire the treasury notes of the United States of July II, 1890, issued in the purchase of such bullion and also to redeem United States notes. com monly called greenbacks, in standard silver dollars, as we'll as in gold. using whichever may be most abundan: and convenient"
 Mr. Vest asked immediate considera- tion of the resolution. but Senator Platt Republican of Connecticut. ob- jected and the subject went over.
 MT. Butler. Populist of North Caro- lima. soon brought forward the suh- ject in another form by asking immedi- ate consideration for a resolution di- recting the secretary of the treasury to pay government obligations in gold when 5he parity of the metals stood at 25 8-10 grains of gold for 4121s grains of silver and to pay in silver when this parity was disturbed by an advance in the value of gold.
 MT. Platt objected to this also and the matter went over.
 At 1 o'clock the senate wen: into ex- ecutlve session.
 When the doors were re-Upened, MT Stewart took the floor for sharp crit- icism of the presidents message.
 He said the presidents upnolding g of the Monroe doctrine had placed him on high leve,, but the message of last evening had suddenly reduced him to a very low level The United States had resources to create money for any emergency Wars were not fought on gold basis. It was the in- herent strength of the Nation that won victories. England had maintained her position during the Napoleonic wars by placing her fiat on bills of the Bank of England. Let the president say that I.he United States obligations would be paid in silver and there would be no further raids on the treasury. if London wanted a financial war we could meet it.
 1 INT. DuDOiS regretted that the preSi- dent had felt called upon to send such financial message a: this time. "The president must have known that he cannot accomplish either the retire ment of greenbacks or the authorize tion of bonds A possible result would be to precipitate tariff agitation. and. so far as financial legislation Is con- cerned, the country should understand as every senator here understands that as soon as the senate had an op- portunity it would adopt the resolution offered today by MT. Vest to coin silver bullion and to pay government obli- gations in silver"
 The senate then adjourned until | Tuesday