The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-03-04

| appointment, salary and compensation
of officers of the United States courts.
motion to suspend the rules and pass
/ n bill granting a pension of Si00 to Major
John e. McClernand, encountered the ag-
gressive opposition of Jones of Virginia.
| This opposition drew from Sickles, the
one-legged hero of Gettysburg, an elo-
| quent appeal that fairly made the ceiling
ring with the plaudIts from the floor and
| galleries.
"Let us pass one good bill :" said Sicllles,
''as an atouement for all tho bad ones we
have passed. 4 grateful country should
not allow Gen. John G.. McClernand to
die in want. well remember the words
of Lincoln to me when he spoke of Doug
lass, Dix, Logan and McCicrnand. In my
humble way had offered my services for
tho Union, and Lincoln said to me that
the action of such men as Logan, Dix and
McClernand and myself had lifted
great burden from his shoulders. III this
is to be a party war; said he, then II can
not succeed. but when | see great demo-
cratic leaders coming forward from the
ranks, lift up my hands and thank God
that such success is within our grasp
AT the conclusion of Sickles' speech the
bill was passed.
Holman called up the second con-
ference report on tho Indian appropria-
tion bill which showed tho senate had
abandoned one item to appropriate SlS,-
800 for the Miami Indians, thus leaving
two senate amendments in dispute, one
to purchase from the Ogden Land COM
pany, the title TO the lands within the
Cattaragus and Allegheny Indian reser-
vations in New York, and the other strik
ing out the house provision TO continue
the reduction of the appropriation for
| contract Indian schools proporl ionately
so that all such payments should cease
after five years. After some debate the
house decided to further hold to its disa-
greement to both amendments in dispute
and the bill was again sent to conference.
AT 6:lO p. m. recess was taken until
7:30 o'clock p. m.
There were but few members present
when the house met after recess at 7:3)
o'clock. The bill to prohibit tho sale of
intoX cants to Indians. which had been
objected 10 when brought up before, was
called up by Meikeij I'm and passed. At
o'clock the conference report on the
sundry civil bill was called up by Sayers.
When the proposition for an inter-
national monetary conference, to which
the house conferees had acceded was
reached, the silver men demanded time.
fDlDleN CdilGu alleHAlOn 10 lit Satisfaction
with which the proposition for a monetary
conference had been received by the
monometallic press of the east, on tho
ground that il IN ght lead to some adjust
ment whereby the silver men could abtain
for it a large legitimate use. The
friends of silver, Sibley declared.
held to the doatrine that
wider use of silver was necessary,
because they saw the curses that hal fol-
lowed the falling of prices the world over.
WHAT the United States should do is to
act, not consult, and he expressed the
| opinion that monetary conference
would simply postpone the day WHOM sill
yer could go TO the mints for free coinage
on the same terms with gold.
Simpson said the proposition for con-
ference was the same old game, twice
played on the people, of holding out a
promise that would never be realized. 1t
would postpone free coinage at least six
years, and six more years of gold stand
ard would SO complete the financial bond
age of the country as to make it forever
impossible TO break the power of the gold
kings. He was opposed to again entering
on the farce of a monetary conference.
Pence, in a ringing speech, argued that
no good could come from monetary
might result, if the speaker should name
as members of the committee from the
house three presidential candidates, in
smoking them out on the silver question.
and l trust if the speaker is called on to
make the selections he will not overlook
the distinguished republican leader,
Reed" With some biting sarcasm he de-
tailed the address of the silver democrats
issued last Friday. He commended the
bold, courageous and manly action of
those who had signed the address, but re-
buked some of them for already looking
with favor on n proposition TO go abroad
for a further consultation.
Springer called Pence's attention to the
fact that the proposition for a conference
had emanated from the silver men in the
senate, not from the gold men.
Hepburn of Iowa favored the PROPOSE
ton for a conference.
Cannon got the floor at this point and
yielded his time TO Savers, who immcdi-
ately cut off the debate by demand
ing the previous question. The confer
ence report was adopted and the sundry
civil bill was out of the way 50 far as
the house was concerned. Several bills
we're then hurried through by unani-
nous consent. AT 10 o'clock D. m. Ho-
man presented the final report on the
Indian appropriation bill.
The military telegraphers bill passed,
16l to -. Then resolution was pre-
sented by Bailey reciting the provision
of the sundry civil bill, author zing the
speaker of the house 10 appoint three
delegates to an international monetary
conference and added:
II is the earnest desire OF the house Of repre-
sentatiyes that the speaker shall be one OF the
delegates on the part OF the house, therefore
be Il
RCs0lUed. That Charles Z. Crisp speaker Of
the house, is required 10 designate himself as
one OF the delegates 10 be selected by himself
The motion was greeted with great ap-
plause, the members interrupting the
reading clerk in their enthusiasm. This
resolution, comforting a most unusual
commitment uDon the enpaker uas