The herald., 1895-12-17
Senator Stewart Jumps on the
Gold Syndicate
Mr.. FLYNN OF OKLAHOMA
Provides the Days Sensation In the
House
ness Waits Upon Senate Organization
and Committee Appointments
Associat ed Press Special Wire.

Associat ed Press Special Wire.
WASH 'NGTON, Dec. 16.-Quay, Republic
can, of Pennsylvania, today presented to
the senau, a petition of the Wool Mer-
chants association of Philadelphia, and
asked that it be read and inserted in the
record.
THAT is ~ bad example," interposed
Sherman. "VVhat is this petition?"
"It asks resronded Quay. with a mali
cious smile, 18th at the wool schedule of the
Mckinley act be re-enacted as law"
Sherman joined in the general smile.
"Cer ainly, there could be no objection
to that" said he. The petition was there
upon read.
Peffer, Populist of Kansas. offered a
resolution calling ON the postoffice depart
ment for informant on as to the practice of
imposing fines on ernployes, also as to the
restriction placed ON postal employees
against comforting Wi h senators and men,
bers regarding legisla ton. The resolu-
ton was referred.
Gallery, Democrat of Louisiana, offered
a resolution, which was agreed to. calling
on the secretary of the tre reasury for infor-
nation as to the reasons for suspending
the payment of bounty to the manufacture
ers of sugar..
Gallinger's (Rep., n. H. resolution call
ing for reports from all government de-
partmepts as to the number of aliens en-
ployed was referred TO the committee on
civil service reform.
Senator Carter of Montana introduced a
bill authorizing the Pacific Cable company,
a corporation organized under the laws of
New York, to build submarine cable
from some point on the Pacific coast to
the Hawaiian islands and Japan. 1t is to
touch at Bear Harbor. Hawaii, and such
other points as are deemed advisable. No
liability for construction Is to attach to the
United States, but the United States shall
pay for period of twenty years yearly
sum of S2o per nautical mile, not to eX-
ceed 1850 miles, and all messages of the
United States are to be carried free for
that period and given preference in trans
mission. The line must be in operation
within two years.
Stewart (Pop.) of Nevada addressed the
senate on the pending resolution for
commission to Investigate the needs OF
labor and agriculture, predicting. tine in
vasion of the products OF oriental lands IN
competition with our domestic products.
The agents of Japanese manufacturers,
he said, were now in the United States
selling goods at prices far below the cost
of production in the United States, offer
ing bicycles of Japanese make at Sl2 each,
and parlor matches, doors, sashes, blinds,
cooperage stock and hats. gloves and
wearing apparel at so per cent below the
domestic price. Japan had taken the in
itiative. but China would follow.
Al the basis of this menaclng condition,
said Mr.. Stewart. is the gold combination.
Ii has reduced the value of silver 30 per
cent. thus giving the Asiatic countries an
advantage of 80 per cent on exchange.
The only means of averting this complete
commercial supremacy OF the Asiatics was
to place gold and silver on an equal basis.
Mr.. Stewart used severe language in ar
raigning the gold syndicate, declaring that
it controlled national conventions. selected
presidents and directed the affairs of the
national administration.