St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-01
HOT WAR OF WORDS
Chandler and Hill Have an
Exciting Encounter in the
Senate.
ROAST FOR SENATOR ROACH
Calls Forth a Vigorous De-
fense--Chandler Merci-
lessly Raked.
SENATE MAKES HEADWAY.
Sundry Civil and Diplomatic
Bills Passed--Day in the
House.

WASHINGTON, Feb. %. = The
senate passed the sundry civil appro-
priation bill, including the item ap-
propriating over S5,0O0,000 for sugar
. bounties and the provision for a
commission to represent the United
States at the international none
tary conference. The latter feature
brought out a wide difference of
opinion among the silver men of the
senate as to the advisability of par
ticipating in an international con-
ference. Mr.. Stewart, of Nevada,
sought to have the United States
delegates instructed not to make any
agreement short of a recognition
of silver at the ratio of 16 to l. This
was opposed by Mr.. Wolcott, who has
always heretofore co-operated with
Mr.. Stewart on the silver question.
Mr.. Wolcott severely arraigned the
! Nevada senator for his intolerance
on financial questions. Mr. Stewart
commanded
ONLY TEN VOTES
for his 16 to 1 ratio amendment,
most of the leading silver men, Dem
ocrats and Republicans, voting
against it.
Mr.. Gallinger briefly addressed the
senate at the opening of the session
in favor of plan presented by the
Daughters of the Revolution that
| a copy of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence be conspicuously displayed
| in every postoffice.
The deficiency appropriation bill
was reported by Mr.. Cockrell, leav-
! ing only one bill-the naval-re-
naming before the appropriation
committee. Consideration of the sun
dry civil bill was then resurled.
/ After some debate Mr.. Stewart Pop.,
! New. )moyed to reconsider the amend
/ rnent already adopted for participa-
! ton by the United States in an in.
ternational monetary conference.
He said France was the only Euro
pean country in a position to partici-
| pate in such a conference with any
prospect of fairness to silver. He
SAiSi SAOiC WOolo PAOPOoC Gil cilllCllO-
, ment to the proposition instructing
the United States delegates not to
j agree to any ratio short of 16 to /.
Mr.. Wolcott (Rep., Col.) said he
greatly regretted this division of opin-
ion among senator's from the silver
states, who had so long stood together.
i The senator from Nevada (Stewart)
declared this was a scheme of the
gold bugs. Was he forgetting the gal
liant fight of the friends of silver the
world over which had just eliminated
in success before the British parlia-
ment and the German reichstag, in
/ favor of an international conference?
France, too, was taking the initia-
tive. Success was almost at hand.
1t was the work of the friends of silver
throughout the world. Were the
friends of silver to pause at such a
moment of success? The senator de-
clared himself for
AMERICAN BIMETALLISM,
but if the nations of the world united
in offering the greatest advantage to
silver it had received since it's de-
monetization, it would be criminal to
I cast it aside.
AS Mr.. Wolcott closed his vigorous
speech, there was a burst of vigorous
applause from the galleries, which the
vice president checked by rapping the
gavel and giving sharp admonition.
Mr.. Stewart again took the floor,
denouncing the proposed conference
as "a trade with our oppressors.
Whatever others might do, he would
never consent to such a scheme
/ The Stewart motion to reconsider
was defeated-yeas, 9; nays, 50.
The affirmative vote was as fol-
lows:
I Allen, Blackburn, Call, Cockrell,
Kyle, Martin, PETER, Pugh and Stew
art.
The negative vote included many
leading silver men, such as Teller,
Jones (Ark.), George, Wolcott, Cam
eron, and others.
A few amendments of local import
ance were agreed to. The bill was then
reported to the house.
A number of votes were then taken
on reserved amendments. Mr. Carey
offered a substitute, which was adopted,
in place of the previous appropriation
for public buildings at Cheyenne,
Wyo.; Boise City, Idaho, and Helena,
Mont. This substitute appropriates
$4,000 for the three sites, and limits
the cost of each building to s15O, GOO.
This leaves out the cities of Olympia,
Wash; Bismarck, N. D., and Pierre,
S. D.
Mr.. Stewart renewed his amendment
inStructing United States delegates to
the international monetary conference
not to agree to a ratio short of Is to l.
and it was defeated, 10 to 40. The vote
was substantially the same as the one
earlier in the day. The affirmative
vote was: Allen, Bate, Berry, Call,
Hunton, Irby, McLaurin, PETER, Pugh,
Stewart
The sundry civil appropriation bill
was then passed, and the legislative,
executive and judiciary appropriation
bill taken up.
The only important amendment to
the legislative bill agreed to was that
increasing from 100000 to $3.50, 900 the
amount for force in the supervising
architects Office to prepare plans, etc.,
for carrying into effect the various
appropriations for public buildings.
After a short executive session. a
recess was taken until o'clock.