Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-20
years now close at hand, and the return of
full prosperity will be long deferred
BimetalIiSm Must Come.

BimetalIism Must Come.
Therefore, the people Of this republic
will vote against the single gold standard.
The. time is approaching when it will be
necessary for the republican Senators to
present some affirmative measures Of bi-
metallism. What those measures shall be
must be determined by the wisest members
of that party. which is soon to control by
an overwhelming majority the popular
branch of Congress-
The buetallisne which was promised
must be reached or steps toward it must be
taken, the American voters will decide
between gold monometallism as the one
alternative and the silver monometaiiisme
as the other. 1t is useless to shut our eyes
TO the fact that the debtors are more nu-
nervous than the creditors, and that the
citizens who want prices of property 10 go
up outnnmber those who want them TO res
main as they now are. BimetalllSm mas
been promised to the people Of this coun-
try. They wait with much impotence Tor
the fulfillment of the pledges soiemniy,
made by both political parties"
Mr.. Daniel Wa.) spoke of the disastrous
financial conditions brought on, as he had
predicted, by the striking down of the
Sherman law. The democratic party had
come into power, charged and pledged by
the people to the equal coinage of both
metals and to repeal of the tax on state
banks, and yet 1t was about to relinquish
it's power without redeeming it's solemn
pledges. The Senators who opposed the
repeal of the Sherman law because moth
ing to take it's place was proposed now had
their justification in the misery existing
and the inability of Congress to act.
Credentials Criticised.
The credentials of Thomas H Carter. as
Senator from Montana for the term beifs
ginning March 4 next were presented by.
Mr.. Power of Montana.
Mr. Hoar criticised the manner Of maxi
ing out the credentials. They should be-,
simple and follow established forms. Mr..
Hear pointed out that the governor of Nom
tana recited in the credentials that hes
commissioner Mr.. Carter as Senat0Es
whereas, said Mr.. Hoar. the governor has
no more power to commission a Sena tor
than to commission the sultan of Turkey.
THE HOUSE.
At the opening of the session of the.
House today some time was spent in un=s
| rayeling tangle produced by the passage
by the House, under a miSapprehenslon,
of bill to increase the pension of Thos-r
Corrigan, late company b, eighty-eighth
Illinois infantry, to $50 per month. The
bill was returned to the House in response
TO a resolution, and by unanimous consent
the vote was again taken on the recon-
mendation of the committee of the whole
that the bill lie on the table.
Messrs. Hull and Lacey of Iowa insisted
that the bill was meritoriouS, and the
recommends ton of the committee of the
whole should be disagreed to, and this
action was taken, iS-10U.
Mr.. Jones Va.) then made an earnest
argument against the passage OF the Dills
which, he Said in effect oVerruled the def
cis,on of the pension Office. He demanded
the yeas and nays and the roll was calleds
The blu paSSed-133-I3.
Mr.. Picker Is. d. called up as matter
of privilege resolution introduced by hiQA
q month ago calling. on the Secretary=oE.
the Treasury for a list of the soldiers. OF
the late war dismissed from his departm
since March 3. 1898, with the cause of the
dismissal in each case, and 1t was adopts
ed-63-53.
Naval Appropriation BILL.
The House then went into committee OF
the whole and resumed the consideration
of the naval appropriation bill.
When the paragraph providing for the
authorization of the three new battleships
and twelve torpedo boats was reached Mr..
Dolliver Uowa} offered an anendnsnI pHo-
viding that two OF the torpedo boats should
be built On. the Mississippi river. lie Sal4
in explanation that it had been the policy
of the government for some years to COM
struct q portion of the new navy on the
Pacific. coast A few years ago a ship
building concern on the Mississippi had
succ essfully bid for the construction Of a
torpedo boat. That boat had been built
and launched and was now awaiting her
IS
be the policy of the government to allow
some OF the smaller vessels OF the navy to
be built or the Mississippi. 1t would aid
in the development of the ship building in
duStry Of this country.
MIR. Talbot. in charge Of the bill, accept
ed the amendment.
BY unanimous consent arrangement
made with the opponents of the in
crease of the navy by which vote should
be taken on the amendments to the pending
paragraph at $50.
Against the BattleskfDs.
Mr.. Savers moved to strike out the item
for the authorization of the three battle
ships at cost, exclusive of armament, of
$4,oo0, 900 each.
Mr.. Simpson Kan) took the floor and
reiterated his opposition to the coliStrae-
ton of battle ships.
MIR. Money Oiiss). in reply declared that
Mr.. Simpson was literally "gorged with
miSinformation" and defended the measure.
MIR. Henderson Qowa) announced that he
was for peace aid therefore for a navy.
AS a republican he was for a strong Gers
tralized governments government capable
of protecting itself and all it's citizens, rich
or poor, at home or abroad.
Mr.. Cannon Qlll criticised the naval COM
mittee for lack of courage. They wanted
the House to authorize the construction of
these new ships to cost $29,0oo,0oo, but in
tended to leave the appropriation to the
next Congress.
Mr.Sayers in closing the debate for the OPP
position frankly admitted that he did not
expect his amendment to carry. The
Cramps We're here, he said. Last Satur,
day Cramp had boasted that this bill would
pass.
Mr. Savers motion to strike out the pros
vision for the three new battle ships in
the naval appropriation bill was lost i3-
121.
Mr.. Cannon OIl) offered an amendment
to appropriate SD, 0G0, coo for the purpose Of
carrying out the provisions of the para
graph authorizing the increase of the navy
It was lost-19-90. Mr.. Cannon then n1odi-
fed his amendment so as to appropriate
$3,o0o,Ol0.
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