The morning call., 1895-03-04
-FOUR DELEGATES SELECTED.
The SENATE NAMED THREE AND
THE HOUSE ONE FOR None
TARY CONFERENCE.
TELLER, JONES, DANIEL THE MEN
CHOSEN THUS FAR BY
CONGRESS.

WASHINGTON, March 3.-The provision
inserted by the Senate in the sundry civil
bill for three of its members to be sent to
the prospective international monetary
conference has been the cause of consider
able rivalry among the factions on both
the Democratic and Republican side of the
Chamber as to representation on the COM
mission.
From the time the amendment was
voted on by the Senate the silver men, be-
ieving themselves to be in the majority in
the Senate, have assumed that they would
be allowed toSname all three of the Demo-
Gratis on the part of the Senate, and this
was apparently at first conceded to them
by the anti-silver men.
Consequently when a petition was circu-
lated last night asking Senator Jones of
Arkansas, Daniel of Virginia, Democrats,
and Teller of Colorado, Republican, all
free coinage advocates, to allow the use of
their names for the positions of delegates,
there was comparatively little objection
heard.
The paper was generally signed by the
silver men and by several Senators who
are not included in that classification.
Some of the anti-silver men declined, how
ever, to attach their names, and it was
not long until a murmur arose against the
programme to elect none but silver men
from the Senate. This soon grew into an
animated protest on the part of the silver
antagonists.
There were, of course, conferences be-
tween the contending interests, when the
anti-silverites confessed that it was their
10 +o{ 10
Senatorial delegation or throw the selec-
ton of the entire commission into the
hands of the President.
The executive session of the Senate re-
suited in the selection of Teller, Jones and
Daniel.
In the House it was generally under
stood that two of the delegates to be
named would be selected from the Demo
cratic side and one from the Republican
The Populist contingent had already in
formed the Speaker that it was opposed to
the plan and did not care to be represented
at such conference.
Two petitions were started on the Re-
publican side, one for Hit of Illinois,
the other for Hepburn of Iowa. The
Hit petition was circulated by w. A.
Stone of Pennsylvania. The Hepburn peti-
tition was in charge of Hartman OF
Montana, and was signed by nearly all the
Republicans. Hepburn is pronounced
friendly to silver, but one who is said to
believe in international bimetaIlism rather
than free coinage by this Government in
dependently.
y resolution was presented by Bailey
(D.) of Texas reciting the provision of the
sundry civil bill, authorizing the Speaker
of the House to appoint three delegates to
an international monetary convention and
added
at is the earnest desire of the House OF
Representatives that the Speaker shall be
one of the delegates on the part of the
House, therefore, be it
Re8olUed, That Charles F. Crisp, Speaker
of the House, is required to designate him
self as one of the delegates to be selected
by himself"
The motion was greeted with great ap-
plause, the members interrupting the read
ing clerk in their enthusiasm at the men
ton OF the Speakers name and the resoiu-
ton conferlng most unusual compli-
ment upon the Speaker was adopted with
a loud shout and without a dissenting
voice
The Senate bill to establish regulations
for the payment of accrued pensions to the
heirs of dead pensioners and exempting
the pension money from being held as part
of the assets of the estate for the payment
OF debts was passed.