The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-02-18
HILLS nIMETALLIc Resolution
Followed by Another One by Stewart
of Nnvadn.


v,-osb3rcton. February 11-Mr. Hill intro
d,cod q concurrent resolution declaring
q tn he the sense of congress that the true
policv Of the government requires that
its efforts should be steadily directed 10
the esta bIishment of sale system OF
bimetalIsm wherein gold ana silver may
be maintained at a parity and every dol
- coined may be the equal in value and
,,o,var of every other dollar coined or is
sI1ed bv. the United States, but If our
Efforts to establish or maintain such BIZ
netallis1n shall not be wholly successful.
and it, for any reason, our SILVER com
ebaII not hereafter be at parity with gold
and silver. and the equal thereof, IN value
and mower in the market and the payment
nj debts. then il is hereby declared that
tba bonds Of the United States, row or
hereafter issued, which by their terms
are payable in coin, snail, nevertheless. Do
paid in standard gold dollars. II being the
noIjev of the United States that It's cred
tors shall. at all times, De pald IN the
best money in use.
This resolution was followed oy ono
offered by Mr.. Stewart, populst, OF Ne
vada. declaring that there is no authority
OF law to buy gold coin in preference 70
silver coin for any purpose whatever. IN
the regular course of procedure, one Or
both OF these resolutions VIII come before
the senate in the morning hour tomorrow.
The postofice appropriation bill was then
taken up Mr. Butler giving notice that
when it was disposed OF, he would ask 10
have the pooling bill taken up.
The first amendment which led to dis
cussion was the one increasing the apDTo-
priation for railway postofice car service
from $3,105000 to $3,205,0J0 and ne ADDED
these words: said sum shall be eZpend-
ed under the direction and in the discretion
of the postmaster general, and any pro-
vision of existing law III conflict herewith
is hereby repealed
MIR. Allen. populist, OF Nebraska, drifted
from the discussion of poslofice matters
TO that OF affairs in the state C Alabama.
which had been, mr.. Allen said, Tor the
last two or three years deprived Of Z re-
publican form Of soy eminent.
The roll was called and nfty-twO sena-
tors respondad-eght more than quorum
Mr.. Allen then proceeded with his sURech.
lie gave what purported TO be statistics
OF the election in the 'D2ck-heit' counties
in Alabama in August, 1894, showing,
county by county, the number OF votes
counted, the number actually cast testl-
mated and the number of fraudulent
votes (estimated)-the aggregate being
50,50S votes counted, 153l5 votes actually
cast ana 3i,765 fraudulent votes.
Mr.. Allen held the floor for two hours,
most Of the time being consumed in ths
reading of dispositions in proof CT election
frauds in Alabama. There was little, il
any, attention gwen to the subject by tina
senators. The two Alabama senators
Pugh and Morsan-sat quite near TO the
desk from which Mr. Allen spoke, bat
did not seem to be at all worried about
his afbdayits and statements. MIR. Morgan
occupying himself with his correspondence
and MIR. Pugh having only the appearance
OF one who was thoroughly bored
AT $50 o'clock Mr.. Allen, without having
finished his speech. and saying that rs
could not do so before o'clock, yielded
the floor.