The morning times., 1896-01-10

very careful canvass of the Senate on
the free coinage substitute to the House
bond bill has been made, and it is claimed
as result OF that ca aDvass that the ma iority
in the Senate in favor of free COMA ge
at this time will be exceedingly small.
Some OF the so-calied ''sound money
men go 50 far as to say that 1t may possibly
be defeated. A conference was held yes
tcrday by Mr.. German and Mr.. Gray,
representing the anti-silver men on the
Democratic side OF the chamber, and Mr..
Aldrich, on the Republican side. These
three men went over the situation in
thorough manner and came to the con-
clusion that there was good reason 10
consider the passage OF u free coinage bill
at this time as a matter about which
there is some doubt.
They decline to mention any names, but
1t is given out that there are twenty-six
or twenty-seven Republicans who will
vote against the substitute and fourteen
Democrats, making total OF forty or
forty-one-within three or four OF anna Jority
against the bill. The figures given are
claimed to comprise a list of voles about
which there is no doubt, and they think
that sufficient doubtful votes may yet be
won over TO defeat the bill.
The free coinage amendment tosthe bond
bill was not discussed yesterday in the
Senate. A half hours speech, however, by
Mr.. Baker, Rep, Kansas, in favor OF an
extreme application of the Monroe doc
trine, and an hour and three quarters
speech by Mr.. Stewart, Pop, Nevada, on
the financial question, prevented the taking
up Of the bond bill until SO late an hour
that Mr.. Jones, Dem, Arkansas, preferred
10 withhold his opening speech upon it till
today.
MR.. BAKERS SPEECH.
Mr. Bakers speech-his first in the Senate
chamber had for its text and groundwork
Il joint resolution. Introduced by him, de-
claring that the extension by any European
power OF its territorial limits on the western
hemisphere, whether by war, treaty, pur-
chase or otherwise, without the consent of
the United States will be regarded as an
unfriendly act, and in his speech Ire declared
that that position would be maintained by
war. il necessary. The joint resolution was
referred TO the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations; and the Senate at 4:1O adjourned
till today.
Mr.. Stewart took the floor at 40 p. m
and addressed the Senate on the Elkins
resolution and Butler amendment.
He characterized the cail for a popular
loan Is a cruel mockery, and he quoted from
an Interview with Cabinet minister mot
named) TO the effect that the loan is prac-
tically underwritteu by the Rothschiid
syndicate. The bonds had been Offered
to the public, he said, for god, while the
gold was all pooled. They had been Of
fcred under impossible conditions. The
syndicate ewasdisparaging gAmerican govern
ment, speculatng on the government, get
ting bonds o or 15 per cent less than their
actual value, In order to sustain the honor
of the government.
A CALIFORNIA STORY.
"How long," he exclaimed, Twill this
government have honor or credit If these
outrageous speculatioDs and peculations
are allowed to proceed? The Presidents
tactics in offering bonds to the public for
gold, while practically securing them for
the syndicate, reminded him of Il notorious
character in the early days OF he California,
gold fever, who, when the people aud tle
animals were starving to death, tantalzed
a dog one day for an hour with piece of
jerked beef, and then put 1t back in his
saddle bags, saying to the starved brute:
Il guess II give this meat to another dog"
Laughter).
Mr.. Stewart ridiculed the emergency
tariff bill as something got up by the poll
iicians To distract the people, to muddy
The water, a nd lie declared that no amount
Of trade protection would do the country
any good until silver was admitted 10 the
minis on the same terms as gold. The
people were crying for work, not for char
ity. Give the people money" he cried.
start the wheels orlDdustry and they will
accumulate wealth beyond parallel"
On motion OF Mr.. Jones, Dem, Arkansas,
the House bond bill, with the free silver
substitute reported from the Finance Com
mittee, was taken up. Mr.. Chandler, Rep,
New Hampshire, asked Mr.. Jones whether
he would not prefer TO make his opening
speech In favor of the substitute today.
Mr.. Jones admitted that he would-with
the understanding that the bin shall come
up today as unfinished business. The Sem
ate thereupoD proceeded to executive busi-
ness.