New-York tribune., 1896-01-24

PROTECTION FREE SILVER AND MONROE
DOCTRINE DISCUSSED.
NIP WARREN POINTS OUT THE INJURIOUS EF-
YECTs OF THE WILSON TARIFF LAW-MR
DUBOIS MAKES AN ARGUMENT FOR FREE
COINAGE. AND Mr.. DANIEL SUP
PORTS THE PRESIDENTS

VENETIAN POLICY.


Washington jar. 23-To-day's oratory IN the Sen.
ate was Of a varied character. Mr.. Warren OF
Wyoming elaborately discussed the erect ot the
Wilson Tariff law in deprecating the value OF
American live stock. and supported his contention
with q forcjble array of statistics. Nj. DUBOIS
made a free-coinage speech a little OIL the ueuai
lines which was listened to with interest. Finally
Mr. Daniel spoke the Monroe Doctrine making
an eloquent and vigorous appeal for the legislative
assertion OF that doctrine in It's broadest ana most
comprehensive sense ,
After the routine morning business. Mr. Milis
O,en, Tex) introduced a bill TO repeal the act Of
July a. 1870 to authorize the refundng oi the Ma
tjonal debt and the act of January H. S'' Tor 'he
resumption of specie payment lie asked that IL oe
read first time to-day, and that it have It's second
reading tomorrow, when he hoped to have vote
on 4.
MIR WARREN'S RESOLUTION TAKEN UP.
The resolution heretofore offered by Mr.. Warren
no, wvo) directing the attention OF the Com
m,ttee on Agriculture to the late unprecedented
shrnkaee in numbers and values of farm animals
throughout the United states was laid before the
Senate.
Mr. Pugh (Dem. Aa.) inquired OF the Chah
what had become OF his resolution declaring All
the Government obligations payable in silver
The Vice President Informed him that 1t had gone
to the calendar.
Mr. Pugh expressed surprise at that fact. lie
had understood that the resolution was merely hed
nvsr and was now on the Vice Presidents table.
He asked unanimous consent that that should be
considered its status.
Mr. Hill Dem " " recoun,ed what had taken
place on the subject yesterday. and said that ne
had warned the Senator from Alabama of the very
predicament which had overtaken his resolution
81 denv that statement" Mr. Pugh said with
some heat.
THE senator's denial" Mr. Hill coolly rotorted,
"nay go In The Record but the fact remains
nevertheless
After some further parley Mr. Pugh remarked
that he had no idea but the Senator from New-fork
was willing TO speak on the resolution whenever he
could delay action upon H.
MIR Hill remarked that the clerk and the VICE
President understood the parliamentary status OK
the resolution as he did. and added that the Sena-
tor from Alabama had walked right IN az the pace
left open for him" U.augherp
Mr. Pugh admitted that he had been trapped by
the skilful Senator from New-io
/" rr rriei to avoid it," Mr. Hl said.
The Vice-President said that II was a matter
over which he mad no control. The rule Of the
Senate had TO be enforced. The resolution had
been considered up o'clock. and then, under The
rnle II had gone to the calendar.
Mr. Pueh renewed his request for unanimous con-
sent but "a respectful objection inerposed
by Mr.. HILL
Mr. Pugh then gave notice that he would mova
TO- morrow to have the resolution taken from the
calendar and laid before the Senate The Senator
from New York. he added. could not escape going
on the record on the resolution
Mr. Hoar Rep.. Mass) inquired what had become
of the Armenian concurrent resolution reported
yesterday from the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tons.
Mr. Cuom (Rep. I'D. who had reported the reso-
lution explained that it had not been called up to-
day because the Senator from Wyoming Nlr War
REM had given notice of his desire TO address the
Senate this morning.
The bill appropriating $4,000 for assistant
chtect for the Chicago public building received
from the House. with the House amendment max
ing the appropriation cover also the supervision of
the work. 1t laid before the Senate. and the
House amendment was, motion of Mr. Cullom.
concurred in.
Mr.. Warren addressed the Senate his resou-
ton. His speech argument In favor of high
protective duties. denouncing the Wilson Tariff bin
as IAN emblem Of benehcence TO foreign interests
and of disaster to our own" He denied the asser-
ton made In the recent speech Of Mr. Vest ODem.
Mo- that the woo-growing and the wooen manu-
featuring interests had alike prohed under the
Wilson bill. In the Of his speech Mr.. Warren
declared that the shrinkage In values In live stock
always attendant upon Democratic Admnstra-
ton of this Government, has become marked IN
the last few years so tremendous, so appalling. as
annihatonp Of the Hooks and herds Of the rnited
States obligng us soon to depend & , on Other nations
THE REMARKS OF MR.. DUBOIS
The House Bond bill, with the free coinage sub.
stitute, was taken up at p. m, and Mr.. Dubois
Rep. Idaho) addressed ."e Senate. He said that
II was patent to any one who has given careful in
vestigation to the matter that the Senate is opposed
to the maintenance of the single gold standard
There a number Of Senators who in
favor OF the single gold standard and who would
vote against bond issue, but who would
for unlimited coinage of silver. They favored
medium course II was reasonably safe to say
howeyer that the senate would pass The bin for un
limited coinage as soon as Vote could be reached
The Senate neither ndorsed the Presidents
dorse the policy of high protection II was not Ger
tain that any tariff bill could receive majority Of
the votes In the Senate as now constituted IT was
| duty on raw materials.
session for the unlimited coinage OF gold and silver
and for such protection to raw raw maera and the
would prevent the rulnous competition Of the poor
emphatcally in silver and protection. and that both
We're absolutely essential to me prosperity and hap
say during this session financial and other sub
utterances There seemed to be. however a con-
ad DG nc to pfe ho m
and always had been able and fearless advocates OF
position Of being untrue 70 silver unless they blind
| ly indorsed Popustic doctrines and methods. For
policies OF their party in the background 80 far az
they could ana were posng here the especial
depend. fortunately. on the Populis, vo,c for it's
sTSer sYer n sn @ %as not luckily in
in general be ndorsed. The Popusts in the Sen
for any free coinage b.l. and true silver men.
gardess OF party. were pleased to receive their
votes. They did not vote for the unlimited coinage
OF silver. however. because they believed that So
should be basic money.
They wanted more money. They did believe
| In basic money of ultimate redemption Their
theory that the Government by its fiat could
make money, and that 1t should do So the amount
of the money thus created TO depend on the will of
the people expressed by It's representatives in
Congress The hard money men who constituted
q majority in this chamber-ths majority made up
Or Democrats and Republicans believed that gold
and silver should form the basis of the currency.
that all forms of money should rest on those two
9 metals, ani that they should be The money OF ut-
mate redemption. The argument; Of the silver men
was that there not enough OF gold 10 form
safe and adequate basis, and that the basis should
be broadened by restoring silver. His Populstic
friends cared for neither gold nor silver and would
IL. lat.ar atl.. 1911