Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-02-01
AT The NATIONAL CAPITAL
Silver Substitute for the House Bond
Bill Came Up in the Senate
To-day.
TWAS PASSED BY A VOTE OF 4S TO So
The Vote on this Important Measure
in Detail-Silver Manifested TN
expected Strength-Heuse Gen.
sures Ambassador Bayard.

Washington, Feb. 1.-The senate was
opened at IL o'clock to day with speech
by the venerable senator from Vermont,
Mr.. Morrill,, who said that the house had
promptly responded to the presidents
message and had supplemented it with
an emergency tariff revenue bill. The
free silver substitute for the bond bill,
he added, may not be the first time when
bread has been asked for that stone has
been presented, but it ls the first time
that committee of the senate seems to
have perpetrated a practical joke, almost
good enough for clown of the Barnum
menagerle.
The senator thought that deficient ma
tional income should be not less swiftly
rsmedied than an excess. Referring
to the assertion that France maintains
silver at par with gold, he said:
"Because there is no clustering silver
party and no silver plated Democratic
party there that are daily striving to pull
down their money standard to that of
deprecated silver, they keep silver to the
amount of $3S6,0OO,OOO with $772,OOO,O0O
of gold on ratio of l51a to l. The
United States has been the friend and
patron of silver to its own hurt"
MoRRILL's IDLE THREATS
Mr.. Morrill, paid his respects as follows
to the threats to form new silver party:
"Some whispered threats have foated in
the air that the extreme silver men, now
fraternizing here and at home with the
Republican party, would band themselves
together on the one dominant idea with
auxiliary Democrats to hang on the
tail of the Republican measure, at the first
opportunity, some silver amendment,
hoping thereby to secure silver triumph
of the hybrid combination, although the
grand old Republican party might perish.
But there is little fear of these eruptive
threats; for, if carried out, the riot act
might be read at home to the offenders,
upon whom public opinion would not
fail to place its brand, and, whatever
party might survive, not all Of the
garroters Of the Republican party would
be among its members.
''The election of Republican governors
in such states as New Jersey, Maryland
and Kentucky indicates that the old
Wing states of the south are wheeling
into line with their former bretheren on
questions which concern their indstrial
prosperity. The Republican party at the
earliest opportunity will seek the CO.
operation of the leading nations in the
coinage of silver and will in the mean
time aim to maintain the integrity of
business affairs and the honor of the
country by the msfntsnanca of ever?
dollar Of the money in the hands of the
people, without depreciation, at its full
face value."
SENATOR TELLER TALKS BACK.
Mr.. Teller, Of Colorado, replied briefly
to the reference Mr.. Morrill, made as to
the cheapness of silver. He said that the
remarkable mines at Creeple Greek were
turning ont gold ore worth rs cents an
ounce.
Mr.. Teller referred sarcastically to the
frequent characterization of "sllver
barons" and asked what had become of
the "gold barons."
From this time forward the speeches
were brief under an agreement that the
five minutes rule of debate should pre-
vail.
Under this rule, also, various amend
ments we're taken up for debate.
RADICAL AMENDMENT DEFEATED.
The first vote in the senate to-day oc-
CURED upon an amendment offered by
Mr.. Butler, Populist, of North Carolina,
to prevent the further issue of bonds
without authority of congress and to pay
the coin obligations of the government
in silver when silver bullion was below
the par value of gold. The amendment
was defeated-Yeas, 13; nays 40. Those
voting in the affirmative we're: Brown,
Butler Cameron, Cannon, George, Hill,
Kyle, PETER, Pritchard, Roach, Stewart
and Tillman.
ANOTHER AMENDMENT DzTEATED.
Mr.. Aliens amendment, forbidden bond
issues, was defeated by vote Of over two
to one against.
The vote on the Allen amendment was:
Yeas, 81; nays 54, as follows: Yeas,
Messrs. Allen, Bacon, Baker, Berry,
Blanchard, Brown, Butler, Call, Cameron,
Cannon, Hill, Hoar, Irby, Kyle, Lindsay,
Mills, PETER, Prltchard, Roach, Stewart,
Thurston-21; nays, Messrs. Allison,
Bate, Burrows, Carter, Chandler, Chiffon,