Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-12-14
THE MONEY MATTER
The General Subject ofFinance,
Claims the Attention Of
U. S. Senators.
THE WoLCOTT COMMITTEE
ACTION IN LOWER HOUSE

WASHINGTON, d c., December a.
Senators Sherman, of Ohio, Elkins, o
West Virginia, and Mitchell, democrat
of Wisconsin,, were to-day appointe,
by the vice-president as the inaugura
tion committee, on the part of tn
senate.
The credentials of Samuel Dougla
McEnery, senator from the state o
Louisiana, to succeed Mr.. Blanchard
were presented by Mr.. Blanchard, anc
placed on file.
The special committee appointed BY
Senator Sherman, chairman of the
republican senatorial caucus, to devise
legislation for action at this session oi
congress, looking to an international
monetary conference, held Its first
meeting this morning, with Senators
Wolcott, chairmnn, and Chandler,
Hoar, Gear and Carter present. The
meeting was informal, no action oi
any kind being taken. Owing to the
meetings OF other committees, the
meeting was short. 1t is hoped at the
next sitting to adopt a tentative plan,
at least one will be submitted, for it Is
the intention to prepare bill as
speedily IS possible and submit it to
the republican caucus. A canvass Of the
senate has been made and it is said 1t
shows that the silver boiling republi-
cans will not antagonizs the proposed
measure and that many democratic
silver men will support it.
Mr.. PETER, (pop) of Kansas, intro
duced joint resolution to-day, for the
appointment by the president of a
United States committee of four, one
from each of the political parties,
republican, national democratic, demo-
cratic and populist, who shall select
the fifth member, and together they
shall constitute a national monetary
commission to examine and study the
general subject of finance in reference
to its practical relations to business.
He asked that it be laid on the table
and said that he would speak on 1t,
after the holidays Hale, (rep) Of
Maine, introduced concurrent resolU-
ton for holiday recess from Decem-
Der 22nd to Jan. 9th, which was re-
ferred.
The senate judiciary committee held
its first meeting, this morning. The
docket was filed with important nomi-
nations. One of these is the promotion
to the chief justiceship of the court Of
claims, and filling vacancy on that
bench. There are six nominations to
hill vacancie, in the United States dis
trict court, one associate justice of the
supreme court, Territory OF Oklahoma.
The nomination OF William d. Nc
Hu %, to be district judge of the dis
trio, Of Nebraska, was opposed and was
laid over. Other cases were referred.
The senate agreed to take vote on
the immigration bill at O'Clock,
Thursday.
"A joint resolution, requesting the
president to demand the release of all
citizens of the United States who are
he in confinement at Ceuta, in viola
tion of the treaty with Spain, was in-
troduced by Mr.. Call and referred.
Mr.. Call also offered resolution, which
was referred, declaring that "the re-
cent killing Of Antonio Maceo, a re-
nowned eneral in the service of the
republic of Cuba (f true), while under
a flag Of truce and with an assurance of
safety from the Spanish captain gen.
eral, was violation of the rules of
civilized warfare, an act OF base treach-
cry, murder, 'cowardly and disgrace
full, which demands the exeoration of
every government and of all peoples of
the world, whether civilized or savage;
declaring that government which au-
thorized, permitted or failed to punish
assassins, was an outcast from the
family of nations and from the pale of
civilization and public law" and di-
recting the committee on foreign rela-
tions TO inquire into the facts and re-
port at an early day.
Senator Allen, of Nebraska, ad
dressed the senate on his resolution,
declaring that no legislature has the
power to impair contracts or obliga-
lions HIS state had no hostility to
capital, corporations or railroads, he
declared. He then repudiated re-
mark OF Senator Hoar in speech be-
fore the Home Market club, at Boston,
to the effect that Nebraska, in voting
for Bryan, had engaged in a crazy
attempt at revolution and passionate
crusade of dishonor. The charge, Mr..
Allen declared, was unwarranted, dis
honest and ungraciuus, and he retaliated
by referring to some incidents in the
past history of Massachusetts which did
not, in his view, reflect credit on the
purple Of that state. Mr.. Allen paid a
tribute to the character of Mr.. Bryan,
speaking OF him as "the greatest popu,
lar orator since the days II Webster
and Clay. /"
Mr.. Plat, (republican, Conn !, re-
ferred to the resolution as ssclap-
trap" and moved to amend by adding
to it these words: sand that, in the
opinion of the senate, no law should be
passed by congress, the effect Of which
would be to impair the obligation Of
contracts.
The resolution and amendment were
referred to the Judiciary committee.
At2 O'Clock, this afternoon. the SER
ate took up the pension calendar and
passed fii.y-aye private pension bills,
nearly all for an increase OF pension.
Then. after a short executive session.
at 8 80. the senate adjourned until to-
morrow.
THE House.
WASHINGTON, D. O.. December Il -