The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-01-30
ment about the bimetallic majority in

ment about the bimetallic majority in the British government and says: s'We are also backed up by ma jority of the French government. And I consider it not at all impossible that Germany, under certain. circumstances, may join bimetallic union even with out England
 "The writer" MT. Hoar continued, "goes on to express his opinion that Russia will be ready for the same union when the time comes and quotes a let ter from a Russian friend saying that if the present French government plays it's cards well he is sure that Russia will declare for bietmallism do not wish to be understood as saying that this consummation is at hand. But mean to say that the time has come for another effort It is a growing opinion. It will be stronger twelve months hence than now, and it is months ago."
 MT. Hoars speech attracted great att tention on the floor of the senate and
 in the galleries. It was followed by speeches either in advocacy or in tol- eration of the measure by Senators Gallinger, Blanchard. White, Allison and German, dem., of Maryland. The latter referring to the London
 square mile" said that within one mile | of New York city hall there had been l power enough to stay the cousumma- | ton of himetallisn in the United 1 States, and that within the radius Of a mile in the city Of Paris there had been power enough Q stay 1t in France. Let the representatives Of i this country cnder this adnlinistra- | tion," MT. German continued, Ego | abroad and say that no longer shall | this power thus concentrated in three or four cities throttle all the freemen | of the world, but that the American | republic will march along in the imme- | diate future to relieve our own people at home"
 | As MT. Cannon declined to withdraw his amendment requiring the president | of the United States to invite the lead | ing commercial nations of the world | to appoint representatives to an inter- | national monetary conference in Wash
 ington on or before October l, 1897 Mir. | Chandler moved to lay it on the table,
 and that motion was agreed to-, year
 Al, nays 8. The negative votes were by
 Allen, pop of Nebraska; Bate, dem.
 of Tennessee; Butler, pop. of North | Carolina; Cannon, rep. of Utah;
 Clarke, rep. of Idaho; Peffer, pop, of
 Kansas; Pettigrew, silver dem. of South
 Dakota, and Roach, dem of North Da-
 kota. M
 l MT. Bacon's amendment was agreed | to and was made the second section of
 the bill and MT. Stewart withdrew his
 amendment, providing for free coinage of silver within a month after the fail ure and adjournment of the confer | ence.
 The bill was then passed, year 46,
 nays 1.-the nays being Senator's Allen, ] Pettigrew, Roach and Villas.
 The following is the text of the bill: 1 A bill to provide for the representation | of the United States by commission l CTS at any International monetary 1 conference hereafter to be called. | Be it enacted by the senate and house
 of representatives of the United States,
 in congress assembled, That whenever
 after March 4, 1897, the president of the | Un2L6u SIdleS oStCi iiiiitC tiiete 5sAiS United States should be represented at
 any international conference called by
 the United States or any other country
 with view to securing by internation-
 al agreement a f1xity of relative value
 between gold and silver as money, by
 means of common ratio between
 these metals, with free mintage at such
 ratio, he is hereby authorized to ap-
 point five or more commissioners to
 such international conference, and for
 compensation of said commissioners,
 and for all reasonable expenses con-
 nected herewith, to be approved by the
 secretary of state, including the pro-
 portion to be paid by the United States
 of the joint expenses of any such con-
 ference, the sum of $100,OOO, or so much
 thereof as may be necessary, is hereby
 appropriated.
 1 Section 2-That the president of the
 United States is hereby authorized, in the name of the government of the
 United States, to call, in his discretion,
 such international conference to as-
 semble at such place as may be agreed