Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-30
NEAR UNANIMOUS.
Vote on the international Silver
Conference Bill:
FOUR SENATORS ARE BoH.oosrEEr

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FOUR SENATORS ARE H0NlO0NTEn
And 0ssseal1y spsakisg Tor widely Des-
ssreae Rsassas-vllas Lssas The Oppss-
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httraeiaa Treaty WITH Crest Britat,.
Washington. Jan. 3o.-By the decisive !
vote Of - "a Z the senate yesterday
passed the bin for the appointment Of
commissioners to IN International mon
ey conference. The closing Of b de-
bate brought out severalnotable speeches.
including those Of Hoar. Villas. Jones Of
Arkansas. German. Allison and Carter
Of Montana It disclosed that little OPP
position existed against the bill. the
only division being - to the expediency
Of seeking bimetallism through interna-
tional agreement. A voicing b gen
efal view On the Democratic side Of the
chamber Jones and German favored
h adoption Of the measure exactly Is
The Republican senators desired. In or
der that the responsibility might be
theirs. Hoar's speech attracted atten-
ton. and was n of the, most note
worthy utterances Of the veteran sena-
tor made in recent days. He spoke
Of his observations In Europe during
| last summer, his agreeable discussions
with Mons. Mehne and BourgereAu In
Paris, and Balfour in London on the
advance of bimetallism. Hoar expressed
| the conviction that the o great ma
tions-the United States, Great Britain
France and Germany-were fast and
Inevitably tending toward . bimetallic
agreement.
| Text Of the Measure Passed.
The bill a. 1t passed h senate 10 a.
follows" That whenever. after March 4.
1897, the president Of the United States
shall determine that the United States
should be represented at any internal
ttonal conference called by h United
| States or any other country with q view
to secure by international agreement .
| fxity Of relative value between gold
and silver as money. by means OF q
| common ratio between these metals,
with free mintage at such ratio. he II
hereby authorized to appoint five or
more commissioners to such interrfa-
tional conference: md for compensa.
ton Of said commissioners and for all
reasonable expenses connected there
with, to be approved by he secretary
Of state. including the proportion to be
paid by the United States Of h Joint
expenses Of n such conference. h
sum OF $100. 900. or as much thereof ~
may be necessary, Is hereby appropria-
ted.
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 assem-
BILE at such points as may be agreed
upon"
villas says II Il . SBarren Ideality."
Villas made the most vigorous speech
against the bill. He characterized 1t a.
vicious and misleading. 1t was wholly
iIlusory perhaps deceitful - in the
promises 1t held tut n was q funda-
mental acknowledgment of the theory
Of the Bryan campaign. Villas referred
sarcastically to these pretty plays" of
international conferences. Three Of
them had proved failures and the Amer
lean people were tired of international
farces." 'Of course, If the United States
shall continue t. be inspired by that
sort Of craftsmanship" continued Villas.
which will try to keep an intelligent
people from bothering politicians in
their pursuit Of peace. by putting them
of with the expectation Of splendid
results to come in the sweet bye-and-
bye from a millennial concord Of nations
In financial affairs. why just 80 long
polite, courteous n sy~mpathizing pol
iticians in the countries of Europe will
gravely consent to light a council fire.
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