The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-27

had also 10000 militia, in order to al
low the regular troops more leisure
more freedom in conducting the prin-
cipal campaign. What principal cam
paign, he asked, had they conducted,
what effective campaign? Cuban indie
pendence, he declared, was already an
ACCOMPLISHED fact, but that did not
necessarily imply that the Spanish
forces would cease fighting. In con-
clusion, Mr.. Turpie said: If the Cuban
patriots succeed, we may then claim
that we were friends of that republic
friends in need-friendS in the hour
and day of danger. If failure befall
them, (Which may God avert), our ac-
ton will still lose nothing of grace or
faith with the QuenchleSS spirit of
freedom which has set our feet in such
large room.
At the conclusion of Mr. Turpie' S
speech Mr.. Hills joint resolution as to
the recognition of foreign governments
was taken from the table and placed
on the calendar.
Mr.. Chandler, (Rep., n. HI, moved
to proceed to the consideration of the
bill TO provide for the representation
OF the United States by commissioners
at any international monetary confer
ence hereafter 70 be called.
NJ White sent TO the clerks desk and
had read an editorial from Mr.. Chand-
lers paper declaring that Senator Sher-
mar IS to be the leader of the Republic
an party in the new administration, and
giving numerous citations from Mr.. Sher-
mans speeches in favor of silver money.
After the reading, Mr.. White said he
presumed the quotations were correct, as
NJ Sherman was in his seat and did
not correct them.
NJ Cannon (Rep., Utah) said that the
mere presentation of the pending bill was
a recognition by the Republican party
that restoration of silver to its old
ol2ce as a money metal was required by
the world, and especially by the United
States knowing the ardent devotion TO
the cause of bimetalliSm of the senators
from New Hampshire and Colorado
chandler and WolcotO he was not dis
posed TO admit that the bill was proposed
in mere perfunctory spirit and he
should vote for it in its present form, if
20 better phraseology could be substi-
tuted.
Mr.. Stewart pop, New gave notice of
an amendment providing that in case the
international conference should be held
ard should fail to agree on a system of
international bimetalliSm. it shall be the
duty of the secretary of the treasury one
month after the adjournment of the con-
ference to coin all gold and silver brought
to the mint for the benefit of the de-
DoSitorS, the silver into standard silver
dollars and the gold into coin as now pro-
Vided by law.
me bill then went over under notice
from Mr.. Chandler that he would press it
to a vote as soon as possible.
The Nicaraguan canal bill was then
taken up and Mr.. Morgan (Dem., Ala.)
in charge of it, offered an amendment de-
signed to meet the objections suggested
IL the letter from the minister of the
greater republic of Central America. 1t
is to the effect that at least per cent of
the $10G, 000 600 of capital shall be reserved
for the Central American governments,
and that nothing in the bill shall be-
construed empowering the canal COM
pany to do anything inconsistent with the
terms of its concessions.
At the close of Mr. Morgan's speech Mr..
Daniels Dem, Va began a sarcastic
speech on the monetary question, brist-
ling with illusions TO the dispatch of
Senator Wolcott of Colorado as the en-
bassador plenipotentiary of the Republic
an party for the restoration OF that great
American system of bimetallic finance
which they had been so successful in
destroying.
Passing from this divergence. Mr.. Daniel
addressed himself TO the bill Immediately
before the senate. the Nicaraguan canal
bill, which he strongly opposed
At the close of Mr.. Daniels speech the
senate. at 5;25, went into executive ses-
sion, and shortly thereafter adjourned I'M
til tomorrow.