Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-10
OPPOSES MONETARY CONFERENCE.
House Committee ON Coinage Hears
Arguments on dhe sabjech

House Committee ON Cofnnnc Hears
Arguments on fhc sobjech
WASHINGTON, Feb. -AThe interest in
congress in the question OF an international
monetary conference was shown today by
the presence in the house committee on
coinage of many members to listen to the
discussion OF the resolution before the COM
mittee. Several members OF the commit
tee on banking and currency took part In
the debate The first speaker was Repre-
sentative Hill OF Connecticut, who spoke
from a political standpoint, bitterly denounc-
ing the senate for attempting to lay trap
to ensnare the republican party. II was an
attempt, he said. to bring about the things
which the republicans voted down at the
last election. the free coinage OF silver and
double standard OF value Referring to
Senator Chandler, he said the proposition
was thrust upon the incoming president by
senator who had bitterly OPP
posed his nomination, and nat
that senator had been sustained and
seconded by the chairman OF the national
democratic committee. THE proposition Is
born of all those who loves it not" he said
more than one-half of It's opponents in
the senate" he added had been repub
licans, while free silver men, who would
work to bring 1t to naught, voted for It,
He continued: THE stilted phrases of a
platform dictated by half-rnature thought in
June should be read in the blazing light
of the November victory. No. responsibility
rested on this congress In the matter, nor
should democratic president be called
upon to sign 1t. The wishes of gold DEM
ocrats, who had been the allies of the re-
publicans and who had declared for the
single gold standard. should be consulted
"Other planks of the st. Louis plat
form, those relating to Cuba, to immigration
and others, having been disregarded why.
he asked should congress rush to fuiill
| Al. II IL 4, IT, rar ,pnt thA m
the senators not the men. and these not the
propositions which the St Louis platform
had contemplated The utterance OF that
platform on the money question had been
modified by the subsequent Chicago plat
| form and the alliance Of the republican and
gold democrats
Representative Hartman of Montana and
| Towne of Minnesota two boilers from the
| st. Louis convention, asked Mr.. Hill several
| questions. Mr.. Hill said this government
should not subject itself to chagrin by call
| ing another conference, which foreign dele
gates would attend merely as a matter of
| courtesy. Any accomplishment must be
| by diplomatic negotiations with Great
| Brita in"
My understanding of the st. Louis plat
| FORM" he continued, "is that 1t pledged the
party first to the maintenance of the gold
standard and that all other pledges are sub
sidiary" This was in answer to a ques-
| tion from Mr.. Hartman as to whether the
platform had not meant the gold standard
| while endeavoring to deceive voters into
| understanding that 1t meant bimetallism.
Representative Brewster of New York re-
marked that the bill was a trap by the
enemy to put the next president in a hole
Representative Fairchild, republican OF
New York, said that he understood the
senate bill had been drafted by Senator
Wolcott after conference with Mr. Nc
Kinley ~
Let Mr.. Mckinley give his opinion in his
inaugural message" said Mr. Brewster.
The committee adjourned until Monday.