The record-union., 1897-12-17
RELIEF FOR
YUKON MINERS.
Both Senate and House Pass Bills
Appropriating Money.
A Conference Will be Necessary, However,
Before Either Becomes a Law.
The House, After a Lengthy Dis
cussion of the Subject, Passes
the Senate Bill to Prohibit Pei
agfc Sealing by American Citi-
zeuS.

WASHINGTON, Dec 16.-The House
to- day passed bill appropriating $11o,
600 for the relief of the people in the
Yukon country. The Senate also passed
a JOINT resolution appropriating 500,
900 for the relief of the Yukon miners.
1t will be necessary before either be-
comes a law for Congress to get to-
gether on common basis.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 16-Mr. VOL
colt of Colorado, Chairman of the COM
mission appointed by President Me-
Kinley to secure, if possible, the CO.
operation of foreign countries in an in
ternatlonal conference upon the silver
question, said in the Senate to-day that
the commission had not made a report
to the President, and it was uncertain
when a report would be made. Nego-
tiations for a bimetallic conference, he
said, are still pending, but Mr.. Wolcott
assured the Senate that the committee
had no intention of prolonging it's ef-
fort beyond the point where reasonable
hope Of success should exist.
Mr.. Frye, of the Commerce Commit
tee favorably reported, and the Senate
passed, a bill directing the Secretary
of the Treasury to purchase or con-
struct suitable vessel for revenue cut
ter service on the Yukon River at
Alaska, not to cost over $4,000.
Mr. Allison of the Appropriations
Committee reported favorably the
House joint resolution providing for a
recess of Congress from December Is,
iSSz 10 January 10, 1898.
The 4esolution was adopted.
Mr.. Hawley of the Military Affairs
Committee reported the resolution of
Mr. Mcbride of Oregon for the relief
OF american miners and other sufferers
in the Yukon Valley, Alaska. The
committee struck out all but the enact
lag clause, and amended the resolution
by appropriating S250,000, which is to
be used by the Secretary of War for the
purchase of subsistenn. and supplies,
and for their transportation and distri-
button, the consent of the Canadian
Government first to be obtained to pass
over Canadian territory. The resolu-
ton further provided that the supplies
are to be transported by means of
reindeer, the reindeer to be sold after
they have performed their service.
Mr.. Hawley asked for immediate con-
side-ation of the resolution, and it was
then adopted.
Mr.. PettigreW secured the adoption
Of resolution directing the Secretary
of the Interior to furnish the Senate
an itemiZed statement of the receipts
and expenditures of the Central Pa
cific Railroad for each year from 1871
to 1897, the statement also to show the
subsidies paid to steamboat companies.
Mr.. Allen Of Nebraska offered a res
olution calling for a report of the work
of the Monetary Commission.
Il hope soon," said Mr.. Wolcott, "to
make statement concerning the work
Of the Monetary Commission Quite
naturally the statement l shall make
will be unofficial, but it will contain all
the information that may be of inter-
est ana value to the Senate AS 1
have been absent from the country
about nine months, I have not, since
my return, on account of an accumula-
ton Of business. been able to prepare
such statement as / should like to
make to the Senate. If the Senator
from Nebraska (Allen) will permit. the
question might go over until after the
recess, when, about the middle of next
month, l shall be able to discuss this
subject"
Mr.. Stewart Of Nevada said he had
been satisfied from the first that the
efforts of the commission would fail
He had always advocated independent
action by the United States to secure
bimetalllsm, and he thought that the
effort to secure the cooperation of for
ign nations would not be only unneces-
sary, but dangerous. He said that the
co-operation of France with our COM
missioners was more than he had rea-
son to hope for, but he was perfectly
satisfied that England could not be
brought to agree to the free coinage of
silver
In the course of his remarks Mr..
Stewart said: THE utterances of tho
President and the Secretary of the
Treasury proved that this was a gold
standard Administration.
This statement brought Mr.. Chand-
Ter of New Hampshire to his feet. He
said tnat Secretary Gage had never an
nounced that the present Administra-
ton was in favor of a gold standard
and ne did not believe that the Sena-
tor from Nevada desired to misrepre-
sent the Administration.
Stewart disclairned any intention to
misrepresent President Mckinley or
Secretary Gage, bur he insisted that the
words and actions of the Secretary es-
tablished the truthfulness of his state
ment.
In response to an inquiry, Wolcott
said he did not think the commission
had any intention of making report
at this time, and as matter of fact.
he did not know when the report would
be made.
There is no desire upon the part of
anybody" said Wolcott. ito prolong
negotiations after all hope of success
has disappeared. No member of the
commission would delay for an hour
the announcement of its decision after
a decision one way or the other shall
have been reached"
Allen said he had always been sat
fsfied that international bimetallism
was a dream-an ideality that would
never be attained, but he was willing
to afford the commission all reasonable
latitude. He asked that the resolu-
ton go over until the 18th of next
month, and it was so agreed 10.
Gallinger called up the census bill
for the purpose of replying briefly to q