The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-03

bill was. as some people suggested,
nonsense, it came back from the house
costly nonsense" In conclusion, he
said that the next administration
would be, so far as the money question
was concerned. the same as if Grover
Cleveland had been elected for a third
term.
TELLER AND RESULTS.
Mr.. Teller (Sil, Colo.) said that the
only result of the bill would be to con-
vince the American people that BIZ
metallism could not be secured by in
/ ternational agreement. 1t was beyond
| the bounds of reason and hope to eX-
pect that Great Britain would change
her attitude on the money question
! that attitude which she had maintained
since 1916, and which she was, of late.
more determined than ever TO main
tain. He did not care to occupy the
| time of the senate in discussing the
| question now, but he would discuss it
in the next session. He did not pro-
pose to let the question die, for it was
the greatest question that the Amer
| lean people ever had to consider. In
order to have successful monetary
conference, there would have to be pre-
liminary diplomatic negotiations. A
Republican administration was coming
! into power, and it was known what its
=
tary of the treasury were to be. Their
selection indicated the policy of the
administration. There was no reason
to suppose that the secretary of state
(Mr. Sherman) would enter into ar
rangements for the purpose of restor-
ing bimetallism. Nor was there rea-
son to suppose that the new secretary
of the treasury had any sympathy
with any international agreement.
There was no reason to suppose that
the president-elect had any sympathy
with it. No one could find an utter
ance of his, after the campaign. which
indicated that he was friendly to it.
His statements from his cottage porch
indicated that he had gone over to the
gold standard in earnest and would
there remain
HE GROWS SARCASTIC.
I'VE are about to inaugurate a presi-
dent with the pomp and splendor of a
monarchy" Mr.. Teller continued. we
are told that there has been nothing in
the history of the country to compare
with it. There will doubtless be a
grand and magnificent display. / do
not complain of that. 1 think that
when the executive of seventy million
people is inducted into power and
office, there should be something more
than the ordinary conditions in OBJ
servances. But it will be painful TO
those who witness and who realize that
on that day there will be more idle
Americans hunting food and hunting
work than at any other time in the
history of this republic-that there are
more men, women and children sup
ported by charity today than at any
other time in the history of the
country"
Mr.. Morgan (Denn., Ala.) said that
as he would be perhaps the only SEN
ator voting against the bill, it was
proper that he should state his reasons
for doing so. The United States, he
said. might as well surrender its power
to make war and peace into the hands
power to coin money and declare its
value.
Mr.. Mantle (Sil, Mont) declared
himself heartily in favor of every eff
fort to bring about an international
agreement for bimetallism, although
his honest conviction told him that the
effort would be futile.
The vote was then taken and the
house amendments We're concurred in
without a division. The bill now goes
to the president for his action.
DEFICIENCY BILL
The consideration of the deficiency
bill was resumed and Mr.. Vest (Dem,
MOI offered an amendment, directing
the secretary of the treasury to pay
the amounts of the DEGREES of the court
OF claims under what is known as the
Bowman act, and amounting in the ag-
gregate to S5S7. 900. Various other items
were added to the Vest amendment.
Mr.. Hale (Rep.. Me) and Mr. Aldrich /
(Rep., r. L. spoke against the amend (
ont af -for, NIT h. l.,
against putting private claims on the /
bill Mr.. Hale warned (
the senators against loading dem the |
bill, as the more heavily it was loaded, /
the more danger it would encounter. !
Other items were added to the Vest |
including one of $S1, $50 to !
John Paul Jones. The amGndment was /
then agreed to without a division, and [
the reading of the bill was continued.
the committee amendments being acted .
on as the bill was read and all other
being withheld until after /
the bill should have been read through.
The committee amendments were all /
of by $50 p. M. and then the
bill was open to the offering of amend
ments by individual senators. Among
the amendments offered and agreed to
We're the following:
Authorizing the leases of certain
islands in Alaska for propagating blue
and silver foxes.
To pay Henry Ickert of Omaha, Neb,
Z. 800 for certain buildings on Fort
Crook.
To pay S34, ,S35 found due on contracts
for surveying public lands in California
prior to June 80, 1880.
Mr. White Dem., CALI moved to
strike out the bill in the house item
appropriating 81, 427 for the South
.rn Pacific company under a judgment
If the court of claims.
A SPADE A SPADE.
Mr.. Cockrell (Dem.. MOI commented
IN the fact that, hitherto, when the
senate placed that item on an appro-
)riation bill, the house had always
Ought it stubbornly and defeated it:
While now the house put in the item
If its own accord, 'and it is believed"
lie added that the change was
,aused by the enormous contribution
# the president of the company in the
ecent election"
Mr.. Hale demonstrated against the
making such charges. He did not be-
ieve there was any foundation for it.
Without disposing of the question. the
enate, at 6:15 p. m, proceeded to the
of executive business.
md at $50 took a recess until O'Clock.
EVENING SESSION.
When the senate resumed it's session
t o'clock. the house bill imposing
penalties for mutilating coins
vas taken from the calendar and
,assed. 1t increases the penalty from
Wo to five years Imprisonment and