The Portland daily press., 1897-01-27
OCCASION OF SOME SARCASM.
Senator WalcOtt's Mission Discussed
by Democratic Senator's.

| POpulist Stewart Gives Notice of Free
Coinage Amendment to Bimetalic
/ Conference Bill-Indian Appropriation
Bill in the House.
Washington, January 26.- Frye OF
Maine, presented in the Senate today a
memorial of the president and faculty
of Bowdoin college of Maine, in favor
of the immediate ratification OF the ar
bitration treaty. Also remembrance OF
a labor union against the restoration of
| fogging in the merchant marine. In the
latter connection Mr.. Frye stated that
there was no amendment pending IN the
Senate, or any bill, that restored logging
in the merchant marine.
Mr.. Hills joint resolution as to the
recognition of foreign governments was
then taken from the table and placed
on the calendar. Mr.. Chandler, Repub-
lican of New Hampshire, moved to pro-
coed to the consideration of the bill to
provide for the representation OF the
United States by commissioners at any
international monetary conference here
after to be called.
Mr.. White, Democrat Of California,
spoke of Senator Wolcott as the distin
guished envoy who had gone across the
ocean for the purIose of expressing the
policy Of the incoming administration.
He said if the newspaper reports were
to be believed the envoy had been re-
speotfully referred by the British finan-
ciers to such friends as he might be
able to discover on the continent OF Eu>
rope and had been told that it was very
unreasonable to expect anything done
in the after until the United States
itself had taken some step.
During the recent political campaign.
voters have not only been promised in
ternationals bimetalism, but the promise
hassbeen set forth by many distinguished
Republicans including tine senator from
New Hampshire. Mr.. Whitnshad the
clerk real an editorial from Mr.. Chand-
ler's paper, declaring that Senator Sher-
man is to be the leader of the Republican
party in the next administration and
giving numerous citations from Mr..
Sherman's speeches in favor OF silver
money.
He referred to this and other Republi
can newspaper editorials as samples Of
the promises made. Many well-mean-
ing people had been led to believe that
: the Republican party really meant to do
something for silver, but those who
looked the least bit under the surface
had known that 1t was not the party s
design to do anything.
MI Canon, Republican of Utah, said
the mere presentation of the pending bill
was a recognition by the Republican
party that the restoration of silver to
its old place as money metal was re-
quirsd by the world, especially by the
United States. Knowing the ardent de-
votion to the cause of bimetallism Of
the senators from New hampshire
, (Chandler and Wolcott), he was not dis
posed to admit that the bill was proposed
in mere perfunotory spirit.
He should vote for it in the present
form, if no better phfaseoloRy could be
submitted. He thought the bill was
lamsntably weak in that it left the
statesman soon TO occupy the Presiden-
tial chair, discretion upon question
concerning which he preserved the
silence of the seven sleepsrs combined.
1t might be fairly inferred that any
President not entirely inssnsible to.politi-
cal obligations would hesitate to offend
the friends who had contributed SO
lavishly to his election. No friend of
Mr.. McKinley's ought to be SO inhu-
name as to provoke upon his sacred head
renewal of the excruitating torture to
which he had been subjected before his
nomination and during the Presidential
campaign.
Mr.. Stewart gave notice of an amend
ment providing that in case the inter-
national conference shall be held and
fail to agree on system of interna-
tional bimetallIsm, it shall be the duty
of the secretary of treasury month
after the adjournment of the conference
to coin all gold and silver brought to
the mint for the benefit of depositors-
silver into standard silver dollars and
gold Into coin as now provided by law.
The bill went over under notice from
Mr.. Chandler that he would press it to q
vote as soon as possible.
The Nicaraguan canal bill wae taken
up. Mr.. Morgan offered an amendment
designed to meet the objections suggest
ed in the letter from the minister OF the
| Greater Republic of Central America. 1t
is to the effect that at least five per
cent of tho 800, 600, 600 capital shall be
reserved for Central American govern
ments and nothing in the bill shall be
construed as empowering the canal
company to do any act or thing incon-
sistent with the terms of its concessions.
At the close of MIR. Morgan's speech
, on the Nicargauan question, Mr.. Daniel,
Democrat of Virginia. began IA sarcastic
speech on the NOR etary question, brist-
One thing is certain: It will not do to
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