The San Francisco call., 1897-03-03
LONG AND LIVELY
SENATE SESSION
Silver Members Ridicule
the Monetary Confer
ence Bill.
Dubois of Idaho Characterizes 1t
as a Political Propc.
Sition
Morgan Flaws Mr.. Huntir gton, Whose
Claim Is Stricken Out of the
D ficiency Bill.

ductlon and spread OF contagious diseases
in the United States, the preamble to il
reciting the alarming and rapid spread ot
the bubonic plague now prevalent in India
and in adjacent countries. The fortihca-
ton bill. appropriating $9,717,137, was
passed without word of discussion OK
6ept a short speech form Hawley (R.) o1
Connecticut, criticizing the fact that the
Notifications, on whose efficient arming
some So, 600, 600 had been spent. left them
practically without garrisons and there
are no men trained as artillerists to man
age the splendid steel guns provided by
the liberality of Congress.
The House amendments to the Senate
international monetary conference bill
was concurred in without division. but
after several short speeches from Silver
Senator's Dubois of Idaho declared his
conviction that the only way to reach an
international agreement was for this Ma
ton to stand out as in 1776 and declare its
intention to regulate its own affairs.
Speeches of a somewhat similar ten.
dency were made by Senators Cannon oi
Utah, Teller of Colorado. Mantle of Mon
tana, and Morgan of Alabama, the latter
only Senator who would vote against the
bill.
Senate joint resolution for the proven.
tion of the Introduction and spread oi
contagious and infectious diseases into
the United States was passed.
Quay (R,) of Pennsylvania asked and
obtained permission to be personally re-
lieved from the obligation of secrecy as to
the executive business of yesterday and
then he went on and mplained that the
names of certain postmasters in Pennsy |.
vania were published in the Record and
newspapers as confirmed, when they were
in reality not confirmed, but laid on the
table.
Cameron (R.) of Pennsylvania offered
a resolution, which was agreed to calling
on the State Department for correspond
ence in the case of the United States Con-
sui McCord OF Pennsylvania, arrested in
Arequipa, Peru, in June, 1895.
The House bill regulating fraternal
beneficiary societies, orders or associa.
tions in the District of Columbia were
passed.
Hale (R.) of Maine, Quay (R Of Penn
syivania and German Cd of Maryland
were appointed conferees on the naval ap-
preparation bill, and Teller (Silver) of Col
orado Allison (R. } of Iowa and Cockreil
(D.) of Missouri on the District of Column
bia appropriation bill.
PETER (P.) of Kansas moved to take up
the resolution offered by him several
weeks ago instructing the Finance Com
mittee 10 inquire into the issue and sale
OF bonds. After some discussion the mat
ter went over without action.
Cullom (R.} of Illinois gave notice that
he would move 10 take up the House anti
scalping bill at the first opportunity.
On motion of Platt (R.) OF Conpecticut
1t was ruled that after the passage of the
remaining appropriation bills-the fortifi-
cations and deficiency bills-House bills
on the calendar unobjected to shall be
taken up.
The fortification bill was then taken up.
The amount appropriated in the bill as it
passed the House was So, 253, ,325; as rec
ommended by the Senate Committee on
Appropriations the bill carries $9,7l7, GAL
1t was passed without question.
The general deficiency bill (the last of
the appropriation bills) was then taken
up. The bill rs il passed the House ap-
propriated $S Az, OPT; as reported from the
III
carries $40, ,344, ,939.
The consideration of the deficiency bill
was interrupted and the House amend
ments to the international monetary con-
ference bill was laid before the Senate at l
P, NJ, when Chandler (R.) of New Hamp-
shire moved that the Senate concur in the
House amendments.
Dubois (Silver) of idaho argued. that
the bill seemed to be political proposi-
al ~ dyr,i fnd hat
nothing could bs done in an international
conference without the consent of Eng
land. He should vote for the bill and
hoped it wo1ld prevail, but he was con-
WINGED that the Republicans did not in
tend TO and would not accomplish any,
thing by the bill. 1t was playing poll
tics" and nothing else.
Dubois read extracts from a letter re.
ceived by him recently from Mr.. Morton
Frewen of London, stating that the move
ment in England for currency reform was
apparently hopeless and headiess. Talk
ing of the silver agitators, Dubois said
that they had left heir Republican friends
for good.
do not" said he. addressing the Re-
publican side Of the cham Der, "lay the
fiattering JUNCTION to your-souIs that thev
will come back. Ten of your party will
come 10 US for one of US .hat will go
to you. so long as you adhere to the gold
standard. You will fool nobody by your
pretended international agreement. You
will fool nobody any m ore by planks in
Your platform. The issue is squareiy
joined and you must meet it squarely. l
mean that you must declare for the free
coinage OF silver at ratio of 16 TO l, and
when your tariff fails and prosperity does
not return then you will be brought face
to face with this question, and, in my
Judgment. the result will crush you out
as party"
Cannon (Silver) of Utah called for the
re aiding OF the House amendment, which
provides for sending Republican envoys
TO European capitals to seek for an inter.
national agreement by diplomatic nego-
tiations, and when it was read he de-
clared that the adoption of that amend
ment would be an official admission OF
Senator Wolcott's mission. If the Senate
bill was, as some people suggested. nom
sense, it came back from the House
"costy nonsense" In conclusion he said
that the next ad administration would be. so
far as the money question was concerned.
the same as if Grover Cleveland had been
elected for third time.
Teller (Sii.) of Colorado said the only
result OF the bill would be to convince the
American people that bimetallism could
not be OBJ aimed by international agree
ment. 1t was folly to expect tha. Great
Britain would change her attitude on this
questionable attitude she has M maintained
since 1916. He did not care to occupy the
time OF the Senate in discussing the ques-
tiOn now, but be would discuss it in the