The herald., 1897-01-27

81 lh1ke proceeded, to oppose this meas
& Ur& a9 Il was felt to be harmless, while
= a unfxht satisfy its promoters, who
/ M1xht feel that It kept some OF their
promises; yet, with this act they were
& 0o6med to certain failure. When it had
4 remained unacted upon some other dev
Vice might be resorted to. The senator
referred to the lonesomeness of the pro-
.pooed commission, going about seeking
nations with whom to confer. he
& doubted II anyone would be appointed
to this commission unless some large
.em0lument was attached to the places.
It was q futile movement declared the
senator, and having relieved them
selves of the financial question by this
harmless device it's promoters would
then turn their attention to levying more
taxes.
Mr.. Cannon of Utah independently
3 urged an amendment directing the pres
ident to call the conference and recit-
ing that the purpose was toward Sc
curfpe a ratio between 15 to 1 and 16 to
i. He said the Wolcott bill merely re-
fieved Mr. Mckinley from all responsi-
-bility. leaving him the mere administra-
tive duty of appointing the commis-
sloners. There was a belief, he said,
that Mr.. Mckinley in his holy OF holles
entertains a conviction favoraple 10 pi-
metallism and the bill should be MADE
broad enough to, permit the coming pres
fdent to aid in the Accomplishment OF
this great end instead of retiring into
q passive and administrative ATTITUDE.
AS to international conferences in gem
eral. Cannon said he had little faith
in them, and it would regelVanize into
life one of the Pharaohs to get dennite
results from such a conference. Inc
senator also referred to Mr.. Wolcotts 5
trip to Europe and said little was to be
expected from this "diNettante dalliance
.withsthe great question involved.
MIR: Etewart of Nevada (Populist,
offered an amendment providing thal
in case the international conference
failed to effect an agreement as to bl-
srnetsllism, then within thirty days atter
the adjournment of the conference the
secretary OF the treasury should com
all gold and silver brought to the mlnts
into standard silver dollars and such
gold coins as are now provided D! Jaw,
This carried the discussion up 10
o'clock and it gave way to the Nlcara'
qua canal bill, Mr.. Chandler stating ne
would urge the conference bill to maj
action at the earliest possible moment
Mr.. Morgan of Alabama Democrall'
In charge of the Nicaragua canai Dill
proposed an amendment designated 10
overcome the objections stateo III thc
recent protest of Mr.. Rodriguez OF tne
Great Republic OF central Arnellua, :,
II.
the canal bill. At the outset, however
he turned aside to discuss the interna-
tionsl monetary conference. Referring
to Mr.. Wolcott's trip. Mr.. Daniel sald
it was a remarkable and pathetic spec.
tacle to see this sojourn to the foot or
the British throne. The American peo-
ple going to Lombard street and seek
ing interviews with European financiers
presented an impressive picture when
deserved q place in the rotunda OF the
capitol.
The senator referred satirically to
crusade. for bimetallisrn in which Mr..
sherman was to be at the he IN OF the
crusade Turning to the pending cana!
bill. Mr. Daniel said it was dead. The
speech of the senator from Indiana
(Turpie) had killed it. and Mr.. Rodri-
Euez had exposed its corpse In the pub
lie morgue.
Mr.. Daniel bitterly denounced the ca
nal company and the pending bill. de-
claring the passage of the bill would in
effect put the United States In the "bunco
business"
After pouring ali the hundred million
into this canal the United States could
not maintain exclusive control. The
United States would pay for the canal
and Great Britain would have the thing.
At the close of Mr.. Daniels speech at
5:15, the senate held a short executive
session and then adjourned.