The Portland daily press., 1897-03-03
TALK OF BIMETALLISM.
Senate Members Review Issue Of Late
Campaign.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE BILL
UNDER DISCUSSION.
Measure Finally Passed and Now Goes to
the President-Appropria Bills Be-
ing Loaded With Amendments-One
Day More for Business.

the acknowledgements Bills Be-
ing Loaded with Neutrality-suspicious.
Day More for Business.
Washington, March 2.-The Senate
the introduction of contagious and In
factious diseases into the United States
was passed siu view of the alarming
nature and spread of the bubonio plague.
now prevalent in India and adjacent
countries, and In view of the danger Of
this scourge being brought to the Unit
ed States" 1t gives the Secretary of the
Treasury discretion to establish quaran-
tine inspection at any domestic ports.
Mr.. Cameron offered resolution which
was agreed to, calling on the state de-
partment for correspondence in the case
of United States consul McCord Of Penn
sylvania, arrested in Arequipa, Peru,
June. 1895.
Senators Hale and German were ap-
pointed conferees on the naval apprUpria-
tion bill, and Senators Teller, Allison
and Cockren on the District Of Colum-
bia appropriation bill.
Mr.. PETER moved to take up the reso-
luton offered by him several weeks ago
quire into the issue and sale of bonds
Mr.. Vest stated that the sub-commit-
tee Of the finance COMMITTEES had eone
to New York last summer to carry out a
similar Investigation and reported she
testimony taken, .and that the report
contained all the Information the resolu-
tion Of the Senator from Kansas songht.
After brief discussion the matter went
over without action.
On motion of Mr.. Platt Ii was ordered
that, after the passage of the two remain
ing appropriation bills (fortifoation and
deficiency bills on the calendar, unob-
jected to, shall be taken up. The forti-
fioation appropriation bill was taken mp.
The amount appropriated in the bill as
it passed the House Was SO, 253, ,25. As
recommended by the Senate committee
on appropriations the bill carried
$9.217, 141.
Mr.. Haley called attention to the fact
that Congress had been very liberal in
tbs matter of Notifications and arma-
ments (having appropriated 1885, 0O0. 600
for those purposes within 10 years), but
that no garrisons were stationed in the
forts and no artilleriats were taught to
use the splendid steel guns that had
been provided. The condition OF the
coast defences was lamer tably unde-
Tended, no men being kept there aud
trained to handle the splendid and costly
machines placeG there.
No other discussion took place on the
bill and it was passed without question.
The general deficiency bill, (the last Of
the appropriations bills), was taken up.
The bill as it passed the House, appro-
priated So, 442, OPT. A reported from the
Senate committee on appropriations il
carriesaa$1O, 1874, $780, TIE consideration Of
this deficiency bill was Interrupted and
the House amendments to the interna-
tional monetary conference bill were laid
before the Senate.
Mr. Chandler moved that the Senate
concur in the amendments.
Mr.. Dubois argued that the bill seemed
to be q political proposition and moth
ing else He would vote for the bill, but
was convinced that the Republicans did
not intend and would not accomplish
anything by the bill.
Mr.. DUBOIS read extracts from letter
received by him recently from Moreton
Frewen of London, stating that the
movement In England for currency re-
form was apparently hopeless, and the
prospect for international action depend
ed entirely on whether some country
could be found brave enough to put it's
foot down.
ssThe only way,'' Mr.. Dubois oontin-
ued, "to reach an International agree
ment ia for the nation to stand out as
In 1776. and say: we will regulate our
own affairs Whenever we do that,
European nations will, in my Judgment,
sue for an international monetary con-
ference. If not they will lose the trade
of the world"
Talking OF the silver senators, Mr. Du-
bois said that they had left their Hepub-
Iican friends for good.
He thought the free silver issue would
crush out the Republican party.
MIR. Cannon said the adoption of the
House amendment which provides for
sending special ENJOYS to European
nations to GEEK for an Internal
agreement through diplomatic negotia-
tions. would be an official confession of
absolute failure of Senator Wolcott's mis-
sion.
Mr.. Teller said the only result of the
bill would be to convince the American
peOple that bimetallism could not bs se-
CURED by international agreement. In
order to have q successful monetary oun-
ference there would have to be prelimi-
nary diplomatic negotiations. There
was no reason to suppose the next Secre-
tary of State (Mr. Sherman), would en-
ter into any arrangements for the purpose
of restoring bimetallism. Nor was there
any reason to suppose that the President
elect or the new Secretary of the Treasury
ad any sympathy with an internation-
al agreement. The Precedent elect S
statements from his cottage porch indi-
Gated that he had gone over to the gold
standard in earnest.
1--WE are about to inaugurste Presi-
dent with the pomp and splendor of a
monarch" Mr.. Teller continued. "rhbre
will be grand and magnificent display.
1 do not complain of that. When the
executives of seventy million of people is
induoted into office there should be some
thing more than ordinary conditions and
observances. 1t will be painful for those
who witness it and who will realize that
on that day there will be more idle
Americans hunting food and hunting
work than at any other time in the his
tory of the Republic-that there are more
men. women and ohillren supported by
charity today than at any other time in
the history of the country"
Mr.. Morgan said the United States
might as we'll surrender it's power to
make war and peaos into the hands of
tirear Britain as to surrender it's power
to coin money and declare it's value.
Nothing could come of the bill even If
the International agreement came out OF
IT. Pe would oppose it,