The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-27
W0LC0TT bILl Up
EEJECT OF INTERNATIONAL b.
AIETiLLESM GIVEN AN AIRING
IN THE SENATE.
30 PURPOSE TO OPPOSE.
TIRE SH.EER SENATOR'S DESIRED
ONLY 70 PUT TIEEH3s ELVES ON
RECORD.
My A "DTlIIETATE DAILIANCk.o
Failure Of the s.Crusaacr's" Mission
In Europe Predicted by Daniel
and Teller.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-The SEN
ate had a busy session today. Cuba.
the proposed international monetary
conference, and the Nicaragua canal.
each came in for a share of attention.
Mr.. Turpie Qnd) closed his speech on
til Cuban resolutions, urging that
Spain had utterly failed to queIl the
outbreak and that the United States
should intervene. The Wolcott bill for
an international monetary conference
was considered for the first time Mr.
White CDem., CaI), Mr.. Cannon Qnd..
Utah) and Mr. Daniel Dem, Va.)
urged that the conference would be fu-
tile and was not intended as serious
movement toward binetalhsm. 1t was
made evident, however, that the bill
would meet with little opposition be-
yCnd the expression of the senators
that the bill would accomplish nothing.
Mr.. Stewart offered an amendment
providing that, in case the conference
failed. the secretary OF the treasury
shall, within thirty days, begin the
free and unlimited coinage Of both
gold and silver. No final action on the
bill was taken.
The Nicaragua canal debate was re-
sllmed during the day, Mr.. Daniel
speaking against the measure. Mr..
Morgan submitted a letter from Presi-
dent Hitchcock, of the canal compa-
ny replying to the recent letter of Min.
lister Rodriguez. Mr.. Morgan also Of
fered an amendment designed to meet
the objections presented by Mr. Rodri-
gUez.
Mr.. Turpie Dem, Ind.) then resumed
his speech on the Cuban question Mr.
Turple closed as follows: eff the Cuban
patriots succeed We may then claim
that we were friends of that republic;
friends in need, in the hour and day
OF danger. If failure is before them
which may God avert-our action will
still lose nothing of grace or of gran
deur, and we shall then keep faith with
the quenchless spirit of freedom and
in the words of the great emancipa-
tors, wish that all men, everywhere.
might be free
The senate then turned to the VOL
colt BILL providing for an international
monetary conference. Mr.. White Dem,
Cal) spoke derisively of Mr. Wolcott's
trip to Europe, as the representative Of
the coming administration, in behalf
of bimeta1lism. This envoy antecedent
had not met with the most hearty re-
ceptiOn, if the cable reports could be
believed, but had been referred by
British statesmen to their brothers on
the continent. Mr.. White said the sem
ator from New Hampshire, (ChandIer)
in his leisure hours from the senate
edited a newspaper which contained an
article which Mr.. White had read at
the desk, amid some amusement It
spoke of Senator Sherman as the great
leader who would solve the problem
of bimetallism. Turning to Mr.. Sher-
man, Mr.. White asked the Ohio sem
atOr if he was ready to assume the task
mapped out for him.
There was no purpose so far as he
knew, Mr.. White proceeded, to oppose
this measure, as 1t was felt to be harm
less, while it might satisfy it's promot-
ors who might feel that it kept some
OF their promises; yet with this act,
they were doomed to failure When
it had remained Enacted upon, some
other device might be resorted to- The
senator referred to tn lOnesomeness
of the proposed commission, going
about seeking nations with whom to
confer. He doubted If any one would
be appointed to this commission, unless
some large emOlument was attached
to the places. 1t was a futile move
rnent, declared the senator. and hav-
ing relieved themselves of the financial
question by this harmless Device it's
promoters would turn their attention
to leVying more taxes.
Mr.. Cannon Qnd., Utah) urged an
amendment directing the president of
the United States to call a conference
and reciting that the purpose was to-
ward securing a ratio between Is
to I and IS to 1. He said the Wolcott
bill merely relieved Mr. Mckinley from
all responsibility, leaving him the mere
administrative duty Of appointing com
mIsSlOners. There was a belief, he said,
that Mr.. Mckinley, in his holy Of
holes, entertained a conviction favor
a bic to bimetallsm and the bill should
be made broad enough to permit the
coming president to aid in the accom-
Plishment Of this great end, instead
OF retiring him into a passive and ad-
n9iniStrative attitude. AS to inter-
national conferences in general, Mr..
Cannon said he had little faith in them
and it would be about as difficult to
galvanize life into one Of the Pharaohs
as to get any definite results from
such conference. The senator referred
also to Mr.. Wolcott's trip to Europe
and said little was to be expected from
this 'dilletante dalliance' with the
great question involved.
Mr.. Stewart pop, New offered all
amendment providing that in case the
international conference failed to effect
an agreement as to bimetallLsm
then within thirty days. after
the adjournment of the confer
ence, the secretary of the treasury shall
coin all gold and silver brought to
the minis into standard silver dollars
and such gold coins as are now pro-
vided by law. This carried the dis
cussion up to 2 O'Clock, and it gave
way to the Nicaragua, canal bill Mr.
Daniels (Dem., Va.) spoke Against the
canal bill He said it was remarkable
and pathetic spectacle to see this So
1ourn to the foot of the British throne.
The senator referred satiricaIly tc q
crusade for bimetallism in which Mr..
Sherman was to be at the head At
the close Of Mr.. Daniels speech the
senate, at 5:15 p. m, held a short ex-
ecutive session and then adjourned