The San Francisco call., 1897-02-03
GRAVE SUBJECTS
ENGAGE SENATORS
The Money Question, Immi-
grafton and Nicaraguan
Canal.
Chandler Offers a Pee ution in
the Interest of the White
Metal.
Lodge Inveighs Against Birds of
Passage" and Villas Opposes
the Canal Bill

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 2-In the
Senate to-day Chandler (R.) of New
Hampshire offered a resolution declar-
ing that lit is the sense of the Senate
that the United States should not
permanently acquiesce in the single
gold standard and that the efforts of
the Government in all its branches
should be steadily directed to secure
and maintain the use OF silver as well as
gold as standard money, with the free
coinage of both, under system of bimetal-
lism, to be established through interna-
tional arrangement or such safeguards of
legislation as will secure the parity in
value of the two metals at fixed ratio,
furnish sufficient volume of metallic
money and give immunity to the world OF
trade from violent fluctuations in ex-
change"
He asked that the resolution should go
over and said that he would call it up at
an early day.
The House bill to allow the bottling of
distilled spirits in bond was reported and
placed on the calendar.
bill granting g pension of S1O0
month to Cassius NJ. Clay Sr. of Ken
lucky, maiorgeneral of volunteers, was
introduced by Lindsay (D.) Of Kentucky
and eferred.
A resolution calling on the Secretary OF
State for information as to the alleged
killing at Sagua La Grange, Cuba, of the
son of NJ. T. Lopez an American citizen,
was offered by Lodge (R.) of Masfachu-
sets and was agreed to.
Morrill, fP \ nf Varrnopt asEod
nous consent to have taken from the cal
endar and passed the House bill to pro-
hibit the sale of intoxicating liquors In
the Capitol building. Objection was made
by Hill (D.) of New York.
The House bill granting pensions to
Grace Battalion OF Arkansas Volunteers
was passed.
The conference report on the immigra-
ton bill was laid before the Senate and
Gibson d. of Maryland made point of
order against it-that the Conference Com
mittee had exceeded its power by the in
lection of Eew matter. He argued that
ihe conference bill was entirely different
from the bill that had passed the House
and Senate.
Lodge (R.) of Massachusetts,, in charge
of the conference report, replied briefly TO
Gibson's speech. he asserted that there
was nothing in the conference report in
the way of subject matter which had not
been absolutely before the two houses.
Re erring To the Corliss amendment
which applies TO the general employment
of aliens in the United States, he said that
few people realized now great the evil
was.
1t did not come alone from the influx of
Canadian working people every summer.
He spoke Of them as "birds of passage"
Compared with the birds of passage"
from Italy, Poland and other European
countries, the influx of the people over
the Canadian boundary is as nothing
The mum Der of Italians who went back to
their country after working here during
the spring, summer and autumn was ILL.,
600. Every collar that they had earned
they carried away with them.
Lodge spoke with great Indignation of
the kilograms sent by Claussenius g. Co.,
as agents of the North German Lloyds,
in opposition to the bill. There" said
ne, sis great company, a foreign corpor-
alton subsidized by foreign Government
calling on their agents to send threaten
ing dispatches to members of Congress
calling upon them to vote against this
bill.
"And now they have circulated the re-
port that the President is to veto the BILL
That report comes from the same source.
This Is a great and useful measure. 1t in
wolves matters tn at lie at the very root of
American civilization. Ii this bill meets
defeat that will be taken by the country
as the victory of corporation. l wish to
denounce it from my place in the Senate
as improper, unbecoming and dangerous.
want to see this open, fragrant corpora
ton influence Tebuked when it enters the
Capitol of the United States"
At the close of Lou ges speech the con-
ference report went over without action,
Hill CD of New York giving notice that
he would discuss il TO morrow.
The consideration of the Nicaraguan
canal bill was then proceeded with, Villas
CD of Wisconsin resuming the floor to
continue his argument against it.
Hoar (R.) of Massachusetts, asked Villas
whether he could give any assurance that
the opposition to the bill wou,d d leave anv
time during the present session for any
other legislation.
Villas declined to express any opinion
on chat point.
Teller (R.) of Colorado gave notice of an
amendment requiring the survey by
commission. OF Government engineers
before issuing any bonds, and pro-
viding that il the report of the board
should show the cost to be more than
$3.50, 100000 no bonds should be guaran-
teed and no liability assumed by the Gov
ernment.
Villas gave notice of substitute for the
bill. 1t provides for commission of five
persons-one from the engineer corps of
the army, one from the engineers of the
navy. and three others to be appointed by
the President, to be known as the Inter-
oceanic Canal Commission, to visit and
inspect the several canal routes proposed
and TO have all needed surveys and in
quiries made. 80 as to determine the most
feasible route.
he then continued his argument against
the Dill. without concluding 1t, he yielded
for motion to adjourn, and the Senate
at $3.50 adjourned un il tomorrow.
HOTCE