The evening times., 1897-02-02
THE CHANDLER RESOLUTION
An Effort to Break Away From
a Single Gold Standard.
HE PROMISES A SPEECH
The Senator Declares That 1t VIII
BE in Striking Contrast to the
Words OF Senator's Villas and Petit
grew-The Capitol Liquor Bill OBJ
structed by Mr.. Hill.

In the Senate today the House bill to
treasurer OF the United States at New
York, $500, representing a loss incurred in
the office, without default or negligence ON
his part, and made good to the government
by him, was reported favorably from the
Finance Committee and was passed.
The House bill to allow the bottling of
distilled spirits in bond, was also reported
and was placed ON the calendar. A bill to
increase the pensions of the Survivors of
the war of 1S12-twelve III number-was.n N
trodUced by Mr.. Mills and referred.
MIR. Chandler offered a resolution de-
claring that lit is the sense OF the Senate
that the United States should not perma-
nently acquiesce in the single gold stand
ard, and that the efforts of the government
in all its branches should be steadily di-
rected to secure and maintain the use OF
silver as well as gold as standard money,
with the free coinage OF both, under sys
tenn of bimetallis n to be established through
international agreement, or with such safe
guards of legislation as will insure the
parity in value of the two metals at a
fixed ratio furnish sufficient volume OF
metallic money, and give immunity to the
world Of trade from violent fluctuations in
exchange"
He asked that the resolution should 90
over anu said that he would call it up at an
early day. He would then address the Sen-
ate upon it, and his speech would be in strik
ing contrast To the speeches made last Fri
day, one 10y the Senator from Wisconsin
(Mr Villas favoring gold monometallism,
and one by the Senator from South Dakota
(Mr Pettigrew) fayoring silver mono
metailism, which two Senators had Joined
hands in voting against the bill for an in
teFnationaI monetary conference.
A bill granting a pension Of 500
month TO Cassius M. Clay, ST., Of Ken
tucky, major general OF volunteers, was
introduced by Mr.. Lindsay and referred.
A resolution calling on the Secretary OF
State for information as TO the alleged
killing at Sagua La Grande, Cuba, OF the
son of NJ. +. Lopez. an American citizen,
was offered by Mr.. Lodge and was agreed
to.
Mr. Morrill, asked unanimous consent to
have taken from the calendar and q ised
the House bill to prohibit the sale of in
toxiCatng liquors in the Capitol building,
renIarling at the same time that there
was great misapprehenson on the subject
of saloons in the Capitol
Objection was made by Mr.. Hill, who said
that he desired to examine the provisions Of
the bill.
The House bill granting pensions to Gray's
Battalion of Arkansas Volunteers was
passed
The conference report on the immigra-
tion bill was laid before the Senate, and
Mr.. Gibson made point Of order against
it-that the conference committee had ex-
ceeded its powers by the injection of new
matter.
Mr.. Lodge, in charge of the conference
report, asserted that there was nothing
in the conference report In the way or
subject matter, which had not been alb
solutely before the two houses.