The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-23
MINNESOTA SENATOR OFFERS AN
AMENDMENT TO THE PENDING
TELLER RESOLUTION
TO MAINTAIN THE PARITY.
DUTY OF THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT UNDER THE EX-
ISTING LAWS.
SUBSTITUTE FROM MIR. sPooNER.
Declaration I'm Favor of the Present
Standard Until international
Action Is Secured.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22-The fea-
lures of the senate session today were
an amendment to the Teller resolution
offered by Mr.. Nelson, of Minnesota, a.
substitute offered by Spooner of Wis
consln, and the speech Of Senator
Stewart on the pending resolution. The
Nelson resolution declares 1t the duty
of the government to maintain the
parity of its gold and silver money
The Spooner substitute is as follows:
That 1t is declared to be the financial pol
icy OF the United States until there shall
ment with the leading commercial nations
OF the world for the free coinage of silver
wmch agreement for the United States is
hh ey further pledged to promote, the faith,
soieLnnly pledged to preserve the existing
gold standard; and all silver and paper cur
Ie rene snail be maintained at a parity with
golo; and all obligations OF the United States
snail be maintained invoilably at the present
standard. - e0eA'
On the desk Of Mr.. Allen CNeb) at the
opening of the days session of the SEN
ate, was stand Of beautiful Ameri-
can Beauty and Bride roses. That was
a testimonial from ladies of the de-
partment, for your noble and brave de
tense OF woman's honor"
Mr.. Allen championed the cause ofMrs
NJ E. Roberts, who was summarily DIS
missed from the pension office.
Mr.. Cannon, Utah, introduced a bill
providing for the publication of the pen
sion roll. Mr.. Gallinger, N. H, offered
an amendment to the pension appro-
prlat1on bill, providing that hereafter
no, pension shall be paid on power of
attorney from pensioners residing in
foreign countries.
The resolution OP Mr. TallaY, ITtoI y
providing that the bonds of the United
states may be paid In silver dollars, was
then laid before the senate, and in ac-
cordance with notice given yesterday,
Mr.. Stewart CNev) addressed the SEN
ate. He said that the disregard Of the
resolution which is already a law of the
United States, had brought MANY Gala
mites upon the land, and that the re-
suit OF such disregard had been disas-
trous and lamentable. He attributed
the panic Of 1893 directly to the disre-
gard Of the law
Mr.. Stewart, referring to the sale of
the S2S2, 100000 Of bonds by the admins
tration of Mr. Cleveland, declared that
in the sale of those bonds there had
been Steal Of $3O000,000 with the
connivance of the executive. The sena-
tor denounced it as a shame that nc
adequate investigation of the steal
| had ever been made by congress.
Mckinley" said the senator, could
| not have gotten enough votes to make
decent showing if he had not been
| announced as a bimetallist Indeed II
was claimed throughout the West thai
| Mckinley was a better bimetallist thar
| Bryan, because 1t was further claimed
he had the only method by which bime-
tallism could be accomplished
MIR. Nelson (Minn), at the conclusion
Of Mr.. Stewards speech, offered the fol
lowing amendment to the new Teller
| resolution:
"Apd that it is the duty of the govern
ment of the United States under existing
! laws to maintain the parity in value of its
| gold and silver money so that the dollar oil
! the one metal shall for all monetary pur-
poses always be equal in value to the dollar
| of the other metal.
The consideration OF bills on the pen.
sion calendar was then begun, and 6
number, general in their provisions
were passed. Mr.. Quay Pa) secured
the passage Of bill to authorize the
| construction of a steel bridge over the
Snake river, between the states OF
Washington and Idaho. After the pas
sage of few private bills the senate
went into executive session and at 4
| p. m. adjourned.