The herald., 1898-06-04
LOS ANGELES HERALD. SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE T. 1898

than any incident that has occurred since
the adoption Of the Cuban resolutions.
occurred at this point between Allen, Pop
ulist, Of Nebraska. and Wolcott. Repub-
lican, of Colorado.
In the course of some remarks on bi-
metallism, Allen took a reminiscent turn
and discussed at length the work OF the
International bimetallism commission. He
declared their work had been failure and
Shat no good had ever been expected 10
come of 1t: that international bimetallism
was a delusion and a snare. Approprla-
tions of $1o0,00 had been made for the
commission, which had Travelled through
out Europe on a mission which was fore
doomed to failure.
Wolcott's Defense
Mr.. Wolcott who was the president Oh
the bimetallic commission, listened atten-
lively to Mr.. Aliens remarks. He was evil
IDENTIFY indignant and he took the floor to
reply to his criticisms
"It is not pleasant" he began, ito self
respecting man to meet such suggestions
as have been made by the senator from Ne
braska. This debate has taken turn
which l deprecate and l would not now oc-
cupy a moment of the senate's time whlch
ought to be devoted to the consideration OF
the pending bill, were it not that desire
to inform the senator from Nebraska tha'
the three commissioners appointed by the
president spent more than SIX months III
Europe, travelling where their duties look
them. They were accompanied by a secre-
tary and the entire expense of the work ac-
complished was only $4,000. And desire
to add that every member of the commls-
sion, in accepting the appointment anu
performing his duties, sacrificed thousands
of dollars.
1T Is undgnified and unbefitting sena-
tor of the United States to stand IN MS
place on this floor and suggest that the
commission spent money it was not 1ustl-
fed in spending. l am getting tired, con-
tinued Mr.. Wolcott, ''of hearing that sort
of suggestions from the senator from Ne
braska. 1t Is not the hrst, the second or
the third time he has thrown them out.
Through him they are being circulated IN
the west by means of the patent insiders
which constitute the bone and snew and
most of the brains of the Populist party.
II suppose that some crossroads In Ne
braska where nothing is known of Europe,
except that 1t is on the map of the world,
some people of the senator's kind have got
ten together and resolved that no country
except the United States is enlightened
enough to have ideas on the money ques-
ton. They are not aware that the great
leaders of thought in England. France and
Germany favored bimetallism more than
a quarter of a century before the Populist
party or the senator from Nebraska was
ever heard of. Fortunately, however, the
bimetallists of Europe are not hampered
in their work by long-haired cranks, who
clog the progress of enlightened financial
legislation in this country"
1.-The experiment which is now being tried
in India" continued Mr.. Wolcott. 'in the
opinion not only of the bimetallists of the
world, but also of nine-tenths of the gold
men of London, where the situation has
been carefully studied, will result in abso-
lutte and entire failure. 1t will be impossi-
BILE to impose the gold standard upon the
people of India. In the face of this con-
ceded fact, say, he is an enemy and not
friend OF bimetallism who stands up in this
presence and talks about international BIZ
metallism being a delusion and a snare.
And yet it appears that he has no argument
to present, except that embodied in the
statement-untrue, unpleasant and undig-
nified-that the bimetallic commission took
large sum Of money and squandered it. !"
Aliens Rejoinder '
Allen made very brief reply to VOL
colt, speaking calmly and coolly. He ex-
planned that he had not charged the COM
mission with extravaganza or with having
squandered the money appropriated What
he did say, he insisted was that the appro-
priation was made when 1t was evident
that the effort to be made would be a fail
ure. He contended, therefore. that the
money should not have been expended at
all. Yet. because he had held that belief,
and held 1t now, he was, he said, made the
subject of the Colorado senator's sopho-
moric philippics. He was not, he conclud-
ed, afraid of the senator (WolcotD in the
senate or elsewhere.
| An effort was then made by Allison to
effect an arrangement whereby vote
might be taken this evening, but 1t was
unsuccessful. The consensus Of opinion
was that an adjournment until tomorrow
would facilitate the final disposition of the
measure After agreeing to meet at II
o'clock tomorrow. the senate, at o'clock
went into executive session and soon after
ward adjourned.