The age-herald., 1898-01-18
SENATOR WOLCOTT MAKES A REPORT He Reviewed the Work of the BimetaIliC Commission. HIS REMARKS UNOFFICIAL Not HaNpefed By Lack of Authority, Sanction or Administration Support. FRANCE AND I'll, slrzD STATES
  Agreed to Act Is pier in Presenting the M.S sSto England.
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 /o BIMETALI Sss6UT OF THE QUESTION
  So Far As the Little Island Itself Was Gen. cerned and All Negotiations Were Carried On With India as
 the Vital Point.


 an interesting session of the senate today, all the galleries were well filled sometime before the senate convened. Mrs. Wolcott, wife of Senator Wolcott, chairman of the bimetallic commission, who was to deliver a speech upon the work of the commission, was in the diplomatic gallery with a party of friends. Many ladies from the various foreign legations were also in the diplo- matic gallery.
 MT Hanna, who has just been elected senator from Ohio, made his first appear ance on the floor since his election. He was cordially greeted by his colleagues on both sides of the chamber
 Chaplain Milburn, in his invocation, made touching references to the death of Major Butterworth, commissioner of patents, and to that of MT. Logan Carlisle, son of the late secretary of the treasury.
 MT. Foraker presented the credentials of MT. Hanna for the remainder of MT. Sher- mans term of six years, ending March 4, 1S99 They were read. As there was no objection to the administration of the oath of office, MT. Foraker escorted MT. Hanna to the vice-president's desk and the oath was administered.
 Among the motions presented were the remonstrances of 512 Roman Catholic soci- cities of the United States, representing more than 5O,O0O members, offered by MT. Murphy, of New York, against the enact- ment of the pending immigration bill.
 MT. Harris, of Kansas, presented a reso- lution, for which he requested immediate consideration, requesting the secretary of the treasury why, since 1892, he had omit ted from his statement an item of some- thing more than $11 100000 interest due to the United States from the Pacific rail- roads. Objection was made by MT. Thurs ton of Nebraska, and the resolution went over until tomorrow.
 MT. Allen, of Nebraska, presented and asked for immediate consideration of resolution directing the committee on pen- sions to ascertain by what authority the commissioner of pensions refuses to pass upon applications for increases of pensions until twelve months shall have elapsed since the last allowance was made.
 MT. Gallinger, of New Hampshire, chair man of the pension committee, objected to immediate consideration of the resolution. It went over till tomorrow.
 Wolcott's Speech.
 At 12:5O MT. Woccott, of Colorado. chair man of the bimeta.lic commission, was recognized for a speech upon the work of the commission. By tlhis time the galler- ies and the floor were crowded. MT. Vol cott was in fine voice, and spoke with only occasional references to his naann- script which he had before him. He was accorded the closest attention by his audit ors among whom were many members of the house. k
 Mr. Woacott introduced his subject by saying that he was g.ai to make state ment respecting certain phases of the work of the recent bimetallic commission, but that in doing so he spoke unoficially, mot committing his associates in the slightest degree either to his opinions or deduc- tions." ss.c
 Taking up the subject of his remarks he said that when congress met a year ago. soon after the national election, there wnSf a. universal expression by the republican, membership in the senate that the pledge of the party in it's St. Louis platform to promote international bimetallism by every means in it's power was an under taking to be faithfully carried out without evasion or delay.
 "Our views were" he said Known to the president before our appointment; there was no one of who did not and does not believe that the financial ques- tion overshatiows all others and that con- tinued adhesion to the single gold stand ard means only disaster to our agricultural and commercial interests"
 The committee had, he said, in it's six months stay abroad, visited London and Parts and he added, that whatever meas ure of success or failure had been meted out to the commission, it had been ham, percd by no lack of authority or sanction or administrative support.
 Summing up the favorable conditions un- der which the commission operated, MT. wo,cctt said:
 "We have had then a law broad and full in it's powers; we have been free to act under its provisions; our views have been identical and earnestly fayoring an in- ternational agreement; and we have had the hearty support of our ambassador at Z (Continus on Second Page)