Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-28
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. %.
SENATE.


In accordance with agreement the
Senate convened at 10 a. m. to-day.
the chaplain being absent the Vice
President opened the session without
the usual Invocation.
By unanimous consent the routine
business was waived and Mr.. Stewart
opened the last days discussion of the
Teller resolution.
Mr.. Stewart, referring to the speech
| OF President Mckinley in New York,
last night, said that he regretted to see
that the President had not studied this
question more deeply and that he was
utterly misguided. He quoted the fol-
lowing sentence from the Presidents
speech: Whatever may be the Ian.
guage of the contract the United States
will discharge all of its obligations in
the currency recognized as the beet
throughout the civilized world at the
time of payment" Mr.. Stewart
thought this was remarkable state.
ment which meant simply that nothing
tut gold was good enough for the bond
holder. Mr. Mckinley, said Mr.. Stew
art, refers to the option of the govern
ment to pay its obligations in either
gold or silver as q mere technicality,
and he did this too, in the face of his
OVID vote in favor of the resolution we
are considering. Now the President
calls this option of the government
worth thousands of millicns-a mere
technicality. "What language for q
President to use ln exclaimed Mr. Stew
art. 1--WE cannot use this money in
the treasury unless it is recognized by
other nations of the world az the best
money. The despots and gold syndi-
Gates of Europe are to name the kind
of money regardless of what the law of
the United States may be-"
Referring to Secretary Gage Mr..
Stewart said he believed the Secretary
would not rob bank-but, he said, it
was difficult for Mr.. Gage to look at
this question except from the stand
point of banker. He thought it un-
fortunate that the President had placed
the treasury department in charge of
bankers but be was glad the President
had thrown off the cloak aud made the
issue directly with the people.
Mr.. Cannon denied that the advo-
Gates of free coinage were in favor OF
anything but 100 cent dollar ave
do not believe, however," said Mr..
Cannon, sin the Deifed dollar of
Grover Cleveland which is worshipped
by the present administration" He
criticised the President for attending
barquels of mlllionaries 10 New York
there perusi ne hia menu bound in gold
and then declaring in favor of paying
government obligations in gold in vio-
lation of the nations right to dictate
what money they should be paid in.
Mr.. Jones said that the newspapers
unfriendly to the silver cause were say
ing that bimetallsm was dead. 81 be.
lieve," said the Arkansas Senator,
THAT the peoples conviction upon this
question is more firmly fixed than ever
| before. They are determined to re-
store silver to its status before 1873 and
we shall do all we can 10 accomplish
that result"
Mr.. White spoke in support of the
resolution. He spoke of the lack of
defniteness of the Presidents message
on the larger questions of finance. The
message had referred to Secretary
| Cages plan and had invited attention
10 it. There was no opposition ex-
pressed to that plan, ADD doubtless,
said Mr.. White, il the President did not
approve the Gage plan be would have
said so. The Senator then referred
ironically to the New York banquet
last night, at which the President
spoke. He spoke of the men who had
gathered at the feast to consider means
of improving the condition of the poor
workingman and toe farmer. 1t had
been referred 10 90 B=lshazzar's feast.
Mr.. White read in sarcastic tones the
press reports of enthusiasm at refer
ences to the gold stancard, and the
"cold chip which overspread the ban
uueters at the mention of international
bimeta]iism.
Mr.. Wolcott said there was no ques-
ton that the pensioners would be paid
in good money. He imagined, however,
what sort of treatment the pensioners
would receive from the Indianapolis
convention or from the New York
clearing house association. He referred
with scathing sarcasm to the sale of
bonds by the Cleveland administration
in 1894, denouncing it as one of the
darkest pages in American financial
history.
MIR. Morgan felt that amid the con-
fusion existing it was clear that the
people demanded the restoration of
silver to coinage and he thought that
such restoration would be as the deliv-
cry of mankind from war, pestilence
and famine.
HOUSE.
This was private bill day in the
House under the rules, but Mr.. Grout
in charge OF the District of Columbia
appropriation bill attempted to sup
plant the regular order with the COZ
eideration of that bill. This immed-
lately caused renews! of the fight over
the bill to pay the book publishing
company of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South S2SS,00O for damages
sustained by it during the war, which
had already consumed the entire time
of two private bill days. The friends
of the latter measure under the leader
ship of Mr.. Cooper rallied in opposition
to the motion aud defeated it on rising
vote, 72-129. In continuation of the
filibusteriug tactics began last week,
Mr.. Dalzell secured the yeas and nays
in order to consume time.
The roll call developed such an over
whelming majority in favor of the bill
(1ha vote being 75-16Sl that MIR. DalZall