The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23

maintain the existing gold standard IN
I'll an international agreement with the
leading commercial nations of the world
for the free coinage of silver shall be
reached There was no debate upon
either amendment, both being postponed
after Mr.. Stewart of Nevada had address
ed the senate for an hour, to permit the
consideration of bills on the calendar, and
shortly after Soclock the senate went
into executive session.
washington, Jan. 22.-The resolution Of
Mr.. Teller, Colorado, providing that the
United States may be paid in silver dol
lars was laid before the senate and IN
accordance with notice given yesterday
Mr.. Stewart, Populist, Nevada, addressed
the senate. He said that disregard OF
the resolution, which was already law
of the United States. had brought many
calamities upon the land and that the re-
suits of such disregard had been disas-
trous and lamentable. He attributed the
panic of 1853 directly to the disregard of
the law.
Mr.. Stewart said he expected to show
that the secretary of the treasury had no
more authority to sell bonds and demand
gold for them when there was coin in
the treasury with which to redeem bonds
| than he (StewarD had. Bonds had been
sold. said Mr.. Stewart, because the coin
in the treasury was not the kind with
which it was desired TO pay the bonds
He maintained that the law was man
datory upon the secretary of the treas
ury TO redeem bondse in silver. Even the
| indianapolis commission. he continued
whcih knows as little of finance as it is
possible for men to know. admits that
these obligations are payable in gold or
silver at the option of the government
Referring further along to the sale Of
the 1892 900. 600 of bonds by the admins
tration of Mr.. Cleveland. Mr.. Stewart de-
clared that in the sale of these bonds
there had been steal of $50 900 with
| the connivance of the executive. The SEN
ator denounced it as a shame that on adj
equate investigation of the 'steal' had
! ever been made by congress.
Mckinley" said the senator. could
not have got enough votes to make a
decent showing if he had not been an
| nounced as a bimetallist. Indeed. it was
/ claimed throughout the west that Nc
Kinley was a better bimetallist than Bry-
an, because it was further claimed he had
| the only method by which bimetallism
could be accomplished"
AMENDMENTS OFFERED.
Mr.. Nelson of Minnesota, at the conclu-
J he
| following amendment to the Teller reso-
| luton:
! And that it is the duty of the United
| States government under the existing
| laws to maintain the parity in value Of
| its gold and silver money so that the dol
lar of the one metal shall for all none
| tary purposes always be equal in value
/ TO the dollar of the other metal"
Senator Spooner of Wisconsin presented
the following substitute for the Teller
resolution:
at is declared to be the final policy
! of the United States that until there is
an international agreement with the COM
mercial nations of the world for free
coinage of silver. which agreement the
! United States is hereby futher pledged to
promote. the faith and honor of the
United States are solemnly pledged to
preserve the existing standard silver dol
lar, and all silver and silver currency
shall be maintained at a parity with gold
and all obligations shall be maintained
at the present standard"
PENSION AND OTHER BILLS.
The consideration of bills on the pension
calendar was then begun. The following
bills, general in their provisions were
passed: Defining and regulating proof in
certain pension caases; to supplemnt the
| act Of June p, 1890 as to pensions by
making widows whose husbands died in
the service pensionable under the act; 10
I amend the Mexican war pensions act of
1857, extending its provisions 10 clerks of
| army paymasters; to regulate the PEN
sious of widows, providing that widows
/ whose marriage 10 discharged soldiers
takes place after the passage of this act
shall not receive pensions; amending the
dependent pension act of $3.50, TO render
clearer some OF its provisions.
In addition to the above. six private
pension bills were passed.
Mr.. Quay Of Pennsylvania. called up and
secured the passage OF a bill 10 authorize
the construction Of a steel bridge over
the Snake river, between the states OF
Washington and Idaho. Mr. Morgan OF
Alabama secured the passage Of a bill
10 grant 25.oo3 acres OF unoccupied lands
of the United States in Alabama in that
state for the use Of the Industrial School
for Girls. Of Alabama, and Of the Tus-
koEee Normal and Industrial Institution
Bills wer passed as follows: For the re-
lief OF applicants 70 purchase public lands
under the timber and stone act; for the
investigation By the marine hospital ser
vice Of the origin and prevalence Of lep-