The record-union., 1898-01-23
One by Nelson Of Minnesota, the Other by
Spooner Of Wisconsin.
The Sensational Episode at the
Close Of the Cuban Debate ON
Thursday Has It's Sequel in the
House, Bailey Reiterating His
Assertion That the Agreement
Had Been Violated and Speaker
Reed Insisting That Nothing
of the Kind Transpired.

| WASHINGTON, Jan. %. Two
amendments We're offered in the Senate
to the Teller resolution, one by Nelson
of Minnesota, declaring it to be the duty
of the Government under existing laws
to maintain the parity in value of its
gold ana silver money, and the other
by Spooner of Wisconsin, substituting
for the Teller resolution a declaration
that it is the financial policy of the
United States to maintain the existing
| gold standard until an international
agreement with the leading CONNER
cial nations Of the world for the free
coinage of silver shall be reached There
was no debate upon either amendment,
| both being postponed, after Stewart of
| Nevada had addressed the Senate for
an hour to permit the consideration
of bills on the calendar and shortly af-
ter 3 O'Clock the Senate went into ex-
ecutiye session.
| On the dsek of Allen of Nebraska, at
the opening of to-day's session of the
Senate, was stand of beautiful
American beauty and brides roses 1t
was "A testimonial from ladies of the
departments for your noble and brave
defense of a woman's honor"
Allen championed the cause of Mrs.
NJ. f. Roberts, who was summarily dis
missed from the Pension Office
Cannon of Utah introduced a bill pro-
viding for the publication of the pen
sion roll.
| Gallinger of New Hampshire offered
an amendment to the pension appro-
priation bill providing that hereafter
no pension shall be paid on power of
attorney from pensioners residing in
| foreign countries.
The resolution of Teller of Colorado,
providing that the bonds of the United
States may be paid in silver, was then
! laid before the Senate, and in accord
ance with notice given yesterday Stew
art Pop.) of Nevada addressed the
Senate. He said that the disregard OF
the resolution, which was already a law
of the United States, had brought many
calamities upon the land, and the re-
suit of such disregard had been disas-
trous. He attributed the panic of 1893
directly to the disregard of the law.
| 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 re-
deem them, than he (Stewart) had
Bonds had been sold, said Stewart, but
the coin in the treasury was not the
kind with which to pay the bonds. He
maintained that the law was manda-
tory upon the Secretary of the Treas
ury to redeem bonds in silver. Even
the Indianapolis Commission, he con-
tinued which knows of finance as much
| as it is possible for men to know, adj
mits that these obligations are payable
! in gold or silver, at the option of the
Government.
Referring further along to the sale OF
the S262 100000 of bonds by the admin
istration of Mr.. Cleveland, Stewart de-
clared that in the sale Of those bonds
there had been a steal of $50, 900, ,O0l
with the connivance of the Executive
The Senator denounced it as a shame
/ that no adequate investigation of the
steal" had ever been made by Con-
gress
Mckinley" said the Senator, could
not have gotten enough votes to make a
decent showing If he had not been an
nounced as a bimetallist. Indeed, ii
was claimed throughout the West tina,
| Mckinley was a better bimetallist than
/ Bryan, because, it was further claimed
he had the only method by which BIZ
metallism could be accomplished
Nelson of Minnesota, at the conclusion
of Stewards speech. offered the follow
/ ing amendment to the Teller resolution
And that it is the duty of the Gov
ernment of the United States under ex-
/ istng laws to maintain the parity in
value of it's gold and silver money so
that the dollar of the one metal shall
for all monetary purposes always be
equal to the dollar of the other metal
The consideration Of the bills on the
pension calendar was then begun. The
following bills general in their provis-
ions were passed:
Defining and regulating proof in GER
tain pension cases; to supplement- the
Act of June q, 1890, as to pensions by
making widows whose husbands died in
the service pensionable under the Act;
to amend the Mexican war pensions
Act of 1887. extending it's provisions to
clerks of army paymasters; to regulate
| the pensions of widows; providing that
widows whose marriage to discharged
soldiers takes place after the passage
I ,
amending the dependent pension Act OF
1890 to render clear on some of it's pro-
visions.
! In addition to the above, six pension
bills were passed.
Quay of Pennsylvania called up and
secured the passage of a bill to author
ize the construction OF a steel bridge
over the the Snake River, between the
States of Washington and Idaho.
/ Morgan of Alabama secured the pass
age of a bill to grant % 900 acres of un-
occupied lands of the United States in
Alabama to that State for the use of the
Industrial School for Girls of Alabama,
and of the Tuskegee Normal and In
dustrial Institution.
Bills were passed as follows: For the
relief of applicants to purchase public
| lands under the timber and stone Act:
for the investigation by the marine hos
pital service of the origin and preva-
lence Of leprosy; the expense to be not
more than $1,000.
| The Senate at 3:0S after the passage
of a few private bills. on motion of Gull
lom. went into executive session and at
| 3 d. m. adjourned
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-The sensa-
tional episode at the close OF the Cuban
Reed and Bailey. the Democratic leader
| in parliamentary language questioned
each others veracity. the one charging