Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-04
FOR BONDS
Action on the Revenue Bill Yesterday
Afternoon.
FOR CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS
Mr.. WoIcott Defends the b.
metallic Commission.
CRITICISM BY MIR. ALLEN

The consideration of the war revenue bill
was not concluded i'm the Senate yesterday
afternoon. though the session was pro-
longed until o'clock. After the vote
On Mr.. Wolcott's amendment directing the
Secretary of the Treasury to coin the sill
yer bullion in the treasury and issue sill
yer certificates against it Mr.. Aldrch
pressed the amendment of the minority
of the finance committee providing for the
issue Of one hundred millions Of certificates
Of Indebtedness and three hundred millions
of bonds, to be used exclusively for the
payment of the expenses of the war. After
an extended debate the question was
brought to an issue. and by the vote of
40 to 81 the bond amendment was ncor-
porated in the bill a substitute for the
amendment to issue legal-tender notes. The
bond proposition received the votes of 81
republicans, democrats and l populist
The democrats who voted for 1t were
Messrs. Caffery, Faulkner, German, Gray
Lindsay, Mitchell and Murphy, and the
populist was Mr.. Kyle No republicans
voted against the issue of bonds, the votes
in opposition to bonds being cast by 2l
democrats, popuiSts and ) silver republic
cans. The vote follows:
Yeas-Aldrich, Allison, Baker. Burrows
Caffery, Carter, Chandler. Clark, Cullom
Davis, Deboe, Elkins. Fairbanks, Faux
ner, Foraker, Frye, Gallinger, Gear, Cor
man, Gray, Hale, Hanna. Hansbrough,
Hawley. Hoar, Kyle, Lindsay, Lodge. Nc
Bride, Mcmillan, Mason, Mitchell, Morrill,
Murphy, Nelson, Perkins, Platt Comm,
Plat On. ", Sewell. Shoup. Spooner, War
rem, Wetmore, Wilson, Woicott-45
Nays-Allen, Bacon, Bate. Berry, Butler.
Cannon, Chiffon, Clay, Cockrell, Daniel,
Harris, Hetfeid, Jones tArk), Jones New,
McEnery, McLaurin, Mantle. Martin. Mills,
Money, Pasco, Pettigrew, Pettus, Rawlns,
Roach, Stewart, Teller, Tur.ey, Turpe,
Vest, White-31.
The amendment offered by Mr.. Stewart
was laid on the table on motion of Mr..
Chandler-4 to q.
For International BimetaIIism.
Mr.. Hoar proposed an amendment, to be
added to Mr.. Chambers amendment. as
follows: And to this end to relax no effort
to secure the cooperation of the principal
commercial nations of the world
The amendment was agreed to. 50 to 49,
In a speech treating of the new condi-
tons which are likely to confront the
United States in Hawaii, Cuba, Porto Rico
afd The Philippines, Mr. Morgan tAia) said
that a vast amount OF silver money would
be needed by this country iii dealing with
those countries. He was not prepared to
say that all the islands named would pe
annexed by the United States, but it was
absolutely certain Cuba, Porto Rico and
the Philippines would never again pass
under Spanish control. He felt that the
question of providing a proper financial
system for those islands which, said he, If
they we're not annexed to the United States
would be dominated by her, was the most
important one now before the people.
Mr.. Chandler after explaining his posi-
ton, withdrew his amendment, as he had
60 desire, he said, to impede the progress
of the war revenue bill.
A passage at arms more sensational than
any incident that has occurred in the Sen
ate Stree the adoption of the Cuban reso-
iutionS occurred at this point between Mr..
Allen tNeb) and Mr.. Wolcott (Colo). In
the course of some remarks on bimetallism
drawn out by a statement Mr.. Chandler
made in Withdrawing his amendment-a
statement which characterized as "eccen.
trio characters" the four senators who had
voted against the bill authorizing the in
ternational timetable commssion-Mr. AL
len took a reminiscent turn and discussed
at length the work of the bmetaiic COM
mission He declared their work had been
failure and that no good could have been
expected to come of it, international BIZ
metallism was a delusion and a snare. An
appropriation of 100000 had been made
for the commission which had travelled
through Europe on mission which was
foredcomed to failure.
Mr.. WoIcotfs Response.
Mr.. Wolcott, who was the president of
the bimetallic commission, listened atten-
lively to Mr.. Aliens remarks, evidently
growing more and more FESTIVE under the
sharp criticism of bimetaIlism and the re-
Elections upon the commission He was
evidently indignant, and he took the floor
to reply to his critic.
1T is not pleasant" he began, ito a self
respecting man to meet such suggestions
as have been made by the senator from
Nebraska. This debate has taken a turn
winch L deprecate, and l would not now
occupy moment of the Senate's time
which ought to be devoted to the consid-
Grafton OF the pending bill, were it not that
l desire to inform the senator from Ne.
praska that the three commissioners ap-
pointed by the President spent more than
SIX months in Europe, travelling where
their duties took them. They We're accom-
panied by a secretary, and the entire ex-
pense of the work accomplished was only
Sl6,oU. And 1 desire to add that every
member OF the commission in accepting the
appointment and performing his duties sac
rlnced thousands of dollars.
1t is undisnified and unbefit;ing q sena-
Tor OF the United States to stand in his
place on this floor and suggest that the
commission spent money it was not justi-
ned in spending. l am getting tired" con-
tinued Mr. Wolcott, hotly ''of hearing that
sort of suggestions from the senator from
Nebraska. 1t is not the first, the second
or the third time he has thrown them out
Through him they are Bow being circulated
in the west by means of the patent in
Sides" which constitute the bone and sinew
and most of the brains of the populist
party.
Il suppose that at some crossroads in
Nebraska, where nothing is known of Eu-
rope except that it is on the map of the
world, some people of the senator's kind
have gotten together and resolved that
no country except the United States is en-
lightered enough to have ideas on the mon
ey question. They are not aware that the
great leaders of thought in England, France
and Germany favored binetallism more
than quarter OF century before the
populist party or the senator from Ne
braska WAS ever heard Of Fortunately,
however the bimetallists OF Europe are
not tampered in their work by the long
haired crGnks, who clog the progress of
enlightened financial legislation in this
country"
Mr.. Wolcott said that the resolve of the
Indian government to adopt the gold stand
ard had come to the United States COM
missioners and to the friends of bimetallism
in England like a hash of lightning from
clear sky. France, he declared, was to-