The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-11
SENATORS WERE ASLEEP
THEY PERMITTED A PRo-BoER
RESOLUTION TO PASS,
Then Woke Up and Induced Popuffst
Allen to Let the Matter Rest
Speeches ON Bill.

WASHINGTON. Feb. ia resolution
expressing sympathy with the Beers in
their struggle against Great Britain and
urging mediation on the part OF the United
States between the belllgerents was
adopted by the Senate to-day in a Mt OF
temporary alteration OF attention. The
resolution was offered by Mr.. Allen and
went through without attracting the slight
est comment from any one OF the dozen
or more senators present. A minute later.
however. at the request OF the chair (Mr.
Frye Mr. Allen consented to reconsidera-
ton of the vote by which the resolution
was passed and the incident passed amid
much quiet laughter. The financial debate
was continued by Mr.. Chandler, who OBJ
posed the gold standard and strongly urged
the double standard. Mr.. Chiffon and Mr..
Money also spoke. The resolution pre-
sented by Mr.. Allen follows:
That the United States OF America ex-
tends its sympathy TO the people OF the
South African Republic in their heroic
struggle for liberty and popular govern
ment and believes IL to be the duty Of the
government OF the United States OF Ameri-
ca to offer mediation TO the end that fur
Their bloodshed may be averted and an hon.
orable peace may be concluded between the
beliigerent governments"
No objection was made to consideration
of the resolution. only about a dozen sens-
tors being present. Before anybody realized
what was going on the resolution was put
to a vote and declared adopted Senators
looked from one TO another, and several.
among them. Mr.. Allen laughed unre-
STRANGELY. Mr.. Pettus, addressing the
chair CMr. Frye. demanded the yeas and
nays. To this Mr.. Allen objected. as the
resolution had been declared adopted. T
chair agreed to this point. but asked Mr..
Allen that he permit the vote to be recon-
sidered and let the resolution go over. To
this Mr.. Allen consented.
Mr.. CHAMBERS SPEECH.
| Mr.. Chandler, in the course OF his speech.
said: Those who have absorbed the gold
| of the world are trying to make Il moro
valuable by legislation. That is the natural
meaning Of the first ten lines of the Senate
bill. There is no need OF the law for any
| other object. Absolutely no other purpose
is to be subserved by those lines The
passage of the bin without adequate rec
cognition OF the desire and determination
| of the American people that silver shall b
remonetized is a defiance of the Republican
| platform of 1896, and without such recogni-
| ton in the bill L can not give to 1t my vote.
1t would be unqualified gold monometa,sism
and to advocate or submit TO this 10
abandonment of Republican principles
"Any retarding of the movement to make
gold more valuable does not suit the gold
| class. Further steps are, therefore, now
| demanded, namely, that all the existing sill
| yer coin shall be put out from the condition
of real money and placed in the condition
o. credit money, that Is, money ali or
which must be redeemed on demand In
gold. If this new principle is TO prevail.
the real money will be four billions OF gold
and the credit money, including the silver
money, will be ten billions. And upon this
the checks and other credits i'm trade
throughout the world. How broad the sum-
nit and how narrow the base. IL Is true
that because it is claimed that we have
| now what are called good times and pros
| perity in America, bimetallism should be
ridiculed and disregarded. But our rood
times are simply because the balance OF
trade has been so largely In our favor.
What would have been our condition
IL the balance OF trade had not been in our
| favor? In truth. In spite Of temporary
| present conditions the case I'm favor of BIZ
metallism still remains unimpafred. The
merits of bimetallism are plain. The in
jury TO result from gold monometallism Is
sure. The Republican party is pledged 10
| bimetallism. We were biunderers when we
shouted over and over again for remonc-
tization? Is IL not quite possible that we
were right then and are now wrong when
We propose to forever discard remonetiza-
ton?
81 want the double standard. So do
thirteen hundred millions of the peo-
pie Of this world OF ours; while only
two hundred millions want the single gold
standard. We want the real money OF the
world 10 be eight billions Of dollars In
coin. They want 1t to be only four billions
of dollars. The difference means injustice,
injury, suffering and distress TO millions
Il Of GOOD poor raop1a the world Qvcr- Uhno
the gold class is to wax fat at the cost Of
| their helpless victims The Republican par
ty ought not to do any such g~rievous
wrong. / entreat its leaders not TO burden
| us with gold monometallism but to renew
in u~nmistakable language our oft-repeatei
pledges to remonetize silver. IL we are
true to our traditions and to the wishes OF
our constituents we shall ~re-elect our gra-
| cious and patriotic President by popular
and electoral majorities greater than any
| President has ever received. Can We af-
ten lines of this bill without sufficient quail
ifcation to add to the chances OF his de-
feat?"
MR.. CHILToN's ADDRESS.
At the conclusion OF Mr.. ChandIer's
speech Mr.. Chiffon was recognized to ad-
dress the Senate In opposition to the pend
ing measure. which he declared represented
the policy of the Republican sdministra-
ton. He urged that the main object Of the
bill was to refund the entire national debt
in longtime gold bonds. This would I'm
sure perpetuity to the national banks and
afford them a greater money monopoly
even than they possessed now. 1t would
likewise destroy all prospect OF bimetallism
so far as the power of the Republican par
~ could accomplish that result. He re-
garded IL as likely that a treasury ruling
would be made after the passage OF the
pending bill providing that silver dollars
and silver certificates should be made re-
deemable in gold. Mr.. Chiffon objected to
the great power conferred by the Senate
bill upon the secretary OF the treasury.
and maintained that the authority for the
issuance Of all bonds be vested I'm Con-
gress-the representatives OF the people.
In conclusion Mr.. Chiffon said: II know
the Republican leaders are agreed that the
time has come when they can carry out
their plans. They boast that prosperity
abounds in the days OF their power. that
the silver question is dead. that vast an
nexations and victorious wars are the
triumphs of the Mckinley administration
Good prices which have come to the cotton
raiser and the wheat raiser by short crops
and the gold discoveries OF the last few
years annot last when the mines nave
failed and the good crops come again Such
prosperity as we see has followed the
course OF nature. has demonstrated the
correctness OF the Democratic party that