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was deceiving nc one With his amend
ment. and he expressed the hope that
the amendment wouiS be defeated =

was deceiving nc one With his amend
menl. and he expressed the hope that
the amendment wou,S be defeated.
Mr.. Stewart; of Nevada. referred to
the amendment as subterfusc
Mr. Lindsey, Of kentucky, said that
bill, it was that It settled the question
of finance. He opposed the committee
amendment and the amendment Of Mr..
Chandler he characterized as propo-
sition 10 catch votes. Now was the
time, he believed for the definite set
nement Of the financial question. and it
could not be determined If only half
way law was enacted.
Mr. Caffery. OF Louisiana, said the
country. in his opinion. had been on a
gold standard since 1873, and that this
hill was intended merely to perpetuate
II.
"T'he battle of the standards declared
Mr. CafferJ, was fought and lost by the
silverite; in 1896 The, probable contest
this year will be only q skirinish.'
He believed the proposed amendment
was '.Asop to Cerberus.'
The amendment. in the opinion of Mr..
Money. of Mississippi. was entirely
pertinent, but he doubted its utility. as
neither the administration nor Republic
can Senators desired to advance the In
tcrests of bimetallism.
the amendment of Mir. Chandler Mr..
Pettus, OF Alabama, objected. He in
sisted that all votes should so over until
tomorrow
VOTE TAKEN.
The objection of Mr.. Psttus was finally
withdrawn. and the vote was taken on
AIr. Chambers amendment to the COM
mittee amendment 1t was defeated
81 to 81, as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Allen, Bate, Berry. But
Ter, Chandler. Chiffon. Clay. CockrclI.
Cuthherson. Harris, Heitfeld. Jones of
Arkansas. Jones OF Nevada. Kenney. Nc
Emery, Martin. Money. Morgan. Pettus,
Rawlins. Sullivan, Teller, Tillman Tnr-
ley. and Turner-25.
Nlays-Messrs. Aldrich. Allison. Bur-
rows. Caffery, Carter. Clark of Wyoming,
Culom. Davis. Deboe. Depew. Elkins.
Fairbanks. Foraker. Foster. Frye, Gall
linger, Hale. Hanna, Hanshrough. Haw-
ley. Kcan, Lindsey. Lodge. Mcbride. Nc
Comas. McCumber. Mcmillan, Mason.
Nelson, Penrose Perkins, Platt of Con-
necticut. PIatt of New York. Proctor.
Quarles. Ross. Sewel. Shoup. Simon.
Spooner, Thurston, Vest, Warren, Wet
more. and Wolcott-45
Mr.. Chandler then asked Mr.. Aldrich
if he would consent to the insertion be-
fore the Finance Committees amend
ment of these words from the national
platform OF the Republican party Of 1892:
The United States. from tradition and
interest, favors bimerallism.
Il object replied Mr. Aldrich, ito the
re-enactment of the Revised Statutes and
TO the recital in this bill of the various
platforms of political parties
He maintained there was no provision
in the bill which was an obstacle to BIZ
metallism.
sAME OLD STRADDLE.
Mr.. Allison suggested that the trouble
with Senators on the Democratic side
was that they were not bimetalists. they
stood for the free and unlimited coinage
of silver and We're silver monometallsts.
He believed other nations now should
take the initiative.
Mr. Jones. of Arkansas. believed the
bimetalic amendment had been brought
about by demands Of Republican bimetal-
lists.
1T is the same old fraudulent strad-
die" he declared. that was put into the
Republican platform of 1896, in order to
deceive the voters.''
He said the reason for the presentation
of the Senate substitute was that the
House measure was too specific and
placed the country too squarely on the
gold standard to suit the present strad-
dlers.
Mr.. Cockrel declared that all i7e sill
yer that would come to this country
under free coinage law would be easily
absorbed by the United States, and said