The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-09
BY USE OF FALSE PRETENSES.
REPUBLICANS OBTAINED VOTES OF
THE PEOPLE.

Senator Allen Charged That That
Party Had Not Done One Thing
That 1t Had Promised in order TO
Restore silver as Standard Money.
Gold standard, Says COrckreIl, Is
in Plain violation of the Constitu-
ton.
Washington, Feb. S-Almost immediate
ly after the Senate convened to-day dis
cussion of the financial measure was re
sumed. Mr. Allen Of Nebraska concluded
his speech, charging the Republican par
ty with breaking faith with the people
on bimetallism. Mr.. COckren of Missouri
analysed the financial bin.
A House bill was passed granting the
New Orleans levee board authority 10
move the existing lines in front of the
United States Marine Hospital in New Or
leans
Mr.. Allen then spoke. He said that
| Notwithstanding the promises made by the
Republican party, and the fact that it
had a majority in both branches of Con
gress, ii had not done, by legislation or
otherwise one thing to restore silver to
its former position as standard money. In
the closing hours of the century a great
political party had been guilty of false
pretenses and gross fraud of obtaining the
votes of the people.
He declared that while the Bimetaiic
! Commission sent abroad had acted in good
| faith, he had no doubt chat its efforts
were systematically discredted by the ad-
ministration at home.
| Nj Cockrell followed. Referring to the
| proposition in the House bill to fix the
standard in gold, he declared:
such unqualified. unblushing repudia-
| ton of legislative obsga lions had not been
| proposed in the history of Che country,
| l is in plain violation of The Constitution,
| which provides that each state shall make
gold and silver coin as legal tender, MOI
| gold or silver coin
| In discussing the Senate substitute, Mr..
Corkren asserted that the legal tender
| quality of the standard silver dollar was
| taken away absolutely as to treasury
| notes and the greenbacks. us legal ten
der quality was nullifed absolutely.
/ He criticised sharply the power vested
| in the Secretary of the Treasury to issue
| bonds of the United States in order to
maintain. the gold reserve or the parity of
| the several kinds of money He main
| tanned that the bill contained the initial
| move for the perpetuation of the national
| debt. For the next thirty years the Unit
| ed States would be tied down by a debt
! of more than a billion dollars with no
| option of extinguishing that debt and no
| possibility even at the end of the thirty
| years period of paying the debt.
| In conclusion Mr.. Cockrell declared
| there was no justification or extenuation
| for such proceeding and that it simply
| placed the financial affairs of the coun-
| try in the hands of the banks.
| The following bills and resolutions were
| passed:
| Authorizing the construction of a rail-
| road bridge across Fishing Creek, Edge
| combe county, North Carolina; withdraw
| ing 10000 square feet of land in Honolulu
| from the public domain for a cemetery and
mausoeum of the royal family of Hawaii;
granting first-class life-saving medals to
Lieut.. F. S, Carter L. S. N, for saving
| two lives at Norfolk, Va. in 1898.
After brief executive session the SEN
| ate adjourned