The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-05


bats ON the Senate Currency Bill.
WASHINGTON. Jan. AT the opening
Of today's session Of the senate. Beveridge
presented the following resolution:
Resolved. That the Philippine islands
are territory belonging to the United
States: that 1t is the intention OF the Uni
ted States to retain them as such and
establish and maintain such government
control throughout the archipelago as the
situation may demand"
Beveridge asked that the resolution lie
on the table until next Tuesday. when he
will speak on It.
PettiRrew Wants to Know.
A resolution was presented by Pettigrew
calling on the secretary OF the navy for
the report Of Admiral Dewey Of April 10.
1893, in which the admiral said he could
take Manila at any time. He asked imme-
date consideration. Objection was made,
and the resolution went over.
Aliens resolution, calling for the corre-
spondence between the treasury depart
ment and the National City bank and Han
over National bank Of New York, was
agreed to- with notifications The con-
sideration Of Pettigrew's resolution
concerning the advances reported to
have been made by Aguinaldo
through Gen. Torres to Gen. Otis,
after the beginning of hostilities in, the
Philippines, was postponed until next Mon
day.
senator Hoar's Explanation.
brief explanation Of his attitude upon
the contest OF Quay for seat In the SEN
ate was made by Hoar. He said he had
received numerous letters urging him not
to vote for the seating Of Quay upon the
appointment of the governor Of Pennsyl-
vania, on the ground of charges against
the personal character of Quay Hoar re-
ferred to the fact that he had frequently
investigated the subject of the right of a
governor to fill vacancy and to numer-
Gus speeches and reports he had made In
support of the theory. 1t was not to be
expected that senators sitting here as
Judges could change their convictions
upon such appeals. Such requests he con-
sidered in the nature Of appeals to him
to stun q ballot box and make false re-
turns simply because the petitioners think
some one else should be appointed. He
hoped his explanation would be suffi-
cient reply to the writers of the letters.
Pettixrev Wants to Reduce Surplus.
Pettigrew called up the bill providing for
settlement of the accounts of the ma
tional treasury with the public land. un-
der the law granting per cent. Of the
proceeds Of the sales of publics lands to
the states and extending this proposition
so as to make 1t cover the lands embraced
ttnr
Pettigrew stated that the passage Of
the bill would require the payment Of
about $120OO,0OO by the national govern
ment.
Berry antagonized the measure. charg-
Ing that its passage would involve the
wasting of public money and would be
unjust to the states in which there were
no reservations.
On motion Of Berry the bill was amend
ed, AZ to 4, SO as not to apply to reserva-
tion lands. 1t was then committed to the
committee on public lands.
Aldrich Opens Currency Debate.
The senate then at lbs p. m. took up
the financial bill and Aldrich addressed
the senate on this bill as follows:
1.-THE general purpose of the bill is to
declare anew that gold is the monetary
standard Of the United States; to estab-
lish confidence in the intention and abil-
ity of our government: to give the great
est possible measure of stability Of value
to its currency and to provide. the means
for securing for 1t at all times an equal
purchasing power with gold: to tighten In
every possible way the burdens imposed
upon tax payers by existing public obli-
cations and to strengthen the public
credit.
t'The first section contains clear and
decided declaration that the gold dollar
is and still continues to be the standard
unit of value, new and more emphatic
pledge on the part of the United States,
that all forms of money 1t may issue or
coin shall be at AL times maintained at
an equality of values with the gold coin
adopted as the standard and with the
specific provision that the United States
notes and the treasury notes shall, upon
presentation at the treasury. be redeem
ed in standard gold coin. :
mo departure is intended by this bill
from the public policy which was adopt
ed years ago, and has been consistently
adhered to through successive administra-
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1.-THE bill now before the senate con-
tains no disavowai of the position here
tofore taken upon the question of inter
national bimetallism and places no OBJ
stacles in the way Of its accomplishment
in the future. If 1t Is possible to secure
permanence OF relative values to gold and
silver coins with the free coinage of both
metals, at fixed ratio, this permanence
can only be secured by concurrent action
of all the leading commercial. ma
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