The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-15

prevail of the proposition.
Stewart referred to the measure as "A
subterfuge and said he would rot sup
port II.
Lindsay and Caffery support the Bill.
Lindsay said If there was any virtue
IN the present bill IL was that it settled
IN incnmbcring the bill with either the
committee or the Chandler amendment
Now was the time. he believed. Tor the
determination OF the financial question
and Il could not be determined Il only I,
halfway law was enacted The amend-
ments We're wholly unnecessary, IN view
good faith
cafery said the country. in mis- opin-
ION, had been on gold standard since
iSiS. and that this bill was intended merely
TO perpetuate Il.
The battle OF the standards" declared
Carery, was fought and lost by The
this year win be only a sisirmish. The
forces OF the silverites have been routed
and their efforts to uphold silver must meet
with failure. lie believed the proposed
amendment was "a sop to Cerherus@ and
that the American people would so re-
The amendment. IN the opinion OF Money,
was entirely pertinent but he was salts
lied there was no desire on the part OF
the administration for the Republican SEN
lism.
Teller said the Republican press through
out the country was opposed 10 the hi-
I
ridicuious 70 put such an Amendment ON
this bill, as II would have no force or ef-
feet. II was triffing with a grave qnes-
non simply to catch votes. II was & grea.
letting down on the part of the finance
committee and a childish treatment OF
the subject.
Chambers Amend ment Defeated.
The vote was taken ON Chambers amend
fnent 10 the committee amendment IL
follows;
YeasaAllen. Bate. Berry Butler, Chan
der Chiffon. Clay. CocIreli, Cuiberson
Harris, HeitfeId. Jones (Ark), Jones
tNevada). Kenny, McEnery, Martin. Mon
ey, Morgan, Pettus. Rawlins. sullivan,
Nays Aidffch. Allison. Burrows. Gcafrery.
Carter, Clark (Wyo), Cullom, Davis, be-
roe, Eikins, Fairbanks Foraker, Foster.
Frye, Gallineer. Han, Hanna. Hans
hrough, Hawley Kean. Lindsay. Lodge.
McBriue. McComas, McCumber Mcmillan
Mason Nelson, penrose. Perkins. Platt
Ross. seweIl. shonp. simon. spnoner,
Thurston. Vest. Warren, Wetmore, Vol
cott-~45
OHcrs n Further Suggestion.
Chandler then asked Aldrfch II he would
consent 10 the Insertion before the finance
committees amendment or the words OF
the national platform OF the Republican
party OF 1892 The United states from
tradition and interest fayors bimetallsm.'
He would vote for the measure IL his
PROPOSITION We're adopted.
n object" replied AIdrioh 'to the re-
enactment of the revised statutes and TO
the recital In this bill OF the various plat
forms % the political parties.
He maintained there was no provision
in the hi which was an obstacle To BIZ
metaism.
Further Debate ON the Bill.
Allen declared the bill was a gold meas
ure from core to cuticie and that IL would
be necessary to repeal the bill In order to
obtain bimetallilsm.
Rawins said the bill was practically
declaration against bimetalIsm.
Allison suggested that the trouble with
the senators on the Democratic side was
that they were not bimetalllsts. They
stood for the free and unlimited coinage
OF silver and were silver monometaists.
h He said: There ~ not a single line
syllable In this bill which puts in the
halfway OF International himetallism a
single obstacle" He did not thlnk ~
would be Mise for tho United States to
srhaRe another proposition to Europe for
an International timetable agreement, but
he believed the United states ought to
wait for other nations to take the initia-
I tive and be prepared 60 receive their adj
Jones expressed his surprise that tho BIZ
metallic amendment had not been mart
Of the bill when the latter was reDarted.
He believed IL was an afterthought and
fAd been brought by Democrats and Re-
publican himetallsts
'It IS the same old fraudulent stradile."
he declared. that was put into the Re-
publican platform Of 1876 IN order to de-
rofye the voters"
The resson for the presentation or the
senate substitute WAS that the house
measure was too specific and placed the
country on the gold standard to suit the
present straddlers who by the pending
amendment sought 20 hoodwink the people
as they had been hoodwinked ia the past
II want TO put question TO the senator
from Rhode Island said Cockeril II
want him 10 answer u as an honest man
-as a good Indian "
He then inquired what he would take
FOR 5000 ounces nf silver in London Il
tn.s congress should pass free silver
coinage law.
Aidfich replied that he would doubtless
ask Si19 an ounce for Il n he could set
IT. but II WAS doubtless true that the
amount of silver poured into -the United