Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-02-15

FORMED the state department tnat MS
official mail had been opened and
read by the British censor at Durham.
and If so, what steps, if any, had been
taken to obtain an explanation and
an apology from the British govern
ment >, --l--.l. y
Section 2-He is further directed
to inform the house of representatives
what truth there is in the charge that
a secret alliance exists between the
republic of the United States and the
empire of Great Britain. The speaker
referred the resolution to the foreign
affairs committee.
Washington. Feb. 15-While state
department officials were averse to-
day to discussing the published state
ment of ex-Consul Macrum, it was
authoritatively stated that a search
of the records failed to show that
Macrum had ever reported his official
mail as being regularly tampered with
by the British authorities. 1t was
said he did, in general way, report
that both official and private mail
intended for American citizens, did
not reach him punctually, and asked
that protest be made. The depart
ment investigated and learned that
no unnecessary delay existed, and
does not credit the statement that any
correspondence, official or otherwise,
was opened. inspected and delayed by
British authorities.
Washington, Feb. 15-Notwithstand-
ing this is the last day of debate on
the financial bill in the senate, few
people were in the galleries. When
the financial bill was laid before the
senate, pending the question was an
amendment offered by the finance
committee reading as follows:
'The provisions of this act are not
intended to place any obstacles in the
way of the accomplishment OF inter
national bimetallism. provided the
same be secured by the concurrent ac-
tion of the leading commercial ma
tions of the world, and at ratio
which shall insure the permanence of
the double standard value between
gold and silver. Hoar, of Massachu-
sets, said the double standard had
not only been accepted by the people,
but had been embodied in the consti-
tuition itself. But when, by the action
of other nations, this country was
forced to accept the single standard,
it was forced to accept the most val
liable metal. We, should get the
double standard when the opportunity
came. There was, therefore, no pre-
tense or hypocrisy in the pending
amendment as miserable make
shift, intended to cover the lacera-
tions of wounded conscience
Plat. of Connecticut, said that
whatever may be said about ''imper-
ialism" or the ''toiling masses" the
issue will be the same as four years
ago-whether or not we shall have a
silver standard in the United States.
Teller offered the following substi-
tute for the committee amendment:
THE people Of the United States
are in favor of bimetallism, desirous
of international agreement with the
great commercial nations of the world
that will admit the use of both gold
and silver at such an established
ratio as will maintain the parity be-
tween gold and silver coins, and the
efforts of the government are hereby
pledged to endeavor to secure such
international agreement as. speedily
as possible. The Teller amendment
was defeated. 27 to As.
Washington. Feb. 1.-THE senate
passed the financial bin by vote Of
46 to 20.