El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-03
PRAYER AND
A BREEZE
In the Senate Chamber At
Washington This
Morning
NEW BILL
Providing For Parity Of Gold
And Silver Arouses Sen
ator Hoar And He
Roars a Bit

| WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-Dr. Milourn,
the blind chaplain of the senate. has
recovered and he delivered prayer in
that body today when IL was called to
order by Mr.. Frye, the presiding Of
flcer. There was a large attenda nee
of senators.
Mr.. Chandler offered the following
important financial bill, the effect be-
iug.to add two new sections to the
pending bill.
Section 9-That N accordance with
the act of November l, 1893, which re-
peals part of the act of July IA, 1890, it
is hereby re-afrmed and declared to
be the existing policy of the United
States to continue to use both gold and
silver as the standard money and to
coin both gold and silver into money
of equal intrinsic and exch augeable
values in such equality as can
be secured through international
of legislation as will insure the
maintenance of parity iu the value
of coins of the two metals and equal
power of every dollar at all times in
| the markets and in paying debts; and
it is hereby further declared that the
steadily directed TO the establishment
of such safe sysem of bimetallism as
will msintai at all times the equal
power of every dollar coined or issued
by the, United States in the markets
and in the payment of debts.
| Section 10. That the provisions of
the set of March 3, 1897, authorizing
the president to appoint commission ers
to sny international conference called
! by the United States or any other
country, with view of securing by
| international agreement q fixity of
relative value between gold and silver
as money by means of common ratio
between these metals with free mint
age at such ratio, be and the same are
hereby reenacted and continued in force.
Mr.. Aldrich gave notice that he
would call up the financial bill after
the close of the morning business to-
morrow.
A breeze was then stirred up, Mr..
Hosr remarking that be for one would
object. He complained angrily that
when senator's refused to permit the
adoption of Mr.. Pettigrew's resolution
calling on the war department
for Information regarding tie
origin of the rebellion going on in the
Philippines and whether or not an al
legged Interview General Otis had with
the Filipino general, Torrey, was true,
he (aoar) was disposed TO strike back,
even if he had to delay consideration
of tae financial bill.
81 am not on the list of objectors,'
exclaimed General Rawiey, and he
criticized Hoar for saying any senator
had been "throttled.'
Mr.. Hoar stuck to 1t.
Mr.. Chandler and others insisted
that under the rules the resolution of
Mr.. Pettigrew would have to GO over.
Peace was finally restored and the
senate went into executive session and
Is minutes thereafter adjourned until
tomorrow.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3-The house
met at noon with comparatively few
members present, and adjourned at
12:15 until tomorrow.
Mr.. Sulzer (dem.) af New York, Of
fered resolution directing the secre-
tary of the treasury to furnish the
house all letters, agreements, ETC., that
passed between the treasury depart
ment and the Nattonal City and the
Hanover National banks OF New York
since March 4th, 1897, relating to the
deposit of public funds in these insti-
tutions: also the amount of money de-
posted, for what length of time, for
what purpose and whether auy inter-
est WAS being paid by the banks on
those deposits.
Sulzer made sn attempt to get
unanimous consent for the immediate
consideration of the resolution, but
Republican leader Payne objected.