The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-15
THE MORNING NEWS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15 1900

and he expressed the hope that the amend
mont would be defeated. rer tn,t
Mr.. Stewart of Nevada referred to the
amendment as a subterfuge.
Mr.. Lindsay of Kentucky sad If there
was any virtue in the present bill, II was
that it settled the question of finance. He
opposed the committee amendment and
the amendment OF Mr.. Chandler. He
characterized it as a proposition to affect
votes. Now was the time, he believed,
for the definite determination of the finan-
cial question and il could not be determiu-
ed if only halfway law was enacted.
Mr.. Caffery of Louisiana said the coun-
try in his opinion had been on a gold
standard since 1873 and that this bill was
intended merely to perpetuate it.
1.-THE battle of the standards" declared
Mr.. Caffery, was fought and lost by the
silveriJes in 1896. The probable contest
this year will be only a skirmish,'' aK.
He believed the proposed amendment
was "a sop TO Cerebrus.
The amendment, in the opinion of Mr..
Money of Mississippi, was entirely peril
nent, but he. doubted its utility, as neither
The administration nor Republican sena-
tors desired to advance the interests of
bimetallism.
Chandler Amendment Killed.
As a vote was about to be taken on the
amendment of Mr. Chandler, Mr.. Pettus
of Alabama, objected. He insisted that all
votes should go over until tomorrow.
The objection of Mr. Pettus was finally
Withdrawn and the vote was taken On
Mr. Chambers amendment to the com
mittee amendment II was defeated, a
to %, as follows:
Yeas: Allen. Bate, Berry, Butler.
Chandler, Chiffon, Clay, Cockrell, Culber-
SON. Harris. Heitfield, Jones of Arkansas,
Jones of Nevada. Kenny, McEnery, Mar
81. PpttnS
Sullivan, Teller, Tillman, Turley, Turner,
%.
Nays: Aldrich, Allison Burrows, CAT
ferry. Carter, Clark of Wyoming Cullom,
Davis, Deboe, Depew. Elkins, Fairbanks
Foraker, Foster, Frye, Gallinger, Hale,
Hanna, Hansbrough.; Hawley' kean
Lindsay, Lodge, Mcbride, McComas, Nc
Cumber, Mcmillan, Mason, Nelson, PEN
rose, Perkins, Plat of Connecticut, Plat
of New York, Proctor, Quarles, Ross,
Sewen. Shoup. Simon, Spooner, Thurston,
Vest, Warren, Wetmore. Wolcott-45.
wanted Platform Put in.
MIR. Chandler then asked Mr. Adrich If
he would consent to the insertion before
the Finance Committees amendment OF
these words, from the national Platform OF
the Republican party of 1892:
1.-THE United States from tradition and
interest favors bimetallism."
Il object" replied MIR. Aldrich, ito the
re-enac4ment of the Revised Statutes and
TO the recital in this bin of the various
platforms of political parties
lie maintained there was no provision in
the bill which was an obstacle to bimetal.
lism.
Mr. Allison suggested that the trouble
with senators on the Democratic side was
that they were not bimetalhsts. They
stood for the free and unlimited coinage OF
silver and were silver monome tallists. He
believed other nations now should take
the initiative.
Same Fraudulent straddIe.
Mr.. Jones of Arkansas believed the bi.
metallic amendment had been brought
about by demands by Republican blmetal
| lists.
ut is the same old fraudulent stradde, "
he declared that was put on to the Re
publican platform of 1896 in order to de-
| ceive the voters"
| He said the reason for the presentation
| of the Senate substitute was that the
| House measure was too specific and plac.
ed the country too squarely on the gold
| standard to suit the political straddlers.
| Mr. Cockrell declared that all the silver
| that would come to this country under a
| by the United States, and said not the
| slightest difficulty would be experienced
in maintaining the value of the silver dol
| lar.
After the discussion had proceeded for
| some time the Senate at 5:45 p. M, ad
| journed until Tomorrow.