The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-14
May 1s.-An addi-
wv tional appropriation Of $500, 600

w tional appropriation Of $780,
was made by the senate today
for the stricken people Of the French
West Indies. in accordance with the
recommendation Of the president that
100000 be appropriated. The agrioul-
tural appropriation bill was passed,
and then Mr.. Stewart of Nevada, in
supporting the Philippine bill, warned
the minority that no political gain
would accrue TO them from their at
tack on the army
The bill providing for the construc-
ton OF union railway station in
Washington was under discussion.
Mr.. Tillman inquired Of Mr.. Stewart
why it was intended to give the Philip
pines the silver dollar proposed in the
bill to be coined.
Mr.. Stewart said that from time i'm
memorial the Mexican dollar had been
used as a standard IN the Philippines.
The pending bill simply provided the
Filipinos with a stable currency Of a
kind they had been accustomed to-
Mr.. Tillman twitted Mr.. Stewart with
a change of his views on the silver
question.
Replies to Tillman.
The Nevada senator warmly denied
the imputation, intimated that Mr.. Till
man could not understand the argu-
ment he had made. His views, he said,
mad not changed. For the present, at
least, the silver question was dead be
cause the enormous output of gold had
made good times. II the Philippines
were a great manufacturing country
he said, he should hesitate to give them
the coinage provision inserted in the
pending bill, but, in the circumstances.
it was the proper thing to do.
Mr.. Lodge explained that the Philip
pines committee, in inserting the free
coinage provision IN the bill, had made
no change IN the monetary standard
fthe islands That standard was sill
yer. the Mexican dollar being the unit.
The islands we're in great need Of a
subsidiary coinage. All that was at
tempted by the pending bin was to sub
stftute q dollar coined by this govern
ment for the Mexican dollar now in
use. The committee believed the pro-
posed dollar would perform the same
good Office for our own commerce as
the Bombay dollar performed for Eng
lish commerce.
Consideration Of the measure provid-
ing for a union railway station in
Washington was resumed, and It viii
be voted on tomorrow. The action Of
the house on the conference report on
the omnibus claims bill in declining
further to consider the Selfridge board
findings and asking for another con-
ference on other items Of the meas
Ure, was discussed briefly, but finally
went over without action.
House Objects TO Amendment.
Mr. Cullom presented the conference
report on the Cuban diplomatic and
consular bill. He explained that the
house conferees had agreed to the
amendment making the salary of the
minister to the republic of Cuba $4,000
a year, but that they would not agree
to the amendment providing s., 900 a
year for the minister's house rent. or
for that making provision for addi-
tional consul. The senate conferees.
therefore, had yielded as to those two
amendments. The report was agreed
to
Mr.. Hoar inquired what title was
given to the Cuban government in the
bill
The Republic OF Cuba" replied Mr..
Cullom.
Il thought we had been told" face
tiOusly remarked the Massa chusetts
senator. that when the American flag
once had been raised over a territory
it always would stay put"
The senate, at 5 D. m, went into ex-
ecutive session, and few minutes
later adjourned.
Washington, May 13.-The naval an
bill. which provides for two
new battleshiDs, two armored cruisers
and two gunbOats. and carries a total
of S7Z650,O00, was taken up in the house
today.
The senate bill, making additional
for the Martinique suf-
ferers, was referred 10 the appropria-
tons committee.