Show FINANCIAL BILL discussion tellers second proposed amendment is defeated boutelle of illinois in the house does not believe the democrats want to resurrect the silver question washington feb 15 throughout its session yesterday the senate had the financial bill under discussion after 2 the debates proceeded under the ten minute rule and at times became spirited and interesting late in the afternoon a test vote indicating di approximately the majority for the passage of the bill was taken mr chandler offered an amendment to authorize the president to appoint commissioners to any international bimetallic conference that might be called and it was defeated by a vote of 45 to 25 washington feb 15 notwithstanding that this is the last day of the debate on the financial bill in the senate comparatively little interest seemingly was manifested in either the debate or the voting and but few people were in the galleries the routine business being concluded the financial bill was laid before the senate the pending question being the amendment offered by the finance committee and reading as follows the provisions of this act are not intended to place any obstacles in the way ot the accomplishment of international ter bimetallism provided the same concurrent action Is taken by the leading commercial nations of the world and at a ratio velch shall insure prema nence of relative value between gold and silver mr hoar of mass said the double standard of gold and silver bad not only been accepted by the people but bad been embodied in the constitution itself but by the action of other nations this country was forced to accept a standard and it waa forced to accept the most valuable metal we should get the double standard when the opportunity came there was therefore pretense of hypocrisy in the pending amendment mr morgan ala denounced the pending amendment aa a miserable makeshift which Is intended to cover the lacerations of a wounded conscience he declared the bill would return us to ibe british system of finance mr platt ol 01 conn said that what ever may be saad about imperialism or the tolling masses the issue will be the same as four years ago whether or not we shall have a silver standard in the united states mr cockrell declared that the crime of 73 was a crime against god humanity and against christianity As a vote was about to be taken on the committee amendment mr teller offered the following substitute tor it the people of the united states are in favor of bimetallism and desirous of an international agreement with the great commercial nations of the world that will admit of the use of gold and silver at such an established ratio as will maintain the parity between gold and silver coins and the efforts of the government are hereby pledged to endeavor to secure such an international agreement as speedily as possible the teller amendment was defeated 27 to 45 the committee amendment was adopted 45 to SO washington feb 15 the arst hour today was spent in passing some resolutions for additional clerk hire for committees after which the house went into the committee of the whole and resumed the consideration of the legislative appropriation bill mr boutelle of opened with some general remarks about the approaching presidential contest he remarked upon the great transformation which had taken place in the democratic party in three years silver had been lulled in 1896 it was buried in 1898 and he did not think a single member of the minority honestly desired it resurrected there had been occasional eulogy of the departed and an occasional rhetorical tear had been dropped on the grave but ahe lamentations lacked the zeal of real sorrow it reminded him of an epitaph he had read last summer in vermont over the grave of the wife of a man who had enjoyed as of happiness and prosperity with her as the democrats had enjoyed with free silver here lies my wife all tears her back therefore I 1 wap laughter mr boutelle argued that the solemn duty of every american citizen at the present stage of the insurrection in the philippines was to heartily and loyally support the whoever insulted the flag of taff united states must be punished whoever would treat with the united states must first respect her flag mr boutelle proceeded to argue the constitutional rights of the united states to take and hold territory outside of the united states he received a round of applause when he concluded mr underwood of alabama followed with some remarks in support of a resolution introduced by him to repeal tae fifteenth amendment to the constitution ution the suffrage amendment |