Show m ja 0 REPORT REP RT YET MADE I 1 I 1 j I 1 international monetary commission I 1 is delayed I 1 SENATOR WOLCOTT OTT EXPLAINS I 1 tells tella the senate that negotiations for a bimetallic conference which aro are stul pending Is causo ca use for not submitting report to tho the pr president esi but promises to detail the work of tho the commission in ia a speech to be made after tho the holidays I 1 Vh ington doe doc 16 mr folco wolco wc acott it of 0 colorado chairman of 0 the conijn commission isslyn appointed by president to secure it if possible the operation re of 0 ca countries au tries in n an international conference upon pon the ali silver que question sald said in tho senate today that hat the corn com had riot nol made to the president and it wh was a uncertain x hen a report would 1 aso made 4 negotiations to or r fk a conference e lie he said are wll still pending iut but lur air tile iho senate that tho the commission lied no intention of prolonging its effort beyond the point a here reason reasonably ablo chopo of 0 should exist mr ir wolcott volcott promised to explain ully fully ine th bork of tile tho commission in a speech to ile delivered niter the holiday recess A resolution directing the secretary of 0 war to send fiend supplies Bupp lles to A me means and other r ruf ferem in the klondike region was passel mr pritchard of borth orth carolina Caroll nd cho chairman irman of 0 the civil service gating committee delivered a brief upon the execution of oc tile iho civil i r service law as developed by hh big committee I 1 sip mr hanna of ohio after an of a beek eek appeared in the senate san 1 to tp I 1 1 day and was cordially greeted erected toy liy his co colle asnes mr frye of th the committee on commerce favorably reported leport cd arid the son ate passed a bill directing the secre daiy of tile the treasury to lo purchase so or construct a sal suitable table vessel tor for revenue cutter curta on tho the yukon river in alaska T to cost not to exceed f lu 14 ono mr allison of oc the committee reported report eJ favorably the house joint resolution providing for a recess of congress from december IS 13 1807 1897 to january 15 1898 tho resolution was adopted AID FOR prospectors mr hawl cy vc at the military affairs committee reported po resolution of 7 mr mcbride of oregon tor for tho the relief 0 of f american A na rican miners and other sufferers I 1 in a the yukon valley the committee struck out all but the clela clause ae and amended the elie resolution by appropriating velch I ilch Is to be used by the secretary of war for tho the purchase of f subsistence and supplies lles and tor for their transportation and distribution trib ution the cono co ent of the canadian government ali first st to bo be obtained to pass over the canadian territory the resolution further provided that tho the sup pup plies are to bo be distributed arriens g I 1 the h e ile needy edy miners as aa the secretary of war may in a Y determine and a that hat the supplies are arc to be d by means of fein door the reindeer too to bo be sold after they performed perform a d their service mr hawley naked asked f fr or I 1 ninie diate llon lion of oc tho the resolution and it was ahn adopted mr M pettigrew Pett lerew seemed secured the tha adoption of 0 a resolution directing the secretary of 0 f the inu bior to furnish them th senate six an itemized statement nt odilio receipts and expenditures of tho the central pacific ralli oad tor for each cah year from 1877 to 1317 the statement also to show the sub aub sidles paid to sh companies mr bit cannon of 0 utah offered find and I had aa passed a resolution directing the see secretary of oc the treasury to furnish the senate tile the names of the revenue cutters tit employed 0 on the coast of 0 florida da to prevent filibustering how many such expeditions were thwarted what hat vessels were captured what nhat armed expeditions ions tons nere ere taken and by what hat authority or of law the secretary sn detary ot of ill tin treasury acted in the matter WOLCOTT commission REPORT I 1 mr allans resolution calling upon the ho president for information about the instructions Instruct iona given to tho the internal llonas monetary commission and the report made to him by tho the commission then came uy un I 1 mr lV wolcott olcott of colorado chairman of the commission sold said that the commission sion had not made a report to the pre 1 dent tie English government he added has published a 4 resume of tho the dIggs of the co in great britain that document hill aill soon be here and ha as it covers it the e s subject 1 t abject fully I 1 it t 11 will I 1 bo be valuable to so n 0 t 0 is mil ani oth u h e ars rs 1 I hone soon said nr mr wolcott to make a t statement concerning the work of the monetary tary commission quito quite naturally tile alt statement I 1 shall in make f ake A mil it I 1 be b unofficial but it will contain tain some information that may be of interest and value to the senate AS aft I 1 have been absent from the co country about nine months I 1 11 have avo not since my return on account of nit an accumulation of business been able to prepare such a statement as I 1 should like to made to the senate II if the senator from nebraska raak allen alien will mill permit the tha might ko 90 over until atler after tile the recel recess ts hen about the hit middle of next neit month 7 shall ba bablo able to discuss the su subject eject i 1 clr vi olcott asked fiand the senate lorne lora I 1 ered d printed P ko na a anech delivered by M qa ITI lin in tile ibo french Ph chamber aniber of Di on oil ot at november r last in which lie ho dealt at considerable length with all j the subjects lier upon lot bl sm ar melene shows said mr that the steady lion ot of prices of 0 agricultural products is lue due solely to competition between gold eold arid and silver countiss count iks I 1 gewant WAnT STIRS UP CHANDLER mr clr stewart of nevala said lie ile had bren been saU tilled from I 1 hat tile the forts borts of the commis ion would fall lie ile had always advocated independent selion action by tho the united State Sta testo sItO secure ill bl sm an aal 1 he thought that tile tho t tort fort to secure the co of nations would not bf be only urine caspary but dangerous lie he said thet the co operation of oc france 1 francc fill our commission was waa cuore than ho he had r reason a to hope hone for but ho he was as perfectly satisfied that england could not be w brought ht to agree acree toi to the free coinage of sliver in the course of his ic mr stewart sold that the utterances utterance of 0 the tha president and the Secretary lot of the treasury proved that this was ivaa a gold cokl this statement brought ter ler 0 f new hampshire to hla his fact act lie ho said that secretary tary gage gaeo had never announced that the present administration 1 was in favor of a gold cold standard and ile he did not boileve that the sena tor for from nevada desired to misrepresent the administration mr stew art disclaimed any anten intention lion to or secretary sayri iary gage case lut but he be insisted that the worta words an aul 1 actions of i the established the truthfulness of 0 his lo 10 is statement 0 mr hir allen alien ot of nebraska nebi the author of 0 tile tho resolution said fald he be was not ds dis conod to press it at this time jimr if tile hie alom 1001 colorado amr mr wolcott desired desire to 10 speak upon it 11 at 1 a later dale but he thought fit az sk upon iliac a C the mattw ought to bo be cleared away in response to 10 an inquiry mr 01 wolcott ol ald he did not think the commission 00 n b had a d any intention of 0 making a report at this time and as a ot of tact fact ho he did not know when tile the rort would bo be made there Is no desire upon tho the part dart of 0 anybody said mr Mo olcott leott to prolong pro loK negotiations alter after I 1 m I 1 hope of success has ha disappeared no einbu r ot of the commission would delay lor for an hour the announcement of its de donion atter after a decision ono one way nay or the other shall ahall have hava been reached LLIN rl POSTPONED sir mr allen alien sald ha be had bad always hwn been sail nned fled that international bimetallism was a dream on an ideally that would nev never ar bo be attal attained ned but ho be wan to afford till the commission lit all reasonable rea na latitude lie ile asked that tile the resolution so igo over until the isah ot of next month and it 11 was agreed to sar called up lip tile the censul ill 1111 11 for the purpose of replying briefly to a by lion jion carroll D wright incorporated in ia sir ir lodges speech ot f yesterday mr r expressed surprise libet that so ao n a statement should have ihen been mado made by a man usually so careful as 03 mr wright Wi lelit sir mr pritchard ard of north Carol carolen Caroll ln nl chairman of 0 tho the committee on civil service 1 which aich is 1 in it a go micral investigation of 0 elvil lee aya teni leni followed tollow cd in a speech dealing with the general genar 11 ll features eal ot of tho the civil pervice law it was he be sald said a sin gillar coincidence thit it n nc ver occurred V mr r cleveland to make lily s e x t ensio nalof tile the civil sen lill e em 1 law ua until ilk he reached that point where it A was obvious to him that his party wa ft to I 1 1 bo be re b by tile tho Ame american p e foli at the next general election no nor r until nearly nil fill had been removed from onico office ond ana their places filled till simon almon nure ciure democrats at 2 the bill went over tr t to n a future day and on nn mollon or of oc sir mr quay the ali senate went into executive tc cutlo 10 the exec executive etive lon lasted install jan ur then nn h hour 0 find and then I 1 at 3 the striate adjourned |