| OCR Text |
Show THE SAME MEASURE. tonfcicnrx- Import on the MUei Hill Taken Up In tiic bfnatr. " T" - . THE TIME OF SENATORS FULIY J OCCUPIED- JJ The Pythian CenrAaie trliiirs To- jttfei- in Iinmcme Crowd it Mllnanlec. 1 A SEAM TUG GOES DOWN AT BiM-orery bj a French If-IM, A GejierfcrrTtlef In rtjocilna;. Dj Te-VrTSja to tir.ws. I LlhMTUUS AT UOIIh. TUesiler Illll .'r-r-eiite Itrimrt In thr'eriftlr. lluur tnnlra. VaIiia.ton, July The con-fereti-crejiorton Uie MherLilluas taken up. Vtat tUUtl thu ruuoiu why he tliould Tote agalust the report. re-port. A large uiajontj ol tin. Sen ate haeotll he sai J, fir the frwi coinage or ellwr, hut the coufer. utt. rtport ahsoluU-ly ilitl rty iv'Uiall IJta of fres i'zTgs anj w-ashi-ten-'n' t?Uotinui.the f-ttim uutltr "VhrcUeiler hail bren jKr-i-teutly ilegnuieu elnte lbTI lie was anxious to sa ahrolutc parity hc-tHt-eu the tuo uiluUs xs mom. metals. He would like to tie the time when sixteen ounce of tilvir would purchase an ounce ofgu'd, and wiien an ouucl of gold would continue (as it present) to pur-chn.-e Ixteen ouuies of slhir. Jle read the closing ilau-c of tin. tecond section of the confirence hill "It lieiug tlie establiehed jwlicy of U18 United States to maintain the two metals oti a lonly with eacli othtr ujxm the pre.iil ttgal ratio, or such ratio a rua heprotidt-d tij lau," and asKeil miy that Stump ceili liad bii injected into the. stomach of the hill It had htxu pit in he aid, for tilt urpoM; ol haying lo the Treasury Dc-jwrtmciit tint until silver tame to 1 parity with gold, II SllUU.l) 1 A 1 01 TOVLU and the public business vhould le couducttAl on a gold bruis. lit, for one, would Duver vote to ixaintaiu and tontmut ttat prattlct. Jle had ut e' tietn a liver man" for the titirpuH. of botming'Ivtr oriu-treasiuL; oriu-treasiuL; ita imctv lie was against that and all other form of "-uhsidy Theconftrtncebili might Wl an iucreal marktt lor iltr, Uit tht principle for which tht jattl oted, thattlic two mtttal'-hould bo on a Jtiritj. had Utn givtn awtij by tbnt hill, al-olutiK auJ comjlettly Coke cxprccd conturreucc in the cnntIuions readied b Vest, lie could not til) pert the cuiifiruicu hill. The btuate conftrit-a hail uot represented tlje hill of the fctnati, nhith had declared for the fret and unlimited coinage of silver. Ontlit CDntrary, they had anented to the hill which provided riifinitdj for a ctTatlon otfnrUicr coinage of silver There wan no conipuMon on the fcecetari of the Treasury to coin silvcrafurthe first of Jul,lS9l silver coinage wis then Kit to tht discretion of the fcecretar,aud such dierttion wa equal to 'topping the coinage of Ilvtr. Tliat was a fact wtll known and admitted on dil-nti. He wa oji;iofil to bringing a ing!e oum-eof !ltrto becointd l.tASOII1lJ) to the L i.itnl static going into tht wanliunu bufiuess for ilv,r or anj other product. If silir wirt not to be coined, why should it be tmrchased? If the oljett of the bill was to advance the niouei power of silver, why should its coinage lie stopped, when coinage alone conferred Uion it the powt r of rnonej ? Tw o-thlrds of the jple of the United States were in favor of the free and unlimited coinage of oil ver and the admitted majority in Uie Senate were checked at every turn bj the Kxecutive and Secre-tarj Secre-tarj of the Treasury. He proposed to vote against the conference bill becaue he prtferred the law as it now stands. Thunnau defended ant txplalned the conference rejiort. The question had anstn in the conference committee, he aid, whether the Houses could be brought to an agreement oil the two bills passed by them respectively. respective-ly. In the tlrt section of the conference con-ference bill the language of the first section of the Hou'-e bill had been retained somtw bat, but tht amount of silver to be purchased had lit n increased MLCH to 111s nixiniT it had betn fixed at a larger amuunt than the intire Amincan product of silver It had Iven nnde min-tatory min-tatory (not trnnssivt) 011 the Secretary Sec-retary of the Treasurj to buy ftur and a half million ounces of silver each month, which, at the nb- of J1.1U an ounce, or sixteen to one, would amount toayearl) isue of about t enty millions in Treasurj notes. The legal tender clause in the Hout bill and Senate bill had iK-en oomewhat different and somewhat some-what alike lLo. and fit question had come up In conference whether it would f right to iltprive citizens of the Pnitcd states of tlit right to contratt for ainents in gold or anj tiling tlu It had then, fore been agreed unanimously thit the Treasury Treas-ury notes to be iued for -diver, IikL Uie silver dollar on which they were based, should be legal tender for all debt., pjblicaud private, unless un-less where otherwise stipulated in contract. That same clnu-c wad to be found in the island bill. Stewart Does the senator from Ohio think there is anv datigtr of the Secntart of the 1 ruONUry failing fail-ing to buy four and a half million of OJUCUS of silver per mouth if he can gtt it at less thin par, as IMklllKD IS Till. ACT Sherman Xot the slightest? The Senate cannot legislate on the idea that an officer of the government ft ill not execute the law A suggestion sug-gestion has betn made aliouL the Ireldtnt aud Secretary of tht Treasury haunting the (Jauitol in tegard to tin bill 1 have not seen either of them, and l do not think a single conferee has seen either of them durirg the eonfennct. Tht President of the United states will do what he tliints il his boundtn duty to do under his obligation, and as Lis seeking to influence me, or my seeking to influence him, that la rather beyond the bounds of reason. Voorhecs said the trouble about the conference bill was not w betber the Sccretarj of the Treasury would oley the law, but that every single section of the bill gave discretion to the Secretary of the Treasury who was 'patked" agalnt IIver. Every single section of the hill conferred and was Intended to confer discretion discre-tion on the Secretary of the Txeas ury, by which he could destroy, dishonor dis-honor and degrade silver as money. He did not reflect upon the 1 resent Secretary of the Treasury. The Treasury Departnii nt had Ien "packed" against silver eer since lielVooiheesJhad been a member ( tue Senate, not merely .under the republican larty, but undir hisow u parti, until Iir was Mum ot it. " .iTeII,trf?It5, mueh o dWikcd the adoption of a half wa meaure, He was compelled to support the conference bill as the only measure w hlch could bring relief to the people peo-ple of the United Stter the not ftvv months ocirtis touM st-tereb's st-tereb's 'il LVcernUr rjolt and if the b'JI did not work well it could be amtuvlcd at the next .session. He was restrained by courtesy due to aucther body (the Houe of itepre-xentatives) itepre-xentatives) from expressing his opinion w ltli regard to Its course. The body which had been considered consider-ed tht representative Iwdj of the Aim rjcan peopIesUuluttlj llauuted In the fact of thoJAmerlcan people the demand in.uleiion It by WVtll btreet; dlsrfganllcg ipuhllc rent!-mtnt. rent!-mtnt. There Ifed been no lobby In either lions', nndyt there had neV"r beiti such pressure brought upon Cougress as was brought ujon it at this sesslou to deftat the free coinage of silver He Mioved it iniroissible to see lire free coinage at tlit present cssion, because the wiof ba.,orItj In the House, h was satislled, could not be heard and il never woul 1 be heard, until tht people of Uie I nlted btates sent to tht House and -enatt men wili-mg wili-mg to represent them in spite of exterior influence. Stewart said if Uit conference bill was ixccutedln good faith (as the Seutte was bound to assume it would bt) It ttouUfei-B crest relief. l'cwrU confident it would be an olject lesson that wt uld lead to free coinage After eulogies on the late Reprt--tntative Cox, the Senate adjourned lloooe vbiilM.ToN, Julj The -tn-ateamtudiueut wascuutuned into the House bill fur tntadmkvlonof the state of Wyoming On n.otion of tnre (Wio)the Senate amendments were concurred in to Uit Huu-e bill for thu disposal of abandoned military rieiaiions In Wjomluc Thu Speaker bill lIbre the House tht Stnate bill to ado) t regulations for prtetnUu collisions at sea The bill lilting betn read Dingle (Me.) explained that Uie jitirpose of the bill was Uie adorUon of regulations to prevent eolhsiuus at fta, wh'ch had been unanimously adoptetl by thu International Minne Confer-enct. Confer-enct. TliCtncmbers of tht conference confer-ence were of Uie oj iulou th it the igntU 1 roidej iu the bill would provt more (irective than any other thnt could I'od-Vbnl. Thb previous qt:i-tlon was then ordered aud the bill jia'-eil yeas 125, nays 4- t ounur from the eummiltee, re ported 1 resolution fore-ailing up tht original lockage a.id liaukniittl blll, but 1'ayson interpesed Uie laud grant fe.rftiiure bill, and the liouxi refuol to coii-'dtrtht rtToiuliou Hjourned Ilic rjllilan .inrln,r. lnuiun, Juh in Uie I'jthian Cone lave it Is ai;rux!mat eo that 1 'KK men rcsjonilid to rt veille at Camp Oarnahau's headquarters, head-quarters, there might have been a million m 11 urder the tents List night Hie re is a deplorable lack of i-!eni about the management ol the cauip,and tue responsibility dees not scent to re-t on the shoulders of any particular pciDn Up to noon oni Ijo brigades had submitted to Adjutant!. 1 ne-rsl MrKet their re-icrt re-icrt of tlie mi ubcr ef nun under theirjunsdietiuu v.vtral eases of pro-tntion from he it occurred 1 ir-tt rdaj aud todij , but none were striou Tht Kcd Crirs -ocittj ha" e-ttllihed 3 her ltalon the ground and Is caring for isni of the eases of sitkut". Tht parade, in spite of Uie ilmost unbearable heat, was a great success. suc-cess. Ten thousand men were In lint. The Fifth Itrigadt was com-d com-d of IV) C'aliforniais and the knights from the other Western -tate under command of General George H. ScaHner l'verv lodge but No. 1 of Iew York City is represented Tht ia-rade ia-rade Ulis afternoon, although tlie heat was almost unbearable, was a success. A banquet at tlie anuory tonight was largch) attended No intoxicating txeragi-s were served THE Ml lOKK LOIK.h. Nl 1 York, Julj 8 Tht Grand Lodge, 11 1 O of Mks, in couform ity with the onler of Judge law rence, met toda and elected Grand IxkIro officers, llesolutions were adopted declaring tint the meeting in -essiou at present in Cleveland does not represent, nor is il 1 part of tlie order, and any and all of its acts purporting to relate to tho order In anj way are repudiated aud srid assembly as-sembly declared clandestine A declaration of principles was al-o adopted, setting forth that the primary pri-mary olject of the Elks was the r-tabildiment r-tabildiment of a fund for the relief ofmcmbtrs of the theatrical, min strtls variety, circus and literary professions, and as man) subordinate subordi-nate lodges liave betn ignoring this principle, the committee on laws is directed to formulate sueii amendments amend-ments as w ill comi-cl the observance bv subordinate lodges of this principal princi-pal landmark of the order Officers were Uitn elected. This bodj Is opposed to the Cleveland meeting and is composed of members who hold that tht Grand ldge can onlv meet in Jtw York Commander Carnalian strenuously strenuous-ly denounced Uie story to tlie effect Uiat he had refused Uie California delegation admittance to quarters because tiny wanted to briug wine aud liquors Into camp "it Is a vicious lie and seems t" have been printed with malicious intent," the general said There is no Call-fornian Call-fornian divWou here an 1 1 have not met a single man from Uiat State. o application for quarters was made, and, quite nauirallv, they could not Ii ive Iieeu refused V Mjoiiilni ljrlli'inUr. WibiliNGlxis Julyb. secretary Xoble received tate this aftenioon tht follow Ingdisiatch from feurtr-inteudent feurtr-inteudent lioutelle at Mammoth llntbpringy, Wyoming I his dpatcli Just recelvtd from Xorrls Iktslii Vlt 15 p. m. thtre was a severe shock of esnUiquike followed bv a ttrrible roar, and the gejstr called Niw Crater had an eruption It ixUirowing up a col umu of steam, stone and water about tu'o hundred feet in circumference circum-ference to a height of about one hundred aud twenty-five fct, and shaking thu whole basm around lhatviciiilll.'" TbeNpliler anil O Lonnor. HtlFVIx), Jf. Y July S. The prize-fght between Ike U'eir, "The snidtr," and James Connor, the Instructor of the Itutlalo Athletic Club, took r lace tonight. They inosUy fought wiUi skin glove. In the first round Weir led the fighting and got in two blows on Connor, although the latter scored on Weir's left eye. In tlie second Connor made a furious efTort to reach Weir, but failed. InthcUirrdbetrleet It again with the same result, and before be could recover Weir stretched him out on Uie floor with a righthander on the jaw. He gathered himself up, hut was too weak to continue, and the "Splder"soon sent him back again, with a smash in the mouth, knocking knock-ing him out. 1 Dead Xllcycllsl. Chicago, July S. Word has been received Uiat W. M. Wood-side, Wood-side, the w ell known bicyclist, died recenUyofyelloiy fever at Rio de Jane'ro. |
