The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-16
PASSED BY THE HOUSE.
MORR,SoN'S RESOLUTION FOR DIS
BURSTING THE SURPLUS.

witty Debate Over the Measure-Th
Negative vote-Another joint Kesoiu-
tion-Reports Of the Committee on the
Payne EIection-The Presidents Warn
ing to Omceholders-Capital Notes.
WASHINGTON CITY, July 16-The house
Wednesday passed the Morrison joint reso-
luton requiring the disbursement of the
treasury surplus in excess Of $l0O, 900, 900 in
the redemption Of interest bearing bonds.
The vote was over 8 to !. the yeas being 30
and nays 81. OF the affirmative SO were Re-
publcans The several amendments offered
Tuesday were promptly rejected Before
the final vote was taken Mckinley moved
TO rocommit it to the ways and means COM
mittee with instructions to report 1t back
with an amendment declaring that the
800, 00O, 900 held as reserve to redeem
United States notes should not be I'M
paired, or used for any purpose other than
the redemption Of United states notes
This was re. ected-yeas, IFS; nays,
l2S The large affirmative vote was sur
prise to the advocates, who were ontllent
of their strength to pass the resolution, but
did not expect that the ma jority would be
more than two-thirds This large ma jority
justifies their belief that should the senate
concur in the action of the house the latter
body may be relied upon to override the
presidents veto should he decide TO with
hold his signature 1t is very doubtful
whether at this late hour OF the session the
resolution will be considered by the senate.
Friends OF the measure share this doubt,
but have good grounds for the belief that
should it lie brought to vote the senate
will pass it. In the senate finance commit
tee the resolution will encounter determined
opposition.
There was considerable humor in the de-
bate Mckinley of Ohio in opposing this
resolution, said; suppose this resolution
passes the house Suppose it passes the
senate To give it any sort of force it must
have the approval OF the president of the
United States laughter. Non are ask
ing by this resolution that the president
shall do what for sixteen months he has re
fused to do He will lay down the pen,
which with him has been nightier than the
sword [laugh terl and he will use that pen
for another purpose. He will veto your
bill, and the surplus will yet remain in the
treasury
Referring to the Democratic disagreement
on the tariff Mckinley said: There is not
a single thing upon which this Democratic
party agrees and is in positive accord, ex-
cept getting the otflces-nor one" Laugh
ter.
Morrison-And we are getting along only
middling at that Renewed laughter
Morrison in closing the debate said: If
the people had confidence in the government
In 1871, when there was a Republican ad-
ministration and the surplus had gone down
to Sl00, 0o0,0p, in Gods name should they
not have faith in it today, when it had at
its bead this good man Cleveland, about
whom so many nice things were said, and
whom nobody thought more of than he
Laughter and applause
The negative vote on the resolution was
as follows, Adams of Illinois, Allen OF
Massachusetts, Baker, Belmont, Bingham,
Bliss, Bound, Boutelle, Buck. Bunnell, Bur
leigh, Butterworth, Campbell Felix of New
York, Campell T. j. of New York, Camp
bell of PcnnSy lvania, Collins, Davis Dibble,
DIngley, powney, Durham, Ely, Evans,
Eyerhart, farquhar, Findlay, fleeger,
Grout, Hayden, Haynes, Hewitt. Hiesland,
Hiscock, James, johnson Of New York,
hetcham, Leblback, Lindsey, Little, Long,
Mahney, Mckinley, Merriman, Willard,
Miliken, Mitchell, Muller Neill of Penn,
sylvania, Osborne, Parker, Payne, Pierce,
Heed of Maine, Rice, Rockwell, Sawyer,
Seymour, Smalls, Spooner, Stewart of Yer
mont, Stone of Massachusetts. Swinburne.
Taylor Ike of Ohio Waite, Weber, West,
Whiting--611.