Morning journal and courier., 1893-01-14

mas summoned cornelius hefE, now
London, to testify. In case Herr refuse
hs will bs prosecuted.
LONDON, Jan. ia Paris correspond
emit telegraphs: II. Franqueville has &C
quired fresh evidence betraying twelv
deputies, four of whom are Boulangists
The discriminating entries on the counter
feits of checks are In Arton's handwriting
Another Paris correspondent says:
The name of II. Clemenceau, II. Mare
and Hebrad are on everybody's lips as be
ing implicated in the scandal. It SEEM
imperative that Baron Mohrenheim ant
Count Menabrea should plain the charges
freely mentioned against them.
IN THE SENATE CHAMBER.
Animated Discussion of the Anti
option Bill-ObIections to the villa,
| Amendment.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-Ata p. m. tn,
anti option bill was taken up by the sen
ate, the pending question being the amend
ment Offered by Mr.. White to strike out
the last prov so In section 2.
The amendment was rejected: Yeas Is
nays 3d. So the proviso Is retained In the
bill.
The question required on agreeing to
the amendment offered by Mr.. Daniel, and
which is printed in the bill as section 10.
In the absence of Mr.. Daniel, the amend.
ment went over without action.
| Mr.. Villas moved to amend the second
section by adding the words "snd does
| not, in good faith, intend to purchase and
| deliver the articles contracted to be sold
and delivered according to the terms and
| requirements of such contract" He said
| that the purpose of the amendment was to
distinguish legitimate transactions from
gambling operations.
Mr.. Washburn suggested that the amend
| ment should be printed and should go
over till to morrow, SO that he might have
an opportunity to consider 1t. He was
inclined to think that Its effect would be
to destroy, absolutely, the whole purpose
of the bill.
The amendment accordingly went over;
and Mr.. Woloott then moved that the SEN
ate proceed to the confederation of the cal
endar.
On that motion Mr. Washburn demanded
the yeas and nays.
Mr.. Wolcott's motion was defeated
yeas 9, nays SO.
As soon as the vote was announced Mr..
Washburn sstd that on reflection he YVES
satisfied as to the effect of the amendment
offered by Mr.. Villas, and would therefore
withdraw his proposition to have 1t go over
till tomorrow.
Mr.. Mitchell-The senator is not In favor
of the amendment, is hel
Mr.. Washburn-I am not, because It
would absolutely destroy the force of the
bill.
Mr.. vilas-I should like to know how 1t
would do that.
Mr.. Washburn-It Ia a provision that
would certainly be evaded. regard 1t as
absolutely disastrous to the effect of the
bill.
Mr.. White argued in support of the
amendment, and Mr.. George against it.
Mr.. Hoar challenged the legal PROPOSE
ton laid down by Mr.. George, and said
that he would, when the bill was next up,
stats his objections to it.
Mr.. Palmer spoke against the bill gen.
orally as prohipitory measure which (un-
less some careful restrictions were placed
on IT. would bring within its net numer-
Gus class of persons.
Mr.. Villas advocated his amendment and
denied that it would defeat the object of
the bill-which was to suppress iniq uitous
contracts.
Mr.. voorhees, said the troublesome point
was that all the transactions on the ex-
changes were said to bs for delivery. The
objection to the amendment offered by Mr..
Villas was that it would apply to fictitious
as much as to actual sales.
Mr.. Pugh remarked that the testimony
taken by the committee established beyond
question that at least 80 per cent. of the
future" contracts made in New Orleans
and New York during the last twenty years
were fictitious sales; and yet they would
be protested by the amendment.
Mr.. Hill asked Mr.. Pugh why the ques
ton of intention should not be passed upon
by a court and jury in those cases, as in all
other cases.
Mr.. Pugh replied that In every case
where that issue had teen made the tssti-
mony showed that the intent to deliver ex-
listed and entered into the contract.
Mr.. Voorhees, said it was tIlfing with
the English language to suggest that while
thirty million bales of cotton were sold
when only seven millions were in exist
ence, the question of intention in such
cases WAS to be submitted to court and
jury.
Mr.. Hill reminded Mr.. voorhees, that
such cases were not to be tried by whole
sale, but each transaction had to stand by
itself. If the cases were 80 plain as the
senator from Indiana seemed to suppose
they were, there would be no difficulty In
having the question fairly tried and deter
mined in any state.
Mr.. Gray pointed out that days trans
actions in the money centers of the coun-
try aggregated hundred times more
silver and gold dollars than were In circu-
lation. The same reasons that would sp-
ply to cotton or wheat would apply to
money.
Mr.. Villas gave illustrations to show how
there might be five transactions in the same
bale of cotton.
After further discussion the amendment
went over without action.
Mr. Wilson offered resolution which
was agreed to calling on the secretary of
the treasury for copy of the opinion of
the law officer of his department, under
which he is dIsbursing the five million
souvenir coins in aid of the Columbian ex-
position conditioned on Sunday closing.
Adjourned.