The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-09
Mr.. BLAND GETS A QUORUM.
hrs SRI TER sEIeN1ORAoE BILL wow
BEFORE TEE MOUSE

Several Repubresus Vote with the Ds-o-
srats TO 60 Into Con~i;tes OF the whole
90 the Bnt-Mr. BIsua Opep- the Debate
sad The. Moves =. Arjou-ument-The
Rssoiutios ousstiouirE the Authority
OF the Secretary or the Treasury 20
lessee Roads Diseased m the Senate.
WASHINGTON. Feb. S-The only matter OF In
terest that occu pied the Senate to-day was the
resolution heretofore offered by Mr.. Stewart
REP. Nov.l denying the right Of the Secretary
OF the Treasury to sell bonds except for the
purpose OF redeeming legal tender United
States notes. That resolution. with amend
ments to It heretofore offered by Messrs. QUAY
rep. Pa and Dubois tRepp 1dahol was laid
before the Senate and discussed until the close
OF the morning hour when it went over till
Monday. While under discussion II was m obi
fed. on Mr. Stewards motion, by adding these
wordo and that there is no present neces
sity for the sale Of bonds for the purpose
specified In the Resumption act"
Some very plain words we're spoken by Mr..
Teller tRep.. COLI in condemnation OF the
dominant party for not having brought for
ward some definite system Of finance to meet
the growing deficiency In the Treasury. Every
body knew. he said. that no more i've per
cent. bonds on a three per cont basis could be
$50. 100000 OF such bonds would be a failure.
And the Congress was met. he said. face to
face with the question whether there was to
be a continued deficiency. with an unknown
increase OF debt. or whether there should be
some effort made to meet the deficiency, by
some sound system OF finance. The credit OF
the country was now threatened. and the men
who hal boon loudest in the denunciation OF
the double standard OF money admitted now
that they had not the skill or the
will to devise way out OF this
disastrous and dlsRracciul condition"
The Finance Committee had been entirely
silent on the question. although Congress had
been in session. practically. since Aug. last.
The dominant party had been silent. The
Executive Department was silent. except to
suggest thatthe spendthrii Il system Of running
in debt be continued. lie thought him sell
power to issue bonds; The Secretary knew
now. from the condition OF things, that he
po%er n And p he sG Mr. Teer Wanted
to determine once for all. directly and speedily,
whether 1t was to adopt some system otrevenue
gathering that would bring revenues enough
to the Treasury to maintain the credit OF
the Government and to bay current EXPENSES;
running in debt to the Mount Of one hundred
or Ave hundred million dollars trimming in
to increase G the revenues. tho debt would he
increased by thousand millions before II
stopped. He concluded with the declaration
that II tho domin ant party lid not act in the
matter 1t was the duty OF the min GRITTY to insist
that the majority should act.
MIR. German dem. Nd moved to refer the
resolutions to the Committee on Finance.
Pending action on that motion the morning
hour expired. and the resolution went over till
tomorrow.
Memorials OF the San Francisco Chamber oil
| Commerce, praying for the annexation OF IA,
| wall. the laying Of a cable from the Unit I'd
States to Hawaii, and tor the completion ot the
| Nicaragua Canal under Government control
| were presented by Mr.. Perk ins ltcp. Call
A Joint resol ution proposing constitutional
amendment for woman suffrage was intro
| duced by Mr.. Wolcott tRep:, Coli md was re-
| ferred to the Com mittee on Woman suffrage
An hour was occupied In tho DISCUSSION of a
| House bill requiring railroad companies whose
| lines run through the Territories on right OF
| way granted by tho Government to establish
| der OTIS and stations at town sites fixed by the
| Inferior Department, Its consideration was
interrupted by the delivery OF eulogle. ON tne
Representative Mutchler OF Pennsylvania
after which the Senate adjourned until Mon
dan