The record-union., 1894-02-09
Special to the REcoRD-Uxrox.


on Bland's silver seigniorage bill was
broken after four hours continuous I'LL
clustering to-day, when by vote l16 to
4 the House carried Bland's motion to go
into Committee of the Whole for con-
sideration Of the bill. The Eastern Demo-
Gratis and a great mass Of Republicans
made determined opposition, but Bland
was victorious on the final vote. Sixteen
Republicans and all the Populists voted
with him, while twenty-five Democrats
Joined with the remainder of the Repub-
icans in refusing to vote. 1t IS
thoroughly understood that quite num-
Der of Democrats who voted with Bland
are not in favor of certain notifications
in the bill, although they would not
carry the opposition TO the extent of vot-
ing against consideration. 1t is also
well known that Secretary Carlisle and
the Administration are generally opposed
TO the bill in its present form.
After consideration of the bill began
Carlisle arrived at the Capitol and had a
conference with several leading Demo-
Gratis of the House, as well as those Demo-
Gratis who were managing the tilibuster,
and Just before adjournment the an
nouncement was officially made on the
floor by Tracey that no further attempt
to tilibuster against the consideration of
the bill would be made. This is taken TO
mean that a compromise has been agreed
upon, and certain concessions will be
made in line with the suggestions of
Carlisle. who, while represented as not
being against the coinage OF silver Selgnl-
Orage, yet insists that discretionary power
ought to be lodged with the Secretary of
the Treasury about issuing seigniorage,
either in the form of certificates or coin,
so it would not be injected in lump into
the circulating medium of the country.
He maintains that 1t would be as injuri-
Gus TO put out S55, 200, 900 suddenly as it
would be to withdraw that amount from
the circulating medium. He IS also op-
posed, it is understood, to the second Sec
tion of the bill, which makes mandatory
the coinage of the rest of the bullion in
the Treasury, and the redemption OF out
standing Treasury notes under the Act Of
1890, as fast as the coinage takes place.
After the adoption of the motion to go
into Committee of the Whole, Hatch took
the chair and Bland took the floor in ad-
vocacy of the bill. He entered at once
upon an explanation of the provisions of
the bill, but, without concluding his
speech, Bland yielded to a motion of the
committee to rise, the arrangement hav
ing been that filibustering was to cease
with this understanding upon Bland S
motion. So much of the resolution passed
last night as directed the Sergeant-at-
Arms to arrest absentees was revoked.
AT 400 o'clock the House adjourned.
PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-The right of
the Secretary of the Treasuarv to issue
United States bonds at this time was
again the subject OF a controversy in the
Senate to-day. The resolution by Stew
art came up under the rules, and mo-
ton made by Butler to refer it 70 the
Committee on Judiciary proved the only
opposition. Quay took a decided stand
in favor of disposing of the matter in
open Senate instead of giving it a decent
burial by referring it to committee from
which it would never emerge, and inti-
mated that Sherman gave to the country
an apparent justification of Secretary
Carlisle's action, wnen the Ohio Senator
clearly knew it to be illegal. a strong
speech was made by Teller, in which he
depicted the deplorable financial condi
tion of the country, and called upon his
Republican colleagues to bear their full
share of the responsibilities of the cause
and not to attempt TO throw upon the
dominant party the entire burden of de-
vising remedies for the impending panic
The resolution finally went over.
Wolcott of Colorado presented resolu-
ton for the submission of a constitutional
amendment prohibiting States from de-
nying suffrage TO any person on account
of sex.
Sherman presented a memorial from
the wool-growers against the Wilson bill,
saying the Finance Committee had re-
fused wool-growers hearing and request
ing the memorial be printed. 1t was so
ordered.
Resolutions of the Order of Railway
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Engineers, Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen, Switchmen's Mutual Aid AS
sociation and American Railway Union,
protesting against the rulings Of the
United States courts on the question of
strikers, were presented by Voorhees,
and ordered printed for use Of the Senate.
A letter from the Secretary of the Treas
ury was laid before the Senate in reply to
the resolution of Peffer, adopted some
days ago, calling for the names Of bond
bidders, the amounts of bonds issued,
and the rates of interest.
The resolution of Stewart denying the
right OF the Secretary OF the Treasury to
issue United States bonds, and question
ing their validity, came up as the regular
order, with various pending amendments.
Butler said the legal questions involved
in the resolution and amendments were
of such importance that ne believed the
resolution should goto the Judiciary Com
mittee.
Stewart, after some colloquy, accepted
the amendment heretofore proposed by
Dubois, adding TO the resolution a decla-
ration of the Senate that there is no
present necessity for the sale of bonds for
any purpose specified under the Re-
sumption Act"
Morrill, made a point of order to the
effect that the adoption of such resolu-
ton would he to deny the power of the
Secretary to reissue United States notes
returned to him in the course of the
Treasury business.
Quay opposed the reference of the reso-
luton to the Judiciary Committee. ''The
Senators from South Carolina (Butler)
and Ohio sherman well know" said he,
''that to refer it to that committee means
simply to give it q decent burial The
result will go out to the world as justi-
fication of what the Senator from Ohio
knows to be an illegal act"
Teller said the recent purchase OF
United States bonds was "forcedn pur-
chase. The Secretary of the Treasury
had in New York stated to bankers that
If these bonds were not f1oated there
would be panic-a greater panic than
the one last fall-and ii was to avoid such
a panic that they reluctantly purchased
the bonds. II am not speaking as par
tisan or silver man." said Teller, "but
1 want to know what the American Con-
gress is going TO do with the question OF
deficiency"
At , O'Clock, the matter being still un-
disposed of. unfinished business of the
day came up. Stewart was granted
unanimous consent that the resolution
retain its place on the calendar The
unfinished business was the House bill
to require railroad companies operating
railroads in territories over a right OF
way granted by the Government to
establish stations and depots at all town
sites on the lines of the roads established
by the Interior Department.
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