Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-02-05
TIME is EXTENDED
For the Debate on the Cues.
ton of Hawaii.
sourELLE CONCEDED ONE POINT.

Ills Resolution win BE Voted On at the
TIE ON Party tinc.-Isiand's Seignior.
age Measure Likely to Bring Up Much
Financial Discussion ''Gcnerat Leave 20
I'rint'' Abused.
WASHINGTON, Feb a.-The Hawaiian
debate, Blaad's bill for the coinage 81 the
silver seigniorage in the treasury, the
O'Neili-Ioy contested election case. and
perhaps the Notifications appropriation
bill will occupy the attention of the house
during this week BIZ an arrangement
:recd upon just before the house adj
joaraed the Hawaiian debate is ~ he en-
| tended until $50 Tuesday. the siecia! or
der for it, consideration being modified
:, as to include IA provision FOR vote upon
the Boutel.e as well as the McCreary and
Hit resolutions. The extension OF the time
on the Hawaiian resolutions will serve the
purpose of definitely di>posiIy of Hawaii
in the house. iussmach as tomorrow-hsd
the order not been modiGed-it was
Bouielle's intention TO come to the front
with his resolution.
VIII he rarty Vote on Hawaii.
AS i; was privileged question it could
not have been put aside and might have
rcsul,e,, ia additional complications. so
that the Democratic leaders concluded
that the shortest way ont of the difficulty
would be to agree t. a compromise As
yet no Democrat has broken over party
I lines on the Hawaiian matter as far az de-
bate is concerned. and it seems likely that
! 81
| tical!y stric; party vote Holman, how
ever. Is still bent upon Offering his resolu-
Z ton concemning the action of Ste
vens. but at the same time rep
Rotating the action of the admin.
! istsation in attempting tn restore the de-
posed queen How much Democrn;ic
siren 9Th this resolution vii! command is
still rrobienlaiieal
\ Financial Gale Coming.
On "Wednesday Bland viii call IN his
| b.l! Tor the coinage Of the silver ssicnior-
I age IN the treasury amounting 20 over
| 81. gN.eu,, that sum TO be made .mine-
tliately available il necessary to meet the
wants OF the treasury by the issuance Of
treasury notes similar TO those issued
| under the ac; Of 1899 Bland and many of
his Democratic colleagues who are bitterly
| opposed to the bond issle want TO relieve
the treasury in this way rather than by the
! issue OF bonds, and 1t i probable that dur
ting the debate there will Zoe Il heavy out
cropping OF criticism of the action o. Sec
rotary Carlisle in 30 far rs it relates TO the
use of the proceeds of the sale Of bonds to
pay current expenses OF the government.
Republican View a. the Matter.
| The Repu blicans will take the position
| indicated by the minority report that there
I IL no silver seicniorage in the treasury the
bullion against notes which were issued
I unocr tie act Of iSq2 not having been
coined. They viii also take the position
that while the coinage value OF the silver
in the treasury is 1894 96l, its actual
market value is but 81. i.I6 053: or ia other
words tia; the silver obligations OF the
government. coined or uncoined. If issued
up TO the full coinage Salue-as il silver
were at par ~ - per ounce1-woulG only
he worth about - cents on the dollar and
could only ~ sustained 10y the credit OF the
government.
= Low That Is Looming Up.
! During the week row will probably &c
precipitatei over the publication now going
on in The Congressional Record in serial
fora OF Professor George Gunton's Social
Economics. " During the last congress. under
the general leave 10 print" granted in
connection with the debate on the : princer
free wool bill. a ,oterie o, Democrats led
ny Tom JoiIisson Q. Ohio printed several
chapters at a time the whole OF Henry
George, volume. Progress and Power
ty,'' and 10y printing it a. part OF The Con-
gres sional Record il became subject TO the
free ranking privilege or members and
in pamphlet form several million copies
were distributed Tree through the mails as
campaign documents.
sauce for the Goose and Forth.
The abuse Of the privilege of publication
in the record IVES then widely comlnen:ei,
upon Within the last few days the Dem
ocrats have noticed that chapters of GUn
tons book-ten or fifteen pages 1T n time
have appeared In connection with Republi.
can speeches and they ART trying to devise
some methods by which repetition of the
Henry George trick Of last session can bs
checkm3ted. The Republicans, of course
claim that their action is justified by he
Democratic precedent and when the mat
ter comes up the debate will no doubt b:
highly entertaining. The Democrats van,
to stop further publication before the com
pletion OF he volume in order to destroy