The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-08
TWISTING THE LIONS TAIL.
The Senate SqaintS al the British
Force in Nicaragua.

ErGSluenC TO GlVe the senate In
formation on the Subject-The Seig-
niorage Bill Pushed Through to the
Point of Passage Before It's Oppo-
nents Realized What Was Happen
ing.
Washington, March Tn the Senate
to-day Mr.. Gibson, dem, of Maryland,
reported from the comr&, ttee on naval
affairs bill appropriating S45, coo for the
purpose of reclaiming the United States
ship of war, Kearsarge and her equip
ment, provided that not more than S10,O
shall be expended if the attempt prove a
failure, The bill was passed,
MIR. Morgan, from the committee on
foreign relations, reported a resolution
requesting the President to inform the
Senate, if not inconsistent with the public
! interest, whether the government of
Great Britain had occupied Bluefelds,
or any other place on the Mosquito reser-
walton in Nicaragua, with a military
force. to state the character and strength
of such force, and the claim of authority
! on the part of the British got so to
occupy that country. He supposed, he
said, although he did not know, that the
Kearsarge had been dispatched to Blue
fields on account of that occupa ion
1t was a very delicate and grave question
for the people of the United States, par
| tlcularly if the military occupation had
taken place on the idea that Great Britain
had reserved to herself in any treaty
with Nicaragua. the right to make an in
tervention of this kind, which in the est-
mate of the American government violated
the spirit and purpose of the Clayton
Bulwer treaty of 1850. The resolution
was agreed to.
THE sEIGNIoRAGE BILL.
MIR. Harris called for vote on his mo-
tion for a second reading of the soignior-
age bill. He stated that his object was
to bridge the day over, in order that he
| might consult with some of his friends on
! the democratic side Of the chamber, He
| had such a consultations and now, in
| view of what seemed TO be the unanimous
! views of the both sides, and in view of
| the fact that after the tariff bill should
| be reported it would have to remain on
| the calendar for a number of days, so as
to allow it to be printed, and to allow
| every senator an opportunity to examine
| 1t carefully, he knew of no better method
| OF occupying the intermediate time than
| to take up and dispose of the seignioroge
bill After its second reading he would
ask unanimous consent, which from the
! lutAlGdAfOuS Ol AtSLEEuGy ne was sure
| would be granted. to have it taken up,
| considered and disposed Of
The bill had its second reading, and
! then the Nice-President asked whether
| there was any objection to Mr.. Harris re-
| quest to take il up for consideration.
SHERMAN OBJECTS.
Mr., Sherman SAID he would move, if no
| one else did, to refer the bill to the
finance committee He regarded the bill
as one of the most important ones that
| had been before the Senate for years. 1t
proposed the issue of United States notes
to the amount of 5000, 600 for the current
expenses of the government. He re-
! garded it as grave, revolutionary
| proceeding. This issue of S55 000, 900
would be followed by the issue of other
| millions of paper money without any pro-
visions behind them for their redemption.
! He trusted, therefore, that the bill would
be referred to the finance committee. If
a ma a.ority OF that committee was in favor
| Of it, il could report it back; but surely
| such measure ought not to be forced on
| the Senate in an unusual and almost revO-
| lutionary course of proceedings. 1t could
| be taken up by the committee and deter
mined probably in day or two, whether
| il should be reported, and that was the
course which ought to be taken.
Mr. Palmer, dem, of Illinois, argued in
| favor of its reference to the finance com
| mittee. He regarded a revenue tariff, he
| said, as essential to the country; but the
! seignorage bill was one that could await
( the settlement of thaTmore importanttone.
| The discussion OnUlnued until D.. NJ,
| when the Vice President laid before the
| Senate the unfinished business, being
| bill for the purchase of site for the gov
ernment printing Office.
| Mr.. Call, moved to lay that bill aside
| and to take up the bill to change the
! boundaries of the judicial districts of
! Florida. This motion was defeated, yeas
%, nays Pas.
| HARRIS CARRIES HIS POINT.
Mr. Harris then moved to proceed to
! the consideration of the seigniorage bill.
| The motion was agreed TO, without
! division The bill was therefore laid be-
| fore the Senate as in committee of the
| whole.
Mr. Voorhees,. chairman of the finance
! committee, said that If he had supposed
| that the taxing up of the seiVniorage bill
would result in any delay of the tariff bill
| he would be oppospd to it, The situation
! was. he said, this: He assumed that
| report on the subject of the tariff would
| be made within few hours to the full
! cAn mittee. The minority of the COM
mittee would claim and would be granted
some time for the examination and con
| sideration Of the features of the bill.
A DELAY OF TEN DAYS.
! He hoped the bill would come out of the
committee after a brief period 1t would
| involve, however, some days-a few days
| After the tariff bill would be reported to
| the Senate it would go to the calendar
| and would necessarily remain there at
/ least a week That would be requisite in
! order to allow the senators to examine it
| and to prepare themselves for its discus
! sion His statement, therefore, necessa-
| rily involved delay of ten days, after
! tomorrow, before its consideration could
! be begun in the Senate. He had, of late
| days much to try his patience
| and his temper, but the action
/ of the other side of the
| chamber on the seigniorage bill had been
rather an agreeable thing to him, as there
was q touch of the boomerang in it which
| he rather liked. laughter. He thought
| that ordinarily, motion to refer a bill
| 10 a committee ought TO prevail; but the
/ seigniorage bill was a little out of the
! ordinary track and he was willing 10
| have it taken up and considered without
! that reference. The bill could be taken
| up and disposed of before the discussion
| OF the tari question was reached.
| The discussion was interrupted briefly
| to allow two messages from the President
| OF the United States to be presented, and
! also to have the conference report on the
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