The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-09
Knows There Is No Right to
Make the Issue.
THIS MATTER MUST BE SETTLED

WASHINGTON, Feb. S-The right OF the
Secretary OF the Treasury to issue United
States bonds at this time was again the
subject of controversy in the Senate TO-
day. The resolution Of Stewart came up
under the rules, and a motion was made
by Butler 20 refer it 10 the Committee on
Judiciary. 1t provoked great opposition.
Quay took a decided stand in favor OF
dsposing of the matter in open Senate
instead of giving 1t decent burial by re-
ferring it to a committee from which 1t
would never emerge, and intimated that
Sherman gave to the country an apparent
justification of Secre tary Carisle's action
when the Ohio Senator clearly knew ii TO
be illegal A strong speech was made by
Teller in which he depicted the deplorabe
financial condition of the country and
called upon his Republican colleagues tC
bear their fair share of the responsibilities
of the cause and not attempt to throw upon
the dominant party the entire burden of
devlsing remedies for the impending lanic.
The resolution finally went over.
When the Senate was called to order
Wolcott Of Colorado presen ted q reso-
luton for the submission Of a consttu-
tIOnal amendment prohibiting States from
denying suffrage TO any person on account
OF sex.
Sherman presented memorial from the
Mool-groweFs against the Wilson bill. say
ing the Finance Committee had refused
wool-growers a hearing and requesting the
memorial be printed. 1t was so ordered.
Wolcott presented several amendments
to the tariff bill.
Resolutions of the Order of Railway
Conductors. Brotherho of Locomotive
Engineers, Brotherhood of Railway Train
men. Switchmen's Mutual AID Association
and American Railway Union, protesting
against the rulings of the United States
courts on the question of the right 10
strike. were presented by Voorhees, and
ordered printed for the use of the Senate.
a letter from the Secretary OF the
Treasury was laid before the Senate in re-
ply to the resolution Of PETER, adopted
some avs ago. calling for The names of
boDd-biddeTS, the amounts OF bonds issued
and the rates of interest paid,
The resolution of Stewart denying the
right of the Secretary OF the Treasury to
issue United States bonds. and questioning
their validity, came up as the regular
order with various pending amendments.
Butler said the legal questions involved in
such Importance that he believed the
resolution should go to the judiciary Com
mittee. Stewart, after soma colloquy,
accepted the amendment heretofore pro-
posed by Dubois adding TO the resolution
The declaration that in the opinion of the
Senate there is no present necessity for
the sale of bonds for any purpose specified
under the resum pti0n act"
the adoption of such resolution would be
to deny the power of the Secretary to re-
issue United States notes returned to him
in the course of treasury business.
Quay opposed reference of the resolu-
ton 70 the judiciary Committee. The
Senators from South Carolina (Butler) and
Ohio (Sherman) well know" he said. that
to refer it to that committee means simply
TO give it a decent burial. The result will
go out to the world as justification of
what the Senator from Ohio knows TO be
an Illegal act"
Teller said the recent purchase of
United States bonds was forced" pnr-
chase. The Secretary of the Treasury had
In New York stated TO the bankers that if
bonds were not floated there would be a
panic-a greater panic than the one last
bad reluctantly purchased the bonds.
II am not speaking as partisan or a
silver man." said Teller; but want to
know what the American Congress is
going to 90 with the question of a def
cheney. Everybody knows from the ex-
perience Of the Secretary of the Treasury
that no more per cent bonds on a 3 per
cent basis can be sold. 1t is morally GER
,f
fered the result would be a failure"
Call opposed reference. and presented a
resolution declaring that il was the duty
of Congress to pass law legalizng the re-
cent issue of bonds, as he believed that
without such a law the bonds now being
sent out would be without validity or legal
effect.
In opposing the motion for reference
Peffer contended that the Secretary of the
treasury had not even pretended that the
money derived from the sale of bonds was
10 De used for redemption purposes.
AT O'Clock. the matter being still un-
disposed OF, the unfinished business of the
day came up and Stewart was granted
unanimous consent that the resolution re-
tain Its place on the calendar. The un-
hnlsbed business was the House bill re-
qulrlng railroad companies operating rail-
roads in Territories over right of wav
granted by the Government to establish
stations and depots at all town sites on the
lines OF roads established by the Interior
Department
Pending discussion OF the bill, and be-
fore vote could be taken on its passage.
the hour of O'Clock arrived and the
special order was the resolution in memory
of Representative Mutchler OF Psnnsyl-
vania, who died at the beginning of the
present Congress. Addresses we're de-
ilvered by Quay, Mitchell, Hans brough