The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-02-14

WAsHINoToN, Feb. 13.-Immediately
after the journal had been read and ap-
proved the Hawaiian correspondence,
sent to the House yesterday afternoon.
which arrived during the delivery of
the eulogies upon the late Senator
Stanford, was read at the suggestion of
Mr.. Burrows tRep., Mich.) and referred
to the committee on foreign affairs.
Mr.. Hit (Rep., ILL., asked If the clerk
had not omitted to read the letter from
President Dole to Minister Willis, which
was referred to in the correspondence.
The clelk stated that he had read all
the papers which had been submitted.
An effort was made to take up the
contested election case OF Whatley
against Cobb, from tho Fifth Alabama
district, but Taylor (Oem Ind.l, who
had tho matter in cnargr. would not
press the question of privilege.
The seignorage bill was taken up,
and Bland asked unanimous consent
that general debate should close to-
morrow afternoon at o'clock, but gen.
eral objection was made on tho Repub
lican side, and there was demand for
the regular order. Accordingly the
seignorage bill was taken unler con
sideration, and Kilgore assumed the
remarks which he had begun last
Friday.
Bell (Dem Tex.,) spoke in favor of
the bill He compared the financial
policy of the present administration
with that which preceded it, and held
that the remarkable extravaganza
which prevailed prior to Mr.. Cleve.
lands Inauguration was responsible for
this depression which followed and now
rendered necessary tho issuance OF
bonds CT money with which to provide
funds for the payment of current OK
penses.
Johnson (Rep., N. D y opposed the
bill. He favored the coinage of seign-
orage and all bullion III tho Treasury,
but be regarded the pending measure
as deceptive, misleading and destruc-
tive in It's effects.
Bankhead (Dem., Ala.) spoke in favor
of the bill. He did not believe it pos
sible that the Secretary OF the Treasury
could accumulate and maintain suffi
cient volume OF gold with which to re
deem currency, and he thought thai
silver should also be made available
for purposes Of redemption.
benson (Dem., Ala) favored the bill.
fected only the laboring man and
industrial classes. The rich were
exempt from the evil effects of hard
times. The repeal of the Sherman act
had brought no relief, but the condition
OF the poor had steadily grown worse
Bland called attention to the fact
that all Of the speakers had asked per-
mission to continue their remarks in the
Record, and he hoped that no further
requests would be made. Mr.. Hatch lin
the chair) informed him that the list of
speakers at present embraced more til An
forty names Bland stated that ne
would try and secure an agreement by
which general debate would close at 3
o'clock to morrow afternoon.
Culberson (Dcm Tex } favored the
bill. Ho favored tho free and unlimited
coinage of silver, am never expected to
SEQ the time when no would not vote
for any proposition calculated to in
crease the coinage of silver.
AT the conclusion of CulberSon's re-
marks, Bland asked unanimous consent
that general debate shall close at 3
o'clock to morrow afternoon, but objec-
ton was made. Warner (Dem., n. W
opposed the bill.
Bland offered all amendment to sec
ton of the pending bill, changing the
phraseology so as to provide that as
fast as the bullion shall be coined for
the redemption OF said notes, the notes
shall not be reissued, but shall be can.
celled and destroyed in amounts equal
to the coin held at any time in the
Treasury derived from the coinage
herein provide d for"
This change does not interfere with
the redemption Of Sherman notes with
silver dollars and their cancellation.
At 1855 the House ad journed.
MORE HAWAII THE SENATE.