Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-02-03

| IT, Mr. Lucas. of South Dakota. np.
posed the entire tariff measure mclud.
ins the income tax. feature
Washington, Jan SO. The Stewart
resolution cnndcmniug the Treasury
bond issue policy being mp in the son
ate today, after speech Ivy Mr. Stew
art, MIR sherman. OF ONO, made a
strong speech ia support of the >,y-
reuuy'S power and duty to issue and
sell bonds
He expressed his regret Thar amy.
body should he found now Ia question
th@t authority 1t was almost unpa
| lioic TO do 50 at time when tine
IrevcnucS OF the government were i'm.
sufficient Ia meet the expenditures.
[ Without regard to party feeling, hc
Z fclt like standing up for The honor
OF the country and for the power of
the secretary The power he con
tended, was given In the Sruu-cS,
clereSL most direct language that
I could Ice used And 10 had stood nm
challenged and uncoauudicted from
thar day until a few days since when
the senator from Nebraska. Mr.. Aueu,
offered a resolution denying the am
/ thority of The secretary of the treas
Jury,
| MIR sherman complained That that
/ had been done at the very timc when
/ the bidders were preparing their bids
! In the course Of Mr. Sherman'S re-
marks he said that he did not believe
/ that it was the duty of the secretary
+ of the treasury or that it was within
his power to apply the money raise,
from the sale of bonds to any Other
/ purpose than a redemption of lcga
tender notes. He had no right % APP
( ply it 10 current expenses There wa,
10 authority of law for that
The obligations rested on the Other
side, They could not diminish lh,
revenues laS they were proposing &,
/ do by "a new tariff mcaSurcl without
providing some means Of meeting th,
/ deficiency. The democratic majority
was bound either to reduce It's eNpendi
lures TO the amount Of its revenue o.
to add to its revenue some form of q
loan to enable the secretary to mcc
current expenses.
When Mr., sherman closed Mr. Quay
offered an amendment To the rcSou
ton limiting the use Of money to b,
rclp, ,ed from the bonds 10 the rcdemp
ton of the treasury notes pIrscntc,
at the New York sub treasury, and Mr.
: Dubois offered as a substitute the rcSo
lution reported i'm the house The lat
ter Mr. Sherman said, had his APP
prevail Then Mr. Tcll@ made ,
speech. taking much the same position
as Mr. sherman did
Pending Senator Tcllcr'S speech "a
o'clock the election bin was taken M
and the financial resolutions went over
( After some colloquy between senators
Gray and Chandler, il was agreed tina
the debate on the bill repeating the fed
eral election laws should close at
p. m. next Tuesday and that the tina
vote on the passage of TN" hin be takel
before adjournment that day
Senator Chandler, of New Hamp
shire, introduced two amendments T.
repeal the bill, the first providing tina
the flag Of the United States and ia,
words For representative in congress
should he stamped, under penalty, al
every box for congressional ballots I'm
elections In the states the scconc
amendment requiring election Judge,
to make up and publicly declare th,
result of The congressional election il
I thei, precinct Immediately after tn,
I close OF the poll
! senator Turpic, of Indiana. said Thru
under the operations and partisan az
vantageS of the federal election law
/ the chambers Of certain United
States judge in Indiana upon the re
J currencp Of every political campaign
/ became headquarters for tho managers
Of the political party 70 which he IS
allied
4 This Judge Gudgr Woods earns his
salary by midnight councils in tht
/. Judges chambers previous TO the clcc
/ ton His chief employment ana that
which calls into action the whole fac
ulues Of his mind. is now 30 make mp
pointmcnts Of supervisors and mm'shaE
in the different counties 80 as to de
crease the democratic vote and in
crease the republican vote"
At 1870 the senate went into eX
ccutiyc session after nm understand
ing that the bond resolutions will h'
taken up again tomorrow At 41O TN,
senate adjourned until tomorrow.
pOND ISSUE CERTAIN