Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-28
FIGHT OVER The BOND BILL
Started Over the Report Of the Committee
on Rules.
HOUSE WILL DEBATE UNTIL THIS EVENING
Rule Limiting the Dcbnt Adopted by
a Good Majority. Party Lines Not
Deing So Closely Drawn
MS Thursday.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-The house to-
day entered upon the consideration OF the
bond bill. The bill aroused the united OPP
position Of the democrats and populists, the
gold democrats being arrayed against II be-
cause they claimed 1t did not give the sec
Rotary the authority to Issue gold bonds
with which he desired to replenish the re-
serve, and the silver democrats on the
ground Of their general opposition to bond
issucn The latter contended that the raids
O. the treasury could be stopped II the sec
rotary would use his discretion TO redeem
notes in silver when the reserve was threat
ened. In the republican ranks also there
developed such bitter opposition to the bill
as originally drawn and to the proposition to
force the bill to a vote today that the re-
publican members OF the committee on ways
and means incorporated in 1t an amendment
specifically declaring that nothing in the
act should be construed as a modification or
repeal of the act Of 1873 for the reissue OF
the greanbacks when redeemed, and the
committee ON rules extended the limit Of
debate until tomorrow at 3 o'clock, but de-
clined to give members of the house OPP
portunity to offer amendments. The feature
OF the day was a strong speech from MIR.
Johnson, republican of California, appealing
to his republican colleagues to vote against
the bill. He scored the republican leaders
for bringing In the bill. He said he had voted
for the revenue measure yesterday under
protest, but he refused to follow them on
the present bill. Political expediency, which
involved a surrender of principle, he de-
clared would never succeed. The debate
ran far into the night. The principal
speeches were made by Messrs. Dingley,
Maine. and Grosvenor. Ohio, republicans,
and Messrs. Turner, Georgia, and Patterson,
Tennessee, democrats.
A, .,o, ~, Tho 3OnrnoI haJ haap opprouad
Mr.. Dingley, chairman of the ways and means
committee, reported the bond bill as amended
by the ways and means committee today
and II was referred to the Of the
whole on the state Of the union.
Mr.. Daniel, republican Of New York,
chairman of the first committee on elections,
as a privileged matter made a unanimous
report in favor Of seating Hugh r.. Belknap
in place of Lawrence Il. McGann from the
Third Illinois district. Mr.. Mccain had de-
cided that he was not entitled to the seat
and there was therefore no contest over the
matter. The report was adopted and Mr..
Belknap was sworn in.
Mr.. Henderson, republican Of Iowa, from
the on rules. then presented the
rule for the consideration Of the bond bill.
1t provided for debate until 10 o'clock to-
night, with a recess from 5 until 8 o'clock,
and its continuance tomorrow until 3 o'clock,
when a vote should be taken without inter-
yen!ng motion or amendment separately.
Mr.. Crisp, democrat Of Georgia, opposed
the adoption Of the rule. Yesterday he said
which on particular industries and on reve-
nues no one knew, had been rushed through
the house. Today 1t had been proposed to
rush through a bond bill in the same sum
mary manner, but the murmurings Of dis
content on the other side had forced the
Rutocrat Of the house and so-called leaders to
yield a little more time. He admonished
the other side that 1t was only by resistance
that they could obtain their rights.
ABUSE OF DEBATE.
Mr.. Bailey, democrat of Texas, agreed In a
general way to the proposition that there
had besn a great abuse Of the privilege Of
debate on public questions and that the great
desideratum was a vote, but he said. while
usele ss debate should be abjured, full and
free debate was essential. Yesterday with
four hours debate a bill which would bur-
den the people with $40, 600, 900 of additional
taxes was passed. Today the performance
was to be repeated, but this time ~posterity
was to be saddled with an interest-bearing
debt Of which no one knew how many mil
lions. The country, he said, would no more
tolerate precipitate haste than it would un-
due delay.
Mr.. Mcmillan, democrat of Tennessee,
asked why the republican leaders proposed
10 cut thslr associates off without opportunity
to offer amendments? Were those in au-
thority afraid of their associates? Would
they not be trusted to do anything but vote?
When the twenty minutes allowed the
Iehiocr"lc stue nau pen consumeu' MT
tiehueIsoh, who was III charge vi tne RUE,
witnout hiaklne any reply 10 tne crltlcisms
from the other sue, ueihanued u vote on the
hdoptloh OF the rule, which was taken by
yeas ana nays.
Ihe rule was adopted, ls5-loi: 1t was
not a strict party vote. The populists voted
with the democrats against Its adoption.
The following republicans voted against the
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