The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-12
BONDS MUST BE PAID IN GOLD.
SENATOR HILL INTRODUCES A
TEST RESOLUTION

It's Adoption VIII be q Declaration
in Favor OF Paving the Govern
nnent's Creditors with she Rest
Money in ISe-Senafor Lodge OPP
poses Giving the Postmaster Gem
.eraI Increased Power over the
Fast Mail Appropriation.
WASHINGTON. Feb. lin the Senate to-
day Mt Hill introduced a concurrent
resolution declaring il to be the sense OF
congress that THE true policy Of the gov
eminent requires that its efforts should
be steadily directed 10 tine establishment
OF a safe system OF bimetalism, wherein
gold and silver may be maintained at a
parity. and every dollar coined may be
equal in value and power of every other
dollar coined or issued by the United
States: but if our efforts 10 establish or
maintain such bimetallism shall not be
wholly successful. and If. for any reason,
our silver coin shall not hereafter be at
parity with gold. and the equal
thereof in value and power in the market
and the payment of debts, then it is
hereby declared that the bonds Of the
United States now or hereafter issued,
which by their terms are payable in coin.
shall. nevertheless. be paid in standard
gold dollars, il being the policy OF the
United States that its creditors shall at
all times be paid ia the best money in use"
This resolution was followed by one Of
fered by Mr. Stewart, pop. Of Nevada,
declaring that there is no authority Of
law to buy gold coin in preference to sill
yer coin for any purpose whatever. In
the regular course Of procedure one or
both Of these resolutions will come before
the Senate in the morning hour to-mor-
row.
The postoffice appropriation bill was
then taken up, Mr.. Buler giving notice
that when 1t was disposed of he would
ask TO have the pooling bill taken up.
The first amendment. which led to a
discussion. was the one Increasing the ap-
preparation for the railway postoffice car
service from S3.105.OOO TO SS,250OOO. and he
added these words: said sum shall be
expended under the direction and in the
discretion Of the Postmaster General, and
any provision Of existing law in conflict
herewith is hereby repealed"
Mr.. Lodge rep. of Massachusetts. made
a point of order against this provision on
the ground that II was legislation on an
appropriation bill. Mr.. Lodge argued that
the adoption Of the amendment would in
connection with the next amendment, to
strike out the item for necessary and
special facilities on trunk lines from
Springfield, Mass. to Atlanta and New
Orleans. throw into the hands of the
postmaster general the right TO put the
southern fast mail route where he pleased.
To that he strongly objected. because that
should be settled by congress.
Mr.. Blackburn, dem, of Kentucky, In
charge of the bill defended the amend
ment. He was asked by Mr.. Lodge whether
it was the purpose to abolish the fast
southern mail service lie admitted that
il was, and said that there was only one
route in the country that got this subsidy.
The postotilce department had never re-
.ceived il; and the postmaster general had
asked congress to abolish 1t for the rea-
son that ii was an absolute detriment in
stead of a service.
Mr. Lodge said that the southern fast
mail service has been of vast benefit and
that he did not want to see 1t abolished.
Mr.. Allison, rep, OF Iowa opposed the
amendment as a radical and unwise
change of existing laws.
Mr.. Allen, pop, of Nebraska, drifted
from the discussion of postoffice matters
to that of affairs in the state Of Alabama
which have been, Mr.. Allen said, for the
last two or three years, deprived of a re-
publican form of government.
When Mr.. Allen had spoken about ten
minutes he was interrupted by Mr.
Chandler, rep, of New Hampshire, who
said that when such question was being
discussed as whether a sovereign state
Of the union had a republican form of
government or not, there ought TO be a
quorum present in the Senate chamber.
He suggested the absence of such a quo
rum.
The roll was called and fifty-two SEN
ators esponded-eight more than a quo
rum.
Mr.. Allen then proceeded with his
speech. He gave what purported to be
statistics Of the election in the 'black
belt" counties in Alabama in August, 1894
showing, county by county, the number of
votes counted, the number actually cast,
estimated. and the number of fraudulent
votes, estimated, the aggregate being So
$50 votes counted, 1876 votes actually
cast and S4,765 fraudulent votes.
Mr.. Allen held the floor for two hours,
most of the time being consumed in the
reading OF dispositions in proof of cleo
tiou frauds in Alabama There was
little, if any, attention given to the sub
lect by the senators. The two Alabama
senators. Messrs. Pugh and Morgan, sat
quite near TO the desk from which Mr.
Allen spoke, but did not seem to be at
all worried about his afhdavits and state
ments, Mr. Morgan occupying himself
himself with his correspondence and Mr..
Pugh having only the appearance of one
who was thoroughly bored
At $50 o'clock Mr.. Allen, without hav-
ing finished his speech. and saying that
he could not do so before o'clock, yielded
the floor.
resolution instructing the committee
on Indian affairs to continue during the
recess the investigation into Indian
schools, Indian reservations, etc, was re-
ported and referred to the COMMITTEES on
contingent expenses. 1t was Immediate
" reported back favorably from thatcom-
naittee, and was placed on the calendar
\ call Of the roll showed the presence
Of only % senators-15 less that a quo
rum, and the Senate. at 5.45 o'clock, ad-
5ourned until tomorrow.
WORK OF THE HOUSE,