The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-29
PASSED BY THE HOUSE
Bond Bill Goes Through With a Good
Majority.
CONGRESSMAN HUTCHINSON FOR IT..
Personnel Of the Senate Committees
as Now Constituted.
DEBATE CLOSED By MR.. CRISP
Labor Commissioners Wright Studying
the Question OF Enforced ldieacss.
o,her National Nows.

Washington, December cs.--rhc house
passed the bond bill by Il vote of 10 10
1856 and thus having discharged the task
for which IL has been sitting during the
holiday recess, effected an agroemen; by
three days at n time to give members an
opportunity TO spend New Years LAY
at their homes.
Tho house closing hours OF the debate
today was lacking In spirit ana there
was no excitement until the vote was
taken.
Tho margin OF thlrty-six by which tue
first section of the bill against tho ".
publican opponents masscd their oppdal.
ton was passed, showed that the friends
of The measure had mn,Shulled every
available vote IN It's favor.
As 1t was. forty seven republicans re-
fnscd TO act with the majority OF tniii
party The populist5 and doinocrats--Nvii n
the exception of Mr.. Hutchinson OF TexaH,
who voted for the biil--prcsontea an W
broken front against tho bill. This nHt.
urally attracted much attention rs 20 Mr.
Hutchinson, not only because he saw MT
to separate from his party associates,
but because he had heretofore been cinsse,i
with some injustice with those aren't
free coinage advocates who would re-
fuse TO vote for a bond issue of any k.nu.
Speaking of hts vote tonight to the
Post correspondent, Mir. Hutchinson sltd
My vote was to TT a situation raupcr
than a fun expression OF my position
upon the subject. have never inuosscu
the ADMINISTRATOR policy of paying loiu
exclusively IN the redcpcnition OF green.
backs and sherman noteH. Had | the
power ! would pay out silver along WIN
god, practically half and half. not lov-
orned. however, by equation, but by ION.
vonicnce and resources. In this way
! would recognize as we'll MS mainsin
policy. would, believe. cheek, u not
step. the raids upon the trcaEury's re
serve funds which the opposite poicy
stimulates and encourages.
But tho administration differs with ~
ana holds to the fixed policy. OF pa3lf J
In gold alone, digerediting silver. wiilc
claiming to maintain the party. TO cary
| out this polgy II must have gold ain
| to obtain gold It must sell bonds II TIN
power TO soil bonds did not exist, woulo
| not vote 1t without an accompanying re-
| puirement for the coordinate payment
| Of all notes In both metals. liut me
| power to sell bonds exists and is oeme
"Tlis is the business situation out Of
which flows the business question: SiIll
| the government he permitted to sell a 3
/ por cent or a per cent bond? Thrc
may be political way to look at NJ
question which Would Justify, vito
atpoct that would he countenanced OIL
side of the halls OF congress.
'"rhe question of the free coinare OF
on the subject to be involved In the nat
ter is neither here. nor al largo av
lonvcr an existing Issue, II hns b,n
keep and mau,ain the silver circliaio'i
which we now have? For one. do iot
believe We WI; do so"
The bill os passed amends the rosuip.
/ 90 n hermit the iEgtIp a. 4
per cent ,o!n bonds, redeenablc after We
! years at the pleasure of the goveilntnt
provision that nothing In the bill sall
be construed to repeal the not of ISS for
| the reissue of tho areenbacks. ma tat
the bonds shall first be offered for sub
scription at the srb-trcasurics an, de-
postorios Of the United states.
Tho second section of the bill p%ldes
tlGcates OF d, nominations of so andmul-
ti,lcs thereof. amounts moi excnlinG
$50, 600 900, TO meet temporary deficlocies.
| washington, December ss.---when the
house convened today but three hos re-
mained for debate on the bond bill. inc
vote, by the terms Of the rule under nich
| the house was opera ting. was TO be tkcn
| at O'clock
Mr.. Brossius Ufep, PAD opened III ne-
bate In favor OF the bill.
This was the only country on the lone
| he said where gold redemption nao
| neither qualification nor limitation ara
| where the treasury was without thdpow.
| cr to resist the incIrsions OF foreig gold
| grabbcrs. The revenue deficit was thCnieI
| sinner In the comedy OF errors" rhich
| had produced the present bill was
| not suitable to the dignity OF the pyern.
| ment to employ sleuth hounds of reign
syndicates To hunt down gold The cope
| Of this country should have the lit OPP
| portunlty TO hep the treasury II "
| the trough Of tho financial sea G de- |
| CARED that there was 10 politics TINS
! bill
MIR. Parker Gep.. N. j. favored c Dill
/ ar a goodbye measure.
| Mr. McLaurin Dem, 8. c. oppled II |
! because 1t would increase the burn oil
a people already taXridden and Vou.d
| tend 10 lcgalize series Of usurpapn OF
| power by the secretary Of the tr.sury, |
| If the secretary would use his diTetion /
| aud redeem notes in silver the gol raids
| would cease and new hope wouldje IN
fused into tbe democratic party now
cruz he'd by Tao financial policy : the
| administration
| the measure declared that II waa bin
| to maintain specie payments VIVA haG
been resumed under the wise dsction
| OF the republican party In 1913 FOR
| thirteen years following the resnption
| the revenues had always cxceededne ex-
| penditures. Twelve hundred rnihns Oh
| the interest PAYING utDt nan Ds 'i0-
charged. Since Mr.. clevcland's eleion IN
| lSg2 denciency. distress. lilens ana
panic had followed. Instead ofoaying
| 500 GEO. go a year on the public bt the
| democrats had borrowed 62.GoW Ihey
| could tear down and criticize, they
| could not build up the reserve lrdphcan
| applnusel.
we will not abridge the poweof the
| secretary Of the treasury he cclnde1,
| I'VE will give him more power. ie can
! not have 100 much power " MS tsen
| wisely. You, on the other side, Il vote
| agninst this bill because you tht 70
| impair the credit OF the country % force
| us 10 n silver basis. and those W SUP
| port the administration because "ans
/ gold bonds. We. in our Judgmenmn pa
| irfOtism, STA nd ready to pass thseih ~
| IL II rejected by tho senate or ~ preni-
/ dent we shall have at least cast Hlte
1 toward tho protection Of the pun circuit
| and have riveu n prophecy OF vat we
-h.'' - p-Ne- we rNfnN into III power
| In 1867 Republican applause.
| Mr.. Bartlett Dem. n. " epunced
| his ontnion that the passage OF | pend