The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-08
GOLD BOND BILL DEAD


Appealed 20 the other s6de to withhold pO-
ttsfcnl schemes ard Try The expeE4men6 ct
patriotism
KEN. Pop. Neb.. offered an ansendmeut
authorizing The bonsis issued By this bin
70 be soad Cor gold or silver wskhDut dir
crimim<4on. and 20 Be payable n guid or
saaver. II was lost. a to Iss-
Bryan called attention 20 the fact that.
although the Republicans pwotessed to be
In favor OF coin hpn<as. not ten OF t,1em
had voted for tn Bel7 amendment. and
that Reed. who himself Introduced . sub
sE4tute authorix1ng the tssue Of coin
bonds, had voted against u
IL not che propagation Of tie Republi-
can 3ea<3er providing for coin bonds" In
terrupsed Bowers. better chan that Of
the Democratic 5eader?"
1T 10 not. replied Rry1n. "Qeyeiauti's
proposition - open and above board.
wstle that OF Reed - masked. He has
just voted against On auSendmenk fncor-
poeatinG rhe ideas Of his substitute.
(Dmsocratac appiause)
HuIches0n Dem. Tex. offered IN
amendment similar 10 that Of Bell, max
Ing the bonds payable In gold and silver.
for which Bland offered substitute for
the coinage of the sslyer bullion In the
treasury and the redemption OF ths treas
ury notes OF 1850 In coin. - provided by
section OF that act. Both amendments
were lost.
Walker. Rep. Mass. offered an amend
ment to confer upon the secretary Of the
treasury discretion as to the interest TO
should run.
rof,x,an cxa~.ot.~sr.s 49, s:.,
perpetuate the national banks. Mallory.
Dem. Fla. spoke a fnal word against
the bfli
Hooker. Dem, Miss. speaking against
the Walker amendment, declared hss un-
aiterable opposition to comforting on any
one discretion to issue bonds for an In
definite time payable. principal and IN
terest, in gold. Walkers amendment was
lost. 81 to 81
Bryan offered an amendment to the
Reed substitute. offered yesterday. to pro-
vide that the act shall not be construed TO
vitiate the policy of the government to
pay all coin bonds In gold or silver at the
option OF the government. as expressed In
a resolution passed by congress In 1855
Cobb. Dem. Ala. offered an amendment
",
10 make bonds issued under Its provisions
bear per cent. interest, payable In twen-
~ years.
The hour set for the taking Of the vote.
$50. arrived while an amendment OF
Terry's was being read. 1t cut off this
amendment. leaving the two substitutes
and the amendments thereto pending.
The amendments adopted In. the COM
mittee were agreed to in the house with
out division. except that 20 reduce the
annual tax on national banks from TO
Ia per cent per annum- This was also
agreed to 300 to Al.
Reed then attempted to enforce an
agreement which he claimed had been
entered into In committee by which his
substitute should be voted on after the
Cox substitute. The fact of such an
agreement was denied by Cox.
1T Is a question of propriety." said
Reed sharply. ut Is question OF TRUTH
replied Cox warmly.
The chair held that the vote should
first be taken on the Reed substitute
to which there was pending amendment.
The Reed substitute provided for an Isl
sue Of per cent coin bonds to repienish
the gold reserve. and the issue OF GER
tiflcatas OF Indebtedness to meet the de-
ficiencies In the revenues. Bryan's
amendment added a provfso that moth
Ing In the proposed substitute should DO
construed as a surrender by the gov
ernrneut of the right to pay outstanding
coin obligations in gold or silver at the
option of the government. as declared
In the resolution which passed congress
in 1878. The Bryan amendment was lost
Isl to 1863. and the vote was then taken
on the Reed substitute. which was lost,
100 to is7.
The vote then REQUIRED ON Cobb's
amendment TO the Cox substitute. The
substitute was practically the Carlisle
currency bill, including a provision Tor
the repeal OF the state bank tax. The
vote was practically party vote, save
that Cannon. Pop, CAL: GRAIN. Dem,
Tex: Davey, Dem. La; Geary, Dem.
Cal. Griffin. Dem. Mich: Lawson, Dem,
Ga; pend.eton, Dem, Tex: Shell. Dem,
s. c.. voted with the Republicans in favor
or tt. Cobb's amendment amended the
existing law TO bear per cent; interest,
and provided that nothing In the suhstl-
tuie should be construed as an authori-
zatton for a bond issue The Cobb
amendment was beaten without a tisvis-
Ion. as was the Cox substitute, on a ris-
ing vote S. 10 ls4.
The vote was then taken on the thsz~f
reading and engrossment OF the OH IT.
seif. which was defeated on a rising vote.
VI 10 i2. Springer demanded the yeas
and rays. and the roll was called. con-
nrnaing the rejection OF the measure. The
vote stood 1874 to f6i. Before the vote was
announced Reed arose and attempted to
make an explanation OF the fact that he
and many of his colleagues had voted for
tho baAi. but he got no further than tho
statement that he had made q proposition
10 Springer that seemed To han fair. VIXEN
he was howsled down by q chorus Of OBJ
teSstsors from the Democratic stde. The
detailed vote folsows:
YEAS-lss.
Adams Pa. Aidrlch. Bahcock. baldwin
Barnes, Bartlett. Barwsg. Beckner. Betty
aiooyen. Berry. Bingham. Bouteae, Brick
ner. Bsosius. Bynum, casimns. cafnsnett..
casisFSoeh. C@Tuth. Causey. Chiekering
Clancy. Clarke Ala. Cobb Me. Conn.
COMBS, Cooper Fla. Cooper Ind, Corn
ssh, Covert. craia, Daizell. Daniels. pa-
ves' pek'etesi, IaHgiey, Draper. punphy.
Lareorew. English Cal. Er9men, Everett.
Fielder. Fletcher. FoTman. Gardner.
Geary. Gsissenhainer. Gillsst Mass. Geld
1-er. German, Gresham, Grisha Mich.
Griffin WIS, Crest. Haines, Hail Miaa.,
liza zAa1sssasi, Harsner. Harrison. RsuSen.
Hayes. Hendrix, Henry. Hicks Hines,
hooker ~ T.. kiefer, Ksshhs. Lagesan,