Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-01-12
SENATE AND HOUSE.
A NEW CURRENCY PLAN PRESENTED
BY Mr.. VEST.
An Attack on ,!T. Jones, Of Virginia, Bc-
cause of His Opposition to
Special Pensions.


subject OF the income-taN occupied tho /
better part Of Eve hours. Most OF that
time was used by MIR. Hill In advocacy
Of the amendment offered by him yester-
day giving courts OF the United States
jurisdiction 90 hear and determine suits
T. test the consiltutiora,ity and validity
Of the tax. He assaileI the tax as un-
equal, uuunlform, and unjust, and eX-
pressed his conviction that the Senate
would agree with him that the provision
as 1t now stood was unconstitutional,
unwieidy. and unworkable, and that It
ought not 10 be- indicted on the tax
payers, the executive officers, or Con-
gress.
Mr.. sherman said that. in the main, he
agreed with the New York Senator in
REGARD - the tax. but he held that a
refusal Or the senate u appropriate money
to carry Il ont would ter> 10 overthrow
the principles on Wnich the government
IS established. and would be "rohS IN
regard 20 the revenue measure, Wnicn
the Senate had no power To originate.
Speeches were also made by Mr.. Du-
bols Republicam ot Idaho, Mr.. quay Qse-
pubucaw of pennsylvania. and Nlr'
Mitchell ReluOlicaW OF oregon.
4 motion by MIR quay e. postpone fur-
ther clusi !crat.0u OF the bill and amend
ment TN the ffst Moniay IN February
4 point of order was made against the
Hul amendment Ohat II was general
legislation on general appropriation
Bib. and WAS sustained by the presiding
otuc,r lllr. Faulkner, Democrat u West
Virginia.. An appeal from this ruling
was taken by Mr. Hili. and at that stage
Of the proceedings the whole matter went
over tn tomorrow.
Two financial bills were introduced. one
b. Mir. Vest and one hy Mr.. Mcpherson
Q)em0cr4U. u New Jersey The lstt,r
authorizing the issue aui sale OF bonds.
the salient points II the hin OF Mr.. Vest
are these. II makes ~ reference - the
rcfuui.ug of the srecnb1cks; provides Tor
the unlimited coinage OF silver az the
market price the 9overnment taking tho
soiguiorage. calls in an gold and silver
certificates ani Treasury notes, and SUBJ
stitutes certificates mat shall be- red cm-
able in either gold or silver according
- cOuditions-lf tie surplus IN the Trea-
sury .s less than tio0e0.0D to be redeem
el I'm silver. il more than Sieurn,ODH 10 Dee
redeemed in gold. provides for an issue
OF per cent bonds 10 maintain the re-
serve but limits the amount to The SleJ,-
OpnO stipulated IN the bill.
Tie Senate. at go, adjourned
House of Representatives.
\ House bUl authorizing the IAporte,
Houston and Northern railroad u build
bridge over Galveston bay was passed,
,fa.. ,li,'-'f - t,i.i,. tb., ,it,ori in A.
I.,,xls vrl,..a r.; iires viu cross
Nrthor,z'rr he T,nnoeses i}ri,lgo and
t,.,r,. ,.,r,H,,nv IN br.i.a tho 1f.nn,ssa,
~ o., ,, ,.Sr s:b.fi-H a,
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a. ~ ptti .f.i,ht, ,,ntr,,.t,,, for ~
,,,h,r ,,,rt ,t - Nm.'nsfir, Iv IA.
49,. ~ ~ l,,,iicafa cheer for yio ii5 tra
l1,..fg,.',i i.,.'i,. i,.,, l,i, In H.. r,,ii..
ori tr' f"il"t.lur Sentt. hills.
INtauling The tim. i'm which the Tcxar-
k1ra ana Fort smith railway may bridg.
th. Iutl. river ln Arkansas.
Tho Iiu - repeal tho law OF 1870 r.
Iatlu,- - shipping commissioners. which
lv a..rcemcnf was POSTPONED. was callei
tp uv Mr. FIthi4n. Mr.. Dnglry pro-
posed substitute which retained the
features If The laws oi 1870. thdt had
PACED ia th. coasiulsc and uolr-by FOR
30, t,al. rre s.il.tltut. had la6n ac.
ce.tej by members " the committee
arI.f 1th,Ts intrr..t. in the matter. y
,..,.. arra.I +. bv th. House and the bn
Va ri.sa.
I-nIer .he rules # the House this was
rriyate-biil-day. and on motion of MIR.
Enlor the House resolved itself into
C0mmitte" ~ th" whole 70 conSii'r hlll>
on The private calendar for IN" INST
time since July. and Mr Tarsncy ODem,
/ CcuD, ~ Missouri. took the chalr.