Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-08
TBLEGRAPHIC.
LAST HOPE GONE.
No Financial legislation al this S.s.
SiOl Ol Congress,
srRISGEWs BILL DEFEATED.


WAsHuNoroN, ID. G., Fob. THE
Inst hope % financial legislation Tor She
relief Of tine t-eaury Of tho present
session II tlis Congress went by the
board when tho H0usr, by o vote Of
l8itito l6i rejected tao standardization
bill tn authorize au is.us Of s5JO,OJO,-
coo bondr.
The bill was beaten b. fjrs 10 reached
its last parliamentary s,agc. This re-
cult was reached after three days OF
spirited AMI, at timU,, heated debate,
aud Ut the end OF o. seven houfs' uOs.
tlon. From n q. m. tIll pun, today,
when thu bill with tho pending sub1ti-
tutss, was reported 20 the House from
tho committee Of the whole, amend
monia were offered in rapid success.
sion, mos. OF which were voted down
~ fast MS they were offered.
Tbs BELL amendment, 10 make uhe
bonus payable 30 gold oruivrr, was
d,fested by the decisive vote OF 20 Co
1U6, while tho bill wns defeated by 1874
10 lBl. Both the lluoi aud Cox suit
gtitulos, with the amendments thofot1,
were rejected after the bill WA ft-
ported to tue House.
The Reed substitute, authorizing the
Issue Of coin bonds for tue fcpluuisn-
ment Ol gold reserve Oud Indebtedness,
certificates 20 ueirAy deficiency IN
revenues, was lost-.lU9 b l5G. IL was
party v,t., save Tor sue fact that
seven Democrats and Cannon (P1p,)
OF California voted Tor TO-.
Before the vote was announced ErUi
arose anu attempted 10 mako au exc
plaui ton on tho raIt OF himself aud
muuy uf the colleagues who hAl voted
Tor the BIN, but ho got mo-, further than
tue statement that hU had made "A
proposition 20 MI Springer that
seemed TO him fair whom hc was
hoWltd down by chorus OF objections
from the Democratic slide.
Springer entered a motion 10 re-.
consider the vote by which the third
reading OF tho bill was refused, and
Hatch Dem, OF Missouri, moved 10
lay the mou0n on the table. The
latter motion was carried, 1856 70 1913.
This ended the Eight, anu tnu ylotOrs
made tho hall RUG with their shouts.
At 6:25 pm. tls House adjourned,
The vote shows that iorty-i0ur Re
publioaps anu ninety Democrats voted
Tor the hill, and u!tJ six Republicans,
nineiy-sevon Democrats and eight Pop.
ullsts voted against Il.
Chairman Springer, OF tho banking
anu currency committee, was not pre-
pared 10 say tonight whether any iut-
ther action would DO taken or what
would now be done. Ho was very much
disappointed at the result anu blamed
haEVUAIlnuV4a uH
stood by tho bill IL would have
passed. II anything was 10 DO done n
new bill would have tl bo brought IN,
as the bill voted upon Ia beyond recall.
All the other Democrats who were
for the bill said thia was the end Of
anything ia tho way Of finance l0gis.
lation. There was some talk Of n
Democratic caucus, Dut that did not
seem probable. Tho impression pre-
vailed that there would now be- another
bond Issue without delay,
EE.Bpeaker Reed, who tried 10 mako
an explanation on the door Of the
House, made n brief abatement 10 the
press. lie aaid;
81 had, with the support OF oil the
Republican,, presented q proposition
which the ruling powers saw &c 10 re-
fuse, Nevertheless, had gone further
aud voted for bill which contains
thiugs which do not approve OF elm.
ply 10 enable the nRttrr 10 20 IA the
Senate IN hopes that a0mothlng might
be done. The bill has failed, now
desire to suggest that 1 have no DOUBT
this sidu OF the House would vote iOg
the second section VI my hubBuWtl or
for any other proposition which has
any practical onanee OF passing"