Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-02-08
CLEVELAND HEARS.
For the House Has Stated It's
Position Loudly.
ADMINISTRATION BILL DEFEATED.

Not Even Allowed to Go to Third Reading
The Refusal Clinched and Riveted by
Laying . Reconsideration the Table
General Opinion That This Destroys All
Hope Of Financial Legislation by This
Copgress-I'arties Pretty Evenly Divided
on the Final Vote.
WASHINGTON, Feb 8-The last hope Of
financial legislation for the relief Of tho
treasury at the present session OF congress
went by the board when the house yester-
day afternoon by vote Of 134 to l6l re-
iected the administ1 alton bill to author
ize an issue of $500, 10000 gold bonds.
The bill was beaten before it reached its
last parliamentary stage. This result was
reached after three days Of spirited and at
times heated debate, and at the end of a
seven-hour session. From ii a. III. until
$3.50 p. m. yesterday, when the bill with
the pending substitutes was reported to
the house from the committee Of the
whole, amendments were offered in rapid
succession, most of which were voted
down as fast as they We're offered.
Vote on the Reed Substitute.
Many Of them were desired to load down
the bill and the votes thereon were in no
., -, M. po,, ,,o,au,o,+
for instance. to make the bonds payable
in gold and silver, was defeated by the de-
cisive vote of 16 to lO3, while the bill was
defeated by 134 to 16l. Both the Reed and
Cox substitutes with the amendments
thereto were rejected after the bill was re-
ported to the house The Reed substitute
autborizinp the Issue Of coin bonds for the
,onIen;sbmen, ~ the cold ,eserve and cor
,ifIcates Of ;ndehtcdness to d.frav DO.
a.;o,o;o, -, - .n,,o.,,os no, -, 100 =,
- 7. go -, ,'.,o 80. ~, ,ha co..
tba, go, na,n',c-,,ts and Cannon Of
California voted for !,
Refused to order to Third Reading,
wben ,ba ouestiop came nm n, the
third reading and enprossment OF the bill
rho whole onnosition concentrated
While the vote Va heing taken which
resulted in the refusal of the house to
order the third reading the interest
conferred in tbc vote If Rcd He had sat
onie.iv in his scat during .bc first cali
and did not answer to his name. but ON
the SECOND call he voted for the bin. As
soon os the resuIt ,v,s announced Rcd
ottcmntod to make an exnlannt;on of the
attitude of himself and those of his COL
leagues who ntu voted lOr the Dill. Dtu
objections we're made.
Name, of ,b. Men Who Voted Ave.
Enlrow;,,, ,ro ,b. r,r.s If ,bo.o ,ybo
vn,ed for 1be ,b;r,i rn,d;ng Adams Of
P.nnsvIy,pi, AIdricb R,hcock R,,d-
,vin R,rnes R,rtI,.tt R,rwirr R.cLnar
RoItzbnnycr Rarrv Ringban RouteIIc
br;cl.nor pros;ms Rrnn,n C,d,,,,,S
C.m,ino,,; C,mnhcu C,rutb C,nsev
Cbic.cring Clancy Cy,rl, of AI,h,ma
Goth az Missouri I,of,in C,ombs Conner
of Florida. Cooner of Indiana. Cornish
Cover, Grain DalzaII Daniels D,vv D..
forest Djnplcy. Dr1prr DUMMY Dur-
borrow. English of California. Erdman.
Everett. Fielder. Fletcher. Forman. Gard
ncr Genry. Geisenhaincr. GilIett of
Massachusetts G,Idzicr German Cresb .
am Griffin of Mich gan. Griffin of Wis.
copsin Grout- Uaincs Hall of Minnesota
Hammond. Harmer. Harrison. Haurhen,
Hayes. Hendrix. Henry. Hicks. Hines.
Hooker of New York. Kiefer. Kribbs'
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