The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-25
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houSe-Bond Bnl Approved But Secre-
 tary Carlisle Does Not Expect it to Pass the Scnnte.
 Washington, D c e4,-The republicans notified the democratic members of tte ways and means committee this morn- ing that they would submit the tariff and the bond and certificate proposi- tons to them tomorrow morning so that they might be brought into che house for consideration on Thursday
 The republicans met when the house, after a brief and uneyentful session, adjourned until Thursday and proceed ed to complete their work on their bills
 EX-Speaker Crisp, leader of the demo- crats on the ways and means commir- tee, and Turner of Georgia, special rep resentative of the administration on | that committee, say that the tariff measure will be resisted in committee and on the floor with all the means in the power of the minority, which, how ever, is too small in the house to make much resistance
 As to the bond and certificate meas ure, Turner and all the other adminis- tration democrats are expected to sup port it.
 Secretary Carlisle, during an inter view which ex-Governor Dlnglcy, chair man of the ways and means committee, had with him this morning, said that he approved of the per cent. coin bond proposition and that for certificates of I indebtedness which the republicans of the committee will report. Secretary Carlisle said that he would prefer to have the bonds specially made gold bonds, but he admitted that it was not to be expected that such a provision could be passed.
 Secretary Carlisle does not expect the bond and certificate proposition to get through the senate but he thinks the passage of it through the house will have a wholesome effect on the coun- try and abroad.
 Telegrams are already arriving from | some of the 120 absentees of the house announcing that they will reach Wash ington in time to vote for the tariff and bond bills which will be reported on | Thursday Among the New Workers who have responded to the sergeant-at- arms teegrams are Messrs. Fischer, | Lefever and Odell, There are other | New York absentees but a considera- ble number have remained in town. Fifty of the absentees are members of l the New York, Pennsylvania, New Jer- l sey and Maryland delegations who ar ranged to return immediately after Christmas if their services were need ed.
 One of the unfortunates was MT. Hai- ner of Nebraska. He had apparently just reached his home when the tels- graphic demand for his return arrived. He replied that he would be here on time but in order to do so he must have left Nebraska a few hours after his ar rival.
 The purpose of the ways and means committee to report two bills, instead of coupling the tariff and financial measures, which they have under con- sideration in one bill, gives great satis- l faction to the free silver republicans, who would otherwise have been com pelled to antagonize their own party, since few, if any, of the number favor a bond issue. Before proceeding to this extremity they would have urged on the floor of the house the separation of l the two measures. A hasty canvass l made by them yesterday developed the fact that their proposed protest would have been warmly supported by many of the anti-silver republicans on the 1 ground that it would be manifestly un- I fair to place them in an attitude of hostility to their party when no necessi- ty existed for it. The silver republi- cans proposed holding a conference to- day to considerthi subject further, but it is now likely to be abandoned in view of the action of the ways and means committee in deciding to report two bills.
 The attendance of senators at noon to-day was quite as large as usual, no falling off on account of the Christmas holidays being noticeable. The senate galleries were pretty well filled. Reso- lutions and memorials from Ohio en- dorsing the action of the president in relation to Venezuela and in favor of recognizing the Cuban revolutionistsaas as a be1ligerents were presented by MT. Sller- man, rep, of Ohio, and referred to the committee on foreign relations.
 The senate democratic steering eom- mittee met this morning to consider the vacancies on the senate committees and revise the minority representation Nothing conclusive was agreed to and the committee adjourned to meet again