The San Francisco call., 1895-12-29
No Opposition to the Plan to
Meet Temporary Revenue
Deficiencies.
DEBATE ON THE MAIN MEASURE
One Democrat Voted With the Majority
Of the Republicans in Favor of
the Proposition.

WASHINGTON, d. C., Dec. 2S.-By
vote of ITO to 1856 the House to-day passed
the section of the bill introduced yester-
day by the Committee on Ways and
Means, authorizing the issue of 3 per cent
bonds to maintain the gold reserve.
Forty-seven Republicans voted with the
Democrats against the proposition, as did
all the Populists present and Newlands
(silver) OF Nevada. Hutcheson of Texas
was the only Democrat to ally himself
with the great body of Republicans in
support of the measure.
There was no OPP position to the second
section of the bill directing the sale of GER
tifcates of Indebtedness to meet tempo-
rary deficiencies in revenue, and it was
agreed to. and the bill passed without 9
division.
The debate on the day of the vote on the
bill developed nothing new or strange and
was not marked by any incident of un-
usual interest. Crisp CD of Georgia, in
answer to questions by Boutelle (R.) of
Maine, declared his belief to be that the
Government obligations were not payable
in gold alone and that the Democrats op-
posed the pending bill because they be-
lieved there was no necessity for the sale
of bonds.
Dalzell (R.) of Pennsylvania expressed
his amazement that Secretary Carlisle had
such an idea of the properties and de-
cencies of public life that he could in an
authorized interview attack the legislation
proposed by the House of Representatives
for protecting the credit of the Nation.
| A resolution offered by Tarsney Cd Of
Missouri to reopen the contest of Van
Horn VS.. Tar sney for the Fifth District of
| Missouri for hearing on newly discovered
evidence on behalf of the contestee was
referred to the Committee on Elections
| No2
Several resolutions of inquiry. ordered
| by The Committee on Foreign Affairs, at
its meeting yesterday to be reported, were
reported by Hit (R.) of Illinois, chair
man, and agreed to. They related to the
Waller affair, Emba ssador Bayard's
speeches at Edinburgh and Boston, Eng
land, the Cuban insurrection, and an
American schooner fired upon by Santo
| Domingo troops, December TO- 1898.
The Senate joint resolution directing the
Secretary of the Navy to accept the ram
Katahdin and make it part of the navy
was adopted. 1t now goes to the Presi-
| dent.
At 4:30 o'clock the House ad djourned un-
| til Tuesday next under an agreement an
nounced by Dingley (R.) of Maine, chair
man of the Com mittee on Ways and
Means, that no business will be transacted
| until Monday, January g.
| After the reading of the journal to-day
the discussion of the bond bill was re-
sumed in the House, the discussion to
| close at o'clock. The first speaker was
Brosius of Pennsylvania R.). The gold
reserve, he said, must be maintained and
| the revenue to meet the expenses of the
Government must be procured. These
propositions, he said, were fundamental
and indisputable.
| The deficiency of the revenues, in the
| opinion of the Republicans, was the chic
| sinner in the comedy of errors that had
| brought the Nation to the condition which
| confronted it. When the deficiency ceased
| the treasury would no longer suffer.
Brosius said that the present was the
| third notable revenue deficiency which had
occurred in time of peace. They had all
been caused by the same thing-going too
| far in the matter of taking off customs
duties. In his opinion it was not proper
| that the treasury should be farmed out to
| foreign country. There should be no
politics in dealing with the situation.
| Patriotism and duty were the two words
which alone could fifty describe the in
| spiration of the hour.
| Parker (R.) of New Jersey supported the
| bill, because he thought we should provide