Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-15
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l in the house upon the financial question has but served to emphasize the fact that no legislation affecting the financial situa- ton is to be expected from the Flfty-third congress. A week ago the house refused | by vote of 162 to 135 to adopt the last | Springer banking and currency bill, which contained provision authorizing the issue of long time interest bearing bonds, and | today, by the still more decisive vote of 167 | to 120, it declined to authorize the issue of | $65, ,000, ,00C 3 per cent gold bonds, with which to replace the 3A per cent bonds negotiated with the Morgan Belmont syn dicate in payment for the purchase of | $500, 1000 ounces of gold coin.
 | The consideration of the joint resolution
 for this purpose reported yesterday from | the committee on ways and means by Chairman Wilson occupied all of the ses- | sion of six and hall hours, and the dis | cussion attracted an attendance Of specta. tors which overflowed the public galleries and encroached upon that reserved for the visitors. The debate followed in a general way the lines of the debate on the Springer bill last week, but the opposition today was much more aggressive than on that occasion.
 Mr. Wilson was aided in advocacy of the measure by Messrs. Reed, republican, of Maine, Payne, republican, of New York, Turner, democrat, of Georgia, and Bynum, democrat, Of Indiana, all members of the committee on ways and means, who urged | that the joint resolution was business matter merely, disassociated from politics or anything of that kind, and which would result in a saving of $16 ,000, 900 to the peo- pie. Their efforts were seconded by Messrs. Daniels, republican, of New York, Stone, republican, of Penn nsylvania, Coombs and HandrjY damocfatR. of New York. Springer, democrat, of Illinois, and Cooper, democrat. of Florida.
 The opposition to the passage of the reso- Iution was led by MT. Hopkins, repubi- can, of Illinois, and Mir. Bryan, democrat, of Nebraska, members of the committee on ways and means, and it developed some startling points.
 Mir. Hopkins asserted that the president was not animated by patriotic motives in sending his latest message to congress, but desire to unload upon that body the re- spopsibility for a tran saction negotiated by his former law partner that would net the syndicate represented by him s25, 1000, ,O00. Mir. Bryan declared the scheme proposed | in the joint resolution to be another step in I the accomplishment of the conspiracy to strangle silver, and solemnly assured the house that so serious did he consider it to be that were there any probability of it's passage and the forfeiture of his life would prevail he would gladly lay down his lie in that behalf.
 Mir. Cannon, republican, of Illinois, hinted at impeachment, and MT. Hepburn, republican, of Iowa, said that republicans who favored the measure proposed a new policy, a repudiation of all the declarations of the party in the past and the institution of new policy that called for new fol- lowing.
 Other speeches against the joint resolu- tion were made by Messrs. McMillin, dem- ccrst, of Tennessee, Wheeler, democrat, of Alabama, and Grosvenor, republican, of Ohio, members of the committee on ways and means; Livin gston democrat, oi Geor. gia, Northway aud Hulick, republicans, of Ohio, Bland and Hatch, democrats, of Missouri, Rem, populist, of Nebraska, Simpson, populist, of Kansas, and Van Voorhis, republican, of New York.
 The vote was taken at o'clock upon the question, "Shall ths joint resolution be result being as stated-yeas 120, nays 167. "rhe bill Is dead," officially declared the speaker, and at 5:30 o'clock the house adjourned until tomorrow at Il o'clock. Following is the detailed vote on the gold bond joint resolution:
 Yeas-Messrs. Adams of Pennsylvania, Barnes, Batholdt, Barwig, Beckner, Beltz- hoover, Berry, Breckinridge, Breckner,
 Brosius, ByDum, Cadmus, Campbell,
 Clancy. Clarke oi Aiabama, Cobb of Mis-. of Indiana, Cornish, Covert, Grain, Cur tis of New York, Daniels, Davey,
 ES, BeForsst, Dinslsy, I,, Draper, ,,iOrs,n' Dunn
 Erdman, Everett, Fielder, Forman, Geary,
 Geisse hainer, Gillet of New York, Giliet of Massachusetts, GoldZier, German, Gra-
 ham, Gresham, Griffin of Michigan, Grout, Haines, Hall of Min uesota, Ham,
 KriObs, Lapham. LeFsvre. Lockwood. |.
 New York, McCreary of Kentucky,
 Msaasn mo,.s Msk'is u,obs4y Msyerb bN. Mont s
 Page, Paschall, Patterson, Payne. Pear,
 son, Pendle,on of West Virginia, Pigott,
 Powers, Price, Quigg, Ray, Reed, Reilly,
 Rcyburn, Richards of Ohio, Robinson of
 Pennsylvania, Russell of Connecticut,
 Sperry, Springer, Stevens. Stone (Charles
 w. Stone William Al Stone, Kentucky,
 Storer, Straus, Tarsney, Tracey, Turner of
 Georgia, Turpin. UPdegraff, Wadsworth,
 WiIsea sn'' of West Virginia, Wise, wolver''
 ton, Woomer, Wright-i20.
 nays-Messrs. Adams of Kentucky,
 Aiikin, Anderson, Alexander, Allen, Ar
 mold Avery Bailey, Baker of Kansas. Baker
 orado, Bell of Texas, Black of Georgia,
 of California, Bretz, Broderick, Brom-
 well, Brookshire, Brown, Bryan, Bundy,
 Bum, Caminetti, Cannon of California,
 souri, Cobb of Alabama, Cockrell, Cof-
 feen, Coffin, Cooper of Wisconsin,
 Cox, Crawford, Curtis of Kansas,
 Davis, DeArmond, Denson, Dlnsmore,
 Dockery, Deliver, Donovan, Doolittle,
 Edmunds, Ellis of kentucky, Ellis of Ore
 gon, Enloe, Epes, Fletcher, Funk, Fyan,
 Goodnight, Grady, Griffin of Wisconsin,
 Grosvenor, Grew, Hager, Hainer, Hall of
 Missouri, Hare, Harris, Hartman, Hatch,
 Haugen, Heard, Henderson of Illinois,
 Henderson of Iowa, Hepburn, Harmer,
 Hnt, Hooker of Mississippi, Hopkins oi
 Illinois Hopkins of Psnnsy lvania, Hudson,
 HuIick, Hull, Hunter, Hutchsson, ikirt,
 q M0.'h LDas. oas0'i iati@ep ks% Lawson, Layton, Lester, Linton, Little,
 Livingston. Loud. Lopdsnslagsr. Lucas. Marsh. Mct,leary of Minnesota, McCui. iuch, McDrnrrnond, McKsiEhan, MclAu- rn. MeMil.in, McNagny, Ndksl-