St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-08
ENOS Growers BILL.
House Ruthlessly SIaughtePs
Still Another Financial
Measure.
KILLED ON THIRD READING
After a Decisive Defeat for
the Reed and Cox Sub
stitutes.
WAS NOT A PARTY VOTE,
But a Majority of Republicans
Are to Be Found in the
Nay Column.
WAS NOT A PARTY VOTE,

NAY NGI UlI1ns
WASHINGTON, Feb. .7.-The last hope
OF financial legislation for the relief of
the treasury at the present session of
congress went by the board when tile
house this afternoon by vote Of l94 to
1G1 rejected The administration bill to
authorize an issue of $500, ,OCO,OCO gold
bonds. The bill was beaten before it
reached its parliamentary stage. This
result was reached after three days of
spirited, and at times, heated debate,
and at the end Of seventh session,
from II until $50 o'clock today, when
the bill with the pending substitutes
was reported to the house from the
committee of lthe whoie. amendments
were offered in rapid succession, most
of which were voted down as fast as
they were offered. Many of them were
designed to load down the bill, and The
votes thereon were in no sense test
votes. The Bell amendment, for in
stance, to make the bonds payable in
gold and silver was defeated by the de-
cisiYe vote of rs to 1O6, while the bill
was defeated by 134 to 161 Both the
Reed and Cox substitutes with the
amendments thereto were rejected after
the bill was reported to the house. The
Reed substitute authorizing the issue of
,3- FC fI Io 5-E rFt ~
gold reserve and certificates of indebt-
edness to defray deficiencies in the
revenues was lost, 100 to 1S7. 1t was
party vote, save for the fact that
seven Democrats and Cannon, OF Call
fornia. voted forit When the question
came up on the third reading and en-
Rrossment of the bill the
Whole Opposition Concentrated.
While the.vote was being taken which
resulted in the refusal of the house to
order the third reading. the interest
centered in the vote of Mr. Reed He
sat quietly in his seat during the first
call and did not answer to his name. but
on the second call he voted for the bill.
As soon as The result was announced,
Mr.. Reed attempted to make an explain
alton of the attitude OF himself and
those of his colleagues who had voted
for the bill. but objections were made.
He afterwards explained, however, that
he had submitted a proposition (his own
substitute which he considered would
meet the situation. The Democrats had
rejected this, and then he and many of
his colleagues, although opposed to
features of the bill, had voted for II in
the hope tnat it would pass and be
amended in the senate Mir. Springer
then moved to reconsider the vote by
which the third reading was refused,
but this motion was laid on the table.
I35-l23, and the bill was killed, parlia--
mentarIly speaking. An analysis of the
vote shows that A Republicans and 90
Democrats voted for the bill. and 30
Republicans. 81 Democrats and Popu-
lists voted against it.
an DetatL
WASHINGTON, Feb s. The house
met at II O'Clock today. Some routine
business was transacted before the de-
bate on the bond bill was resumed
Bills were passed as follows:
To give h0mesteaders preference
rights at the opening of the abandoned
Fort Jupiter military reservation in
Florida; to authorize the Iowa & Ne
braska PontOOn Bridge company to
construct a wagon bridge across the
Missouri river at Sioux City. etc.
Mr. GrOSVenOr (Rep., o. asked uuan-
nous consent for the consideration of a
oinL resolution for the appointment of
committee to investigate the validity
OF the election in Tennessee last No
vember. II object to the consideration
Of that resolution" shouted Mr.. Cox
Dem.. Tenn. The state of Tennes-
see can take care of itself" D."
The house then went into committee
Of the whole and resumed the consider
alton of the administration bill TO au-
thorize the issue of $500. coo, 600 of gold
bonds. The pending question was that
OF the chair ruling the amendment of
Nr. Bland Dem. Mo- out of order.
The chair was sustained. $50 to 50.
Mr.. Brosius. (Rep., Pa offered an
amendment providing that such bonds
of the denominations OF $50. $50 and SlOC
as could be disposed of should be de-
posted for safe with national banks Sc
lected by tie secretary of the treasury.
SIckIes Eloquent fer Grover.
MI Sickles, Dem, n. y made an
eloquent appeal for the passage OF the
bill. lie believed, he said, that the de-
liUerations of the house upon this ques
ton marked an important epoch in the
history OF tins country He was not a
fnanCier. he frankly admitted. but he
desired to express his deep sense of the
Importance of this measure. and his
solemn belief that the welfare and
honor Of this country were involved in
tOday's action upon it, He had had oc.
caSion to differ in the past with the ex-
ecutiye, the choice Of his own party,
but lie forgot those differences when he
witnessed the brave, manly action OF
the president in the present financial
crisis.
Mr.. Cleyeland's words were worthy OF
the most illustriOus of our statesmen,
and he forgot all in admiration of Mr.
Cleyelaud's course on this question.
This was not the time, he continued. tc
settle definitely and permanently tho
future of silver or of bank notes. Il
was 4 supreme moment in our history
such crises occur in the history of all
nations when we must meet cur obli-
cations or default.
'If my long ljie," he concluded,