Evening journal., 1895-02-19
SILVER TO THE FRONT.
Western Men Get q Free Coin~
age Bill Before the Senate.
IT is TO BE FORCED 10 A VOTE.

senator Gray Disoloses the Fact That tile
Bond Contract wa. signed at a Moment
When the Treasury Gould 40 Longer Meet
the Demands Made Upon II For Gold.
WAsHINoToN, Feb. l9.-By a bold par
llGmentary move the silver men Of the sem
ate under the leadership Of Senator Jones
Of Arkansas forced aside all other pend
ing business, including appropriation bills,
and By vote OF 80 to % made the bill for
the unrestricted coinage Of silver the un-
finished business before the senate
Having succeeded in this, Mr. Jones
gave notice that the silver bill would be
kept before the senate until "a final vote
was secured before adjournment today.
From the strength shown by the silver
men ON the votes there was little doubt OF
Mr. Jones' ability 70 secure the vote today
unless obstructive tactics and a test Of
physical endurance are inaugurated.
The move Of the silver men came as the
climax Of an exciting day in the senate.
For two hours at the opening of the session
there was renewal Of the attack and de-
| Tense, the charge and oountercharge con-
cerning the course Of the president and
the secretary Of the treasury in negotiating
the recent bond contract with foreign bank
ers.
The two notable speeches of the day
were made by Mr. Gray Of Delaware, whose
relations with the administration are such
that his uttcrances in defense Of the presi-
dent and secretary were regarded as re-
fleoting the attitude Of the executive
branch and by Mr. Sherman Of Ohio,
/ whose financial views are always received
with marked attention.
Gray Blames Congress.
Mr. Gray placed the responsibility for
the bond contract on congress, asserting
that the president had fully warned con-
| gress Of the inevitable result if the present
| financial laws were not revised. The SEN
ator declared that the drain of gold had
become so tremendous that the subtreas.
lry at New York might not hold out an.
other "a hours. In this crisis the president
had acted quickly in order 10 maintain
the parity of the metals and thus uphold
the honor of the country. Mr. Gray as
serted that the people Of the country would
not forget that the American congress hao
deserted the president in the hour OF trial
Mr. Shermans criticisms of the bone
contract were none the less severe becaus,
Of the calm and dispassionate manner il
which he set forth what he termed "iti
hard and impoliticn features, and the Sex
cessive" rate of interest allowed on 30 yea
bonds. Mr. sherman declared that n,
bonds should be issued except to be takel
by the people Of the United States and HI
asserted the abundant ability of Ameri
cans to furnish all the gold necessary. Tn
Ohio senator did not, however question
the presidents position in favor Of goi,
! payments. but presented tfr facts Of al
bond issues sinc 1869. showing that th
government had always received gold 70
its bonds and was bound By common hon
esty to pay in goid.
The agricultural appropriation bill wa
finally passed.
In the house tile day, under the rules
WAS suspension day. -Four bills were il
this manner considerable promote til
} efficiency Of the revenue cutter service 4
cqualize the pensions Of Mexican veteran
Z by making them all Sl2 per month undo
tho general law, to equalize the duties an
pay Of steamboat inspection service, an
to authorize the Altamonte Water CON
pany to construct dams acr0ss the 81
} Louis and Cloquet rivers
The first and last bills failed to secur
the necessary two-thirds The bill to equal
} ize the pay Of Mexican veterans viii benS
fit about 1900 pensioners by increasin
their pensions an aggregate Of 81 600 00C
A bill was passed to grant to the state {
Alabama for public uses the Mount Wen
| non military reservation. The last huu
was devoted to q discussion Of q point {
order raised by Mr Sayers against an itei
l in the naval apDrOnriatiOn bill