The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-02-06
READY FOR A BOND ISSUE
ADvJyJSTRA TON WAITING FOR TIE
DISPOSAL or THE BANKING BILL.
North C,roIinians Who Voted Against
Southern War Claims-Mr. Jo-e'
Winning Supporters
TIMES BUREAU. RAPLEY BUILDING.
W.s,,xcroS. February 2 1898.
" iSrINrT y. TeDIUaTY D. 1919.

| Tr,frs BuRrAu, RAPLEY BUILDING.
| W,suIvcToN. February 3. 1895.
! The preparations for the bond issue
have been completed at the Treasury
Department. and everything IS in read
ross for the announcement. The guests.
however. will not be hidden to the feast
until some definite conclusion is reached
an the remedial bill now pending in the
/ House As vote will hardly be reached
on This measure before Thursday after
J noon N may be that the announcement
] will not be made until next week, and
/ there is n bare possibility that II viii
I not be made at all, as there is chance
/ of the House coming to its proper senses
/ and passing the aIneHueu currency Dill VI
/ n substitute therefor.
II there ever had been n doubt that
/ the Republicans held the key TO the
situation IT was dispeled by Congress
/ man SwansOn's speech today. as it IS
/ supposed that he represented the views
/ Of some Of the silver men as well as
! those Of the advocates or State banks.
| These gentlemen VIII oppose the measure
for a great many reasons, only one OF
| which however it Is necessary 10 men
J lion. Free silver and State banks are
| popular with their constituents. There
! is no possibility Of a compromise coming
/ from them and no probability Of their
| accepting one.
/ with this condition Of affairs existing
/ I'm the House relief to me treasury ana
! the country must come from combina-
! ton Of patriotic Democrats ana f'puDh-
| cans. or not at all.
| Tho opinious on the result OF the vote
| on the Springer biz are various some
! predict its passage by the House. whie
! Others are equally certain that II viii
| not command seyenty-hve votes In IT'S
! present shape.
! The homes of those who are honestly
| DESTROYS for some kind OF legislation arc
! centered I'm the present bin amended, or
a substitute for the whole business.
/ 4Hr SOUTHERN WAR CLAIMS.
! The anal, sis Of the vote by which the
| rule 10 call ~ the southern war claims
was Yesterday defeated in the House
shows that there are other things besides
polItics chat make strange bed-fellOWs,
aud the wonder in tho minds Of the
| southern contingent in Washington to-day
| IS why men like Alexander. Grady, Hen
| derson and Crawford Of North Carolina,
are recorded as voting with such south
orn haters as Boutelle German. Circuit
and Jerry Simpson. 10 prevent an APP
| propriation 10 pay southern war claims
! that have already received the approval
of the United States Court Of CHAINS
and the Committee on War Claims OF
| the present House OF Congress. In thi5
connection a gentleman approached Con
| gresham Jones on the floor OF the House
| this morning. and said: Jones ] have
! been opposed 10 your course here IN rel
! crencc to pension claims; not that | did
not think YOU were generally in the right
because i'm every instance, whore ! nave
| been present. | was satisfied That you
were right but I thought that such OPP
| position coming from southern source
was. 10 say the least impoltc. bul
| when | sat here yesterday ana saw 'haI
! solid northern vote arrayed against our
people. and knew why It was done ! i'iI
how utterly useless it was for us TO oiler
the olive branch even now. thirty years
! after the unfortunate struggle was over
DANIELS AMEN NJ Mt.
In the Senate this morning the amend
ment offered yesterday by Senator
Daniel to the District Of Columbia APP
uroprfation bin was the theme of a some
what animated discussion. The amend
meut appropriates $25.230 FOR the purpose
Of constructing a single street railway
track upon the Aqueduct bridge, actos5
the Potomac between Roslynn, Va, ana
Georgetown, to be used in making the
necessary alterations i'm the superstruc-
ture. and. further that the Comm ssioners
OF the District Of Columbia are autno,-
lied and directed to permit the use OF
said railway track by street railway com
panies chartered under the laws OF IT.
einia. and operating a road or roads ter
minating at Roslyn, Va, under reSula-
tions adopted by said COMMISSIONER
and upon the payment Of toll 10 be
fixed by them, which shall not be less
than one cent per passenger carried
in cars over the bridge.
The amendment was vigorously opposed
bv Senator Faulkner and several other
senators, and as warmly advocated by
Senators Daniel and Hunton.
Congressman Tyler received kilograms
this evening from leading Democrats fl
his district informing him That the con-
test proceedings instituted by Initei
States District Attorney Borland his late
opponent for Congress. had been with
drawn.
RICHMOND HEADS THE LIST.
Among the executive documents sent to
Congress to-day was a letter from the
Secretary OF the Treasury TRANSMITTING
a list Of judgments from the Court oil
Claims, amounting to $90.0Sl.5l, in favor
of letter carriers i'm the various cities or
the United States for extra pay. flch-
mond heads the list from virginia WIN
judgments I'm favor of thirty-two car
yiers for 4 total amount Of $j,ll5.iS. Pc
tcrsburg has six, with total of Siji55
and Roanoke five. with a total ol
81 ,l3S 80.
The House Committee on Elections held
their regular meeting this morning, az
which the RlcaarGson-Belknap e,ntest,
from the Grand Rapids district of Michi-
gan, was argued
Judge J. r. Harris. one Of the counsel
for Colonel j. Thomas GoOde, i'm the con-
test from the Fourth Virginia district
was present in the interest OF his client
but was unable to get the committee 10
fix a day for disposing OF the case, al
though the chairman grudgingly stated, in
his boorsh manner, that probably the
case would be taken up at the next meet
ing Of the committee
SOCIAL CHAT AT THE CAPITOL.
The METROPOLITAN Hotel. headquarters
for southern representatives. and their
fpnlilies. WASH scene of the most charm
ing and delightful reception Monday
evening from 70 6 o'clock.
The spacious parlors Of this noted hos
telry, brilliantly lighted and proiusely
decorated with palms end potted plants
and filed with the flower Of southern
youth and beauty, resident and visiting
at the Capital, was a scene well calcu-
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