The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-28
THE BOND BILL TAKEN UP
HOtSE glSSES 4 EESULuTION
 LiHITING DEBATE,
TaMT niu in tho senate Read Twloe and Referred to tho Finance Committee.


 Referred to tho Finance Committee,
 Washington, De. 2T-Whcu the house convened this morning there was every indication that the bond bill would have tempesmous voyage through that body. The opposition was not confined to democrats and free au- Yer republicans, as a number of New England members denounced the prop ositlon In vigorous terms.
 Cyrus Adams Subway of New Itamp- shire, the tallest man in tho house, i declared openly that he was opposed ,o 1 the proposition to rush such an import ant measure through the house under whip and spur, as in the case of the tariff bill yesterday. He astonished some of his party friends by declaring open hostility to Speaker Needs meth ods, and said he did not propose to sacrifice the republican party to gratify the personal ambitions of one man. i tMcaning Speaker Reen.
 1 ITo said that he would not vote for 1 the proposed gag law, "for" said he, If this bond bill canno, be defended | in the house of it's friends We should know it now and not put a paddock i upon our lips and then be sent home 1 to try to explain our nasty action to our constttuents.'
 1 This scnlimen. was not confined to NIr, Subway, for many other New 1 England republicans have said that 1 they were forced to act too hastily yes 1 terday in putting through the tariff l bill
 i Representative Walker of Massachu- ! setts chairman of the committee on | banking and currency, does not hesi- ! tate to say that he has been ignored | by those who framed the proposed l bond bill, and he feels that he should | have been consulted by Speaker Reed and the ways and means committee. | Representative Barrett of Massachu- setts stated before the house met that if he should be obliged to vote for the proposed bill he would vote against applying the gag rule" to secure its passage and cut off reasonable discus sion on 1t and opportunity 10 propose amendments. He said that the commit | tee on ways and means had decided to modify the original bond bill so as to make it perfectly clear that the proposed bill does not permit the re- | tirement of the greenbacks. | The committee made this concession to gratify the opponents of the bill It ] also agreed to extend the time for the 1 debate so as to postpone the vote until l tomorrow
 1 The committee of seven appointed by 1 the Ebbitt house republican caucus last night to protest against pushing the ! bond bill through the house to-day had ! d long conference this morning with ! Speaker Reed and Messrs. Henderson and Dalzel, the majority members of ! the committee on rules,
 l MT Frederick of Kansas. the chair man of the caucus committee, explain 1 ed the purpose of the caucus, the sen- | tjments expressed by the various mem | bers, and added that these were the |fertiments of republicans holding di- ! verse views on the silver question. He urged that the time for debate on the | bond bill be extended, and that the re- publican opponents on the measure l SilDtlu lU g GbutIbl bl LIltIl DN II tune. l According to one of the me mbers pres | ent there was a disposition on the part | of a majority of the rules committee not i ,n comply with the request made to 1 them. This led ona of the visitors to state that they represented eighty re- i publican votes against the measure 1 which, together with a solid dsmocrat- l ic minority, would be sufficient to de. feat it.
 A general conversation followed, which
 resulted in an agreement with the speaker that resolution should be re ported from the rules committee xtend- ing debate until o'clock on Saturday afternoon, and giving the dissatisfied republicans control of their time, as re- l que,st5d.
 It was also agreed-and this the op- posing republicans consider a matter 3f great importance-that the bond blll shall be voted upon by sections. This permits them to support the last sec-
 ton, providing for the issuance of $50,- GOO of certificates of indebtedness, and to oppose the first section which l specifically authorizes the bond issue To-day's session of the house will be supplemented by a night session, which
 will begin at o'clock in order that
 the fullest opportunity for debate shall
 be had.
 The opposition 10 the bond bill which
 developed with unexpected rapidity
 among the republicans in the house y sterday-an opposition which, it is
 asserted, threatened 10 defeat the pas
 sage of the blI-rasulted in it's amend
 ment by the ways and mans commit
 tee this morning so as to prevent the retirement of the legal tender notes.
 The implied rsircmant of this notes
 in the bill as originally agreed upon l furnished the inspiration for much or
 the hostility to the measure among cor-
 tain republicans who belong to what
 ,s termed "the sound mon wing of
 the party" The action of the commit- tee nullifies this hostility, and in -hc
 language of Mr. Hopkins cf Illinois ! through whose efforts the bill Was
 amended, "insure it's passage through 1 thp house"