The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-28


Waller Brought Up.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-The Senate
was enlivened to-day by o spirited and
somewhat personal debate in which Mr..
Hill, OF New York, and Mr.. Teller, Of
Colorado. were the principal figures.
The New York Senator precipisated the
bond question by Offering resolution
directing that future bond issues to re-
new the gold reserve nhould bear pro-
vision thst they would be payable in
gold or oliver at she option of the holder.
speech setting forth the difficulties of
negotiating bonds under the uncertain
ties of the present law and then brenched
out In general discussion of finance,
among other things urging the permA-
nent retirement of the greenbacks in &C.
cordance with the recommend lions of
the President. and Secretary OF the
Treasury.
MIR. Teller's reply to Mr.. Hill was
cutting, Barcassic and personal. He
repudiated and protested against the
efforts of the President and all his eide
wsiters" to defame the credit of the
United States. He spoke of the recent
visit to Washington of great banker,
one OF these who had participated in
the "dishonorable or imbecile" bond
transaction OF last yesr. Again this
banker was invited TO Washington to
help the country out OF dilemma. Mr..
Teller asserted that United States secu-
rites were the choice of the markets Of
the world and the only attack ever
made on them came from ahe presen {
executive and his representatives in the
8 ,nate.
Mr.. Hill made spirited reply, call
Ing forth disclaimer from Mr.. Teller
that he had mean to designate the New
York Senator as eide waiter" to Mr..
Cleveland. MIR. Hill declared that he
spoke for neither the President nor the
Secretary OF the Treasury, but only for
himself.
The galleries were crowded during
the debate, and the Senators, az we'll as
spectators. keenly enjoyed the caustic
tilt.
Mr.. Allen Pop, Nebraska) added his
protest TO that of Mr.. Teller sg sinat the
defamation OF our national credit. No
Anal action on the Hill resolution was
taken.
Two tariff Rdditionals made their ap.
peersnce, one by Mr.. Burrows, placing
on tho dutiable list many articles now
on the free list, and the other by Mr..
Quay, increasing the duties on lost to-
bacco. a resolution was agreed to &C
cepting the ram Katabdin, which re-
Gently failed to meet tn, required con.
ditions; also resolution for tho form j
traDefer OF the Utah administra ton
from the Territorial to tho now State
authorities. The bill making Palm
Beach, Fla, support of entry and de-
livery was passed, and at 2 40 p. m. the
Senate adjourned until Monday.
House Proceedings
The House to. day entered upon the
consideration Of the bond bill which, in
conjunction with the tariff bill passed
yesterday, constitutes the relief which
tho Republican House of Representa-
tives offers the Democratic executive to
meet the existing financial situation.
The bill aroused Tie united opposition
of the Democrats and Populists, the
gold Democrats being arreyed against It
because they claimed 1t did not give thu
secretary the authority to issue gold
bonds with which he desired to replen-
ish the reserve and the silver Demo
Gratis on the geound OF their general CD =
position to bond issues.
The latter commended that the raids of
the Treasury could be stopped If the
Secretary would use his discretion to
redeem notes in silver when the re- :
serve WAS threatened. In the Republi-
| can ranks also there developed such
bitter opposition to the bill as origl-
nally drawn and the proposition to force
the bill to vote to-day, that the Re.
publican members Of the committee on
ways and means incorporated IN IL an
amendment especially declaring that
nothing In the act should be construed
as modification or repeal Of the act of
1878 for the reissue of the greenbacks
when redeemed, aud tho committee on
rules extended the limit OF debate until
tomorrow at o'clock. but declined 10
give the members the opportunity to
debate at that time
The feature of the day WAS speech
from johnson. (Rep.s Cal appealing to
his Republican colleagues to vote
against the bill. He scored the Re-
publican leaders for bringing in the
bill. He said he had voted for the
revenue measure yesterday under pro-
test, but he refused to follow them on
the present. bill. Political expediency
which involved g surrender of principle,
he declared. would never succeed. Tue
debate ran far into the night. The
principal speeches were made by Messrs.
DingIey, Maine. and Grosvenor, Ohio,
Republicans; and Messrs. Turner. Gsor-
rrto I'D Dntk