Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-01-05
FOR ANOTHER CAUCUS.
House Democrats Want to Dis
 cuss the Currency Bill.
TALK OF ISSUING MORE BONDS.

MT. Lodge Brings the Hawaiian Question
 Again Before the Senate-Mr. Hendrix
 and MT. Hepburn Enliven the House bS
 Sharp Debating.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-The Hawaiian question was again brought before the public in the senate by the discussion of the resolution introduced by Mir. Lodge of Massachusetts calling on the secretary of the navy for information why the United, States ships had been withdrawn from Hawaiian waters The debate, which was interesting throughout, consumed the greater portion of the morning hour, and nG its close the resolution took its place on the calendar and now can be taken up only by unanimous consent. The debate was listened to attentively by senators and the visitors in the galleries.
 MT. Morgan concluded his speech on the Nicaragua canal bill, after which the bin making appropriations for support of the Military academy for the fiscal year 1896 was passed It carries an appropriation of S42O 900, reduction of $41, S60 as passed by the house.
 The senate then, after brief executive session. adjourned until Monday.
 The general debate on the currency bill. which again consumed the time of the uOuScj WILL COHblhuC buO StluCuS lS held Then, if the present plans of the advocates of the bill are indorsed, the de- bate will go on under the five minute rule until Thursday of next week, when the final vote will be taken.
 The feature of the days debate was the speech made in opposition to the measure by Representative Hendrix, New York banker. He declared that the bill would be inadequate as measure of relief for the treasury and besides would not pro vide for an unsOund currency. He sug- gested as the only measure of relief the passage of a bill to fund the greenbacks. The other speakers were Messrs. Hepburn Qa.), Dingley (Me.) and Gresham CTex). Hepburn Answers Hendrix. Mir. Hendrix spoke over an hour and was given close attention. He was liberal ly applauded when he took his scat. Mir. Caruth (Dcm.. Ky.) eulogiZed Sec retary Carlisle, commended the efforts of the administration to solve the currency problem and relieve the treasury and in I dorsed the pending measure. He depre- catcd the position of members who criti- 1 cised the bill because it did not suit their individual views, but who offered nothing | better
 Mir. Hepburn (Rep., Ia.) formerly as l sistant secretary of the treasury, briefly re-
  E as self heralded national banker who came here with oracular utterances to tell l the house what to do. MT. Hepburn said | his self laudatiOn was impaired by the recollection of his speech Is months ago, 4 when the same condition existed, but I when Mr Hendrix found the panacca for, i all financial ills in the repeal of the Sher 1 man silver law.
 1 MT Hepburn declared that Mr Hendrix had pointed out unwittingly the remedy 1 for the present evil when he told the 1 house that the great banking houses of Europe exercised their discretion about depicting tlseir gold vaults.
 Why will not the secretary of the treas ury exercise the same discretion:' he asked amid round of applause. The exercise of this discretion did not impair the credit | of European banks. Who dared to say that the credit of this country, with 63. = 900, 900 people behind it, and that an unlimited taxing power would be impair l cd because it refused to kncel at tho de mands of the Shylocks: Applause
 Why have not the Republicans Cxercis- ed that discretion:" asked Mir Pence Pop, Colo)
 l "1 have not been secretary of the treas ury," replied Mir Hepburn hotly. When I am I will answer l am as fully con vinced however, as I am that I am alive that if the secretary of the treasury were now to exercise his discretion and pay gold where legitimate redemptiOns were asked, and refuse it to sharks and speculators. the evils from which we suffer would cease to be. ' Applause.