The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-28

| authorized the secretary to sell Onlteu States bonds for any purpose. MT, Allison, rep, of Iowa, member | of the committee on appropriations said the first duty of senators was tC see to it that the appropriations were | disposed of at the present session. He was in favor of the clause of that amendment-th one as to the certiti l cates of indebtedness, but he was not so clear as to the second clause.
 MT, Xnorhees, dem, of Indiana, chair man of the finance committee, said he | held that the secretary ought to have l authority to issue bonds or other se- | curities with the proceeds of which | to meet current expenses in the event of a failure of sufficient revenue from other sources, It was a power, how ever, that should remain dormant ex- cept when called into action by an actual and well defined emergency. It should not be left to discretion of the secretary.
 MT Noorhees. remarked that the cry that the governments credit was in peril was false There was not mar ket place, brokers shop, a banking house, a note-shaver's counter usur- CTS den on the face of the globe where the financial credit of the United States during the artificial, bank-made pale of the last two years had wavered for single instant,
 MT. Voorhees further said that the recent sale of bonds had called forth storms of harsh criticism and severe animadversion, but whatever faults ther might be in the transaction were to his mind largely atoned for by the glorious display it had given to the proud standard of American credit. The motives of the president and sec retary assaulted in the senate and elsewhere needed no defence
 MT. Voorhees, said he stood ready to vote for any measure to enable the gov ernment to discharge it's actual liabili- ties, but no request was made by the department for such action and he could see no necessity for such a step being taken at this time.
 MT. sherman argued that the amend ment was in order and would be wise to adopt it, or some other reasonable law, that would enable the secretary to car- " on the operations of the treasury He said he would not retire dollar of the greenbacks, although he would not increase their amount He believed they were the favorite currency of the people and that with s346 1000, ,OOO of them in the treasury and one hundred mill lions ih gold there would be no danger in the future, After remarks by Sena- tors Aldnlch and Stewart MT. Hill i'm sisted on the point of order and sug- gested that if 1t were overruled and the gates of debate opened on it they would not close before March A. He thought it wise to accept the statement of the sec retary and not at this stage to enter on a new and uncertain field. He thought the proposed provisions as to bonds would be reflection on what had been done.
 Mir Teller, rep, of Colorado, said if the amendment were ruled to be in or der there would be no sundry civil bill within reasonable time. He moved to lay the amendment on the table
 MT German referred to the remarks made by certain senator to the state ment that they would persist in discuss ing the entire question. He said in view of the determination of senators
 
 cilitating the business of the session he was instructed by the committee to withdraw the amendment.
 MT. Mills dem, of Texas, offered an amendment repeating all laws that au- thorize the secretary to sell United States bonds for any purpose.
 A point of order was made by MT. Aldrich and was sustained. So MT. Mills amendment was excluded.
 Several small amendments were made, including the following:
 Appropriation money for a number of public buildings
 For board to confer with any sim liar board to be appointed by the gov ernment of Great Britain as to a nav iga ble canal between the lakes and the Atlantic ocean.
 Unanimous consent was given that the bill shalD be voted on at D. m. to- morrow and this agreement dispensed with the necessity of a night session. An amendment that was offered by MT Bate, dem., of Tennessee, in reference to the Tennessee Industrial exposition gave an opportunity to MT. Chandler, rep, of New Hampshire, to make one of his characteristic speeches. aM
 He would take opportunity to Submit some political remarks in connection with the way in which the democratic power in the senate had been obtained, and also say what he desired to say in relation to the woeful condition of the southern states, in three of which law ful governors were kept out and unlaw- fu1 governors put in. The amendment went over.
 MT. Stewart, po., of Nevada, moved to reconsider the vote by which Mir Vol cott's bimetallic conference amendment was agreed to-. The motion went over.
 MT. Wolcott offered an amendment s50O,O00 for mint at Den yer, Col, of which $10O,OOO should be available during this fiscal year. The was agreed to.
 After an executive session the senate 
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