The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-29

lief to the Treasury; these concur with
me in the belief that these bonds are
payable in coin at the option of the gov
eminent because they think there Is no
necessity Tor 1t Gentlemen on that side
believe that the obligations OF the gov
erpment should be paid In gold. II you
believe you owe IT TO your country, you
owe 1t to your Treasury and to the tax
burdened people of the country to vote
to obtain 1t. II I believed as you do
should have felt myself unworthy to
longer be representative of the Amer
lean people IL failed to supportA prop
oaition that would save the people mil.
lions"
He called attention to the fact that
Speaker Reed, Mr.. Dingley, Mr. Paine
and others last year voted with large
number OF Democrats to issue gold"
bonds. BE said the object of the other
side WAS simply to seem TO do something
in response to the demand OF the execu.
tive, when they know they are abso-
lutely doing nothing, unless 1t was TO
iDjure and embarrsss the Treasury.
"Is my friend from Georgia arguing"
asked Mr.. Boutelle, "that we ought to
follow the advice Of the President and
issue gold bondsp"
my argument is," replied Mr.. Crisp,
that II you believed, as you claim, that
the obligations of the Governments were
payable In gold, you should have had
the courage to vote to insert the word
gold"
Mr.. Boutelle-"But does the gontle-
man from Georgia think he is going to
help the crodit OF the country to any ex
tent by proclaiming to the world his be-,
lief, that no does not think the bonds
are payable in gold2 ?"
Mr.. Crisp-"I am not pnraiing my
views. was only arguing as to the
want OF consistency OF the gentlemen on
the other side"
II owe 1t to myself to say" concluded
MIR. Crisp, that do not believe in the
retirement Of the greenbacks, that do
not believe In tho single standard, that
do not believe in contracting the cur
contracted by the retirement OF green
backo. Nor do believe in depressing
the debtors OF this country and of the
world as they would be oppressed by
fixing the STANDARD Of value wholly
upon one metal (Applsuse.)
Mr.. Da'zell (Rer., Pa.) closed the de-
bate for the maj ,rity.
The vote was then taken on tho first
section of the bill amid good deal of
Suspense and nervousness. Several
friends Of the measure, notably Mr.
Dingley, kept individual tallies. When
the announcement of the passage of the
bill was made. 1859 to 1875. there was q
burst OF applause. The second section
WAS agreed to without division.
Mr.. Hit (Hep Ill.) chairman Of the
foreign affairs committee, reported back
with favorable report the resolutions
calling on the State Department for all
information regarding the trial and ar
rest of John L. Waller; also calling for
report on the alleged firing on tho
Henry L. Crosby by the Santo Domingo
troops December 10, 1898, and calling
for all correspondence between the
State Department and Spain relating to
the war in progress in Cuba. They
were all agreed to without objection.
The resolution reported back by the
committee in lieu Of the Barrett 1880
luton for an inquiry into the advisable
ity of impeaching Thomas e Bsyard,
ambassador to Great Britain, for report.
cd speeches made at Boston, England,
and Edinburgh, Scotland, was substan-
TALLY the Mccall resolution requesting
the President to inform the House
whether any steps had been taken to
ascertain the correctness of the reported
speeches, and II true what o.ion II any
had been TAKEN thereon.
Mr.. Hit explained that everything
Offensive had bsen eliminated from the
resolution, making it simply one of in
quiry 1t nlso was agreed to, although
Mr.. McCresry (Dem Kentucky gave
notice that he would debate the ques-
tion when the reply was laid before the
House.
Mr.. Cummings (Dsm., New York;
presented favorable report from the
committee on naval affairs on the Joint
resolution for the acceptance of the ram
Kahtadin.
AT 4:s5 p m. tho House adjourned
until next Tuesday.