Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-02-15
STRANGLED AGAIN.
Financial Legislation Asked for
by the President.
GOLD BOND BILL QUICKLY KILLED.

Not Allowed To He Read the Third Time,
the Vote Against It Being 167 to 1.O
for It-Reed Has . Scheme That Fails
to- Materinlize - Western Republicans
Against the Biil-Populists Issue an Ad-
dress to Their Party Adheren:s.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-The third at
tempt OF the administration at this ses-
sion to secure legislation looking to the
relief Of the treasury failed in the house
yesterday. First, the Carlisle bill for the
reform of the currency system went
down; next, the bill for the issue Of $500, =
OO1.VoO of gold bonds. and the retirement
of the legal tenders recommended in the
presidents special message, was defeated
last Thursday by majority of q, and
yesterday the house by a majority even
larger (iO refused to order to a third
reading the resolution in which it was
proposed to authorize the issue of g.. .O00, :
COO of 8 per cent. gold bonds to substitute
for the per cent. thirty year coin bonds
sold by Secretary Carlisle under the con-
tract with the Rothschild- Morgan bond
syndicate.
Interesting and Lively Debate.
The action of the house was the cul-
mination of the exciting events which
have occurred since the president sent his
special message to congress which result
cd in the report from the ways and means
committee Of the resolution to authorize
the issue of the gold bonds. A special or
der was brought in as soon as the house
met in the morning to bring the resolu-
tion to a vote at 6 o'clock last evening.
The debate upon the resolution, which
lasted over five hours, was of an interest
ing and at times lively character. bus
there was nothing new said. All the old
straw was threshed over. The admins
tration should be impeached for making
n private contract, was one of the claims
made by opponents of the resolution and
was the most sensational part Of the de-
bate.
Spoke Against God Bonds.
The galleries Were packed and there
was much confusion on the floor. but the
interest conferred in the course which tho
Republicans would pursue, it being con-
ceded that the fate of the resolution rest
ed with them There was much maneu-
licans west of the Alleghenies, led by
Hopkins and Cannon of Illinois, started
off with impetuous speeches against a
gold bond that would discriminate against
the bonds already issued. Reed and his
eastern friends sought in private confer
once to rally all to united action.
Reed Had-o-fAasle Plan.
His plan was to allow the resolution to
90 to n third reading and then move to
recommit it with instructions to report
back bill similar to that which he of.
fcrcd as Il substitute for the gold bond bill
last week, providing for 3 per cent. ''coin"
bonds. For time il seemed possible that
this arrangement would be agreed to, but
after stirring speech by Hepburn of Iowa
the middle and western Republicans
broke away, determined to defeat the
third reading of the resolution, lest by
some chance it might carry ii it passed
this parliamentary stage. The eastern
Republicans then decided to support it.
The speeches of Wilson, Reed, Hopkins,
and Bryan were the features of the debate
How the Vote Was Divided.
Analysis of the vote shows that 50 DEM
ocrtts and 81 Republicans Q2) in alD
voteI in favor of the resolution, and 9S
Democrats, 62 Republicans and Popu-
lists (l6, in alb against. The yea vote was
rs follows on IA motion that the bill be
read the third tine: Adams OF Pennsyl-
vania- Aldrich. Apsley, Babcock, Bald
win, Barnes, Bartholdt, Barwig, Beck
ner, BeltzGoov, Berry. Breckinridge,
Brickner, BIo,iUs, Bynum. Cadmus
Campbell, Ciruth, Ca,chings. Causey,
Chickering, Clancy, Clark of Alabama
Cobb of Missouri, Coombs, Cooper of
Florida Cooper of Indiana, Cornish, Co.
vert, Grain, Curtis of New YORK, Daniels,
Davey. Detorcst, Dingley, Draper. Dunn,
Durborow, English of California, Erd-
man, Everett, Fielder. Forman, Gcary,
Geissenhainer Gillet of New York. Giliet
of Massachusetts,, Goldzer, German,
Graham, Gresham, Griffin of Michigan,
Grout, Haines, Hall of Min
nesota, Hammond, Hayes, Har.
rison, Hendrix, Henry. Kr.b5s
Lapham, Lefever, Lockwood, Lynch,
Martin of Indiana, Marvin of New York,
McCrary of kentucky, McGann. Nc
kaig, Meyer. Montgomery, Morse,
Mutchler, O'Neill of Massachusetts.
o'Neill of Missouri. Page. Paschal, Pat
tcrson, Payne, Pearson, Pendleton of
West Virginia Pigott, Powers, Price,
Quigg. Ray. Reed, Reilly, Reyburn,
Richards OF Ohio, Robinson Of Pennsyi.
vania, Russell of Connecticut, Ryan,
Schermerhorn, Sickles, Sorg, Sperry,
Springer, Stevens, Charles W. Stone,
William \. Stone, Stone of Kentucky,
Storcr, Strauss, Tarsney, Tracey. Turner
of Georgia, Turpin, Updegraff, wads-
worth. Wanger, Warner. Washington,
Wells. Wilson of West Virginia, Wise,
w olverton, Woomer, Wright-total IaO