The record-union., 1895-12-28
NATIONAL LEGISLATURE
TcoNT1NUED FROM FIRST PAeE.l

a Democratic tariff bill for revenue
only. Gaughter)
Let us be consistent with our rec
ord, said Johnson, ''let us stand by the
rule which we adopted many years ago,
that we will not issue bonds in time of
peace, but that we will pile up revenue
even if we have to re-enact the McKin-
ley tariff bill until the receipts exceed
the expenditures
This outburst against the bill from
Republican standpoint was followed by
speech in its favor by another Rspub-
lican.
The proceedings of the afternoon ses-
sion were concluded by Wheeler Oem.)
OF Alabama. He spoke for a few mo-
7nents in opposition to the bill, and was
interrupted by the fall of the gavel at 5
o'clock, when the Speaker announced
that under the rule the House would
take a recess until Z 80 o'clock
There were not more than a dozen Re-
publicans in their seats when Speaker
Reed called the House to order at
O'Clock, but later in the evening the at
tendance increased to at least 100 mem
bers.
The first speech in favor of the bill
was made by Wellington Rep) of
Maryland. He supported the revenue
measure of yesterday, and the pending
bill because he believed that the first
duty Congress owed to the people was
Rhe protection Of the credit of the Ma
tion, and this these bills did.
wilson (Rep) of Idaho, explaining his
opposition to the bill, said the gentle
man from Maryland wellington had
given him an excellent reason, which
was that President Cleveland was the
rather OF the measure The people of
MS State, Wilson said, were opposed to
the legislation proposed in the bill, al
Enough willing to accept and approve
daI1H raising all duties to a higher fig
ure even than that touched by the bill
passed yesterday.
Bowers (Rep) of California said the
pending bill was either a fat propo-
Sltlon to destroy the greenbacks, or it
old not mean anything. Who had
asked Tor 1t? The President and the
bankers and brokers OF New York The
people of the United States, he said
were opposed to the destruction of the
greenbacks which were their only cur
Tency IN twenty-five years of the great
est prosperity the country had ever
seen.
Adams (Rep) of Pennsylvania ad-
Vlsed Wilson before he undertook to
again speak in behalf of the people of
his native State pennsylvania to bet
ter inform himself of the sentiment
there, than he was at present with re-
gard to this bill.
Gibson (Rep) of Tennessee said the
pending measure was proposed in re-
Spouse to the appeal of the President,
VINO, while he was a Democrat, was
the President of the United States. The
question was not a political or a finan-
clal one, but an American one, and the
republican party was supporting the
President on that ground
The remedy for the situation which
would occur to anyone from the ordi-
nary ranks of life, said Dearmond
tDem) Of Missouri was to coin into
standard dollars the silver bullion in
the treasury, with it's fifty-fve millions
OF seigniorage followed by the coinage
of silver as gold is coined
The debate was continued by North
way (Rep) of Ohio in support of the
bill, Tarsney Oem) of Missouri in op-
position, Henderson (Rep.) of Iowa in
support and Shafroth (Rep) of Colo
RADIO.
At the conclusion of Shafroths
speech the opposition to the bill had oc-
cupied three hours and thirty-eight
minutes, and the affirmative two hours
and fortysix minutes. OF the three
hours debate tomorrow provided in the
rule regulating it, the advocates of the
bill have one hour and fifty-six minutes
TO their credit and the opposition one
hour and four minutes
AT 10 o'clock the House adjourned I'M
til noon tomorrow
IN THE SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-In the SEN
ate to-day Burrows (Rep) of Michigan
presented and had referred to the FL
nance Committee proposition to take
certain articles from the free list and
to have rates of duty placed upon them.
He had originally proposed it as a bill
but on being reminded by Sherman
(Rep) of Ohio that the Senate had no
right to originate a revenue measure
he put il in the form of an amendment
to the House bill.
The House bill of yesterday to tenn
pcrarily increase the revenue to meet
the expenses of the Government and
provide against deficiency was received
from the House, read a first and second
time and referred to the Finance Com
mittee.
Hale (Rep) of Maine introduced a
Joint resolution authorizing and direct
ing the Secretary of the Navy to accept
the ram Katahdin and make her part
of the United States navy. 1t went
over.
Allen was afterward induced to with
draw his objection and the joint resolu-
tion was again laid before the Senate
and passed.
THE question which now COMPOUNDED
the Senate was" Hill (Dem) of New
York said, "the matter in which the
gold reserve fund should be restored.
Its prompt restoration was the duty of
the hour It could not safely be post
poned It was the duty of the coming
week. not Of two weeks. AS gold must
be borrowed, and borrowed at once, it
followed that the Government should be
permitted to make the best terms pos
sible for the people. If it were unham-
pered and unrestricted-if it could ne
eotiate and borrow the sum as an in
dividual-tlIe task would be materially
lessened but it was restricted by laws
passed years ago, which must be re-
xered and respected. The law which es-
pecialIy controlled and regulated the
method of borrowing gold to supply the
gold reserve was the redemption Act OF
1915. That statute. taken in connection
with the Act of July Il, 1870, regulated
and prescribed what bonds may be is
sued for such purposes.
Il know" he said. that ii has been
claimed that this statute furnishes no
authority for present redemption but
4bo+ contention does not seem to be