The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-02-15

| cent. interest bdSlS, uOtS not expire uhlh
| February 18th. The opinion is, however,
| expressed tonight In financial circles
/ that the President will regard the action
! OF the House to-day as indicative Of its
| purpose not 10 pass any gold bond meas
| ure and that he viii at once order per
| cent. coin bonds printed and delivered TO
| the syndicate already about slG60.0O9 in
gold has been paid by the syndicate, and
| from $4,000 TO $4,000 I'm gold is also
| on the water en- route from Europe to
| this country TO pay for the bonds. Some
| Of the gold will also come from Canada.
/ Interest on the bonds will begin when the
] the gold for them is deposited. after the
! President formally accepts the syndi-
| Gates offer. whether the bonds are ready
| for delivery or rot.
The Senate.
| WASHINGTON. Feb. l4--Mr. Calls
| resolution as 10 the Louisiana or Hon
| duras lottery in Florida occupied the time
/ of the Senate ia the morning hour. until
| it was shelyed by motion 10 resume
J consideration OF the pOst-office appropria-
| tion bill General debate on the postal
| bill continued until 3 j.. NJ, when in
accordance with the agreement made
| yesterday, discussion ceased, and the
Senate was brought to a vote on the
railway mail service amendment, and
BlackbGrn and Villas. But first the
| point Of order had to be decided, whether
| an amendment reported by the Commit
] tee on Appropriations was or was not
| in order "as general legislation on an
appropriation bin"
The Nice-President submitted the ques-
! tion The amendment is TO insert these
words in the item appropriating $32O5,OOO
| for railway pOst-Otce car service:
4fs crrrT1 no
directions and I'm the discretion of the
| POstmaster-GeneTa1, and any provision
! of existing law IN conflict here is hereby
! repealed"
The vote was taken, and the Senate de-
cided-yeas. II; nays, 59-that the amend
| ment was not in order. The following
Is the vote IA detail:
Yeas-Messrs. Allen Berry. Blackburn.
blanchard, Call, CockrelT, George, Cor
man, Harris, Jones Nrk.). Kyle. Lindsay,
MCLaurln, Roach, Turpie, Vest and Vi
las.-H.
Nays-lIessrs. AldrIch, Allison, CAREY,
Chandler. Clark, Cullom, Davis, Dubois.
Frye, Hale. Hensbroush, HaWley. Hig-
gins, Hoar, Hunton, Lodge, Mcmillan.
Maudorson. Mantle, Mitchell (Ore),
Mitchell OWlst, Morrill,, Murphy. Palmer.
Pascoe. PETER, Perkins, Pettigrew, Platt,
Prtchard. Proctor, Pugh, Ransom. Sher-
man. Squire, Stewart, Teller, Walsh and
Washburn. 80.
Mr.. Elackburns amendment directs a
reduction of AZ least ten per cent. in the
rates paid to the railway companies, and
Mr.. Villas offered as a substitute for that
his proposition for he purchase OF pos
tai cars by the Government. The Villas
substitute was laid On the table by a
vote of II yeas TO 10 nays.
Mr.. Blackburn's amendment was also
tabled by "A vote of A. to -.
The next vote was on the amendment
reported from the Committee on AppIo-
priatious TO strike out of the House bill
the item approprating $l96,64 for special
facilities on trunk lines from Springfield
Mass. bV way II New York ana Wash
ington 20 Atlua and New Orleans.
Mr.. Bdlef sa,t notice OF the amend-
meut looking 10 a division Of the appro-
priltion between the Southern Railway
CCmpanv. the Seaboard Air Line ana the
Atlantic Coast Line that wouft seem to
be fair.
After much discussion, n vote was
taken on Mr.. Sherman's amendment TO
add TO the House paragraph an appr0-
pr1ation of $4,000 for necessary and spe-
cial facilities on trunk lines between
Louisville Covngton, Newport. Cincin-
natl. Chattanooga, Atlanta, knoNvllle,
Birmingham. New Orleans and Texas
points. with a proyiso that no part OF
the appropriation in the paragraph shafi
be expended unless the Postmaster-Gen-
eral shall deem such expenditure neces-
sarv to promote the interest of the pos
tai service. The amendment was defeated;
yeas. p; nays, So. The amendment OF the
committee striking out the Springfield
and New orleans paragraph was then
disagreed to, yeas, 2; nays, 80; as tol-
lows:
Yeas-Nessrs. Allen, Berry, Blackburn
Butler, Call, Camden, Cameron, C0ckrei
Davis. George, Harris, Hawley, Jones
CArkD, Kyle Lindsay, McLaurin. feEer'
Perkins. Pettigrew, Roach, sherman,
Smith, Teller, Turpie, Vest Villas ana
Wolcott-2.
Nave-Alessrs. Aldrich, Blanchard, ca
rev. Chandler, Dubois. Faulkner, Frye,
Hale. Hansbrough. Higgins, Hin, Hear
Huuton. Lodge. Mcmillan, McPhefson
Manderscn. Mantle, Mitchell (OreD,
Mitchell ONisD, Morgan. Murphy, Palmer,
Pasco. PIatt, Pritchard, Proctor, Pugh,
Ransom, Squire, Stewart, Walsh ana
Washburr-33.
Furt er Postal Questions.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. H.-An
the amendments reported from the Com
mitise on Appropriations having been
disposed Of. Mr.. Sherman again offered
his amendment, appropriating $50 OOO for
necessary and special facilities from
I,ouisyllle, New Orleans and Texas
points, and a point Of order was made
against 1t by Air. German, that the item
had nor been reported from commit
Tee nor estimated by any department.
The Vice-President sustained the point or
order and the amendment was ex-
cluded.
Mr.. Davis Rep., Minn) offered an
amendment providing that in case OF
postal clerks appointed before the or
der recurring them TO reside on the |
line Of the railroad on which they serve,
that rule shall not be operative. Agreed |
10, after discussion.
The bill. which had been all this time |
in committee, was reported 10 the SEN
ate.
Mr. Blackburn moved 10 amend the |
item appropriatins 900 for the fast |
mail service from Springfield, Mass. 10 |
New Orleans, by reducing the amount !
TO Sl76g52-a ten per cent. reduction on
existing rates. Action was not taken on |
this amendment, and the bill went over
till tomorrow
The agricultural appropriation bill was |
reported from the Committee on Appro- !
priations. and placed on the calendar |
The credentials OF Mr. Augustus o. |
Bacon, as senator from the State OF |
Georgia, for the term beginning the 4th |
of March next, were presented by Mr. |
Walsh Dem, Ga.), and read and placed /
on file Mr.. Bacon succeeds Mr.. Walsh.
After a short executive session, the |
Senate. al 615 = N., adjourned until to- |
morrow at noon.