Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-06
FIRST DAYS DEBATE
   On the Curreno!s Id Banking Bill in 6 House. REED 0Es. sRS A SUBSTITUTE 
.RS A SUBSTITUTE
Harris of Tennessee and Mitchell of Oregon Have a
 Stormy Debate.


 debate in the house ou the currency and banking bill, with authority to issue low interest, long tims bonds to maintain the gold reserve, brought out MT. Reeds su b. stitute for the measure, which has been discussed the past day or two. The speech in which he presented the proposition was the principal feature of the day. The bill is, in brief, that the secretary of the treas ury be directed to issue per cent certifi- cates of indebtedness 10 meet the def- ciencies in receipts, the gold reserve to be used only for the redemption of green backs.
 These certificates, he said, might be for two years or less, and could be redeemed out of the surplus receipts which the secretary of the treasury will have this year. This would avoid all questions, he said, which hinder the passage of the commiItee's bill and meet the present exigency. The re- publlcans, he said, were willing to forego any party advantage that might be obs tained from continuance of present con- ditlons and join in the passage of a measure that would relieve the country, but it must be such measure as commended itself to their Ideas of right and justice and practi- cability. The bill he offered as a ubsti- tute was ordered to be printed iu the Rec- ord.
 The debate was participated in by MT. Springer, democrat, of Illinois, and Mir. Patterson, democrat, of Tennessee, in favor of the bill, and by MT. Walker, re- publican, of Massach usetts; Mir. Hall, democrat, of Missouri; MT. Swanson, democrat, of Virginia; MT. Simpson, pop ulist, of Kansas; MT. McKelghan, popu- list, of Nebraska, and Mr. Pencs, popu- list, of Colorado, against it.
 Messrs. Walker and Cox also have sub stitutes for the pending bill, which they propose to offer.
 u,.... Ia under request for unanimous consent, and a number of bills were reported from com .mittees.
 The committee on public lands reported, and the house passed resolution directing the secretary Of the interior to suspend the location of lands under railroad grants pending action by congress.
 The house at 450 D. m. adjourned until tomorrow.
 IN THE SENATE.
 The opening of today's session in the senate was accompanied by rather stormy scene between two members of that body. An objection which MT. Harris made to a request of Mir. Mitchell, republican, of Oregon, to be allowed to address the sen- ate in explanation Of report which he proposed to make, was resented by tue Oregon senator, who, after some little ex- citing acts of discourtesies, indulged in the cutting remark that the Tennessee sen, ator was. "capable of doing unusual and indiscreet and ungentlemanly things.
 For this the angry reply was made that Mir. Mitchell's 8 conduct was "contempti- ble." There were some stormy indications after this point, but timely use of the gavel by the vice. president prevented any further explosion of anger on either side, and business was proceeded with.
 The District of Columbia appropriation bill crowded out other matters and occu- pied the remaiuder Of the days session, the bill being passed before adjournment. At one point tue financial question broke out in tbe shape of an amendment, off red by MT. McLaurin, democrat, of Missis- sippi, looking 10 the coinage of the silver bullion in the treasury to the amount of seigniorage (s55 600 ,000), but the amend ment to which it was offered was decided by vote of the senate to be out of order, and Mir. Mel turin s amendment fell with it.
 After the district appropriation bill was passed the diplomatic and consular appro- prlation bill was taken up-not, however, dispacing the bankruptcy bill as the unfin- isbed business, and the senate at 4:4o, after short executive session, adjourned,