Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-17
Of Cleveland and the Administra-
 tion by David B. Hill
ON THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE
Against Imputatfons Made by Political Opponents-The
 Bond Issue the Cause.

on the naval appropriation bill was closed today. Mir. Washington, democrat, of Tennessee, was the only opponent of the increase of the new navy proposed in the bill, and this fact caused Mir. Adams, re- publican, of Pennsylvania, to express sur prise that one of that name should be heard uttering such sentiments on ;he floor Of the house.
 The passage of the bill as reported was advocated by Messrs. Geissenhainer, dem- ocrat, of New Jersey, chairman of .',e com mittee on naval affaira; Bartlett, democrat, of New York; Adams, republican, of Penn sylvanis; Miiikeu, republican, 0. Maine; Coombs, democrat, of New York, and Tai bolt, democrat, of Maryland, in charge of the bill. The latter was interrupted by MT. Livingston, democrat, of Georgia, with the suggestion that he had better hurry up and pass the bill, for it presented the last opportunity the, democratic party would have to redeem one pledge made in the platform adopted at Chicago.
 Among the miscellaneous business trans acted was the passage of the following bills:
 Declaring it to be the sense of congress that Great Britain and Venezuela should settle by friendly arbitration the Guiana boundary dispute, which has been in ex- istence sinco 1887.
 Directing the secretary of the interior to sell iso a.ed and fractional tracts of public lapde, Of less than quarter section, at minimum price oi sl 2o an acre:
 The general deficiency bill for the year ending June 30, 1895, and for previous years--thc last general appropriation bill -was reported aud placed on the calendar.
 The postotiice appropriation bill for the year ending June 50, lo98, was placed In the conference with Messrs. Henderson, democrat, of North Carolina; Dunphy, democrat, of New York, and Loud, repnb- iican, of California, as managers on the part of the house.
 Blixt Bay Railroad company to build bridge over Biloxi bay was passed. The hour for the special order having ar- rived the house listened to eulogies upon the life and services oi the late Senator Coquitt of Georgia, by Messrs. Turner and Livingston, democrats, of Georgia; Wheeler, democrat. of Alabama; Harrison, democrat, of Alabama; irosvenor of Ohio, and Maddox, democrat, Of Georgia.
 At the conclusion of these and as further mark of respect the house at 3:05 Adjourned until Monday.
 IN THE SENATE.
 President Cleveland and his secretary of the treasury came in tor the principal share of attention in the senate today. The de- bate WAS launched upon resolution of- fered some days ago by Mir. Hill declaring 1t to be the policy of the government to es- tabIish safe system of bimetallism and to maintain gold and silver at parity, and uuon substitute for ii offered by Mir. Sherman, making a similar declaration, except that il asserts that policy to be ''the este biished policy of the United States.'
 Mir. Hill made 6n earnest and 1mpaS- sioued speech ir support pf his resolution, stating that it wasso; suprem importance at this hour that congress should inform the country and the world the policy of the United States Was not 10 maintain the sln- gle gold standard or the single silver stand k,*t ( af n Ha r. uIldf parity could not always be maintalaed) ine Obligations of the government would be paid in the best money h use.,
 his speech was replied to by Mir. Woicott, by w6om U was described as .threshing old ttraw,' inasinuch as the house bad disposed yesterday of the suo- feet of the issue or indorsement of gold bends. He spoke of MT. Hill as a bi- metaIist on a gold basis and spoke Of the presidents bond contrscs with the syndi- cate as ''tbe most disastrous occurrence of this geueralion' and as a."waDton, crim- insi and deliberate attack upon the credit of the couutry.'
 M ore of the same kind of enunciatiop, was indnIged in by MT. Lodge, the syndi- cate agreement being characterized by him as the "plackest contract eyer made by tho government.
 Senator Teller went still further in the same affection, saying that it was the '.trst time in tho history of the country that ihe people had right 10 charge sbso- lu;ely lack of honesty on the part of an adm Inl5trat1on In dealing with its hnan- cial atfairs.''
 Tpe debate not only occupied the two hours allowed for morning business, but was carried on while the agricullura ap- propriation bill was ostensi ply. before the senate. The two resolutions having had their full time under the rules were placed on be calendar, and for the remainder of the day some attention was given to the agricultural bill. The cattle and meat in- d df11o a rrrit II, the understanding that they might be mod flied in conferences, ard the other aincud- ments went over without action till Mou- day.
 reso. utiou Mr. Hill said Re assumed that nearly every senator was bimetallist in the proper sense- of the term, and that therefore his resolution. embodied their views. He excepted, of course, some who might be gSd monometaliists or silver monometallists. The resolution was safe, conservative and appropriate resolution at this time. The first part of 1t announced the true policy of the government, which was in word that the efforts of the government should be steadily derectod toward the policy of the establish mont of bimetallism. He recalled to the attention oi the senate the act which re- pealed the purchase clause of the Sherman Act and which declared that it was the duty of the government to pursue steadily steps towards the maintenance of pimetailism. He appealedio the true friends Of both sii- yer and gold, to the men who desired the double standard. To thoss who said that 1t was impossible to maintain the double standard h this country, he had nothing to say. He believed that 1t was possible to maintain it. It perhaps could not bs main. taipe6 at all times and at all hours with ex kct pfe cision. It might take preparation; !. 1t might require w.se laws; 1t might re. Quire friendly administration.
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 lngold bonds or of issuing coin bonds,
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