Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-12-29
BOND BILL PASSED.
FOrty-Seven Republicans Voted
Against the Measure. While All
the Democrats and POpulists 0p-
posed it.

Washington, D. c., December 2S.-
The House to-day passed the bond bill
by vote of 10 to 1856, and thus having
discharged the task for which it has
been sitting during the holiday recess,
effected an agreement by which the
House should adjourn next week three
days at time in order TO give mem
bers an opportunity to spend New
Years day at their homes. The closing
hours of the debate to-day were lacking
in spirit and there was practically no
excitement until the vote was taken.
The margin of thirty-three, by which
the first section of the bill. against
which the Republican opponents of the
measure massed their opposition, was
passed, showed that the friends of the
measure had marShalled every available
vote in its favor
AS II was forty-seven Republicans re-
fused to act with the majority of their
party. The Popul.stS and Democrats,
with the exception of Mr. Hutchinson,
of Texas, who voted for the bill, pre-
sented an unbroken front against the
bill. The bill as passed, amends the
resumption act so as to permit the is
sue of three per cent coin bonds re-
deemable after five years at the pleasure
Of the government and payable in fif-
teen years with the specific proviso that
nothing in the bill shall be construed
to repeal the act of 1878 for the reissue
of the greenbacks and that the bonds
shall first be offered for subscription at
the sub-treasurieS and repositories Of
the United States. The second section
of the bill provides for the issue of three
year three per cent debt certificates Of
denominations of 500 and mult:plies
thereof in amounts not exceeding $50
600 900 to meet the temporary defic!en-
cies.
Dayton, Dovener, Hul:ng and Miller
al volted yea on the bond bill.
Mr.. Hit Rep.. I'D chairman of the
foreign affairs committee, reported back
with a favorable report the resolutions
calling on the State Department for all
information regarding the trial and ar
rest of John L. Waller, calling for a re-
port on the alleged firing on the Henry
L. Crosby by the Santo Domingo troops,
December 10, 1893; and calling for all
correspondence between the State De
Dartment and Spain regarding the war
in progress in Cuba They were all
agreed to without objection.
The resolution reported back by the
committee IN lieu Of the Barrett resolu-
ton for an inquiry into the adyiSability
Of impeaching Thomas T. Bayard, Am
basador to Great Britain for reported
speeches made at Boston, England and
Edinburg. Scotland, was substantially
the Mccall resolution requesting the
president to inform the House whether
any steps had been taken to ascertain
the correctness Of the reported speeches
and If true. what action, if any, had been
taken thereon.
Mr.. Hit explained that everything Of
fensive had been eliminated from the
resolution making il simply one Of in
nuiry. Il also was agreed to- although
Mr.. McCreary Democrat. Ky9 gave no
tice that he would debate the question
when the reply was laid before the
House
At4:25 p. m, the House adjourned un-
til next Tuesday.
Among the bills introduced N The
House to-day were the following:
BY Mr.. DOvener, of West Virginia, ot
West Virginia, togive veterinary sur
geons Of the army the rank and pay @.
second lieutenants Of cavalry.
BY Mr.. Heatwell, of Minnesota, tC
make a pension a vested right, to pro
hibit the impairment or abridgemen'
thereof except for fraud and TO lay th'
burden of proof Of fraud on the COM
m.ssioners.
A BERLIN RUMOR.
Berlin. December 2S.-The Boerser
Courier says that negotiations are pro
ceeding between the United States
government and some of the leading
bankers of Berlin with the view of the
latter taking over new loan OF $500,
100000.