The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-02-17
CARLISLE GIVES UP ALL HOPE
OF Securing tho Passage Of any Currency
Bill by Congress.
10 GO ON WITH THE NEW BOND ISSUE.
Senator Hili's Latest Financial Move-Ths
Pension Eighi-Mssonic Mat
tiers.
TfNKs BUREAU. RaFLgY BUfLDfso.
W.suISaToN Eebruary rs. 1885. !

upon Secretary Carlisle this morning. nc
stated that he now entertained no hopes
whatever Of any financial legislation by
this Congress, and that ne would proceed
10 issue the bonds already contracted Ior'
issuing simply bond payable In CON-
since the House refused 10 authorize them
10 be redecmable in gold. and that he
hoped that this issue would serve until
the revenues Of the Government had IN
creased to such proportions as TO rehder
any further bonds unnecessary, however,
ne added. n IL should prove otherwise
there viii be but the one alternative ING
further sale of bonds.
SENATOR NILS RESOLUTION.
The subject OF finance. however, will
not down at the bidding Of any one. nor
upon the summary action of Congress,
and to-day Senator Hiil opened up a new
deal by calling up his resolution. which
IS as follows:
Resolved, That 1t Is the sense of Con-
6rcss that the true policy OF the Gov
eminent requires that its efforts should
be steadily directed to the establishment
Of "a safe system of bimetallism wherein
gold and silver may be maintained at a
parity. and every dollar coined may be
the equal in value and power Rf every
other dollor coined or issued by the
United States; but 81 our efforts TO es-
tablish or maintain such bimctallism shall
not be wholly successful, and If for any
reason our silver coin shall not hereafter
be at parity with gold coin and the equal
thereof In value and power in the mar
ket and i'm the payment Of debts, then II
Is hereby declared that the bonds Of the
United States. now or hereafter issued,
which by their terms are payable in
coin, shall nevertheless be paid in stand
ard gold dollars. it being the policy of
the United States that its creditors shall
at all times be paid in the best money
in use"
WHAT THE SENATOR CLAIMS.
senator Hin claims that the recent
request of tfe Administration TO make
the new issue of Government bonds paya-
bic in gold has served to cast discredit
upon the former issues of coin bonds.
and that his resolution is for the pur-
pose of giving 10 former issues the stand
ing they had before the late attempt to
issue only upon a gold basis.
The resolution provided an opportunity
for Senator Lodge to. arraign the Admin
istration, which he did in scathng man
ner. charging that the action of the
President and Secretary Carlisle had tend
ed TO bring discredit upon the character
Of the outstanding obligations of the
Government.
There is no possibility of the passage
Of the resolution.
FOR NEW PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Mr. McKaig from the House Committee
on Public Buildings and Grounds, reported
favorably the bill passed by the Senate a
short while ago, providing for the cree
ton OF "A Government building at New
port News, Va. Mr.. Tyler will make an
earnest effort to secure the passage of
this bill at this session, and If the Com
mittee on Rules will grant sufficient time
10 the Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, there is a chance Of his sue
Avoiding. The Senate bill was substituted
-. the HogSe bill ip ~ instance to
avoiSsaeIssy. W cssc either bill passed the
House. and. If Mr.. Tyler Is fortunate
enough to secure its passage by the
House. IL will only need the approval Of
she President to become a law.
The same course was adopted by Con-
gresham Bower. of North Carolina, in
the Salem-Winston bill, and the bill which
IS now before the House is the one which
passed the Senate last week. which au-
thorizes an appropriation of $4,000 for a
Government building to be used jointly
by the twin cities.
THE PENSION FIGHT
The regular Friday night session Of the
House, which is devoted exclusively TO
pension claims, whose consideration fire.
quently proVokes animated ard stormy
debates, was last night as calm and Sc
rero as a night in June, IN consequence
. OF which quite a number OF pension
Plains were ordered reported favorably
y The House. Among them was the claim
General julius II. Stahel. who asked
his pension be Increased from $50 TO
t1,xa,. mo Iln Of
amount was reduced to $50 per
hX fh, and the bill reported favorabiy
ino,v jthe committee and passed by the
1 us to-day.
a. PAL Stahel was Hungarian noble
,rX#who fought with kossuth in the
upr{ Hng against the Austrians in 1919
ON She suppression of that movement, he
WIS compelled TO fee his native land and
take up his abode i'm the United States.
Under the call of President Lincoln he
enlisted as private in the Union army
at the beginning of the war. and served
with gallantry until the end, attaining the
rank of major-general. He was In the
Army of Northern Virginia and made
many friends in our State on account OF
his kind and considerable treatment OF the
wives and families of Confederate sol
diens.
Many letters were received from ex-
was also warmly supported by several of
the Southern congressman present last
night.
Mr.. Meredith made the following re-
marks, which elected hearty applause:
Mr.. Chairman: 1t may seem strange
that representative from my section
OF the country should stand here and ad-
vocate the pensioning of a Federal sol
Ger. But this gentleman OF whom We
have heard during this discussion served
in my section of Eirginia as a command
ing officer, and Ne treated the people of
, that section so kindly that for days past
Confederate soldiers and Confederate
officers have been writing here TO thlr
friends in this House asking that this PEN
sion may be increased.
lie treated with respect the wives and
families OF those people who were OPP
posing him. and thereby he won the adj
miration of Confederate soldiers, who. as
/ have said, are asking by letters that
now, In his declining years, his pension
may be increased. lie was worthy
officer; he served his Government with
credit and distinction, both at nome ana
abroad. For twenty-eight years, as has
been stated by my friend who has Just
taken his seat, he never made any de-
snand upon the Government Tor one cent
OF pension money. And now, when
ne has arrived at the age OF
seventy-one. when his fortune has
been swept from him, and IL
practically without a means OF support
IL would be niggardly upon the part OF
this Government to refuse 10 pass TINS
bill especially after II has been auieilu-
ed so as to make the amount or the
pension only $50 a month. i SHAH sup
port the bin with pleasure.
THE MEXICAN MISSION.