The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-15
CONGRESS REFUSES TO ACT
Exciting Debate in the House on the
Proposed Bond Issue.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND SCORED
MIR. Hopkins Declares That the Transac-
tion Is in the Interest of IL Syndi.
cate-The Bill Slaughtered by
Vote of 1877 to I2O.
By the United Press.

utDdtt III tIle house OH tfle HlluflCldl
question has but served to emphasize
the fact that no legislation affecting
the financial situation Is to be expected
from the Fifty-third congress. A week
ago the house refused TO adopt the last
Springer banking and currency bill
which contained u provision authoriz-
ing the issue of long time. low interest
bonds, and today by still more de-
| cisive vote of 167 to 100 ii declined to
authorize the issue of siXty-five million
per cent. gold bonds with which to
replace the 3& per cent bonds negotiat-
ed with the Morgan-Belmont syndicate.
The consideration of the joint reSolu-
tion for this purpose reported yeSter-
day from the committee on ways and
means by Chairman Wilson occupied
all of the session of six and one-half
hours, and the discussion attracted an
attendance of spectators which over
flowed the public galleries and en-
croached upon that reserved for the
diplomatic corps and other distin-
guished visitors.
Mr.. Wilson was aided in his advocacy
of the measure by Mr.. Reed. (Rep..
Me); Mr.. Payne. Rep., n. "; Mr..
Turner, Dem. Ga), and Mr.. Bynum,
| dem, Ind). all members of the COM
mittee on ways and means, who urged
that the joint resolution was a busi-
ness matter disassociated from politics
or anything of that kind, the passage
of which would result in a saving of
sixteen millions to the people. Their
efforts We're seconded by Mr. Daniels
Rep., N. ": Mr.. Stone, Rep, Pa;
Mr.. Coombs and Mr.. Hendrix, Dem.
n. Y); Mr.. Springer, Dem., I'D, and
Mr.. Cooper, Dem., Fla)
Serious Assertion by Mr.. Hopkins.
The opposition was led by Mr. Hop
kins QRep., I'D and Mr. Bryan Dem,
Neb), members of the committee on
ways and means, and II developed some
startling points. Mr.. Hopkins assert
ed that the president was not animated
by patriotic motives I'm sending his last
message to congress, but by desire
to unload upon that body the RESPONSE
bility for a transaction, negotiated by
his former law partner, that would net
the syndicate represented by him s25,-
900, ,OOO
Mr.. Bryan declared the scheme pro-
P' ~ .''' JIM ie'oiu'ioii W pe put
ahother step III the accomplishment OF
tie conspiracy 10 stransle silver and
'., .,is house ,"at 81
were there any probability of its pass
age and the forfeiture of his life would
prevent it, he would gladly lay down
his life in that behalf Mr.. Cannon
CRep.. I'D hinted at Impeachment. and
Mr.. HEPBURN CRep. la said that Re-
nubIic.ns Who fa,,orad ,ha ,,aas,,,o
,,,,,,ls,o,I =, ,,I,1,, ,a,,o ,,".,
p,'puaeu "eM pC"cs' reputation oi
All the declaration OF the party IN the
| past ana the institution or new poll
cy that called for new following
Other speeches against the ioint reso-
luton were made bv Nessrs NcAJi,lin
Dem Tenn1 Wheeler Dar, Al,
ord C,roo,,onn,. ,pa,, ~, .,,.,
a. a,,S ,,. ~ N.ep' o'' iiie"'peiS vi
tne co','iii'.ee VI" why's ana means
Livingston tDem'' GaD, North and HUI
lick tRep., %. Bland and Hatch Dem.,
MOI, Kemp Pop., Neb), Simpson (Pop..
Kan). and VanVoorhis Rep., n. W,
The vote was taken ot = o,clocIs unon
tho ,,,astio, ..ShnIl ,h, i,,,,,. .,,",,,t,l,.
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We e"s oaSeu anu 'e'u ,hl'u tiiie
the result being as stated-yeas, l2h
nays, l67, THE bill is dead" officially
declared the speaker.
In vote in detail Is as follows:
Tho Vote ,r no,u
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sleyi "aosoGh' n puluwn, p paihes, bar
,noiu' 80 pei'ZhooNer'
neiis, ID s.i.' ''u6e' prichner' broslu''
10y Shun'' 'au'""', ,a",ppe"' ,aruth
oa'ci'i"ss, ,aLseS' 'nicherihs, Ciahcy
oiarh, Nia', Iopo' MO- toonhps, cooper
ia,i ooopeu' N, ~ '',Sl'' Overt Cra'n
GI Turels' AZ; L., D",l,uis, @ Dnvey, De foreSt
DIhsiey, DIaper' DunN' purporroW, Ehg'
lIsii' ,a'a, h'C,iui'' r1Nere.'' rielueI, or
man man 'ea,S, ueiSsennaIher, ,, uiliet, N. y
plile''' MASS, uo,uiaer' Gorinah' Ora
nam presnaih, urlihn, Mich': Grout
ha'hes, nan Mini, haInihohu' liarri
son. hayes, iienurlN' iiehfy' hrlops
Lapnam' LeieVer' LOCKWOOD Lynch, Mar
llh' ihu'' Marvin ~. IL Mctreary, NY
McHahil, Mcha'g' meyer, montgomery
Morse, Mutcnier' Nell Mass; % oNelll
NO. rage naschai, Patterson tayhe
fearson fehuietoil, W. va flgott, Po"
ers, Price, Quigg, Kay Reed Reilly, Rey
burn Rlchards' u kopinson' IA; Rus
sell Conn., Ryan Schemerhorh, slckles
Sorg' sperry, springer, stevens. Q. W
stone, w. a. stone, stone, ky.; Storer
strauss, Tarsney, Tracey, turner, Ca
Turpin, updegrat, Wadsworth, Wanger
Warner, Washington, Wells, wilson, w
Va; Wolverton, Wooner, Wrlght-l2o
Nays-Messrs. Adams, Ky; Aitken' Al
derson, Alexander Allen, Arnold, Avery
Bailey, Baker, Kan; Baker N. H.. Bank
head, Bell, Colo; Bell, Tex; Black, Ga.
Blair Bland, Boatner, Boen, Bowers
Gala; Bretz, Broderick, Bromwell, Brook
shire, Brown. Bryan. Bundy, Bum, Cam
inetti, Cannon Gala; Cannon, ILL.,; Cape
hart, Clark, Mo-; Cobb, Ala; Cockrell
COtfpen, CONN, Cooper, WIS.,, crawford