The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-02-14
THE LATE NEWS
FROM WASHINGTON
Senate Free Coinage Amendment to
the Bond Bill Mas
Rejected.
rOminent Newspaper Correspondent to Be
Expelled From Cuba-AiIitary APP
pointees to Be Examined
Tariff Bills Repulse.

Washington, Feb. B.--After ten daya'
debate the house today. by a vote OF y
10 100. in committee Of the whole. rejected
the senate free coinage amendment to
the bond bill and reported II back to the
house with recommendation to nom
concur and to insist upon the house Dill
The strength developed by the siivel
men was disappointing. They had been
onfidently counting on over lOO vote
After a two hours debate tomorrow the
inal vote will be taken. Dingley viii
lose for the majority and Crisp for
iinority.
Propositions were offered during the
day to concur, with amendments as fol-
lows: To coin the American silver pro-
duct, for the retention of the seignorage
v tie government, and TO open the mintS
TO the free coinage of silver at the ratio
10 l5a to !. when Germany and France
should have agreed upon similar action.
All were defeated by a large majority.
The last proposition. offered by Towne.
mustered 53 votes. the largest number OF
any. Towne had stated to the house
that similar propositions would be sub
mitted to the reichstag and the French
parliament at the present sessions. The
most significant statement today came
in the form of an intimation from Ding.
ley that a bill might be reported from the
ways and means committee looking to
the Initiation by this country Of the pro-
ject of another international monetary
conference to meet within the year. While
Dingley said he was expressing his per-
sonal position in the matter, 1t was gen.
orally understood. from the manner In
which he said 1t. that the suggestion has
already matured into a well-defined in
Al. ore Af he
leaders of the house.
Washington, Feb. 1S.-Although William
:. Mannix, newspaper correspondent.
who is about to be expelled from Cuba
by the Spanish officials, has lodged a
protest with the state department
through Consul General Williams, he viii
certainly not command any sympathy
in his case, in view of the record OF the
proceedings of Mannix, which is now in
the possession of the state department
This record. in his own handwriting. Is ir
the shape of letters addressed by him tc
certain officials, and shows clearly that
he proposed to the Spanish authorities t.
act as n spy upon the Cuban insurgents,
that he offered to betray the Cuban OH
Ger with whom he slept, and that h,
offered to cultivate feeling Of friendship
toward the Spanish cause in the United
States through the medium Of letters TO
many newspapers in the United States,
and all of this for a consideration. He
was negotiating with both sides In Cuba
Washington, Feb. 13-The friends Of the
tariff bill met an unexpected repulse this
afternoon when a vote of p years and .
noes in the senate defeated the motion OF
Morrill, to take up the tariff bill.
The negative vote which defeated the
motion was given by the Democrats, Pop
ulists and four Republican senators, Tel
Ter, Mantle, Dubois and Carter. The af.
frmative vote was entirely republican
| but its total of q is less than half OF the
aggregate Republican strength.
The urgent deficiency bill was passed
today. 1t carries about S6,O0O.0O0. a con.
sidable increase over the bill passed ii
the house.
| Washington, Feb. IS. Numerous boards
of officers have been appointed by the
! secretary of war to meet March FOR the
examination of appoittees to the military
academy, including those at Fort Houston
| Texas: Jefferson Barracks, Fort Leaven
worth, Fort Douglass, Fort d. A. Rus
sell. Preside, San Francisco. and Van
couver Barracks.