Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-02-20

were encouraged to get up fictitious
prosecutions. Mr.. Vest spoke of the
robbery and plumber" practiced by
United States marshals in order to
earn fees. The deficiency bill was laid
aside and Mr.. Hale called up the bill
making February II Uincoln's birth
day. national holiday. Mr.. Hawley
objected and this prevented action.
Washington, Feb. 13.-In the house
Mr.. Glllett dem, Mass.) introduced d
bill providing that any person who is
a party to the transmission by tele-
graph, telephone, express or otherwise
from one state or territory TO another
of any gambling bet or report of such
bet on any race, prize fight or other
event, shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, punishable for the first Of
tense by OF Imprisonment and for
subsequent offenses by Imprisonment
only. The silver debate took up nearly
the whole day.
Washington, Feb. 14.-Consideration
of the urgency deficiency bill was re-
sumed in the senate and it was soon
passed substantially as reported. 1t
carries about $4,000, 000-a considerable
increase over the bill passed by the
house. A plan to take up the tariff bill
was beaten, 20 to q. Senator Teller
then arraigned the Pacific roads man
agements.
Washington, Feb 14-After a ten
days debate the house by a vote of
80 to 100 in committee of the whole
rejected the senate free coinage amend
ment to the bond bill and reported the
bill to the house with the recommended
ton to non-concur and insist on the
house bill. The strength developed by
the silver men was disappointing. They
had been confidently claiming over 100
votes. The most significant statement
of the day came in the form of an in
timation from Dingley that a bill
might be reported from the ways and
mean committee looking to the initia-
ton by this country of the project for
another international monetary confer
ence to meet within year
Washington, Feb. 1.-THE public
and private galleries of the house were
thronged yesterday in anticipation of
the closing of the debate on the senate
free coinage substitute for the bond
bill. EX-Speaker Crisp dem, Ga.),
championeG the free silver side. Mr.
/ Turner (dem., Ga.), was, at the request
OF Mr.. Dingley, recognized for an
hour and spoke in opposition to Crisp,
and for a gold standard. He concluded
with the statement that the poor man
in whose interest the restoration of
silver was invoked was the most inter
Csted in preserving a sound financial
system.
Mr.. Dalzell rep, Pa.), closed the de-
bate on behalf of the republicans. At
the conclusion of his remarks M
Dingley demanded the previous ques-
ton, which was ordered whereupon a
vote was taken en- Crisp's motion to
concur in the senate free coinage
amendment to the house bill. The
vote resulted, 90-125. The announce
mont of a 125 majority against free
silver was cheered by the anti-silver
forces. Those voting for free silver were
Messrs. Abbott, Aitken, Allen Miss
Allen Utah, Bailey, Baker (Ks.)
Bankhead, Barham, Bartlett (Ga.),
Bell (CclD, Bell CTexas), Black tGa.),
Bowers, Broderick, Clardy, CockrelI,
Cooper (Tex), Cox, Crisp, Culberson,
Curtis (ks.), De Almond, Dinsmore,
DGckerV DOOlitfIe Downing Ellis
Gamble, Hartman, Hermann, Hilborn,
Hutchinson, Hyde, Johnson (Cal.l,
Jones, KEN, Kendall, Latimer Layton,
Lester ,Lockhart, Loud, Maddox, Mcguire,
Marsh, Mcclure, McCulloch, Mckinney,
McLaurin, McLachlan, Mcmillan, Nc
Rae, Meredith, Mondell, Money, Moses,
Neill, Newlands, Ogden, Otey, Pearson,
Richardson Robertson Ua), Robbins,
Savers, Shafroth, Shaw, Shuford, Skin
ner, Spencer, Stokes, Strait, Strowd,
Swanson, Talbert, Tate, Terry, Towne,
Tyler, Underwood, Walker Wa), Whee-
Ter, Williams, Wilson Qdaho), Wilson,
Is. CO., Woodland, Yoakum.
An analysis of the vote shows 1874 re-
publicans and 81 democrats voted
against concurrence and SO democrats,
% republicans and populists for con-
Currence. The silver men who had
predicted much greater showing of
strength were disappointed. The sound
money leaders have been dispoed to
cOncede to the silver forces 100 votes.
WASHINGTON Feb 15-Mr BOatner