The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-07

reference IT. Senator Allison's Presi-
Dental car .didacy was made on the floor
Of the Sen IAsc during the temporary abb
sence OF the Iowa Senator. He had
spoken strongly In opposition to the
propose q plan OF stripping the appro.
priatioin committee, of which he Is
chair &an, OF it's powers, Senator
Proc tsr, OF Vermont, was among those
who answered, and there was edded
sir lndaoance to his words. from the fact
t'nst he was Secretary of War Ia Me.
Harrison's cabinet.
] Mr. Allison spoke for two hours
sg inst the plan, urging that q central
| appropriation committee was essential
as safeguard to the Treasury. The
debate on the resolution is not yet con-
4 cluded, the friends of the appropriation
committee succeeding, at o late hour to.
day, in securing an adjournment with.
out vote on the measure.
Mr.. sQuay's resolution to re-commit
the tariff finance bill wen, over until
| Monday, with q distinct understanding
that 1t would be disposed of then.
Mr.. Quay modified the resolution SO
hs to omit Instructions to the finance
committee.
Mr.. Morgan offered further amend
ment, tnstruoting the committee to
amend the bill so as to grant q deduo-
tion OF 10 per cent In customs duties on
goods imported In United States ves-
sells, provided the imported goods came
from country which placed silver bull.
lion from American mines on an ecu Rlity
with gold.
The bill designed TO stop the ap-
preaching fstic carnival in the South
Il west went through the Senate with un-
1',n.s..sal celebrity, without reference to q.
NJ, H. and without amendment.
was essentiS,x plaiped that quick action
from executing their plans. sHs = ; Ali
was then passed just az itcsme from
the House. Later 1t received the sig-
nature of the presiding officer as one of
the final steps before submission o,the
President.
House Proceedings.
WASHINGTON, Feb. The Senate
free coinage substitute for the House
boEd bill was debated FIVE hours in the
House this afternoon. Nevertheless
the pressure from members for time to
present their views Ia 80 great thst,is
seems possible now that the debate may
run over into next week.
The majority against silver in the
House 10 overwhelming, but almost all
the members insist on an opportunity
to make speeches explaining their posi-
tion for the benefit OF their constituents
and the House managers seem disposed
to allow them full rein TODD so.
The speeches. 80 far. have been tame
and dry. There were two enotsble e4.
ceptions. however, so-day. Mr.. John
son, of North Caroline, and Mr.. john
son, OF California. both Republicans,
but on different sides OF the silver aues-
t1on, afforded entertainment, and, psr.
haps. instruction.
The former was once-s gchool teacher
and to-day he brought the methods of
the school room into the House He
placed some charts In front of the
Speakers desk, illustrating graphically
the rise and fall OF prices in this coun-
try, the production Of silver, the price
of wheat in India measured in silver
and, pointer in hand, like professor to
bis pupils, explained, converging and
dtverging lines.
Mr. johnson, of California, on the
other hand. whose fiery protests against
the passage Of the bond bill attracted
general attention, won the applause OF
| the silver men with an eloa uent speeeh.
urging .he Republicans not to ignore
silver and warning them OF the dire con.
sequences that might follow II they did.
HIS wit was 30 trenehant and hie blade
80 keen that he was frequently ap.
plauded by those who were not in
| sympathy with him.
Mr.. McLaurin iDen., g. CO. occupied
several minutes In replying to the
speech Of Mr. Pearson {Rep., N. @ y Last
night. He referred to the confess be-
tween "brute force and money" and
"manhood and voters,'' and denounced
Mr.. Pearson for catering to cheap ap-
plAuse and befouling his own nest by
intimating the disioyalty OF South
Cnrolins.
The United States Governments re-