The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-05
SESSION OF THE SENATORS.
SILVER SUBSTITUTE FOR THE
r.RIFF BILL REPORTED.


al Flag Among Them-A Bill
providinE for the Election of
TOD states Senators by Popular
vote.
,..s-fncton. Feb 4-The journal to be
-,-5av covering the dOings Of the
49,. an Thursday, Friday and Saturday
which by the parliamentary device
--s-ses. instead of APPOINTMENTS, con-
..-.sI one legislative day, was so long
-. 5-s reading was interrupted by a mo-
-, dispense with the reading, which
as agreed to.
NJ Morrill,. chairman of the finance COM
-t-.ss rsported back from that commit
en-. House bill TO temporarily increase
- revenue 10 meet the expenses of the
.~rrnent and provide against a def
go, " with an amendment to strike out
IN for the enacting clause and to insert
- liam thereof, the free coinage substitute
l,,-ad l,v the Senate last Saturday. He
r55ad loosely, that he felt like using the
r,-fs closing the proclamatiOns of the
-,rsrnors of Massachusetts,, God Save
ss. commonwealth" Also that it was I'M
-,.sssa1-v for him to say that he would
.saavor to bring it up tomorrow unless
:, should interfere with an appropriation
bill.
The substitute having been read at the
rsouest of Mr.. Quay, Mr.. Quay moved to
commit the report to the finance COM
r,;ttee with instructions TO report back the
argira1 House bill, and the amendment
as separate propositions.
.T second the notion" said Mr.. Mitchell,
rep. of oregon.
Nr. Hill suggested that the motion was
not in order during the morning hour.
Among the numerous bills reported and
placed on the calendar We're the Iollow-
Granting a pension of 800 a month to
The widow of Gen, Thomas Ewing.
Also a pension of 500 a month to the
widow of the late Waller G. Gresham.
The military academy appropriate on DILL
which Mr. Teller said he would call up
tomorrow. -,
which Mr. Allison said he would call up
al an early date.
The bill to prevent the desecratlon OF the
national flag. In reporting this bill, with
an amendment, from the judiciary com
mittee Mr.. Hoar said that, while he had
voted in committee for the report the
more he thought of il the more difficult
lies and objections there seemed to be in
the way of any legislation on the SUBJ
Jet. Ii was very diflcut thlng 10 zeal
with, and he very much questioned wheth-
or il would not be better to leave 1t to
the good taste and good sense of private
Wr. Turpie introduced a joint resolu-
ton to amend the constitution so as to
have United States senators elected by
direct vote of the people of the several
states. and said that he would address the
Senate upon ii next Thursday.
Mr. Quay offered his resolution to re-
commit the House tariff bill, with the
free silver substitute, to the finance COM
mittee, with Instructions to report them
as separate propositions; and asked for
immediate consideration.
The objection came again from Mr.
Hill and the resolution went over until
tomorrow
Mr. Hale moved to proceed to the con-
sideratiOn of the urgent deficiency bill.
Mr.. Call asked to have the reports of
the committee on foreign relations made
the special order; while Mr.. Dubois de-
sired to have his resolution for the dis
trbution of the appropriation bills among
the several committees taken up.
Mr.; Hale,s motion to take up the urgent
deficiency bill was voted on by yeas and
nays and seemed TO be made test ques-
tion-the friends of silver voting against
i almost solidly 1t was defeated: Yeas,
Mr.. Dubois then moved to proceed to
the consideration of his resolution, so as
70 make ii the diminished business"
This was agreed to-yeas, 49, nays, "a.
Mr.. Dubois having thus had his resolu-
ton made the regular order" moved
That 1t be laid aside temporarily and the
urgent deficiency bill be proceeded with
as suggested by Mr.. Hale.
Mr.. Hale said that he thought the SEN
ate had taken its ground advisedly, and
that the matter had better be settled at
once. Inc committee on appropriations
was very DESTROYS of knowing whether 1t
was to be subjected to the censure of the
Senate for reporting appropriation bills.
II the resolutions were adopted, the ap-
preparation bills already reported ought
10 be referred back to the appropriations
committee and distributed. He was en-
tlrely willing, therefore, that the Senate
should dispose of the matter now.
VARIOUS Senators-That is right. Let us
have the vote now
Mr.. Hale-The Senate has decided to take
up this resolution dismantling the COM
mittee on appropriations, if the Senate is
70 do that. as appears indicated by the
TWO votes just taken, the sooner the COM
mttee on appropriations knows it the bet
Ter. l am DESTROYS that the matter shall
be disposed of at once, so that hereafter
members of the committee on appropria-
IONS shall have more leisure than they
other business.
Mr.. Dubois-I have no idea that sena-
Tors care to debate this question. They
are thoroughly familiar with it. There
lore, l ask that the vote be taken in ac-
CCordance with the wish of the senator
Mr.; Bate moved to proceed to execu-
i've business.
MIR. HILL hope that motion will be
sUled down. We may as well fight this
matter out now as at any other time.
Mr. Bates motion was defeated.
- punt OF Oiuer was maze by Mr.. Al
Qrlch that the resolution must go over
..9r one day Under a rule which makes
mat obligatory in cases of proposed
amendments of the rules. The point of
length.
Finally the Vice President ruled against
Ar' Aldrich's point of order and the dis
custom on the merits of Mr.. Dubois prop
osition.
Mr. Sherman spoke generally in its
laVor' and thought that there should be
no feeling about it on the part of the
committee on appropriations. He would
tote for the five last clauses sof the reso-
llons-those referring the Indian appro-
PIatlon bill to the committee on Indian
elairs, the river and harbor bill to the
[Ummlttee on commerce, the Notifications
~ 10 the committee on coast defenses,
I4ae district bill to the committee on the
!Dlslflct of Columbia and the pension bill
u NE committee on pensions.
me resolution was advocated by Mr..
lodge as a necessary and beneficial
mango, and by Mr.. Blanchard as meas
SsFe Of rescue from the "monopolistic
e9mlnance" of the committee on appro-
EIauons; while it was opposed by Mr..
nae as a revolutionary movement
~ $50 O'Clock the matter went over
Snnout action and the Senate went into