Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-02-12
CONGRESS-.
Senate.

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absentee and he was recorded as voting
| against the substitute Senator Jones lark !
! the only Democratic member not present,
| was recorded as voting for it. The substi-
! tute agreed to is in the exact words of the
! silver substitute for the bond bill which
passed the Senate on Saturday. 1t provides
| for the free coinage of silver at the ra ito
| Of Is to /; directs the immediate coinage
! Into standard dollars of the silver seignior-
age in the treasury accumulated by the
purchases under the Sherman act; prohibits
| the issuance of national bank notes OF a
| smaller denomination than SO, and directs
greenbacks and treasury notes In either I gold
or silver exclusively, at the option of the
! secretary and to reissue greenbacks. Mr..
! Quay offered resolution to recOmmit the
and the substitute separately, but Mr.. Hill
objected and the resolution went over for
a day.
The most caustic utterance heard in the
| Senate since Mr.. Tillman's sensational
| speech was that of Mr.. Vest arraigning
| 9TH. The keen satire and ridicule directed
| against the secretary and the alluson to
the President made the speech hardly less
notable than that which recently startled
! the Senate. Mr. Vest referred derisivey
! to ''the colossal intellect dealing with cab
bages." At one point the senator said
| "The secretary of agriculture charges from
his office, reminding us of what Cicero says
Of Catiline's flight from the senate: Albeit
eeXcessit evast erupit ILaughterl When
the secretary of agriculture hears Of a sill
yer lunatic he is like the warhorse in job
his neck is clothed with thunder. You
might go further and say: He satin among an lI
battle afar off the th under of the captains
and the shouting "
Mr.. Vest severely criticised the practice
of furnishing costly flowers from govern
ment greenhouses for the receptions at
the executive mansion.
Mr. Quay expected to have his resolution
to recOmmit the tariff-Silyer bill with in
structions taken up for consideration after
the routine business, but technicalities
threw it over to the following day.
The Catron anti-prize fight bill, which was
hurried through the House, passed the
Senate on the 9th During the day Mr.. Nor
gan Dem. Ala offered an amendment to
recommittng of the tariff-silyer bill. Mr..
MOrgan's amendment inStructS the finance
committee to add provision deducting 10
per cent. from customs duties on goods
imported in vessels of the United States or
of the country producing the imported ar
ticle provided that the countries exporting
such goods shall provide by law thai silver
bullion, the product of United States mines,
shall be admitted 10 coinage on equal terms
with gold Mr.. TurDie addressed the Senate
in favor of the election Of United States
senators by popular vote. MI Tur9ie
spoke of the growth Of corporation fnfIu-,
ence. 1t was notorious that the central
bureau Of this malevOlent corporate power
is at the capitals of the various states
whenever a United States senator is chosen.
Destroy this rule of the trust by giving to
the people the election of senators and the
ballot of opinion is restored: unawed and
deadlock in Kentucky and the previous one
in Delaware, and pointed out the growing
dangers of leaving the choice of senator's
with legislatures instead of with the people
The first hour OF the Senate on the It'll
was consumed largely in the election of Mr.:
Frye rep, Me- as president pro tenn. of
the Senate The election was unanimous
and was marked by a display of good nature
and compliments usual in the Senate after
Mr.. Allen then addressed the Senate on the
resolution known as the Davis resolution,
relative TO the Monroe doctrine. He con-
tended THAT the Monroe doctrine was sim
plv one Of national self-preservation. and
said that If the invasion of the South Amer
lean republics by Great Britain should en-
danger the welfare or menace the safety of
this government IN any way we should
apply this doctrine and resent her action
mighty nation We must be the exclusive
judges of when the doctrine is to be applied.
resolution offered by Mr.. Stewart was
agreed to, calling on the secretary of the
treasury for information as to the estimated
increase in revenue if the pending tariff
bill becomes Il law. and what the duty on
wool per pound would be under the law,
based on the present market price Of wool.
House.
The House spent the entire day on the Sd
discussing q series of amendments TO strike
from the District of Columbia appropria ton
bill eight appropriations, ,aggregating $34.
900. for the maintenance of destitute women
and children in various private and sectari-
an charitable institutions in the district 1t
was the announced purpose Of Mr.. Hainer
Rep., Neb.) who led the fight, to place the
appropriations in the hands of board OF
children's guardians created several years
ago. The amendments opened up q wide
field OF discussion as to the policy of APP
sectarian jnstitu tf0ns, and Mr.. Robertson
Dem, Lao, member of the appropria tons
committee made the direct charge that the
war on these appropriations had been in
augurated by THE A =. A. This phase of
the matter was, however, approached with
great caution by those who spoke, the adj
n placing their n
position on the broad ground of antagonism
to the appropriation of public money for
private sectarian purposes. Mr.. Hull
(Rep., la. chairman of the committee
military affairs, reported the army appro-
priation bill, and 1t was placed on the cal
endar. At 1870 the clerk of the Senate an
nOunced the passage of the Senate free
coinage substitute for the House bond bill,
and it was referred under the rule to the
ways and means, committee. motion to-
concur was not entertained under the rules.
Mr.. DingleX, chairman Of the ways and.
means committee, on the 18th reported back
the Senate free-eoinage substitute for the
House bond biIT With the recommendation.
that the House non-eoncur and insist on it's,
bill. Mr. Crisp representing the minority
gave notice that the minority would ask the
House to concur. The report will be called
I'D on the 5tr and the debate will run for
two days. With night sessions. The House
spent the remainder of the day debating q
series of amendments offered by Mr.. HpineF
Columbia appropriation bill the appropria-
ton for private and Sectarian institutions
of charity in the district and place the
money proposed to be appropria ted fon them
at the disposal of tne board of children's
guardians. Much feeling was engendered
and at times the debate grew quite ex-
citing.
The debate on the Senate free coinage
substitute for the House bond bill was
scheduled to commence in the House on
the 9TH, but the body did not get around
to it. The session opened with an attempt
to pass a bill to stop the ''pugilistic fes
tiVal'' billed to take place near Ell Pasc
Tex. Mr.. Catron. the delegate from New
Mexico. asked unanimous consent for the
consideration of the bill, but objection was
made. Later in the session Is was unani-
mously passed. The District Of Columbia
appropriation bill, on which a fight has
been made over charitable appropriations
was defeated by a vote of 135 to 143.
The Senate free-coinage substitute for the
House bond bill was debated five hours in
the House on the 9Th ana for three hours
at the night session. Nevertheless the
pressure from members for time to present
! their views was so great that the debate
! will run over into next week. The speech
es have been tame and dry. There We're
! two notable exceptions, however, Mr.. John
son N. d. and Mr.. johnson CalD, both
! Republicans. but on different sides of the
silver question afforded entertainment and
! perhaps instruction.
The House on the 7th suddenly became