Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-02-06

posed to her authority the rights OF
belligerents under the law Of nations.
d In the lower house Mr.. Bart
lett IN. Y.) introduced joint
resolution authorizing the construction
of six new battle-ships to cost not
more than ss,SoO.O0O each, exclusive of
armament, for which $5,000,000 is APP
propriated.
Washington, Jan, 30.--An animated
debate over the question of taking a
vote on the pending silver-bond bill
clio ed the session of the senate late
tbs afternoon. 1t had been expected
throughout the day that Mr.. Jones, of
Arkansas, who is in charge of the
bill, would hold the senate in session
until vote was forced. He had given
notice of this purpose, and the mem
bers were prepared for 1t. AT s4;15
o'clock, however, when Mr.. Villas Sc
cured the floor for speech, he yielded
for motion to go into executive ses-
sion. Mr. Jones explained that it was
proposed to take recess until to-
morrow. He felt satisfied, he said,
that a vote could be taken in the near
/ future.
This led to much discussion. Mr..
Chandler was sarcastic at the abandon
ment of the plan for vote. Mr..
Stewart declared that ii made no diff
ference when vote was taken, or
whether any was taken. 1t was all
dress parade and "buncombe." Mr..
added the significant statement that
the pending silver amendment would
be germane as an amendment to the
tariff BILL and that when the latter
measure came before the senate he
would offer a silver amendment to test
the senators on their choice between
tariff and silver.
After a lengthy discussion the senate
went into executive session and then
took a recess until tomorrow, without
any exact understanding as to the
time of taking the vote, although the
talk had shown purpose to secure
one Saturday.
Washington, Jan. S0.-The attend
ance in the house was slim today. The
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favor of the sitting member, d. b. Gull
berson, from the fourth Texas district,
and against I. III. Davis, was adopted
without division. On motion of Mr..
Doolittle rep, WASH resolution was
adopted requesting the President to
transmit to congress the report Of the
board of engineers on the Nicaraguan
canal. The bill to amend the depend
ent pension act of 1890 so that In con-
sidering widows claims seven years
of unexplained absence should be
deemed sufficient proof of the death of
the soldier, was passed. The speaker
announced the appointment of Mr..
Wellington rep, Md on the commit
tee on labor, and Mr.. Belknap rep.
lid on railways and canals.
Washington, Jan. Ex-senator Villas
made 3-hours' speech on the cur
rency. 1t was vivid word picture of
democracy, which he said was menaced
on the one hand by federalism rejuven-
ated in the republican party, on the
other by that portentious cloud Of a
party never known in the days of
democratic justice, charged with wild,
fantastic theories Of social disorder and
wilder schemes of remedy, threaten ing,
should 1t grow apace, no one can fore
tell what violence of social tempest"
AS Mr. Villas proceeded there were oc-
easional sharp exchanges between him
and other senators. Mr.. Mitchell inter-
jected a question as to the bond trans
action of last year. Mr.. Villas justified
the course taken under the exigencies
of the time, while Mr.. Mitchell de-
nominated the course of the bond pur-
(. chasers in buying on the theory of
silver payments and yet demanding
and expecting gold payments as a
''bunco game.
Mr.. Bate (dem) Of Tennessee adj
dressed the senate in support of the
silver amendment. He said he was
unable to support either Of the fiscal
measures sent to the senate from the
house, as an emergency tariff bill in
grasses taxes not necessary TO the sup
Port Of the government and the gold
bond bill imposes heavy burden, both
present and future. Trade and business
desired rest from tariff agitation for
at least two years. With an existing
surplus of $175,000,000 in the treasury,
there was no justification for another
tariff agitation. Mr. Bate quoted the
assurances Of the president and secre-
tary Of the treasury that the present
financial embarrassments were not due
to a deficiency of revenue. Mr.. Bate
combatted what he termed the fiction
of gold reserve. 1t had created a
danger signal" until private corpora
tions now placed gold payments In
their bonds. The senator referred to a
recent loan by Norfolk, Va, corpor-
alton Of s1,0O0.000 per cent forty-year
bonds, payable in gold" In conclu-
sion, Mr.. Bate commended the pending
silver amendment as clearing away all
clouds Of doubt and restoring silver to
its sovereign rights.
Mr.. Pasco (denl.) of Florida followed
Mr. Rate In sunnor.t az tho silver