The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-01
THE HOUSE BOND BILL
The End of the Long Debate on This
Measure Is At Last Sighted.
FINAL VOTE WILL Be TAKEN TOMORROW
Three Speeches Made on the Subject
Ei"m OF the Democratic Pnrty-
Unimportnnt Dolngs In the House
-Ano!hcr Tcxns Democrat Scntct.

Washlngton, u. c., Jan. M.-(House.'
The House to-day in the committee OF
the whole entered upon the consIdera.
tlon of the bill making appropriations
for tho District OF Columbia for tho
year ending June &c. 1897. Much of the
time wns spent in discussing the pro-
vision reported by the committee for
opening to competition the gas and cleo
tric lighting OF the city of Washington
each OF which Is now. II Is asserted
practically monopoly. Objection was
made to the provision on the ground
that II changed existing law and there
fore has no place on the nDpropria ton
bill: such provision should be made In
Il separate bill. The chairman Of the
committee OF the whole (Payne. of New
forD ruled that the provision was n
change Of existing legislation and Il
was stricken out.
Before finally disposing Of the light
Ing schedules of the bill the committee
rose aud the House took II recess un-
I'll O'Clock for the consideration OF
private pension bills
The following were passed earlier In
the day:
Authorizing the Secretary of the
Treasury To exclude from the operations
OF the internal revenue law. except as
to the payment Of taxes. brandlcs made
from MI fruits, as well as that mndc
from apples, peaches or grapes, as pro-
Nid"d In the present tariff law: :
changing the time for holding
district and Circuit Courts I'm the
Northern division OF Tennessee. Joint
| resolutions TO permit the Society OF the
| Christian End"avor to use White Lot
just south Of the Whitehouse. during Its
National Convention In Washington
next July; authorizing the Secretary OF
the Navy to appoint exNaval Cadets
Ryan. Morris and Wells as assistant
engineers.
| The contested election case of Rosen-
| thai VS.. Crowley, from the Tenth Texas
| district. was settled In favor OF the
sitting member (Crowley. Dem.), upon
the unanimous report OF the committee.
Mr.. Rosenth hal did not avail himself Of
the privilege accorded him yesterday of
addressing the House for an hour in
his own behalf.
tNight sesson.)-At the night session
OF the House two private pension bills
We're ordered laid aside with favora-
hle recommendation. The session last
ed two hours and n half. the ma jor part
Of the time being consumed In filibuster-
ing by the opposition. The House at
1870 adjourned until tomorrow
tSenate)-The Senate was called to
order By the ViccPrcsident at noon at
which time there We're not over dozen
Senators present. AS to-day's session
through the parliamentary device OF
taking recess instead of an adj Glirn-
mcnt yesterday. was but a continue
tion Of yesterdays, the usual formali-
ties of prayer, reading the journal, pre-
senting memorials. introducing bills,
and all other mrrning business was dis
pensed with and the Senate continued
the consideration of the House bond bill
with the Finance Committee free coin
age substitute.
The end of the long debate on the
bill was sighted when a unanimous
agreement was made that after the eve
ming session to be devoted to clearing
OFF belated speeches q recess shall be
taken I'LL II Il. m. Tomorrow morning
ana that then after Mr.. Morrill,, OF Vcr-
mont, shall have been heard, the discus
sion shall 80 on under the five minute
rule until p. m. when the final vote is
to be taken. There was very little diff
iiculty in reaching the agreement-thp
proposition coming from Mr.. Harris
Mr.. Hill stipulated that the agreement
should i9st preclude the Offering of
amendments or substitutes or n mo-
ton TO postpone indefinitely, and MIR.
Harris accepted the substitute.
Three speeches We're made on the sub
Ject to-day. Mr.. Villas spoke for two
hours and three quarters in opposition
both to the bill and the substitute He
yielded To an interruption from Mr..
Mitchell NaeD) of Oregon, who charac-
terized the demand that the last issue
OF bonds must be paid in gold after the
syndicate had obtained them at a
lower price because they were speciflcal-
ly made payable sin coin" as q "bunco
game"
Mr.. Villas. however declined ito let Mr..
Tiilman divert him from his argument
by questions. He closed with an eulo-
GUM on the Democratic party, "yield-
ing neither to the reaotionary forces of
old absolutism or to the lurid fires of
anarchy"
The delivery of the speech occupied
two hours and three quarters. Although
II had been prepared In advance and
lay before the Senator In typewriter
pages, there was SO much spirit and
energy displayed In It's delivery that it
was difficult to realize it was being
read
Mr. Bate next addressed the Senate
declaring that he was unable to sus
tain either OF the financial measures
sent to the Senate by the House They
made n combination, he said. directly in
conflict with the opinions and wishes of
the people. as he understood the drift
OF public opinion. The one increased
taxes not necessary to the support of the
Government, and the other fmposed n
heavy burden, both present and future,
neither just nor necessary The FL
Lance Committee, however. had by its
silver substitute attempted to bring the
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