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NO MORE BONDS.
THE PROHIBITlVE BILL PASSED BY
THE u. S. SENATE.

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Republican Chandler Makes An Ineffec'
| final Appeal to Democrats to Stand by
Their PresIdent-The Vote, 3a to 25-A
| Hot Debate.
WASHINGTON. June AT Z o'clock
tonight, the long struggle in the Sen
ate over the bill to prohibit the issue
of bonds came to an end, and the bill
was passed by a vote of 80 to 25. The
bill as passed covers only three lines,
as follows:
"Be it enacted, that the issuance Of
interest bearing bonds of the United
States for any purpose whatever with
out further authority OF Congress is
hereby prohibited"
The debate on the bill lasted through
out the day and was at times very ami
mated. Mr.. Cannon of Utah made a
spirited reply to criticisms OF the live
Republican Senators, including him.
sell, who voted against the the Ding
ley tariff bill, declared that the meas
ure was a legislative monstroslty.
Mr.. Cannon asserted that the inter
mountain States took Henry M. Tel
ler as leader rather than the Senator
from Ohio (Sherman).
Mr.. Chandler appealed to Senators
on the other side of the chamber to
Join in patriotic measure to sustain
the country's honor. Mr.. Chandler
also paid tribute to the personal in
tegrity of President Cleveland and
Secretary Carlisle.
Mr.. Teller spoke in favor. of max
ing silver the first and paramount
question. Mr.. Burrows declared that
it would have been better had the
country gone down in the storm of
war than that a measure taking away
the last prop to its credit could pass.
Mr.. Brown then resumed his speech
begun yesterday, discussing bonds and
free silver coinage.
Mr.. Brown was followed by his
Utah colleague. Mr.. Cannon. They
had occupied different positions on the
Dingley tariff bill, the former having
voted for and the latter against the
consideration of the bill. Mr. Cannon
replied to structures made on tie five
Republican Senators voting against
the Dingley bill. He resented the
charge of insincerity. He charac-
terized the tariff bill as an ''iniquity
and monstrosity of legislation" Sec
tional and unjust. He had been &C.
quilted by his conscience and by his
constituents. The five Republican
Senators who voted against the tariff
bill, he said, have all the consolation
that they need, each having received
the endorsement OF his people at home.
Mr.. Cannon referred to the choice of
Senators Carter and Mantle of Mon
tana, Dubois of Idaho, Teller OF Colo
RADIO and himself as delegates to the
national convention.
Mr.. Allison Rep. of Iowa. Spoke
briefly on the bill. BE said it was well
known that the bill could not become
law. 1t was agreed, he said, that the
borrowing Of money for the govern
ment was solely legislative power, ex-
cept as the statutes conferred that
power on the executive branch. Un-
der these circumstances, the adoption
of the Brown resolution would be
repeal of the only law allowing the
executive to borrow money on bonds.
In a sharp colloquy with Mr.. Butler,
Mr.. Allison declared his opposition to
fiat money, and to the indirection by
which the pending bill sought to take
q step toward free silver coinage with.
out waiting for legislative action.
"I believe that the United States
cannot open its mints to the free coin
age of silver without becoming mo-
nometallic nation; that il cannot take
this step without an agreement with
other nations" said Mr.. Allison. .''and
I will continue to vote against the free
coinage of silver at 16 to 1 by this
country alone"
Mr.. Chandler deprecated the spirit
and manner of the author of the bill
(Butler), who had made threats and
had talked of revolution and blood
shed.
Mr.. Butler rose to disclaim such ut
terances.
Mr.. Chandler insisted, that the SEN
ator's language had conveyed indirect
threats and had tended to revolution
and bloodshed. Mr.. Chandler held up
a newspaper, which he said was the
Caucasian, publihed by Mr.. Butler in
North Carolina, and which contained
extreme and violent attacks on Sena-
tors Hill and Sherman and others
with whom Mr.. Butler was N daily
intercourse. \
AS to bond issues, Mr.. Chandler de-
clared that the President and Secre-
tary of the Treasury were men of
sterling personal integrity, standing as
the representatives of the credit of the
No charges of misap.
preparation or embezzlement of the
funds which had been rasied by the
sale of bonds had been made.
81 am thankful that two-thirds of
the Senators on this side of the cham
ber," said Mr.. Chandler, will vote
against this bill. And I ask Senators
who participated in the election of
President Cleveland and who are of
the party of John G.. Carlisle to join
with us in at least one patriotic vote
to protect our honor and credit" It
was strange, Mr.. Chandler added, for
him to defend a Democratic President
but he needed defense at time