The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-05-08
FROM WASHINGTON.

FROM WASHINGTON
bankruptcy Bill Passes the House-Sen
ate Beginning to See the End ON APP
preparation Bills-TiIt Between Hi
and Tillman-HiiI Now Fighting
Against Bond NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Wants TO Economic in Naval ApprO
prfations.
The Torrcy bankruptcy bin passeC
the house Saturda. afternoon all right
in spite OF the fears OF its friends. th'
provision for involuntary bankruptcy
like that for voluntary bankruptcy. re
naming substantially as reported b,
the judiciary committee and as desirct
by the friends of the legislation wht
had been working like beavers to keel
it. The vote was loI TO 81. An effort was
made to emasculatc the bill by mo
ton to strike out its application tc
corporations, and il was defeated as
were also the Bailey and Crawford sub
stitutes limiting bankruptcy to vol.
untary cases or involuntary ones Il
those Of fraudulent debtors. No one cX-
poets of course, that the bill can
pass the Senate though the emphatic
majority for it ought to be of value in
future campaigns.
The Senate Saturday after week :
discussion passed the naval appropria-
tion bin which went through the
House 10 two days. Though the Sen
ate Is voice has been so much for war
all along. its vote was against prepare
tion for war Instead of increasing the
number of battleships from four to
six. as it was thought il might, il act
ually cut the number down from four
to two, and Senator Chandler's propo
sition to provide for more and larger
torpedo boats was defeated
The River & Harbor bill was taken
up Tuesday and the District Of CoIum-
bia bill is now under consideration.
After that has been disposed of there
will be only the Notifications and the
general deficiency appropriation bills
to be acted upon, by the Senate. The
managers intend to see if
they can put all the appropriation bills
the Senate by May u.
The debate on the Naval bill wan
tered Off into all the political fields and
Friday there was personal tilt OF sew
rial hours duration between Tilman
# South Carolina and Hill of New
ork. The latter during its progress
vas drawn into declaration that he
would support free silver candidate
OF the presidency il one were nomina
ed at Chicago. He tried to get Till |
nan TO tell what he would do in case |
he gold men won and suggested. con
that the Populist ranks |
ias the place for him. Tillman said he
expected to do his level best as a
Democrat to keep his party back out
I the woods Of Republicanism and to
brow off all the slough and rottenness
hat it has accumulated during the
ist year. But if boodieists win nj Chi
ago. then | am willing to take my hat
nd bid the senator from New York
nd all like him long farewell.
ut he wouldn't be a Populist. THE
opulists were in error al the last
election They spattered
on the wall If we do not
ct recognition of silver at the Chi
ago convention. then the Democratic
arty is dead and gone forever. \ new
arty will spring into existence. Ii we
innot beat you this time we will
rive notice on you that we will have
merica for Americans ana to hell
it'll Great Britain and the tories. =
i. Tillman later remarked that no
,e had the slightest idea that the
would win the next cleo
on. Then he pitched into Cleveland
+ vetoinG petty pension bills and
sndlns over 10000. 600 to the bond
Indicate. Hill, in reply, said he
idn much in common with the ad-
'hadn't been the "recip-
Mt OF It's patronage or favors, but he
ought it was useless to bother about
ereland. who wouldn't be candi
tic. II rccollect, said he. that
ate after state in the South instruct
their delegates for FREQ silver and
over Cleveland They have not cot
70 silver. hut with bitter sarcasm
ey got Grover Cleveland The reg
ar Democracy OF New York protested
ainst his nomination. but. like loval
'mocrats as they are. they went back
Il joined them. giving New York
ain 10 the Democratic column. =
ld they would do SO again. While
2 secretary of the treasury is an
le, thoroughly honest and competent
IN and is one who reflected honor on
: action of the country which rep
ents, | think that he made a mis-
re in his contest before the Ken f..
ky legislature against the re.elec
n of Senator Blackburn, who was
, nominee of his party caucus. = II
The River Il Harbor bill was dis "
ced Monday by the PETER resolution VI
an investigation of the bond is IL
IS. The vote vas 80 to Is and the
was taken up with debate on ii. 4
II made long speech against this
uncalled for and mischiey
resolution. He mentioned thr
t that the resolution had been mod
d SO as TO make no allegation or in no
uation against any officer of the ar
ernment and said that. as there WAS u. Il,
allegation of misconduct. there was L;
ne an investigation merely for the
pose of having an investigation.
The House committee on labor has ~, w.
cred favorable report on the bill
protect free labar from competition :
n convict labor 10y restricting the
of convict made goods to the
les in which they are produced. n
nufacturers of agricultural products Ga
exempted. on