The record-union., 1896-05-28
After Vigorous and Hotly Contested
Fight.
The Senate Defeats the Amendment
to the "FilIed Cheese" Bill Pro-
viding for an Additional Tax or
Lager Beer, Ale ard POrter-The
Prohibitory Bond Bill Again Dis
CUSSed

WASHINGTON, May 21.-After d
vigorous and hotly contested fight the
House to-day concurTed, by a vote OF
Ill to 81, in the Senate amendment to
the general deficiency appropriation
bill providing for the payment of
French spOilation and war claims un-
der the Bowman Act, adjudicated by
the Court of Claims, amounting to
about 81 ,0O0,0 600 The fight against the
amendment was made by Cannon
(Rep) of Illinois and Sayres Oem) Of
Texas, and for it by Maihon Rep) OF
Pennsylvania, Richardson Dem) of
Tennessee, GrosvenOr Rep) of Ohio
and Adams (Rep.l of Pennsylvania.
The conference report on the bin for
the relief of settlers on Northern Pacific
Railroad indemnity lands was agreed
to.
A supplemental conference report on
the sundry civil bill, showing an agree
ment upon everything of importance
but the public building items, was pre-
sented and partly considered, when at
$50 p. m. Kemp Pop) of Nebraska
| made a point of no quorum, and only
142 members appearing, the House ad-
| journed until tomorrow.
DEN Al II
WASHINGTON, May 27-There were
two subjects of discussion before the
Senate to-day-the filled cheese" bill
and the bill to prohibit the issue of
Government bonds without the consent
OF Congress. The first was closed dur
ing the morning hOur-the bond bill
coming up at o'clock as the unfinished
business.
The action of the Senate yesterday
by voting down by a majority of five
Sherman's motion to table an amend
ment to the filled cheese bill, which
| proposed to levy an additional tax OF
| seventy-five cents a barrel on lager
| beer, ale and porter, was reversed to
| day in the defeat of that amendment
| by a majority of seven. Six RepubE-
| can Se'Nat9rS-Brown and Cannon OF
| Utah, Carter of Montana, Pettigrew of
South Dakota, Teller of Colorado and
| Dubois of Idaho-voted for it, and ten
Democratic Senators-CockreH of Mis-
souri,, Faulkner of West Virginia, Hill
of New York, Mitchell and Villas of Wis
consin, Palmer of Illinois, Pasco of
| Florida, Smith of New Jersey, Turpie
of Indiana and White of California
voted against it. The votes of four
| Populist Senators-Allen of Nebraska,
| Butler of North Carolina, PETER of
Kansas and Stewart of Nevada-were
cast in favor of the amendment.
| Notices of amendment to the filled
cheese bill were afterward given by
| Morgan of Alabama, Stewart of Ne
vada and Mitchell of Oregon. The first
proposes tax of one cent "a pound on
| all American cheese offered in the mar
ket for sale, and the other two propose
an import duty on all woods.
The partial conference report on the
| naval appropriation bill was concurred
in, and a further conference ordered on
unadjusted matters, including the ques-
ton of battle-ships.
A speech in favor of the prohibitory
bond bill was made by Hansbrough of
North Dakota, who claimed that it was
necessary to limit the overshading
power of the Executive, which was
| bordering on imperialism" He ia
vored action at the present session to
increase the revenue by duty on tea
and coffee, and by an additional tax on
beer, and declared his belief that if
Congress adjourned without such ac-
ton there would be a new issue of
bonds within a month after the ad-
| journment, and another issue before the
next session, and that Congress would
be open to the suspicion of being in
league with the bond syndicate.
The bond bill was opposed by Elkins
cf West Virginia as measure that
mi ght bring the Government to & stand
still.
An interesting discussion took place
| between Elkins and Butler, in which
the latter foresh allowed the election Of
a Populist President next November,
and in which the former said that the
next Republican Administration would
be compelled to borrow money to carry
on the Government.
A set speech in favor of the free and
unlimited coinage of silver lndepend-
emily of an international agreement
was made by Daniel of Virginia, and
was not finished when at $40 p. m. the
Senate ad iourned until tomorrow.