The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-23
Vigorously Opposed to a Meas
ure That Will Embarrass
the Government.
TALK ABOUT TARIFF RESUMED
Gray Makes a Proposition to Sher.
man That Is Not Accepted by
Any Means.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May PAN i'm
portant and spirited debate took place in
the Senate to-day on the bill introduced
several months ago by Butler of North
Carolina, prohibiting the issue of Govern
ment bonds without the consent of Con-
gress. Hill spoke for nearly three hours
In condemnation of the measure as an act
of reputation, and it was also denounced
in most emphatic terms by Sena tors Sher-
man of Ohio, Hawley of Connecticut,
Lodge of Massachusetts and Baker of
Kansas, while it was defended and advo-
Gated by Mills of Texas, George of Mis-
sissippi, Clarke of Wyoming. Teller of Col
orado, Allen of Nebraska and Stewart of
Nevada.
The test vote on taking it up again in
the first instance showed a majority of
fourteen in its favor, but when it was dis
placed by the calendar after two hours
discussion and new vote was required to
take it up again, the majority had dwin-
died down to two. An effort was made to
have time fixed for taking a vote next
Monday. but objection was made and the
bill went over until tomorrow.
The final conference report on the river
and harbor bill was presented and agreed
to-a satisfactory compromise having been
reached in the matter OF the deep-sea har-
Dor in Southern California, and at P. NJ
the Senate adjourned until tomorrow.
Immediately after prayer Butler (Pop.)
of North Carolina moved to proceed to the
consideration of his bill prohibiting the
issue of United States bonds without con-
sent Of Congress, and the motion was
agreed to-ayes "a, noes 20. The vote in
detail was as follows:
Ayes-Allen. Bacon, Bate, Berry, Blackburn.
Brown, Butler, Chiffon, Coekrell, Daniel, Du-
bois, George, Hansbrough, Harris, Jones of
Arkansas, Kyle, Martin, Mills, Mitchell of
Oregon, Paseo, PETER, Perkins, Pettigrew.
Pritchard, Pugh, Shoup, Stewart, Teller, Thur
ston, Turpie, Vest, Warren, White and Wilson.
"a.
Noes-AIison, Baker, Burrows, Caffery.
Chandler, Davis, Frye, Gallinger. Gray, Hale,
Hawley, Hill, Lindsay, Mcbride, Mcmillan,
Morrill,, Nelson, Sherman, Villas and Wetmore
20.
This displaced Sherman's request for
unanimous consent to take up the filled
cheese" bill
Hill took the floor on the bond measure.
but yielded temporarily to other business.
Among such business was the House bill
to quiet title to lands of persons who pur-
chased the same in good faith with notice
and for a valuable consideration, and to
enable the Government to issue patents on
such lands. and that commu tations of
homestead entries shall take place from
date OF settlement and not from date of
entry, which was passed with amend
menIs.
A second partial conference report on
ha tn L
and agreed to and q further conference
asked.
Hill then addressed the Senate against
the prohibitory bond bill.
"Mr. President" he said, "the crime.
the alleged crime, OF 1873 is nothing COM
pared to the crime which will be perpe-
trated if this act shall pass the present
Congress and become law.
stripped of all its verbiage, condensed
as it is, it is bold proposition for the re-
peal of the resumption act of 1875, for the
repeal of the only provision OF law that
exists for the maintenance or redemption
of the paper currency of the country. 1t
does not, in so many words, repeal the law of
1875, but it is in effect repeal of that law.
Its startling proposition. 1t will not solve
the silver question. 1t will not solve the
financial question. 1t simply embarrasses
the Government. 1t simply puts in peril
the finances of the country. 1t is a meas
ure in the wrong direction. 1t was boldly
avowed yesterday by its author and
sponsor as Populist measure. Let there
be no misunderstanding about it. 1t is an
avowed Populist measure.
at is not the silver question that is in
volved in this bill. 1t is the integrity of the
Government that is involved. 1t is the