Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-06-11
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
synopsis Of Proceedings in Com
gress, and Matters Per-
tanning Thereto.
4 REVIEW OF THE WEEK.
The Amtt-BOnd Bill Passes the
Senate-The Vote Is
Given.
THE snNArE


THE SENATE
Tariff and finance each came In for
q share Of consideration in the senate.
sherman succeeded In having the
filled cheese bill taken up, whereupon
Dubois offered an amendment adding
rs cents per barrel to the tax on beer,
porter and ale. The senator said his
amendment was intended to test the
sincerity of the senators who had ex-
pressed patriotic desire to aid the
treasury by raising more revenue.
The beer amendment would yield $685.
100000 additional revenue.
Sherman opposed the amendment
as skillful means to defeat the
cheese bill. His motion to table Du-
bois' amendment was defeated-yeas
Is, nays 80.
The long struggle in the senate over
the bill to prohibit issue Of bonds
came to an end, and the bill was pass
ed by vote of 80 to Is. The bill, as
passed, covers only three lines, as fol-
lows:
abe 1t enacted that issuance of in
terest-bearing bonds Of the United
States, for any purpose whatever,
without further authority Of cong ress
is hereby prohibited"
The vote on its final passage was as
follows:
Yeas-Republicans: Brown, Dubois,
Mitchell of Oregon, Pritchard, Warren,
Cannon, Hansbrough, Pettigrew, Tel
Ter, Wolcott-1O.
Democrats: Bacon, Berry. Daniel,
Harris, Mills, Pasco, Tillman, Vest,
White, Bate, Chiffon, George, Jones of
Arkansas, Morgan, Pugh, Turpie, Wal
thall-17.
Populists: Allen. Jones of Nevada,
Stewart, Butler, PETER. Total, 81:
Republicans: Aldrich, Bur-
rows, Cullum, Gallinger, Hawley, Nc
Bride, Plat, Wetmore, Allison, Chand-
Ter, Davis, Hale, Lodge, Nelson, Quay,
Wilson-16.
Democrats-Bryce, Faulkner, Lind
say, Caffert, Hill, Mitchell Of Wiscon-
sin, Palmer, Smith, Vilas-9. Total Is.
A flood Of amendments was first
voted down, all being defeated. One
by Aldrich of Rhode Island gave the
executive power to issue bonds in GER
tain emergencies; another ~ Aldr ich,
provided that the act should not i'm
pair the obligation to pay In coin.
Hills amendment, that treasury
notes be retired when redeemed, was
tabled by 43 to II.
Quay's amendment, for substitution
of coin notes for treasury notes, was
defeated without yea and-nay vote.
The last preliminary vote was on
Hills motion to postpone the subject
until next December, which was de-
feated. Cannon of Utah made sspirit-
ed reply to criticisms of Ave republi-
can senator's, including himself, who
voted against the Dingley tariff bill,
and declared that measure was slegis-
lative monstrosity. Cannon asserted
the inter-mountain states took Henry
M. Teller as their leader rather than
the senator from Ohio (Sherman.)
In sharp colloQuy with Butler, AL
lison declared his opposition to fiat
money and to the indirection by which
the pending bill sought to take step
toward free silver coinage without
waiting for legislative action. l be-
lieve the United States cannot open
it's mints to free coinage Of silve with
out becoming q mOnometAllic nation;
that It cannot take this step without
an agreement without other nations;
said AL isOn, "and will continue to
vote against free coinage of silver at
l6 to by this country alone"
Chandler appealed to the senators
on the other side to join In the patriot.
10 measure to sustain the country's
honor. Chandler also paid tribute
to the personal integrity 1T President
Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle.
Pettigrew, republican, of South Da-
kota here arose to challenge the pub
>lished statement that although an sd-
'vocate Of free silver coinage he had
aureed TO support mckinley and
sound money" in order to become Q
delegate to the national convention.
,Pettigrew declared the report false.
The South Dakota convention had re-
ferred the financial question to the
national convention, and no issue or
vote was taken on silver. Pettigrew
declared there Is no Office which could
lead him to sacrifice his convictions on
finance.
Teller pointed out that the pending
bill had no connection with free coin
aQe Of silver. The senator declared the
silver question, whose death and
burial had been predicted, was most
lively corpse. State after state had
declared In conventions tor silver.