Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-02-13
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
House Laboriously Wrestling with
the Senate Silver Substitute
for Bond Bill.
A FINAL VOTE BILLED FOR TOMORROW
Senate Investigating Status of Pacific
Venezuela Will Be Rep
resented Before Boundary Com
mission at Washington.

Washington, Feb. 13.-The session Of
the house to-day from 1880 to 12 O'Clock
was devoted to general debate on the
bond bill. The senate substitute, under
the arrangement in effect, was then open
for amendment and debate under the five
minute role.
Mr.. Dingley, chairman of the ways and
means committee, explained the pariia-
mentary situation. He would make a
motion to non-concur in the senate free
coinage substitute. Mr.. Crisp, represent.
ing the minority of the committee, would
move concurrence. The latter motion
took precedence, and would be the pend
ing motion, oper for amendment until
o'clock, when vote in committee of the
whole would be taken.
FINAL VOTE TOMORROW.
Under the arrangement made with the
minority, Mr.. Dingley said that two hours
would be allowed Tomorrow for closing
the debate, and that the final vote would
be taken abont p. m. tomorrow.
johnson, Republican, of California,
moved to amend the motion to concur
by striking out the first section of the
senate substitute and inserting pro-
vision for the free coinage of American
silver, and for leyying prehibitory duty
on foreign silver.
The latter portion of the amendment
was withdrawn in Difference to the point
of order that it was not germane.
AMENDMENTS VOTED DOWN.
Mr.. Brumm'5 amendment to the silver
bond bill for the retention of the seig
norage by the government was defeated
by vote of 35 to 95.
Mr.. Corliss, Republican, of Michigan,
offered an amendme ent for the coinage of
the American product and the retention
of the seignorage, which was defeated
without division.
SESSION OF THE SENATE ToD DAY.
In the senate to-day Mr.. Allen, of Ne
braska, sought to secure the adoption of
his resolution calling on the secretary of
status of the Union Pacific, Kansas Pa
cltic. Sioux City and Pacific railroads.
Mr.. Brlce, Democrat, of Ohio, suggest
ed that the senate committee on Pacific
railroads be instructed to make an in
yestigation with power to send for the
persons and papers.
Mr.. Allen accepted this suggestion, say
ing that he did not doubt that the com
mittee would prosecute the inquiry in
good faith. He suggested that the Pa
cific railroad committee could profitably
turn from the stock brokers, stockhold-
ers, attorneys and lobbyists and give at
tention to the honest patrons of the road.
Mr.. Wolcott pointed out that everyone
who came before the committee was
heard, including the delegations from the
western cities. There was no means of
advertising for the patrons of the road
and bringing them here.
Mr.. Morgan, Democrat, of Alabama,
secured the adoption of an amendment
empowering the committee to administer
oaths to witnesses.
VENEZUELA WILL BE REPRESENTED.
Through Senior Andrade, its minister
here, the government of Venezuela has
notified Secretary Olney that it will re-
spond atfirmatively to the invitation of
the Venezuelan boundary comm ission to
submit all the evidence in it's possession
touching the location of the true bound
ary line. Senior Andrade also stated that
officials of the government of Venezuela
were compiling this record. Presumably
the Venezuelan government will be rep
resented before this commission by an
agent or consul.