The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-03
The MAJORITY.
Substitute to House Bond Bill Carried
In the Senate.
RESOLUTION cENsuRING BAYARO
Adopted by House Foreign
Affairs Committee.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3-The long contest
ever the silver bond bill is &C an end in
tho senate, that body having passed the
free silver coinage substitute to the house
bond bill by the decisive vote of AZ TO IS, a
majority OF 7 for free silver.
This result was reached at 8 o'clock
Saturday, after three hours of caustio dc.
bate and sharp parliamentary fencing.
The public interest In the elimination OF
the protraotcd struggle was shown by
crowded galleries apd "a full attendance on
the floor. az senators being present and
the others paired.
Members OF the house crowded the cham
her, filing available seats and standing
room In the rear and side areas. Ii had
been expected that n final vote would be
taken at 2 o'clock, bat a conflict OF opinion
arose rs 20 the agreement, resulting In
considerable bitterness and personal feel
Ing. Many amendments were pending
when 2 o'clock arrived, and those were
summnrily cut of by "A strict construction
OF the agreement, although the differences
over the agreement itself held of the vote
for an honr beyond the time set. The re-
suit was such IA foregone conclusion that
little excitement or surprise was o~ccasioned
by the announcement of the passage Of the
substitute.
The early hours of the session, Begin
ming at ii o'clock, were given TO the clos
ing speeches, including that of Mr.. Nor
rill. tho octogcnarian OF congress, who is
still vigorous In speech and thought. The
other speeches were under the iye-minute
rule, being brief and snappy. Mr.. Lind
say took OCCASION 10 say that in his judg-
nient the president had fulfilled the full
measure of his duty in financial affairs
aud should do no more. II calamity came,
as "a result of congressional innction, the
president should leave the responsibility
whcrc IL belonged-on the shoulders OF
congress.
Another interesting incident occurred
when MIR. German was urging that the
legislation was Ruthless, as IL could not
receive executive approval. Mr.. Morgan
called attention to tho fact that the duty
OF congress was to act without executive
influence Or direction, to which MIR. Cor
man with much earnestness replied: II
fully agree TO that proposition and only
regret that there has not been q closer adj
hcrence to IL in the past. The senator
from Alabama cannot go farther than Ito
resist en~croachmcnts OF any executive In
giving any suggestions beyond those he Is
bound to make by the legislation Of the
United States, and due weight should be
given 10 whatever recommendation he
makes, without fear of political power or
patronage from the president"
Mr.. Mills, who had voted with the silver
men on all test motions, changed his vote
at the last, and recorded himself as against
the passage of the free silver bill.
The bill passed by the senate as q SUBJ
stitutc for the house bond bill provides
that from the date of the act the minis of
the United States shall be open to the
coinage Of silver, and the dollar shall DO OF
the present weight and flneness, and also
provides for the Issuance of silver %ccrtifl-
Gates. It further provides for the coinage
Of the seigniorage now In the treasury,
and authorizes Immediate Issue Of certif-
oatos upon the same In advance Of IL being
carried. One section of the bill provides
that no bank note Of less han $40 shall
hereafter be issued, and those outstanding
Of less amount shall be taken up and can
celled as rapidly as possible.
Section 4 provides that the greenbacks
md treasury notes shall be redeemed In
standard silver dollars or In gold coin, mt
the option of the treasury, and the green
backs when so redeemed shall be imme-
diately rcissued.
The Bayard Matter.
A resolution ccnsuring Ambassador
Bayard for the sentiments expressed by
him In his recent English speeches was
adopted by the house foreign affairs COM
mittee Saturday.
Two resolutions were reported. The
0rst scnsures Mr., Bayard by name for the
language used BY him In his Boston and
Edinburgh speeches. and Incorporated
with this was n second resolution, ex-
pressing the d%isapproval Of the committee
Of our representatives abroad discussing
American political affairs and displaying
craftsmanship and the condemnation of
political parties or other reputable ergan-
izations az American citizens.
This conclusion was not reached I'M
I'll the subject OF Mr.. Bayard's alleged in
discrelioBs had been fully discussed by
the committee. Party lines were strictly
drawn, the Democrats opposing any GEN.
sure OF Ambassador Bayard, while the
Republicans insisted that his offense de-
served a rebuke from the American CON-
grcss.
Twice the proposition was made TO the
Democrats by the Republicans that II the
former would admit that Mr.. Bayard's
uiteranccs had been indiscrcet, the Repub-
licans would agree TO n mild resolution,
that Is, merely an expression Of the sense
OF the house hat the ambassadors speeches
were indiscrcst.
This proposition was refused by the
Democrats, Mr.. McCreary declaring that
they would neither admit that Mr.. Bay
ard had been guilty of indiscretion nor
that the house had any power to repri-
mand him or express its views upon his
course. Tn Democrats argued that the
power Of appointment of foreign repre-
bentativcs was vested In the president,
with tho consent Of tho senate, and that
The president and the senate were the only
authorities who had jurisdiction over
these officials.
Mr.. Quigg prepared n general statement
Of the limitations which diplomatic OH
Gers should observe in their public utter
ances which contained no reference TO the
Baya-d speeches, but this was n milder
resolution than most Of his colleagues
wanted.
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