The Red Cloud chief., 1896-01-03
BOND BILL PASSED.
HOUSE TAKES FURTHER
ACTION.


WAsulSCrON. Dec 50 When tho
House convened to-day three hours re.
manned for debate on the bond bill
At , =. M voting began. by the
time the roll call in the first section
was hal! through, it was thought that
not enough Republicans would vote
against the first section for bonds tn
defeat T..
The first roll call resulted: Yeas.
$50; nays, Is. Probably forty four
Republicans voted against ;hc hill.
On another roll call the first section
OF the bond biti " ,,cd by u vote Of
100 to 49,.
The second section ot the bond bill
passed without a division.
Mr.. Erosius, Republican. Of i'cnn.
s.ylvania opened in favor uf the bill.
This WIS the only country on tho
globe, he said, where gold redemption
had neither qualification nor lim,,a-
ton, and where tho treasury was
without the power to resist the in
cursionS OF foreign gold grabb,rs or
domestic spectators The revenue
deficit was thc CHIEF sinner IN the
comedy Of errors which had produced
the present troubles. II was not
suitable 10 the dignity of tho govern.
Wcnt to employ >lcuih hounds ct for
Cign syndicate, to hunt down gold.
Tho people Of tins country should
have the first opportunity to help the
tiTn.ury out of the tough financial sea.
lN declared that there "A NO politics
in the bill.
Mr.. Parker, Republican, 90 New
Jersey favored the bill a. Il GOOD bust.
ness measure.
Mir. Cannon, Republican, of Illinois.
in support of the measure, declared
that II was "A bill TO maintain Specie
payments, which had been resumed
under the wise direction Of the Rrpub-
lean party IN 1870. For the - years
following the resumption the
had always exceeded the expenditures
Twelve hundred million dollars OF the
interest paying debt had hccu dis.
charged. since Mr. Llcvelaud'S cleo
ton in 1879? deficiency. distress. idlc-
ness and panic had followed. Instead
of paying Ito millions u year ON the
public debt tho Democrats had Dor.
rowed lG2 millions. They could tear
down and criticiSe, but they could not
build up the reserve. t~Rcpublican
applause
1--WE will not abridgc the power Of
the Secretary of the Treasury he
continued. eve will give him more
power. lie cannot have too mach
power il it is used wisely. Iou, on
the other side, will vote against this
bill--thosc in favor of silver nj IG tn !
because you want To impair the
credit Of the country and force us to "A
silver basis: those who support the ad-
ministration, because it wants gold
bonds. We, in our Judgment and pa
triotism stand ready To pass this bill.
IL it is rcjrc ed by the Senate, or I'rcs.
ident, we shall. at least. have east our
mite toward the protection of the
public credit and have given n proph-
ccy OF what we shall do when we
come into full power in 1884" Re
publican applause
MIR. Tawncy, Republican Of Mime
sofa, a member OF the ways and means
committee, in support OF the bill,
called attention to the Presidents ur-
gent appeal To Congress To do ONE
thing before adjourning. lie knew.
and everybody knew, that gold bonds
would not he authorized by Congress,
and because Congress will not give
MIN authority, ne ana ms secretary OF
the Treasury had already opened ne
gotiations with the same old i~ualodor-
GUS syndicate for another issue of 4
per cen bonds. The people Of the
country were to he given no opportu.
nifty to subscribe. lie read several
letters from constituents Offering to
subscribe for gold bonds.
Mr.. Marsh, Republican. of Illinois,
arose to give his reasons Tor refusing
his support to the bin, but before he
had finished his preliminary remarks
the gavcl of the speaker fell and the
House remained unenlightencd.
Mr.. Burton, Republican, OF Missouri,
and Mr. Connolly, Republican, of III
inois, who have been counted GA as
opponents OF the bill, gave their sup.
port to it in brief speeches.
The debate was closed for the re.
spective sides by Mcssrs. Crisp and
Dalzell, the former insisting that the
bill was q political measure really in.
tended To embarrass the treasury,
while the latter said IL was q plain
business proposition to save interest.
Mr.. Dalzell attacked the Carlisle in
tcrview as a violation of the decencisc
OF public life.