The record-union., 1896-06-03
The Bill to Prohibit Their Issuance With
out the Consent Of Congress
Passed in the Senate by a Majority Of
the Senators.
The DingIey Tariff Bill Also Discussed
by Chairman Morrill, of the Finance
COmmittee-The "FiIIed Cheese"
Bill Made the Unfinished Business
in the Senate.

WASHINGTON, June 2-An eight
hours session of the Senate was wound
up to-day by the passage of the bill to
prohibit the issuance of interest-bear-
ing bonds without the consent of Con-
gress. All amendments with intention
TO postpone were voted down by a ma
jority of seven, and the bill was passed
by like majority-32 to %.
A speech was made early in the day
by the Chairman of the Finance Com
mittee, Morrill, of Vermont, on the
Dmgley emergency tariff bill. In his
remarks he intimated that the Demo-
cratic Senators were so much afraid
that the Populists were going to get
the better of them that they hurried
to become PopuIists themselves by vot-
ing for the free coinage substitute to
the Dingley bill.
The Senate met an hour earlier than
usual to-day in order to give a longer
time for consideration of the bond bill.
in his opening prayer the Chaplain
referred to the fact that the Vice-Presi-
dent would bestow in marriage to-day
an estimable daughter, and invoked
divine benediction on the happy pair
- l'clA lActi COIL1ElC CllCE ItDOIL Ou lue
general deficiency bill was presented
and agreed to, and further conference
ordered
The Senate bill to promote the efficf-
ency of the militia was reported from
the Committee on Military Affairs by
Hawley Of Connecticut, and was placed
on the calendar after a few explana-
tory remarks. Every President, he
1913, had called attention repeatedly
to the inefticiency and the utter use
1essness Of the old law requiring the en-
rollment OF every single man from IS
to 10 years Of age. That law had died
out Then there had been brought UP a
system Of National Guards throughout
the States. This was practically an or
ganized militia, and the other was
practically a reserve militia The bill
now reported proceeded on the theory
Of recognizing what is in fact in ex-
istence, put in the form and repeal the
rubbish of the old law there sese
some delicate questions in regard to
the use Of the army, but this bill had
nothing to do with the amendment 1t
was simply a business reorganization.
1t would not come up this session, but
he had desired to make these remarks
in order to fOrefend possible misappre-
hensiOn
in pursuance Of notice given yester-
day the Dingley tariff bill was laid be-
fore the Senate, and Morrill, Rep) of
Vermont, Chairman Of the Finance
Committee, addressed the Senate in re-
lation to it
When Congress met here in Deem
Der last" he began, ''aH Republicans
were supposed 10 be agreed, in view of
the failure Of the Wilson tariff bin in
supplying sufficient revenue, to add to
the receipts of the Treasury thirty or
1cTty million dollars by amending the
existing Democratic tariff They knew
1t could not be done by a plenary and
thoroughbred tariff Lii, so long as the
executive department was under Dem
ccratc control, nor SO long as the lea
Gership Of the Senate Populists wab-
bled between the learned and irrides-
cent farmer of Nebraska and the yelled
prophet Of Kansas. All knew, however.
that any tariff additions would afford
some incidental protection. The tariff
bin of the House Of Representatives at
the present session proposed this and
Very little more.
The Democratic party might well
blush for having proposed in time Of
peace a clumsily made income tax
But after it's defects had been exposed
and the law ANONYMOUSLY thrown
overheard by the Supreme Court the
party might have well admitted with
out a blush that there would be a short
age Of thirty to forty million dollars of
revenue. Otherwise the party must
bo+ ho. To- p
tempted 10 obtain thirty to forty mil
lions Of unnecessary revenue"
The Democrats, he said, had broker
away from the leadership of their Pres
1dent and while marching to the drum
and fife Of a North Carolina Captain.
were in such dread lest the Populists
should get control of their party that
they seemed to be in a hurry to become
POpulists themselves. He spoke Of the
free coinage substitute as having been
attached to the House bond bin by the
Democrats and Popuiists of the Senate
in sheer nockery. and as uncovering a
purpose to stampede the country TO sill
Yer monometaIlism.
Passing briefly over the rejection Of
the tariff measures presented by the
Republican party. and particularly OF
HiedSuTeS Nakln2 q JelUeNCy Tor the
promotion of the sheep Industry, MorriI
devoted his remarks TO the question os
the free coinage Of silver, and said that
as there had already been elected to the
St. Louis Convention between seven
and eight hundred sound money dele
gates and less than 100 who favored
free coinage of silver without the CO.
operation Of any other Government,
who wanted the pockets Of the AEeri-
can pecDlet to jingle with silver money
only, it was very certain that the plat
form Of the Republican party In 1896
would place every dollar of our money
in circulation on a parity with the best
dollar in the world.
Abiding TO the divisions among the
Democrats in some States and among
Republicans in Colorado and Idaho.
where a bolt was spoken OF i the ST
Louis Convention did not sufficiently
recognize the claims Of the silver men
from those States, morrill, said they
were all Of age, and had the right in a
Presidential race to "go. bolt, or
burst" as they pleased
At the close OF Morrill's speech the