Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-06
IMPORTANT LEGISLATION.

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Tho House of Representatives. Passes tho
River and Harbor Bill Over the Prcsi-
dents Vcto-The Anti-Bond Bill Goes
Through the Senate.
WASHINGTON, June 9.-June 3-The
river and harbor appropriation bill was
yesterday passed over the presidents
veto by the unexpectedly heavy vote OF
220 yeas to 60 nays. The republicans,
with practical unanimity, and 80 dem
ocrats with one populist, made up the
affirmative vote, while the negative
vote was about equally divided be-
tween the republicans and democrats,
five populists voting with them. After
hearing the report of Chairman Hook
er, reciting the arguments in favor of
passing the bill over the veto, the
house by an overwhelming vote re-
fused to listen to an debate, despite
the vigorous protest of Mr. Dockery,
DEM, (Mo.) who denounced the course
taken as unjust, unfair and unmanly."
The remainder of the session was
taken up with the argument on the
contested election case of Mitchell VS..
Walsh, from the Eighth New York dis
trict and voting upon it. The report
of the majority of elections committee
No. 2, recommending the seating of
Mitchell (rep.) in place of Walsh (dem.)
was agreed to-yeas 162, nays 49, BY
this action the democratic strength in
the house was reduced to 81 and the re-
publicans' increased to 249.
Conference reports on the naval ap-
preparation bill and the bill making
appropriations for Notifications and
coast defenses were presented and the
former was agreed to.
SENATE-An eight-hours' session of
the senate was wound up by the pas
sage of the bill to prohibit the issu-
ance of interest-bearing bonds without
the consent of congress. All amend
ments, with a motion to postpone,
were voted down by n majority of
seven and the bill was passed by like
majority-32 to 25 A speech was made
early in the day by the chairman of
the finance committee, Mr.. Morrill,, of
Vermont, on the Dingley tariff bill. In
his remarks he intimated that demo-
cratic senator's were SO much afraid
that the populists were going to get
the better of them that they hurried
to become populists themselves by vot-
ing for the free coinage substitute to
the Dingley bill. This substitute he
characterized as Legislative whim. {"
The conference report on the Indian
appropriation bill was discussed from
the close of Mr.. Morril's speech until
o'clock, when the bill to prohibit the
issuance of bonds without the consent
of congress was taken up. To that
bill an amendment was offered by Mr..
Aldrich, of Rhode Island, to add the
words unless in case of emergency it
IS necessary to preserve the public
credit" The bill was advocated by
Senators Brown, of Utah, and Teller,
of Colorado, and was opposed by Sena-
tors Allison, of Iowa, and Chandler, of
New Hampshire. Mr. Cannon declared
that the inter-mountain states We're
for the free coinage of silver and took
for their leader Henry NJ. Teller, of
Colorado, not John Sherman. Mr.. AL
lison characterized the risk of a re-
lapse into the conditions which pre-
vailed between 1861 and 1879 as a most
unwise thing, and said that no part cf
the people of the United States could
be benefited by such a relapse.
Mr.. Chandler appealed to democratic
senators not to vote a want of conf
dence in the president of the United
States and the secretary of the treas
ury, who were men of their own party
and of their own choice.
Mr.. Teller said that he did not be-
lieve the gold people need have any or
ever had any fears of Mckinley or of
his attitude on the money question.
Speeches against the bill were also
made by Senator Burrows, of Michi-
gan, and Palmer, of Illinois. Then the
voting began. All the amendments
were voted down, the bill was passed
and the senate adjourned.