The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-31
SIMPLY A DRESS PARADE.
Mr.. Stewards Opinion Of the Pend
ing Bond Bill.
VOTE TO BE TRIED FOR SATURDAY.
silver Amendment to Tariff Bill Hintcd
At-Report Recommends tho Seat
ing OF Miles Crowley.


OF the measure. will hold the senate in
session until n vote was forced. He had
given notice OF this purpose and senators
we're prepared for It. But at i:i5. when
Mr.. Villas received the floor for speech.
he yielded for a motion to so into execu-
tive session.
MIR. Jones explained that II was proposed
to take recess until tomorrow. He felt
satisfied, he said, that a vote could be
taken in the near future. This led to much
discussion. MIR. Chandler was sarcastic at
the abandonment of the motion for
vote.
Mr. Stewart declared that It made no
difference when a vote was taken. 1T
was all dress parade and buncombe.' He
added tho significant statement that the
pending silver amendment would be ger
maine as amendment to the tarif bill
ard that when the latter measure came
before the senate he would offer a silver
amendment to test the senators ON their
wishes between silver and tarin.
Soon after the senate took a recess until
tomorrow.
Senators were late in arriving at the
senate chamber today.
Mr.. Hale (Rep., Maine>, reported back
the urgency deficiency bill and gave no
iice that he would ask to take ii up to-
morrow.
a bill was passed providing for the ap-
puintment by tie secretary of war OF a
chaplain for the United states military
academy a com:nittee amendment to the
h.u was agreed to. making the president
the apN1intiuC power.
Mr Morrill, Htcr., VIZ called mp the bill
for the payment to the widow Of the late
Samuel F. Miller justice Of the supreme
court, n sum equal to the balance Of his
salary for the year in which he died.
Mr., Morrill, explained that the Justice
had left only house encountered by 10000
and that the widows circumstances were
such as to mako the appropriation desir
able. The bill was passed
The resolution directing the secretary
x agriculture to execute the law relative
to seed distribution was then taken up
and Mr.. George Dem. Missy spoke in
defGnsc of the secretary.
Mr.. Gallinger Rep, N H) and MIR.
Allen G,sp.. Ncbb supported the resolu-
ton. The resolution gave way at ?
o'clock to the silver bond bill and Nj.
Call Dem. fla) concluded his speech
began yesterday.
! MIR Mitchell G,en. nreA followed in
support Of the silver substitute,
Mr.. Mitchell discussed at some lrngth
/ tho competition of China and Japan with
the United States.
| As to the bond hill rs 1t came from the
! house. ne ShluF i decline 20 give INrther
! authority to the secretary of the treasury
10 issue additional bonds In time of peace
| first because | deny the necessity for any
! such additional issue; second because
| am unalicrably opposed TO n further in
crease OF our interest bearing public debt: :
! third because in encouraging additional
! bond issues at arr< rate of interest I be-
/ lieVe wa are instead of sustaining the pub
| lie credit fastening tho rapid approach of
| National bankruptcy: and, fourth. because
! am republican. and every republican
! convention in every State of the Union
which has convened in the last year. has
! condemned in emphatic terms the present
! administration for issuing bonds aud thus
/ Increasing the National Indebtedness l
am unwilling, under any plea of nee assity
/ to aid the party to which | belong IN do
I ing that which as a narty 1t has most en-
phatically condemned In others"
Mr. Mitchell said he was in favor Of
| bmetallism. but he did not believe that IT
/ could hi brought about hy mn lnterna tioual
| agreement. lie was In favor of in,leperd-
ent bimetallism, as there was no proapect
! 81 an International agreement. He did not
| believe that England. as long as she could
| control Germany ana other countries,
would consent to an international agree
ment for himctallism
Mr. Perkins (Rep.. CalN smoke hrienv H.,
| support OF the silver amendment He and
other senators faNoring the measure had
I
oe'n "eouseu WI ,he metropolitan press OF
HlSrepresen'ins the'r constituents, Tor II
was asserten ,aiiforn'a was In favor of
INC so,u Standard
MI iethlns controVerteh any such as
seruoh' me ias' repubhcan platform OF
Cai'torha nhd plank declaring for the
free and unlimited coinage of silver Res
oiu''ohs were passed ny the CanforniF
legislature 'hstrnctlng the senators OF thai
state 10 support INC free ana unlimited
coinage OF s'Ner' me people or Cantor
MA had male up their minds ON this sub
lect ana ioiowlhg TINS universal feeinf
the senator SAID no would cast his vote fo
the silver amendment, thus executing tn
instruction given MN, even though HI
personal views inclined 10 more consorv
alive course
At 4lo II. M whom Mr. Perkins con
Guided Il discussion arose as to taking
vote ON tho matter MI Villas OF Wiscon
SIN took the noor Tor speech. but stated
that he preferred TO 30 on tomorrow /
was expected that Mr.. Jones of Arkansas
In charge of the bill, would insist on pro
cecdins but he said he would yield for al
executive session.
do this hNinv satisfied tbere will "a