The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-06-03
THE BOND BILL HAS PASSED
1t Goes Through the Senate by Vote
of 81 to IS.
CONGRESS- ALONE HAS AUTHORITY
To order an Increase in the Public Debt.
The House Passes the River and Harbor
Bill over the Presidents Veto by an
Overwhelming Majority.

WASHINGTON, June Sat o'clock last
night the long struggle in the senate over
the bill to prohibit the issue of bonds came |
to an end, and the bill was passed by a
vote of 80 to 25. The bill as passed covers
only three lines, us follows:
BE it enacted, that the issuance of in
terest bearing bonds of the United States
for any purpose whatever without further
authorityOf congressi hereby prohibited"
The voting did not begin until 6 80 p.
m, ut which time the chamber was dimly
lighted and the galleries almost empty. A
flood of amendments were first voted
down, all being overwhelmingly defeated.
One by Mr. Aldrich, r. l., gave the execu-
tive power to issue bonds in certain emer-
gencies, another by Mr.. Aldrich provided
that the act should not impair the obliga
ton to pay in coin. Mr.. Hills amend
ment that treasury notes be retired when
redeemed was tabled by vote of 43 to IL.
Mr.. Quay's amendment for the substitu-
tiOn Of coin notes for treasury notes was
defeated without yea and nay vote. The
last preliminary vote was on Mr. Hill l'smO-'
ton to postpone the subject until next
December, which was defeated. Then came
the final vote, with the result stated
The debate on the bond bill lasted
throughout the day, and was at times
very animated Mr. Cannon, of Utah,
made a spirited reply TO criticisms of the
five Republican senator's, including him
self, who voted against the Dingley tariff
bill, and declared that the measure was
legislative monstrosity. Mr.. Cannon as
serted that the inter-mountain states
took Henry NJ. Teller as leader rather
than the senator from Ohio (Mr. Sher-
mani. Mr.. Allison expressed his strong
belief that the United States could not en-
ter alone upon the coinage of silver at
ratio of 16 to 1.
Mr. Chandler appealed to senators on
the other side of the chamber to join in IA
patriotic measure to sustain the country's
honor. Mr.. Chandler also paid a tribute
to the personal integrity of President
Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle. Mr. Teller
spoke in favor of making silver the first
and paramount question. Mr.. Burrows
declared that it would have been better
had the country gone down in the storm
of war than tha5 a measure taking away
the last prop to its credit should pass. Mr.
Palmer, Of Illinois, also opposed the bill
The final vote on the bond bill was as
follows:
Yeas Republicans; Brown, Cannon,
Dubois Hansbrough, Mitchell (Ore.), Pet
tigrew, Pritchard, Teller, Warren and
Walcott. Democrats Bacon, Bate, Berry,
Chiffon, Daniel, George, Harris, Jones
(Ark.), Mills, Morgan, Pasco, Pugh, Till
man, Turpie, Vest, Walthall and White
! Populist: Allen, Butler, Jones (Nev.),
PETER and Stewart
Nays-Republicans Aldrich, Allison,
Burrows, Chandler, Cullom, Davis, Gal
linger, Hale, Hawley, Hodge, Mcbride,
Nelson, Platt, Quay, Wetmore and Will
son. Democrats: Brice, Gallery, Faulk-
ner, Hill, Lindsay, Mitchell (Wis.), Pal
mer, Smith and Villas.
Mr. Vest gave notice before adjourn
ment that he would move today TO take
up the river and harbor bill veto.
The house devoted itself to passing the
river and harbor bill over the presidents S
veto and to unseating, by a vote Of 1862 to
80, John j, Walsh, the Democratic mem
Der from the Eighth New York district,
whose place will be filed by John Murray
Mitchell, Republican, Both of the actions
We're foregone conclusions, so that they
excited comparatively little interest, al
though there was full house to vote on
the river and harbor bill. 1t was passed
by 220 to 60, many more votes than the
two-thirds necessary to overrule veto,
andit was passed without debate, although
Mr.. Dockery, Of Missouri, protested yehe-
mently that debate had been promised.
Thirty-nine Democrats voted to override
the pre- sidential objections and twenty-siX
Republicans stood by Mr.. Cleveland.
The Democrats who voted to pass the
bill over the veto were; Bankhead, Berry,
Buck, Catchings, Clarke, Cobb, Cooper,
Cooper Culberson, Cummings, Denny,
Dinsmore Ellet, Elliot, Fitzgerald Ken
dali, Kyle, L1timer, Lester, Little, Nc
Culloch, McMillin, McRle, Meyer, Money,
Ogden Owens, Price, Robertson, Spark
man, Strait Talbert, Terry, Turner,
Tyler, Underwood, Washington Williams
and Wilson
The Republicans who voted against
passing the bill over the veto were: Allel,
Anderson, Andrews, Baker Brown, Cal
derhead, Connolly, Grout II lger, Hainer,
Hepburn, LaighJy, Linney, Eplg Mccall
Mcclure, McEwdn Pedrson, Pitney, ,S;ran-
ton, Settle, Nhlfroth, sherman, Strode,
Tracewell and UpdegraG.
oIhe naval appropriation bill was re-
ported from conference with an agreement
on all items but the number of battle
ships. incidentally Chairman Cannon, OF
the committee appropriations predicted
that congress will adjourn late next week.
Frundts (Gormnn's) Cafe Free Lunch.