The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-03
P0PULlST BOND BILL PASSED.
THE SENATE PUTS IT THROUGH BY
A VOTE OF 81 TO 30.

Senator Morrill, Accuses the Demo-
cratic Senator's of Going over TO
the POpulists-SenatOrs brown of
Utah and Teller of Colorado
Speak in Advocacy Of the Bond
Bin and Allison and Chandler
Against n.
Washington, June Am eight-hour ses-
sion of the Senate was wound up by the
passage Of the bill to prohibit the issu-
ance Of interest bearing bonds without
the consent OF congress. All the amend
ments, with a motion to postpone, were
voted down by a majority of z, and the
bill was passed by a like majority-32 10 %.
A speech was made early in the day by
the chairman of the finance committee,
Mr.. Morrill,, rep, Of Vermont, on the
Dingley emergency tariff bill. In his re-
marks he intmated that democratic SEN
ators were so much afraid that the popu-
lists We're going to get the better of them
that they hurried to become populists
themselves by voting for the free coinage
substitute in the Dingley bill. This sub
stitute he characterized as a Legislative
whim," illustrating the old apothegm that
'men are but children of a larger
growth"
The conference report on the Indian
appropriation bill (as to Indian citizen
ship was discussed from the close of Mr..
Morrilrs speech until l o'clock, when the
morning hour expired, and 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, rep. of Rhode Island, to
add the words, unless in case Of an
emergency. il is necessary TO preserve the
The bin was advocated by Senators
Brown, rep, of Utah, and Teller, rep, Of
colorado, and was opposed by Senators
OF New Hampshire. Mr.. Cannon de-
clared that the great beating heart of the
intermountain states was for the free
for its leader Henry NJ. Teller of Colo
rado, not John Sherman Of Ohio.
Mr. Allison characterized the risk of a
relapse into the conditions which pre-
vailed between 1861 and 1879 as a most un-
wise and unjust thing, and said that no
part Of the people Of the United States
could be benefited by such a relapse.
Mr.. Chandler appealed to the demo-
cratic senators not TO vote a want of
confidence IN the Presldent OF tne 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 believe
that the gold people need have any, or
had any, fears of Mckinley, or OF his
attitude on the money question. Speeches
against the bill were also made by SEN
atOrs Burrows, rep, of Michigan and
Palmer, DEM, of Illinois. Then the vot-
ing began. All the amendments were
voted down.
The bill was passed, and the Senate, at
! 7:10 o'clock adjourned until IL a. m. to-
morrow.
The following is the vote in detail on the
| bond prohibition bill:
Yeas-Messrs. Allen, Bacon, Bate, Berry,
Brown, Butler. Cannon, Chiffon, Daniel,
Dubois, George, Hansbrough, Harris,
Jones of Arkansas, Jones Of Nevada,
| Mills Mitchell of Oregon, Morgan, Pasco,
| PETER Pettigrew, Pritchard, Pugn, Stew
art, Teller, Tillman, Turpie, Vest Walt
hall, Warren, White and Wolcott-S2.
| Nays-Messrs. Aldrich. Allison. Brice,
Burrows, Caffery Chandler, Cullom, Da-
Wis, Faulkner, Gallinger, Hale, Hawley,
| HILL Lindsay, Lodge, Mcbride, Mitchell Of
| Wisconsin, Nelson, Palmer, Platt, Quay,
Smith, Villas, Wetmore and Wilson-25.
The bill provides that 1.-THE issuance of
! interest bearing bonds of the United
States for any purpose whatever, without
further authority of congress, is hereby
prohibited"
Mr.. Allison, rep, of Iowa, moved to pro-
ceed to the consideration of the filed
| cheese bill, and that was antagonize6 by
a motion to adjourn, which was voted
down.
Mr.. Allisons' motion was then agreed
to and the fned-cheese bill was taken up
and made the unfinished business.
The declara tion of adjournment was ac-
companied by an exclamation of God save
the country! from Mr.. Hill. o.