The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-28

NATIONAL CIRCUS.
The Tariff = Free Silver
Dicker: in Progress in
the Senate.
TURPIE ON THE ARMENIANs
War Talk Extends to the Orient
Now--Hampering the
Treasury.
TURPIE ON THE ARMENIANS

Treasury.
WASHINGTON. Jan. Is, 1SsG.-The tar
siff bill viii not be reported TO the Senate
until after the vote has been taken in the
Senate on the Free Coinage substitute to
the House Bond bill. The Finance Com
mittee did not take the bill UP for con-
sideration this morning: in fact it was not
referred to in the full meeting but an
understanding was reached before the
Democratic members arrived at the COM
mittee room. It is apparent that Mr..
Jones. of Nevada. notified his Republican
associates that he would not give them
the vote necessary to report the bill un-.
til the Free Silver substitute of the SEN
ate had been clinched Immediately after
this had been done the Committee on FL
nance will be able to report the tariff bill
A number of matters pending before the
committee were discussed but no action
taken. Among the more important of
these subjects was the House joint resolu-
ton directing the Secretary of the Treas
ury to cause the immedite destruction of
all income tax returns and all records
and statements relative thereto, which
passed the House January 20.
The committee also considered Mr.. Du-
bois bill to facilitate the collecting OF
revenue by providing for the construction
and equipment of sampling works for
the sarnpling and assaying of imported sill
yer ores and other ores containing lead
etc.
Both of these matters were referred to
subcommittee for further investiga-+
tion
Much of the time of the committee
was consumed in an informal discussion
Of the compromise suggested by Mr.
German as substitute ~ to be reported affsl
the House Bond bill, with the Senate
free silver @ sunstitute gets into confer on 7,
ehes eese deepatchep ers Of Yesterday eontem
plates the Issuance OF $5OO, ,oO0,o 600 of gold
bonds with which to retire the govern
backs and Treasury notes., the declara-
tion that all ponds now outstanding.
regardless of the provisions of, these OBJ
and the opening of the United States
mints to the free and unlimited coinage
of silver.
This proposition found few friends in
the committee. Mr.. Vest was vigorous
In his OPPOSITION and other Democratic All.
vided for the retirement of the green
backs Republicans We're antagonlStic
to a man. The argument was . made that nat
to the country and was intended more as
a political compromise than solution
Of the m pe sond money PRoafba PRepab
for the bondholders Of the country and
upon such ground work the financial
fabric could not rest securely. OF course.
this discussion was entirely informal,
sucfa a proposition would find few friends
and many powerful enemies in the COM
mittee of the Senate which dominates
In presenting petition to the Senate
today in regard to the Armenians. Mr..
Turp1e (Dem., Ind.). spoke Of the recent
only charge against them, their only
crime, was being Christians. The time
had come; he said, when an Official mott,
fication should be given to Turkey and
to the Mahomedan. Church that they
must cease to proselytize by the sword.
only endured and supported, on account
of those international jealousies that
clustered around the transatlantic seq
ment of the Mediterranean. called 1sll the
Turks ought to be notified that they
muct erase from their Book of Discip-
Church which makes use of arson. and
murder to suppress the Christian faith,
And he would have that notification fol-
lowed by a shot which would go. crash
ing through the grand seraglio He. was
in favor Of giving tile sick man of the
Bosphorus' the coup de grace and OF
ending MS IRE anu SYSTEM ny ulSSolu-
ton and destruction.
h 1t was time. that those murderers and
assassins should know who He was that
was born to the world at Bethlehem and
was raised at Nazareth; and that when
He comes again to punish such wretches
as those, He brings with him not peace
but a sword.
Mr. Turple spoke with intense vehem-
ence and bitterness, and his speech at
tracted marked attention.
Mr.. Allen (Pop., Neb.) gave notice of
an amendment to the bond and free coin
age bill-depriving the Secretary of the
Treasury of the power to issue bonds
or other interest bearing obligations of
the Government unless Congress shall
first declare necessity therefor.