The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-03

Today.
WASHINGTON, June AT O'CLOCK
tonight the long struggle in the senate
over the bill to prohibit the issue OF
bonds came to an end, and the DIN
was passed by a vote Of 81 to 20 Inc
hill as passed covers only three lines,
as follows:
Be it enacted, that the issuance on
interest-bearing bonds of the unlteo
States, for any purpose Whatever
without further authority of congress-
is hereby prohibited" e.,o
The voting did not begin until b:5u
n. M. at which time the chamber was
| dimly lighted and the galleries were
empty.
A FLOOD OF AMENDMENTS
were first voted down, all being de-
feated.
one by Mr.. Aldrich, of Rhode Island
gave the executive power to issue
| bonds in certain emergencies; another
by Mr. Aldrich provided that the act
| should not impair the obligation to pay
in coin.
| Mr.. Hills amendment that the treas
ury notes be retired when redeemed
was tabled-43 to H. Mr.. Gray S
! amendment for the substitution Of coin
notes for treasury notes was defeated
without a yea and nay vote. The last
preliminary vote was on Mr.. Hill S
motion to postpone the subject until
next December, which was defeated.
Then came the final vote, with the re-
suit stated.
The debate on the bond bill lasted
throughout the day and was at times
I very animated.
| Mr.. Cannon. olf Utah, made a spirited
reply to criticisms of the five Repub-
lican senators, including himself. who
voted against the Dingley tariff bill.
and declared the bin was a legislative
monstrosity. Mr.. Cannon asserted that
| the inter-mountain states took Henry
| NJ Teller as leader rather than the
senator from Ohio GSherman.)
Mr.. Allison expressed his strong be-
| lief that the United States
COULD NOT ENTER ALONE
upon the coinage of silver at is to 1.
Mr. Chandler appealed to senators on
the other side to join in a patriotic
measure to sustain the country's honor.
Mr.. Chandler also paid tribute to the
personal integrity of President Cleye-
land and Secretary Carlisle.
Mr.. Teller spoke in favor of making
silver the first and paramount ques-
! ton.
Mr.. Burrows declared that 1t would
have been better had the country gone
down in the storm of war than a meas
| ure taking away the last prop to its
credit should pass. Mr.. Palmer, of
Illinois, also opposed the bill.
Before the bond bill was taken up
! Nv Of oI,o
the finance committee, spoke on the
tariff and finance
Mr.. West gave notice that he would
move tomorrow to take UP the river
and harbor bill veto
THE PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON, June I'm report
ing the militia reorganization bill,
Hawley said it would not be called up
until next session.
Among the bills introduced was one
by Cullom, of Illinois, for a peace mon
ument at Appomattox. Va.
Mr.. Chandler, of New Hampshire, Of
| fered a resolution directing the judi
ciary committee to inquire into certain
alleged Irregularities in the southern
judicial district of Indian territory.
Chandler called attention particularly
| to the reports that receivers certifi-
Gates had been issued by authority of
the court, for the construction of the
Denison and Northern railway, 1O4
miles long, no capital being paid in
No action was taken.
Mr. Morrill, was recognized for a
speech on tariff His earnest manner
and strong voice gave no indication of
his advanced age.
Mr.. Morrill, referred to the emer-
gency tariff bill passed by the house
and said: The Democrats have bro
ken away from the leadership of their
president and, while marching to the
drum and fife of a North Carolina
captain,
ARE IN SUCH DREAD
lest the Populists should get control of
their party that they seem to be in a
; hurry to become Populists themselves ;,
The senator declared that the Re-
, publican party never would make a
trade of its principles on the money
, question in order to secure higher tariff
, duties. He predicted that the platform
!, of the Republican party of 1886 would
+ place every dollar of our money in
circulation on a parity with the best
dollar in the world and declared that
the political ground under the Demo-
cratic party appears dangerously vol
canic."
Continuing he said:
No doubt, had our country been
shielded by a sound. protective tariff
during the hopeless years of the pres
ent Democratic administra ton, much
business distress and woe OF unempioy-
ed labor might have been averted; but
another adverse and sore bewitchery of
!. all business affairs of the United States
hardly less potent than
THE FREE TRADE TARIFF,
has been the unceasng agitation of
the free coinage of silver and on ratio
that would not fail to reduce the stand
: ard value of our money, as we'll as the
whole fabric of public and private cred
it, to half its present value. The invi-
tati0n of commercial nations to join
i'm cooperative agreement for a lar
ger money use of silver would be ac-
cepted by the Republican administra-
tion, but it would be more desirable