Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1896-06-06
Bill to Prohibit Their Issue
Passes the Senate by a
Vote Of 80 to IS.
Flood Of Amendments Offered
but They All Met Defeat
When Voted On.
House Adopts the River and
Harbor Bill Over Presi-
dents Veto.

| WASHINGTON, June 0.-AC Z U ClOCk
last night the long struggle in the SEN
ate over the bill to prohibit the issue of
bonds came to an end and the bill was
passed by vote of 80 to %. The bill
rs passed covers only three lines, as
follows:
Be it enacted that the issuance of inter-
est bearing bonds of the United States for
any purpose whatever, without further au-
thority Of congress, is hereby prohibited.
The vote on its final passage was as
follows:
Yeas: Republicans - Brown, Cannon,
| Dubois, Hansbrough, Mitchell (Or.) }, Pet
tigrew, Pritchard, Teller, Warren, VOL
cott--10. Democrats-Bacon, Bate, Berry,
Chiffon, Daniel, George, Harris, Jones
(Ark. }, Mills, Morgan, Pasco, Pugh, Till
man, Turpie, Vest, Walthall, White-17.
POpulists-Allen, Butler, Jones (Nev. J,
PETER, Stewart-5. Total 30.
Nays: Republicans-tAldric Allison,
Burrows, Chandler, Cullom, Davis, Gal
linger, Hale, Hawley, Lodge, Mcbride,
Nelson, Platt, Quay, Wetmore, Wilson
16. Democrats-Brice Caffery, Faulkner,
Hill, Lindsay, Mitchell (Wis.), Palmer,
Smith, Vilas-9. Total, 25.
Many Amendments Voted Down.
The voting did not begin until 80 p.
M, at which time the chamber was
dimly lighted and the galleries almost
empty. A flood of amendments was
! first voted on, all being defeated. One
/ by Mr.. Aldrich gave the executive
power to issue bonds in certain emer-
gencies; another by Mr.. Aldrich pro-
vided that the act should not impair the
obligation to pay in coin. Mr.. Hills
amendment that treasury notes be re-
tired when redeemed was tabled-43 to
10. Mr.. Quay's amendment. for the
substitution Of coin notes for treasury
notes was defeated without yea and
nay vote. The last preliminary vote
w,ts on Hills motion to postpone the
subject until next December, which was
defeated Then came the final vote. l.
Debate Lasted All Day.
The debate on the bond bill lasted
throughout the day. Mr.. Cannon Of
Utah made spirited reply to criticisms
Of the five Republican senators, includ-
ing himself, who voted against the
Dingley tariff bill, and declared that
the measure was legislative mon
strosity. Mr.. Cannon asserted that the
Inter- Mountain states took Henry M.
Teller as leader rather than the sena-
tor from Ohio (Sherman). Mr.. Allison
expressed his strong belief that the
United States could not enter alone
upon the coinage of silver at 16 to l..
Mr.. Chandler appealed to senators on
the other side of the chamber
To Join in Patriotic Measure
to sustain the country's honor. Mr..
Chandler also paid tribute to the per-
sonal 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 that measure taking
away the last prop to it's credit should
pass. Mr.. Palmer of Illinois also op-
posed the bill. Before the bond bill
was taken up Mr.. Morrill, Of Vermont,
chairman Of the finance committee,
spoke on tariff and finance.