Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-03
BOND BILLPASSES.
Senate Once More on Record on
the Money Issue.
SHORT MEASURE OF MUCH MOMENT

Gets . Majority Of Seven Out u Hiny-
Seven voees-The Roll Can In Detail
SynoPsis u the Debate-Hm Closes the
sessisa with Prayer-House Does the In
evitable with the River and Harbor BIN
veto-Miss Stevenson's Wedding.
WARRINGTON, June AT 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 %. The bill as passed covers
only five Tires, as follows:
BE It enacted, That the issuance Of in
FOR any purpose whatever without further
authority of congress is hereby prohib-
tied"
The voting did not begin until $50 D.
m, at which time the chamber was dimly
lighted and the galleries almost empty. A
Hood OF amendments was first voted down
One by Aldrich gave the executive power
to issue bonds in certain emergencies; an
other by Aldrich provided that the act
should not impair the obligation to pay in
coin.
Hills amendment that treasury notes be
retired when redeemed was tabled-43 to
i2. Quay's amendment for the substitu-
ton Of coin notes for treasury notes was
defeated without yea and nay vote. The
last preliminary vote was on Hills mo-
lion to postpone the subject until next De
cembcr, which was defeated. Then camo
the final vote, with the result stated.
Tellek the Inter-Mountain Leader.
The debate on the bond bill lasted
throughout the day and was at times very
animated. Cannon of Utah made a spir-
tied reply to criticisms of the five Repub-
lican senators, including himself, who
voted against the Dingley tariff bill, and
declared that the measure was a legislative
InonstrOsity. Cannon asserted that tho
1ntcr-mountain states took Henry NJ. Tel
Ter as leader rather than the senator from
Ohio (Shcrman).
Chandler Praises Cleveland and Carlisle.
Allison expressed his strong belief that
the United States could not enter alone
upon the coinage of silver at 10 to 1.
Chandler appealed to senators on the other
side to join in a patriotic measure to sus-
tain the country's honor. Chandler also
paid tribute to the personal integrity Of
President Cleveland and Secretary Car
Isle. Teller spoke in favor of making
silver the first and paramount question
burrows declared that it would have been
better had the country gone down in the
storm of war than that a measure taking
away the last prop to it's credit should
pass. Palmer also opposed the bill.
Allison Is Not on the ''Straddle."
During the debate, in a sharp colloauy
with Butler, Allison declared his opposi-
ton to fat money and to the indirection
by which the pending bill sought to take
step toward free silver coinage without
waiting for legislative action. II believe
that the United States cannot open it's
mints to the coinage of silver without be-
coming n mono-metallic nation; that it
cannot take this step without an agree
ment with other nations said Allison,
and will continue to vote against the
free coinage of silver ut 10 to / by this
country alone"
Vote on the Bill in Detail.
Following is the vote in detail:
Yeas OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Cannon,
Dubois, HansbrOugh, Mitchell of Oregon
Pettigrew, Pritchard, Teller, Warren.
Wolcott-lO. Democrats)-Bacon, Bate
Berry, Chiffon, Daniel, George, Harris.
Jones of Arkansas, Mills, Morgan, Pasco
Pugh, Tillman, Turpic, Vest, Walthall
Which,. (Populists)-Allen, Butler,
Jones of Nevada, PETER, Stewart-5. To-
tai 80
Nays (Republicans)-Aldri Allison,
Burroughs, Chandler, Cullom, Davis
Gallinger. Hale, Hawley, Lodge, Nc
Bride, Nelson, Platt, Quay, Wctmore,
Wilson-16. Democrats -Brice, Caffery.
Faulkner, Hill, Lindsay, Mitchell of
Wisconsin, Palmer, Smith, Vilas-9
Total. p
At o'clock Hill moved to adjourn. and
as the motion was carried exclaimed:
"And may God save the country"
RIVER AND HARROR IyIIT yS LAW