Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-05
A HALT AT THE RUB|C0N House Will Refuse to Follow the
 Senate Across. PROHIBlTORY BOND BILL lsto Be Reported Adversely by the Ways and
 Means Committee. DlNGLEY'S REPORT CAMPAIGN DOCUMENT Wheeler of Alabama and McMillin of Ten- nessee Voted to Report the Bill Fa- vorably-The Former Will Voice
 the Views of the Minority.
)lNGLEY'S REPORT CAMPAIGN DOCUMENT
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 sso"' ,Sn, June 4.-The house ways and means committee today made short work of the senate bill prohibiting the further issuance of bonds without the consent of congress. When the commit tee met this morning a motion made yes- terday by MT. Wheeler of Alabama to report the bill favorably to the house was pending.
 Before action was taken on this motion MT. Dingley, republican, of Maine chair man of the committed, read to the mem- bers, all of whom were present excepting MT. Crisp and MT. McLaurin, report which he had drawn on the bill In antici- patton of today's meeting. This report was long and it's reading consumed twen- ty minutes. It is described in a general way as criticism of the administration for it's insistence that the present tariff law will furnish sufficient revenue for the necessities of the government. It contained also a criticism of the senate for its failure to concur in the revenue measure sent to that body early in the session and expressed regret that the senate had done nothing to relieve the situation, but, on the contrary, had in- tensified it. MT. Dingley's conclusions were that the adoption of th> bond bill by congress would result in panic, ruin and bankruptcy.
 When MT. Dingley finished MT. Grosve- nor, republican, of Ohio, moved to amend Mr Wheeler's motion by substituting tho word "adversely" for "favorably," and on this he demanded the yeas and nays, Those who voted to report the bill to tha house adversely were Chairman Dingley and Messrs. Payne of New York, Dalzeu of Pennsylvania, Hopkins of Illinois, Grosvenor of Ohio, Russell of Connecti- cut, Deliver of Iowa, Steele of Indiana, Johnson of North Dakota, Evans of Ken- lucky and Tawney of Minnesota, republi-. cans and Turner of Georgia and Cobb of Missouri, democrats. The two negative votes were cast by MessrS. Wheeler or Alabama and McMillin of Tennessee.
 MT. Hopkins stated that If the minority members desired to make their report the opportunity would be given then1l MT. Wheeler replied that he regarded thS proposition as so important that it should be brought before the house with out delay. He stated that he would en- deavor to prepare report refiecting the views of the minority this afternoon, In this report MT. Wheeler will show that the first expression of the democrat. ic platform of 1876 demanded the repeal of the resumption act He will also asA sert that while the integrity of the pres- ent executive Is unassailable, the power to issue bonds is greater than ought to be vested in any chief magistrate, and that the responsibility for such matters should be divided with congress
 MT. Dingley's majority report is still incomplete in some particulars, and for this reason the bill will not be reported to the house until tomorrow, and possibly not until Saturday.