Birmingham state herald., 1896-05-29
ANT|-BOND BILL WILL PASS A Canvass of the Senate juStifies
 the Assertion THE VOTE WILL BE AZ TO Al MT. Daniels . sch on the Financial Question
 Bt11s Down the Galleries. ONE BRO -DE SUFfICED MIR. GRAY
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BRO l.; A'IDE SuFfICED MIR. GRAY
Concurrent Resolution Loaning Tents to the People of St. Louis and Vicinity Passed and Is Signed by the Pres-
 ident-Mr. Vest Protests.

l Washington, May 2S.-The free alcohol l repeal bill was received from the house l and referred to the finance committee, MT. Harris stating that he would ask the senate to take it up as soon as the con- ference on the Indian appropriation bill was disposed of, the committee having
 considered the alcohol bill in advance. The conference report on the Indian ap- propriation bill was then taken up. It
 met determined resistance on account of
 an amendment contained in 1t (and
 which had no basis in the bill as passed)
 providing for extending the rights and duties of citizens to the Indians of the | five civilized tribes. The matter went | over without action at o'clock, when consideration of the bill to prohibit the issuance of bonds without the consent of congress was taken up.
 The concurrent resolution of the house for the loan of tents to St. Louis, East St. Louis and vicinity was received and immediately laid before the senate for action.
 MT. Vest, democrat, of Missouri, said that although it might seem an ungra- cious thing to say, he was compelled to say that telegrams received within the last half hour showed that the accounts of the great disaster had been terribly exaggerated. He wished to say for St. Louis and for Missouri that, without | boasting, that city and that state could take care of their people under that or any misfortune. He had himself received no information that those tents were needed. No harm could be done by the passage of the resolution, but he wantedl to express his dissent from the custom of states and communities that were entire ly capable of meeting any exigency rush. ing to the seat of government of the United States to ask assistance on all such occasions
 sympathy with MT. Vests remarks, but suggested that the resolution should be
 amended by making it joint resolution, That amendment was made and the resl olution was then passed.
 The senate accepted the amendment | and the resolution received the sigma | lures of the speaker, the vice-presdenc and the president before 5 o'clock. The prohibitory bond bill was then taken up and MT. Daniel continued the speech begun by him yesterday in adi vocacy Of it.
 MT. Daniels speech was chiefly re- view of the financial question and an att tempt to prove that the long prevailing business depression was the result of the monetary conditions in the United States. It was pointed out to him by MT. Gray, democrat, of Delaware, that Great Britain had been enjoying a high degree
 
 ard, and he was challenged to explain that inconsistency. The explanation given by MT. Daniel was that Great Britain was availing herself of the op- portunity to buy cheaply in the United States and to make large profits. "And," he added, with applause from the gal leries), q am an American, and that Is the reason why I am in favor of the double standard"
 Mr aniel spoke for an hour and three- quarters closing his speech with this ! emphatic declarations "Whatever may be | the tide, take my place in the ranks of the plain masses of the American people, | who appreciate their institutions and inc | tend to defend them at whatever cost" MT. Peffer advocate the bill as some- thing that was necessary to tie the hands of the president, who. he said, was guilty of such usurpation of authority as to make him amenable to impeach- ment He declared that if that usurpa~ tion was not stopped and if the gold pol icy were persisted in the president would be driven to repudiation. The object of | the bill was to prevent that by taking the power of issuing bonds from the pres- | ident.
 At the close of MT. Peffer's speech the | bond bill went over without action. Senators Dubois, republican, of Idaho; | Gibson, democrat, of Maryland; Allen. | populist, of Nebraska; Brown, republi- | can, of Utoh, and Bate, democrat, of | president to represent the senate at the opening of the Nashville exposition. l The senate then at 6:10 adjourned until | tomorrow.
 | Those who have been clinging to the 1 hope that the debate on the anti-bond | bill now before the senate, would cause | a change in the opinions of certain sen- | ators have abandoned hope and now say | that the proposed measure will pass A | canvass has been made of the senate and 4 se. Ixx.It< hot l.Dw. ton will carry in the proportion of 47 l to Al on total vote. It is thought that | an agreement can be reached tomorrow | or on Monday next when the final vote | will be taken.
 The House.
 Mr. Barthodlt, republican, of Missouri, | proposed the following resolution, to the | immediate consideration of which no ob- l jection was made:
 Resolved, That the secretary of war l be and Is hereby authorized to lend the | mayors of the cities of St. Louis Me-. | East St. Louis, H., and vicinity, under | such regulations and restrictions as he | may deem proper, sufficient number of | tents to temporarily shelter such citizens | of said cities as may have lost their | homes by the tornado of yesterday and | to render such other relief in the l premises as he may deem necessary. | Mr. Bartholdt stated that with his col- l league, Mir. Hubbard, he had called at the | war department this morning and had | been told that in addition to the tents | the department, if congress so author | ized, would send to St. Louis eight or ten | boats at Jefferson City, engaged in the | improvement of the Missouri river. In l view of the great and urgent necessity | of the case he asked prompt action by 1 the house. The resolution was agreed | to.
 l Leave of absence was given to Repre- sentatives Bartholdt and Hubbard to | visit St. kouis. MT. Barthodlt said that | his colleague as medical man might l he hle fn render nerSonal assistance to