The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-06-24

representatives, and they did not con-
slider it 'expedient' to take vote upon
the BILL which passed the senate last
week, prohibiting the further issue of
bonds. The question of expediency was,
however, determined entirely from one
point of view, and that is the effect
division of the Republicans on this issue
might have upon the st. Louis conven-
ton. Quite number of Republicans
from the Southern states and from the
Northwest informed Mr.. Dingley that
they dare not vote against the bill. Quite
number more informed him that they
would be compelled to vote for it if it
were taken up for consideration. They
explained that their constituents are de-
cidedly of the opinion that the president
should be deprived of the authority to
issue bonds at his pleasure, and do not
think the government ought to borrow
money to pay it's running expenses, when
it has the means and the power of pro-
ducing sufficient amount of revenue
without increasing the interest bearing
debt. They think it would be wise to
deprive the president of the power to bor-
row money without the cooperation of
congress, and believe that he might in
that way be convinced Of the ACCESSIBILITY
of increasing the revenues. Other Re-
publicans whose constituents are engaged
in the Ghost Dance did not wish to an
tagonize local sentiment, and from these
two classes there would have been con-
siderable Republican vote in favor Of the
passage of the bill. The effect of such
division would stimulate the free silver
element in the St. Louis convention, and
therefore, Mr.. Dingley, after consultation
with the speaker and other leaders on the
Republican side, decided to allow the bill
to remain on the calendar"
Senator Butler had the above extract
from the Post read in the senate on last
Thursday, and declared that it was a
shame on the American congress, if not
on the American republic, that such an
important measure should be pigeon
holed and allowed to die for such coward
ly and contemplate reasons as given
above in explanation of the failure on the
part of the house managers to act upon
it. He said that the senate ought to re-
fuse to adjourn and force the house of
representatives, to take action IN this bill
after the Republican national convention
had adjourned, if they would not before.
SENATOR STEWART REVIEWS THE
SITUATION.
On Wednesday evening just before the
senate passed the resolution to adjourn
on Thursday, Senator Stewart took the
floor, and in a short, but very vigorous
and telling speech, reviewed the record of
the present nothing congress-" His
speech was listened to with close atten-
ton, even by those whose record he was
so numerically arraigning. His speech,
though one of the shortest he ever made,
would, in itself be a splendid campaign
document to be circulated broadcast dur
ing the present summer.
SECOND CLASS MAIL NATTER.
What is known as the Loud" bill,
which proposed to restrict certain kinds
of second class mail matter from passing
through the mails, has been before both
houses of congress this session, but has
failed to come to a vote. This is a most
vicious measure, and it's purpose seems
to be to give the postmaster general the
power and discretion to exclude from the
mails as second class matter such books
as COINS Financial School," and weekly
newspapers, under certain conditions.
The power which the bill would place in
the hands of the post office department
would be not only dangerous, but could be
exercised SO as to discriminate in favor
of certain literature and against other
literature. While this measure has not
been pressed to vote on account of the
determined opposition that developed to
it in both the house and senate commit
tees on post offices and post roads yet it
has been reported that the post Office de-
partment had made ruling practically
ON the same line of the bill and had tenn
porarily suspended said ruling, presuma-
bly, until after congress adjourned. Up
on hearing this, Senator Butler promptly
introduced resolution and passed it
through the senate calling upon the post
master-general to inform the senate