The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-01-03
poiNGS OF THE STATESMEN.


Sixteenth day.-No session OF the Senate.
HoUsE.-Mr. Dingley. OF Maine. chairman OF
the WAYS ard means committee announced
| that within two d y5 the committee would be
able to report bill, or olils Ia response to the
/ Presidents fpecial financial message. 10
| would ask that all members OF tLe House who
| had gone home Tor the holidays should be re-
called. several bills were introduced. among
them these: TO levy and collect duties on wool
| and misunderstanding these sections OF the
| Me- in ey law: for the protectlon ol agrieu,-
tural staples and American ships IN the Tor
| cign trade by author ing the payment OF
bountieS on reports OF agricultural proouctS;
10 relieve the United states treasury ana ianlii-
iarize the people OF this country With the au-
| vant1ges OF u silver coinage by providing tnat
no gold nor paper currency o! less demon M
ton than 10 snail be issued: authorizing the
secretary OF the navy 70 contract for pro,ortllcs
to cost not exceeding l. 0OU for the reserve
| supply OF the navy for auxiliary cruisers when
| may DC lifted out in time OF var.
SENATE-Seventeenth day Mr. Hawley,
Rep. Conn, presented a resolution authorizing
the secretary OF war to issue Spring ieid rifles
| to 81 'le military organllat ons IN oScnange Tor
o.d guns Mr ure. kop.. Wash. offered
olll 10 ptoaIbtC the employing o. foreign en-
gineers ol American snlps uld giving thoa
SUBS dies. Mr. Allen hep, Nc J.. olereL
resolution Tor tAe forming OK % p0n-Ainefican
political union OF the North, Central ana south
| American republics. Iho most impo:tdnt
action OF the day was the pussuso. wit lout iii 80
sent. OF the btu pre .ontCl by Mr. Hill. 1 ON.
| n. V. repeating the - pro :criptIye laws.
| wnicn pro Iibitcd the stneut in tle Unit ii
| or sd Tors. HOUSE-Not mucn business.
communication from the chlm0er OF rtpre-
SeutattVes OF Bra Ill TelcitAttng the House OF
| re representatives. OF the Untted States on tho
/ Mouroo doctrine. IL was applaudod.
Eighteenth day-No session OF the Senate.
HOUSE. The House responded to the apaeAl Of
the Prostdent By passing tarlf bill. the
operation OF which rs imltel To two aud hair
ye rs, and which ~ do signed to raise SlO0b .U0l
| or the reof OF the treasury Tao vote was on
party nnes with two exceptions Inc Replb-
! leans ali voted for the bill except HLr,lntn
| OF Montana VINO did not vote, and the emo
Gratis and Popuilats against II. save Newlands
| Pop. New, VINO voted III favor OF the measure.
| A special order untor which the bill was
| brought 10 vote after three aud half hours
| OF debate was iro cIad in It's character ana
compelled the members TO adopt or re ect u
| without opportunity OF Offering amendments OF
any kind. Tne debate Itself was parti ipated
| IN by leaders on botn sides. The Republic ans
commended that tao FIRST necessity of tle treas
ury WIS revenue TO supply the continued de-
AGENCY. Ever, speaker denied that the pro-
posed measure was a Republican protection
bill 1t was, they claimed an emcrgenc.
| revenue bill ON protective lines. The emo
| Gratis took the position that tnerc was no lack
OF revenue in the Ire lsury ana that The passage
OF - bill TO Increase taxation would in no wise
| help the situation nor furnish tho re let de-
| sired by the President and the secretary OF tle
| treasury. The bill as passed, repeats the
the present tariff law until Aug. |. lSG IL
| restores 10 per cent OF the Mc .eE rates Oh
| wool and woolens lumber and carpeti. apd
| naNcS 10 horizontal Increase OF tue present
rates IN all other schedules except sugar. o.
per cent. Wncn tao bill was pat upon It's
pass lge IL was pas sol, % to 81, the vote uens
! taken by ayes ana tyS. Tdere was 40 ucdioh-
stratlon OF uny kind at tho announcement q.
| the vote. Mr.. Cannon. the delegate from Utah
| asked Tor immediate con ,derdt OIL o. ONT
reso uton directing the scorotarj OF the terri
| tor OF Utah 10 turn over 10 tie governor q,
| Utah. upon the issuance OF the executive
prJc.am alton acnttis the territory as "a
state. all Unte states property in the hands
OF the secretary. Tue re 50 utton was adopted
and thea the House adjourned.
SENArG-Nneteentn day The bond qucs-
ton made IT'S Appearance wnen Mr.. Till. oi
| New YorX, Introduced tho following: Re
soIVed, that any bonds hereafter issued uu Icr
tue laws now in fore, may, IN the discretion %
| tho secretary. he made payable III United
states gold coin OF the pro sent weight and unJ-
ness. or in Sttnd srd silver uol.ts ~ tue
option OF the hohCrs of such bonds. but 10
! uuld containing such option shall bear rate
or interest exceeding 3 per cent per an iurl
payable quarterly III s reso .utIon caused II
lively DEBATE between AIR. Hlll and Mr.. Telog.
! OF Colorado In support of IL Mr. Hill road d
speech setting forth the di lcuiteS OF negot!Gt-
lug bonds under tie un ertai At es o. the present
law. AIR Tciier S reply to Mr.. Hi was cut
ting. sarcastic ana pers 1nal. He repudated
and protested against The efforts or toe prosl-
dent and all his tide walters to defamo tho
, recent visit to Washington OF u great New
! York BANKER as ono OF those who had pJrtioi
pated In the ,dishonoraoie or lmDecLe BOND
transaction OF last year No tnal action Oh tle
| Hin resolution was taken A resolution was
agreed TO accepting the ram Katahdil which re-
Gently failed to meet the spc5d re luirements.
Also re solution for the formal transfer OF
the Uial administration from the terri
torial to the new state authorities
| ure OF the day. The bill reported by the con
mittce on WAYS aud means. aroused the united
opposition OF tho Democrats and Populists
| The silver men contended that tho RAIDS on the
treasury could be stopped II the secretary
would use his discretion TO redeem notes in
| silver when the reserve was threatened. In
the Republican ranks also thcrp developed
such bitter opposition to tho bill as originally
drawn and TO the proposition to force the bal
| to a vote at once that the Republican members
of the committee on ways aud means incor
porated In 1t an amendment specifically de-
claring that nothing in the act should be con-
strued as modification or repeal OF the act OF
1878 for the reissue OF the ereeubacss when re-
deemed, and the committee on rules EXTENDED
the limit of debate one day, but declined TO
give opportunity 10 offer amendment Inc
feature of the day was strong speech from
| Mr.. Johnson Rep. Cal, appealing TO his Re-
publican colleagues TO vote against the bill.
The debate ran far into the night The princ-
pal speeches. were IN lde by MessrS; Dingiey. OF
| Maine, and Grosvonor. OF Ohio. Republicans:
and Messrs. Turner. Of Ohio, and Patterson, OF
Tennessee, Democrats.
SENATE. - Twentieth day. - No session.
House BY vote OF 10 70 1855 tho bond bill
reported by the ways and means comraittee
was passed. The closing hours OF the debate
were iacning IN spirit and there was practically
no excitement until the vote was taken The
margin OF S5 by .whic the hrst section Of the
bill against which tho hepnblicDu opponents
OF the measure n4assed their opposi-
ton was passed saow Saa that le9
every available vote In It's favor. AS 1t vas. !.
Republicans refused TO act with tho una, GRITTY
Of their party. The Populists and Democrats.
with the exception Of Hutchinson. OF TcXas,
who voted for the bill. presented an unhro ca
front aC iinst tho bill. The bill, as passed.
amends the resumption act 20 as 70 permit the
issue OF < per cent coin bonds re teemo BILE after
Eve years az the pleasure OF the government
and payable in years with the specific pro-
vi o that nothing in the bill shol be construed
TO repeal the act OF 1879 for the reissue OF the
greensacks aud that the bonds shull be offered
| ,l.px ttatl nt r.
positories OF the United States. The second
| section OF the bill provides for the issue OF
i-ycar 3 pcr cent debt certificates of denouina-
tions OF ~ and nUltiples thereof In amounts
not exceeding s5!,j0J,0I0 TO meet temporary