The record-union., 1896-01-14

WASHINGTON, Jan. Ex-senator
Morgan (Dem.) of Alabama delivered a
two-hours' speech to-day on the House
bond bill and the free silver substitute
for it reported from the Finance Com
mittee Morgan assailed bitterly the
course of Sherman (Rep.) of Ohio, both
as Senator and as Secretary of the
Treasury, in his hostility to silver as
currency on a parity with gold.
When he resumed his seat the floor
was taken by Butler (Pop.) Of North
Carolina, who will speak on the bill
tomorrow.
A concurrent resolution empowering
and directing the President Of the
United States to receive a deputation
from the Cuban reyolutionists and to
extend belligerent representation to
them was introduced by Kyle (Pop.) of
South Dakota, and referred to the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations.
A rather amusing colloquy between
Hill (Dem) of New York and the two
North Carolina Senators-Pr Pritchard
(Rep) and Butler (Pop )-took place,
apropos of a sarcastic remark of Hill a
few days ago to the effect that, although
the two North Carolina Senators were
elected at the same time and by the
same combination, their statements
We're inconsistent, one of them claiming
that the State was in favor of high pro-
tective duties, while the other asserted
that it was in favor of tariff reform.
Hill declared that it would be utterly
impossible in the next Presidential cleo
tion for either of the two great parties
to crafty the tickle constituency of
North Carolina
The communication of the Secretary
Of the Treasury was received in reply
to a resolution of the Senate offered by
PETER, which asked whether the gold
reserve of S1O0.0O0,O00 had ever been
actually segregated or set apart from
other currency. The Secretary states
that at no time since the establishment
of the so-called reserve has 100000,
coo, or any part of it, been set aside by
itself in the treasury.
Among the bills introduced and re-
ferred was one by Chandler for refund
ing United States notes in 2 per cent.
bonds.
Kyle introduced a concurrent reso-
luton empowering and directing the
President to recognize such persons as
may present themselves, satisfactorily
accredited, to act on behalf of the Gu
ban patriots, and to extend belligerent
rights. The resolution was referred to
the Committee on Foreign Relations.
The bill to amend the Act forfeiting
railroad lands was reported back by
Mcbride and passed.
A bill to amend the Act forfeiting
railroad lands was reported back by I1c-
Bride (Rep) of Oregon and passed. 1t
was explained as having no other effect
than to require the fencing, improving
and cultivating of such lands to be re-
garded as fulfilling the requirement of
possession
In the spirited colloquy that occurred
between Messrs. Hill Dem.) of New
York and the two North Carolina Sena-
tors, Pritchard (Rep.) and Butler Pop),
in which the politics of each were sar-
castically criticised, Pritchard sug-
gested that the difference between his
colleague (Butler) and the New York
Senator was that the former left the
Democratic party because its abuse
could not be corrected inside of the or
ganization, while the latter had been
kicked out and branded as a traitor
Hill retorted: "The Democratic party
has met with some reverses within the
last two or three years, but I still fatter
myself that I am a lively member of
what is left of that organization. .
Oaughter)
Butler Pop.) of North Carolina de-
Tended his political course and his pres
ent position on the tariff question, con-
trasting both with those of Hill.
Allen (Pop) of Nebraska joined
Messrs. Hill and the two Carolina Sena-
tors. and the coHoquy was still going on
when the Vice-President, at , p. m, put
a stop to it by announcing the unfin-
ished business-the House bond bill
with the Finance Committees free sill
yer substitute therefor-and Morgan
addressed the Senate in a prepared
speech in favor of the substitute.
The speech was directed principally
against Sherman's course, both as Sen
ator and Secretary Of the Treasury, ad-
verse to the recognition of silver on an
equality with gold in the payment of the
liabilities of the Government. He spoke
of Sherman in a sarcastic vein as the
Napoleon of Finance" and predicted
for him an approaching Waterloo and
a reIegation to a st. Helena. He
charged him with having done all that
could be done to drive silver out of cir
culation and to deprive it of its bullion
value.
The floor was then taken by Butler
Pop) Of North Carolina, who viii
speak on the bill tomorrow.
The Senate then, at 4:10 p. m, ad-
journed until tomorrow.
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 13.-To-day be-
ing the second Monday in the month.
was. under the rules, set aside for the
consideration of the business relating to
the District of Columbia, and two meas
ures of local interest were passed.
The pension appropriation bill for the
fiscal year ending June 80. 1897. the
first general appropriation reported,
was then taken up in Committee of the
Whole. 1t appropriates S14f. .323, $50,
which is some $4,000 less than the
amount carried by the last bill. and
about the same amount below the esti-
mates.
w A. Stone CRep.) of Pennsylvania
explained the law and the two changes
made by it in the existing law. which
were to make any pension granted date
from the time of the first application.
without regard to intervening reiec-
tions, and limiting to 5000 the income
which the dependent widows may re-
ceive and yet be eligible TO a pension.
Graf (Rep) of Illinois gave notice of
an amendment making a pension a