New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-13
A CHEAP POLITICAL TRICK.
DEMOCRATIC ANXIETY FOR A VOTE ON
THE BUTLER BOND BILL.
THE MEASURE HAD BEEN KILLED BY THE WAYS
AND MEANS COMPREHENSIVE CHARGES
OF COWARDICE AGAINST THE
REPUBLICANS

BY TELEGRAPH tt THE TRIBUNE
Washington June Fin the closing days of the
session certain Democratic members of the House Of
Representatives. notably Mr.. Dockery. of Missouri;
Mr. Bailey. of Texas. and Mr.. McMilln. Of Tennes-
appeared to be exceedingly anxious that the But
Ter bill prohibit the issuance OF Government bonds
to maintain the National credit without further au'
thority from Congress should be brought to vote
OF these statesmen did not really desire
such thing, because they believed that Populistic
measures would pass the House. When they taunted
the majority of that body with "cowardice" they
knew. as everybody else did. that they were simply
engaged in small-boer politics. They had not for
gotten that when the majority early in the session
passed "A measure to authorize the issue of short
time per cent bonds in leu of longtime or per
cent bonds to maintain the coin redemption fund and
OF certificates of Indebtedness - meet temporary de-
ficicnces of caused by the needless. improvi
dent and criminal revenue legislation of 1894, every
Democratic member of the House had opposed 1t and
voted against IL.
Neither had these sma.-bcer politicians forgotten
that they and their party associates t. the last man
had opposed and voted against measure 10 replenish
the revenues which had been drained by that same
needless and improvidcnt Democratic legislation Of
1891. They knew. moreover. that this same Butler
bin had been hanging fire in the Dcmocratic-Popu-
lstic Senate five months before II thrust
upon the House of Representatives the Of the
adjournment OF the session. after large majority of
the members Of that body had returned 10 their
homes They knew also that thirteen Of the seven
teen members OF The Ways and Means Committee to
which The bill referred. had voted TO rcpJr1 Il
adversely. and THAI only three members had sisnined
desire 10 support IT, When that vote taken the
Butler bill to Aaustring The National credit was a.
dead as julius Caesar. and even these peanut poll
NcldIlS Knew u. ana ye' ihrS nav" IN" d71utHh'',
not - say impudencc. 10 assert that the Republican
majority IN the HOus of Representatives dared not
face the ISSUE ana that as consequence OF this
"cowaidire' the Republican party will suffer IN the
coming Preside ntial campaign
These gentlemen have short m mOrics They have
forgotten some important occurrences in compare
tlve.y recent political history. For example. they
have forgotten that after the Mills bill passed the
House OF Representatives eight years ago the Senate
Cornmitic. Finance rejected Il ana reported "A
substitute for IT, which was not acted upon by the
Senate unit! the following session u Congress. That
action of tn" Finance Committee sealed the fate %
the Mills bill surely the recent adverse report
the Ways and Means Committee seated the fate
% the Butler bill. the understood T.
that case. n II will IN his case. What happened
20 thc Democratic party Ia l>'N VIII happen TO II IN