Show I AN ABLE EFFORT Arthur Browns Maiden Speech in the Senate Special to The Herald WASHINGTON June 1 Senator Brown today addressed the senate on the bond bill He argued that the future issuing of bonds by the secretary of the treasury was unconstitutional and Illegal and that the act of 1875 authorizing the secretary of the treasury to issue bonds was temporary tem-porary in its nature intended to expire by limitation at the time when redemp tion should take place viz January 1879 and was limited by the amount of legal tender notes then in circulation and by the purpose expressed in the act to provide pro-vide for redemption He declared that now the secretary was issuing bonds to supply the deficit in revenue and to accumulate ac-cumulate a surplus without limit that such Issue of bonds was contrary to the provision of the constitution giving congress con-gress not the executive the power to borrow money on the credit of the United States and that assuming to borrow I money and issue bonds was usurpation on the part of the executive He said I the accumulated surplus encouraged the I passing of appropriations without prq I i vidlng revenue to pay for them I prevented pre-vented tariff legislation and legislation I desired by congress in behalf of silver i and that if the treasury was empty congress i con-gress could and would supply the necessary neces-sary revenue He said th rf the representatives repre-sentatives of the people might better be trusted to borrow money on bonds than I the executive He discussed the failure I j to take up for consideration the substi I tute for the Dingley bill and said that I the finance committee struck out the I I Dingley bill and inserted bi insered a free coinage substitute and that the motion to consider con-sider it was a vote against free silver I by those that voted against considering the bill the free coinage Democrats and II others His speech incidentally argued I for the free coinage of silver and was a sharp arraignment and criticism of the I policy of the single gold standard advocates vocates ilr Brown spoke for nearly two hours and had not finished at the time of adjournment ad-journment but will continue his speech tomorrow He received marked attention atten-tion from senators on both sides of the chamber Senator Sherman was an attentive auditor on the Republican side and Sen i i ator Hill on the other side I The debate was enlivened by questions I and discussions from Senators Allen Allison Al-lison and Hill Mr Brown acquitted himself him-self well and although this was his j i maiden speech he was able to hold his I I own in the tilts with such experienced I legislators Senator Brown received many warm congratulations at the close of his speech which was considered by all to have been I a very able one I |