| Show WAS SUMMARILY DSPOSED OF HieFinancial Cloud Suddenly Dissipated By the Senate GORMAN EmS TH FIGHT His Amendment to the Sundry Civil Bill Withdrawn The Appropriation Dills WIlll Wow I Go Tliroaeli Upon ihe Sundry Sun-dry Civil Kill to Be Taken Thin Afternoon Commission era to Represent Rep-resent This Country at the Monetary Mone-tary Conference AxitUovizeil iay Officers to catlgrnte the Canal IVldit Sessions Are Now Unnecessary Wiashington Feb 27When the Senate adjourned tonight It was with the understanding that a vote will be raken on the sundry civil appropriation > J11 at 3 oclock tomorrow The financial finan-cial issue which has hung like a great menacing cloud over the Senate chamber cham-ber for many weeks was suddenly and permanently dissipated today For four hours there was n storm of debate de-bate In which the most conspicuous financial figures in the Senate were listened to by crowded galleries And when Mr Gorman whose financial amendment had brought on the contest con-test withdrew the proposition and the subject was summarily disposed of A moment later Mr Mills proposition to tepeal the laws authorizing the issue of bonds was cut off by a ruling of the chair that It was out of order Thus the financial issue which has threatened threaten-ed serious delay to the appropriation hills was unexpectedly swept away Mr Gorman made the principal speech in advocacy of the for advocacy proposition authorizing au-thorizing 5100000000 of debt certificates to meet treasury deficiencies The senator called into Question the accuracy accu-racy of Secretary Carlisles reports for the treasurys safe condition and declared de-clared a deficiency of 3GOOOOOOO for the fiscal year was assured Mr Sill made a speech against the amendment which involve several sharp colloquies Mr Sherman Mr Allison and Mr Aldrich supported the Gorman amendment Mr Voorhaes chairman of the finance Committee opposed op-posed the amendment on the ground that i was needless and was directly opposed to the wishes of the president and secretary of the treasury Mr Mills spoke vigorously against the issue of bonds Mr Teller finally moved to lay the Gorman amendment on the table and this was the signal for Mr Gormans final move in withdrawing the proposition propo-sition Work on the sundry civil bill sundry cn bi was then proceeded with Among the amendments agreed to was one authorizing au-thorizing the selection of nine commissioners com-missioners to represent the United States at the International monetary conference Another important amendment agreed to provided for a committee ot United States army officers to investigate investi-gate the Nicaragua canal project going go-ing over the route and making a report re-port Mr Morgan said the Inquiry wen desired in order to fully inform the next Congress as it had become evident evi-dent the present House would not pass the Nicaragua bill Chairman Cockrell of the appropriations appropria-tions committee stated that appropriation ation bills could now be disposed of in time It was not felt necessary to hold a night session TO CROWDED GALLERIES Financial Heavrweijrlits Have n Monkey and Parrot Time Washington D C Feb 11The Senate Sen-ate this morning agreed to the amendment amend-ment appropriating 25000 for s hospital at Fort Mead S D to taKe the place of the one recently burned Then came the long impending contest over the financial amendment to the sundry civil bill It is at the close of the bill and provides for the issue 01 I 5100000000 certlndates of inQebCednesa in small denominations and bearing 2 per cent interest to meet deficiencies in the treasury Mr Hill offered a further amendment that hereafter all treasury notes when presented to He treasury snail not bo reissued but shall be cancelled Mr Hill sought to speak in explanation of his amendment but Mr Mills Insisted on the rule and a immediate decision on the point of order MR Hill continued but was Interrupted with frequent suggestions that debate was out of order There was considerable disorder and the vicepresident finally requested the sergeantatarms to see that order was preserved The president was about to decide the point of order and had begun the first sentence when Mr Mills interrupted Does the chair decline to submit the question to the Senate I Is not only customaI but it is the rule that questions ques-tions of order shall be submitted to debate de-bate and I must Insist that It be submitted sub-mitted to the Senate The presiding officer paused In his decision deci-sion Then he said In view of the remarks of the senator from Texas the question will be submitted submit-ted t the Senate He then directed a roll call and again called on the sargeantatarms with a significant force to maintain order By a singular parliamentary situation the order or-der for the vote made the amendment subject to debate and Mr Gorman addressed ad-dressed the Senate He said I had beCome be-Come evident that there was to be no financial relief unless it was made a part of an appropriation bill Mr Wolcott here Interrupted with the query Has the secretary of the treasury treas-ury notified the Senate that he does not want such legislation as this That is the whole Question responded respond-ed Mr Gorman and If the senator will permit me I will in my own crude way present necessity the Question of the secretarys Is the treasury in such condition that it can provide for the wants of the government gov-ernment asked Mr Gorman Are the revenues coming in sufficient to meet the expenditures and the appropriations appro-priations we are making If our actual expenditures are greater than our receipts I re-ceipts we cannot afford to adjourn until e meet this emergency unless Congress I wants more bonds sold to meet our obligations gallons Mr German then unfolded tm elaborate table of figures I think I will be able to demonstrate said Mr Gorman earnestly that the secretary of the treasury will have a deficiency of 330 000000 for the calendar year apd GOO for the fiscal year M Gorman said the secretarys reply o to the Senate stated that there was SillS I 000000 on hand Available to pay ordinary expense He Mr Gorn > n N knew there was a mistalce and he went to the treasury treas-ury and said to those who had made up he eeport Your figures re misleading mislead-ing YOU have made a mistake He called their attention to thfe fact ha they had omitted checks drafts etc outstanding out-standing Those had been Included In the monthly report It diciosed tat there was annually 5670COOOO available There was a mistake of about 30000000 to be Sin with Mr Gorman proceeded to itemize the Immense sums due for rivers and harbors public buildings etc He also took up the secretarys estimates esti-mates of receipts He said the secretary estimated his total expenditures at 3S8 000000 In 1833 the appropriations were 5DOOOO 000 and already the Hot e had appropriated ap-propriated 374000000 for this year The Senate will add 20000000 The total will be 5390000000 and the senator saId he Would stake his reputation that it would reach 400000000 At 352 Mr Gorman rose In the Senate and withdrew his f 100000000 certificate amendment to the sundry civil bllL The Mills amendment declaring that no mere bonds shall be Issued was < declared out of order without a vote Mr VHas read executive eommuntca tions ciency indicating no alarm tts to a defi Mr Gorman closed with an eloquent appeal not to paralyze the operations of the government with the building ofour navy the erection of our public structures struc-tures by failing to provide r i all emergencies emer-gencies before the adjournment of Congress Con-gress I Mr Mills followed with a strong criticism criti-cism of the issuing of bonds He spoke I of the public abhorrence of a national I debt There was a sharp colloquy between I be-tween Mr Hill and Il Mills as the latter I lat-ter discussed greenbacks Iri the course of I Mr Mills asked pointedly What kind of money do you believe In anyway way < I believe in the gold and silver of the constitution responded Mr Hill I am not a greenbacker now arid never have been Not a greenbacker exclaimed Mr Mills derisively Then addressing Mr Hill personally he Bald When your great state of New York In ISIS sent Horatio Seymour to the national na-tional Democratic convention It was on II a platform of paying all public obHgisu tions in greenbacks Where were you then There was intense energy In Mr Mills I query and the galleries broke into laughter laugh-ter I terRead that platform said Mr Hill I Mr Mills read the plank concerning greenbacks and then turning t air Hill with keen satire added Oh where was Roderick then One blast upon his horn were worth s thousand thoU-sand menThe men-The senators were much amused and the galleries again broke Into laughter te galeries voted for Horatio Seymour Of course you or I rto Sy mour said Mr Mills again addressing Mr Hill The latter made no response and Mr Gray Sad sotto voce He was too young Mr Mills in conclusion declared with great emphasis that if this amendment geat wa ruled out of order a It should be he would offer an amendment to repeal all laws giving the secretary of the treasury sur authority to issue bond without direct di-rect and specific act of Congress Mr Allison who followed warned the Senate Alsn moments were flying that moTent V unless the sundry civil bl were disposed of today and other bills Itt the next two days the responsibility of a extra session sion would rest on Congress Proceeding Proceed-ing he sad he had favored the amendment amend-ment In the Committee Appropriations because he believed the secretary of the treasury should have the authority It conferred Speaking of thamerits of the proposition to Issue certificates of indebtedness indebt-edness to meet current expenses Mr Allison severely criticised the secretary of the treasury for using the proceeds of the two bond issues sold tt ie1 the laW for another purpose than to meet the current expenses Unless some such provision pro-vision was npene to meet currerifr defi cienries Of there be nYI 1the secretary of the treasury would Jfctgaire < the future fu-ture and continue to sell thirtyyear bonds to meet those deficiencies Even If such a temnorary expedient is adopted interrupted Mr Hill will not the Question of the redemption of the greenbacks remain Certainly replied Mr Allison Then is it not our duty to address ourselves to this subject asked Mr Hill Mr Allison parried the question by simply calling Mr Hills attention to the absolute futility of attempting any real remedial financial legislation at this late hour in the session The lack of time makes some such temporary specific a necessity said he Mr Voorhees chairman of the Finance Committee then addressed the Senate with a prepared speech against the amendment He denied the credit of the government was threatened anywhere in the world That ivan shown by the quotations quo-tations of our bonds abroad In every money center in every usurers shops the financial credit of the United States rad not suffered during the bankmade panic of the last two years Whatever criticism the recent bond contract was open to today he did not oropose to crit icise i It could not stand before the fact of the eagerness of the world to get possession of these bonds gave the le to all those slanderers backbiters financial blacklegs and money sharks who sought to stab their country nearest the heart He stood ready he said to help the government in case of necessity but he could not support this measure which sought to give the secretary of the treasury treas-ury a power he did not ask to provide for a deficiency that did not exist Mr Sherman addressed the Senate He considered the pending amendment perfectly per-fectly germane He had known 0 dozen precedents Two years ago he offered a resolution almost identical to this amendment amend-ment and it was adopted by an overwhelming over-Whelming vote without division on party lines If the provision had gone through the House and become a law the country would not have been in Its present condition con-dition Executive Influence had brought about the defeat of the provision The Senate was In the midst of doubt The secretary of the treasury said he had enough The senator from Maryland said there was not enough They came here and quarrelled over the figures I Mr Gorman was right then the Senate ought to act aulcklv If Mr Carlisle was right then no action should be taken as 3 addition to the bonded obligation was most desirable Mr Sherman said he would vote for the amendment although he regarded it a the duty of the Democratic side of the chamber to clear up the doubt In reply to queries made earlier by Mr Hill Mr Sherman sad the greenbacks shoilld not be redeemed They were the favored money of the people They should be kept out without reference refer-ence to the wishes of the New York banks I cannot understand why anyone should desire to strike from our currericyi this most favored currency better than gold or silver for they are redeemable in gold and yet have the convenience of paper pa-per money Turning to the loss of revenues the senator said it was 0 certain sequel to the changes of the tariff laws This always al-ways occurred as a result of tariff changes without reference to the party making I Let these provisions be enacted en-acted and let the debt certificates or bond be circulated among our own people peo-ple the plain people as Abraham Lincon called th mad there would be a end I of danger Mr Sherman said he had watched the enormous sums appropriated by the Senate Sen-ate some of which could have been postponed post-poned to another day But now that they were made i was the duty of Congress Con-gress to provide means for paying them In the course of his remarks Mr Sherman Sher-man made a significant appeal to the Appropriations Committee to withdraw this amendment saying I could never pass without the fullest discussion Mr Hill then took the floor He first discussed the technical DarHamentary status I this financial amendment was in order then the flood gates were open and any kind of financial egtelatlon could be added to an appropriation bill Once upon this complicated Question a extra session was Inevitable In the expiring hours of Congress i was unwlse to sweep away the ample powers or the secretary to Issue bonds to give him some new and untried powers he did not want And vet said Mr Hill with keen irony this is the proposition of senators sena-tors who have such profound regard for John G Carlisle regar Mr Hill then turned his attention to Mr 3I1H1 statement os to Horatio Seymour Sey-mour and the greenback platform of 18G8 18G8The The result of thatcontest Js not one I Continued on Page z J 21 1 I F 1 I tiu 0 t q t f I l i WAS SUMMARILY l DISPOSED t Continued from Page 1 I of congratulation among Democrats aid Mr Hill amonr Let me suggest said Mr Voorhees that Horatio Seymour carried New 1SEYes York by 10000 majority over Grant in Yes said Mr Hill because Seymour was so enshrined in the hearts of tho people of New York that ha could carry the state greenbacks or no greenbacks Mr Hill read from early speeches or Mr Sherman against BPeec and compared those with the speeches ofijo day 4 S dayMt Snecman said those antlereenbacic speeches were made five years before tna jsumptlon act which changed every thing Mr Hill pointed out that the danger tote to-te treasury was not tn a deficiency on current expenses but in gold to redeem the endless chain of greenbacKs And yet this pending amendment provided funds for deficiencies alone and ava tee means of securing the sold which mia the real need of the treasury Mr Push Democrat of Alabama in errupted to say that the greenback leg slatlon of 1878 was enacted by a Democratic Demo-cratic Congress Mr Gray Democrat of Delaware nur ned back and whispered to Mr Hill Who then declared it was the senator Cram Ohio Sherman who was responairta for that legislation He was not in Congress then paid Mr Voorhees he was then secretary or the treasury No I was not in Congress then raid Mr Sherman I Trill help the senator out said Mr Voorhees to Mr am There wa a senator sen-ator from Ohio here then whoso naif vas much like that of the present sena tor and he heartily supported thoiffreen back legislation It was Allen Gsfihur man of Ohio Ay I do not Question the Democnftr at Allen G Thurman said Mr Hill cut I sometimes think our western incda got unsound on Questions of flnunc And we return the western compliment compli-ment to you of the east said Mr Vwr bees Mr Hill closed with an earnest appeal against the financial policy Mr Teller briefly criticised the amendment amend-ment and closed with a motion to lay the amendment on the table Mr Gorman said he desired a final word He Bald in view of the statements made during the debate and also pf the ntlmatlons of obstruction he was au horized by the Committee on Appropriations Appropri-ations to withdraw the pending tnancial amendment Mr Mills at once offered an amendment repealing all laws giving authorit > lcr the Issue of the bonds Mr Aldrich made a point of order against the amendment as general legls atlon The chair has no hesitancy In reaching reach-ing a conclusion said the viceprestdent as he ordered the rule to be read adding add-ing Under that rule the chair holds he amendment Is general legislation and Is not in order But the time will come < and come soon said Mr MUIi when this Question Ques-tion will have to be met and voted on in the Senate This closed the financial debate The Senate then turned its attention to the routine matters of the sundry civil bill After a long debate the Senate struck out the entire section transferring the Fort lieavenworth military prison to tho department of justice Mr Wolcott offered the amendment heretofore proposed for a c < Simnltl of nine to represent the United Stats at an international monetary commission three to be named by the president three by the Senate and three by the House Mr Allen made a point of ordGifgtalnst the provision on the ground tharnt was general legislation The point was overruled over-ruled and tho amendment agreed to without with-out debate Mr Morrill of Vermont offered an amendment appropriating 80GOO for fire proflng the roof and other portions of the statuary hall In the Capitol building and preparing the old gallery for the reception recep-tion of statuary It was agreed to On motion of Mr Plait an amendment was agreed to continuing the work of the Dawes Indian commission appropriating appropri-ating J30000 therefor and authorizing the president to appoint two additional mem hers of the commission An amendment proposed by Mr Power granting two sections of land on the abandoned Port McGinnis military reservation reser-vation Montana on which are buildings used for a soldiers home was agreed to toOn motion of Mr Pascoe an amend meat was agreed to appropriating 20000 to enable a board of engineer officers of the army to ascertain the feasibility ana cost of the construction and completion of the Nlcaragiaan canal as proposed in the bill already passed by the Senate Mr Bate offered on amendment providing pro-viding for a government exhibit at the Tennessee Centennial exposition In Nashville Nash-ville in 1806 Mr Chandler said he had intended to offer an amendment which would make the appropriation available when the stability or the Tennessee exposition was certified to by H Clay Evans governor of Tennesse He said there were two governors gov-ernors in Tennessee two in South Caroline Caro-line and two in Alabama In each cage tie said the person elected by the people li out of the office and the jcrjp not elected is in Further it was not a question ques-tion of color He Chandler desired to submit some remarks of a political character char-acter bearing on the matters which ha alluded to which he hoped to setvjn between be-tween action on the approprlatlonsfcefora the close of the session Mr Bate replied that he would not be betrayed Into a discussion and sold It would be time enough to cross that bridge when wo get to It No action was taken on Mr Bates amendment and It iras left pending when the Senate adjourned ad-journed Mr Stewart entered a motion to reconsider recon-sider the motion providing for representation represent-ation at an International monetary commission com-mission Mr Wolcott secured the adoption of an amendment appropriating 5100000 for beginning be-ginning work on the Denver mint The Senate then went Into executive session and at G30 oclock adjaurned with the understanding that a vdltK on the bill Is to be had at oclock |
