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Show FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. The Senate. " Washington, February 3. The chair laid before the Senate a letter from the Attorney-General Attorney-General asking an additional appropriation of $50,0C0 for jurors of the United States courts, and $135,CC3 for witnesses. Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Among the measures reported favorably from committees was . the resolution by Frye, reported, as he believed, with "unanimity" "un-animity" from . the Committee on Foreign Relations, declaring it . to be the opinion of the Senate that Congress ought not to provide pro-vide for a joint commission of Great Britain and United States in relation to the fisheries. Placed on the calendar, -i v . y The Chair then placed before the Senate the resolution as submitted yesterday by Riddle bergeiv and . substitutes , for it submitted sub-mitted by Pngh, relating to the relations between be-tween the Presidenr and the Senate is regard, re-gard, to the : information and the' 'papers affecting Government officers suspended or appointed. - . . Edmunds said practically but four months of the session were left, for business.' The resolution offered embraced no practical question, only mooted questions, and it would be time enough to debate the question when it should become a practicable question. ques-tion. He moved to lay the resolution on the table.-' : Riddleberger addressed the chair. The chair said it was not debatable. Riddleberger criticised Edmunds' motion in view of the fact that, he (Edmunds) had first 'debat ed the matter and then moved to shut off the debate. He asked that he might be allowed to answer Edmunds. Hale asked that Riddleberger might have unanimous consent to make his remarks. Van Wyck thought Riddleberger should be allowed to proceed to order, and he would so move, if in order. The Chair said the motion would not be in order at this time. 1 By unanimous consent Riddleberger was allowed to proceed. He did not object to the first three sections of Pugh's resolution. If this were now introduced as a substitute for his (Riddleberger's) resolution, he would accept them, but when it came to the remaining section he differed with Pngh. His (Riddleberger's) resolution merely involved two propositions Viz.: that we had no right to require from the President reasons for removals or suspensions sus-pensions of officers, but had the right to demand de-mand of him any reasons or papers or proofs going to the question of appointment. The rest of Pugh's resolution as to "public policy," etc., Mr. Riddleberger saw no necessity neces-sity for. Pngh professed ignorance of parliamentary law, but inquired of the Chair if the motion to lay on the table was to cut off the debate. Chair It has that effect; further than that the chair cannot express an opinion. - Pugh I never would have offered the resolution re-solution if the question had not been presented pre-sented by a leading Republican. ' Conger I rise to a point of order. Pugh My resolution was merely responsive respon-sive to affirmative action as understood on the part of Republican Senators. Chair The Senator from Alabama will pause a moment. The Senator from Michigan Michi-gan (Conger) rises to a point of order. That Senator will state his point of order. Conger I make this point of order, that if this question is to be open to debate by one Senator, it must be open to alL If it is . not open to all, I object to any further discussion dis-cussion on the subject. " The House. Washington. February 3. The Speaker laid before the House a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending recom-mending an appropriation of $25,000 to enlarge en-large the United States penitentiary at Boise City, Idaho. Referred. . Also a communication from the Postmaster-General in response to a House resolution reso-lution . calling for information as to what - changes should be .made in law regulating the compensation to railroad companies for carrying the mails. The Postmaster-General states that up to the present time he has been unable to form any clear opinion as to what changes should be made in the law. At a future day, he states, he will -be able to place before the House all the information which the inquiries inqui-ries that have been instituted, and are approaching ap-proaching completion, will afford. Referred. Hewitt Then I move to recommit the resolution, with instructions to the commit-tee-to strike out that portion which asks the Secretary of the Treasury to define the policy pol-icy of the Administration. The motion to recommit, with instructions, instruc-tions, was lost yeas 88, nays 168 and the resolution was adopted. Bland, from the Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, desired to report back the resolution offered by him calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for certain , information relative to a silver circulation resolution, quoted at length from an address made "by President Coe, of the American Bankers' Association, which declared that the Seoretary of the Treasury had acted in concert with the New York Clearing House Association to maintain a gold standard until Congress could convene. The resolution reads as follows: Whebeas, Near the close of the second session of the Forty-eighth Congress, to-wit, on the 26th day of February, 1885, this House refused by a decided vote to consider a then-pending proposition looking to the suspension of the coinage of the silver dollar, dol-lar, therefore be it - Resolved, By this House that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, requested re-quested to inform this House whether or not any -agreement or arrangement was effected by . the management of the Treasury Department, with the Clearing House Committee in New York, or with any other association or person as alleged in the address of Mr. Coe, and if so by what authority of law such arrangement was I made and carried out; and f urther, r to I inform the House what amount of silver dollars were in the Treasury-on the th day of March ' last - unrepresented by 6utstanding certificates, and what amount of silver certificates was in circulation, circula-tion, what amount of such dollars are now in the Treasury unrepresented by outstanding outstand-ing certificates, and what amount of such certificates are -now in circulation: also what amount of of silver dollars were in the Trearory -on the 4th day of March last that could have been applied in payment of the interest-bearing debt and other dues of the government, and what amount of such dollars are now held ui the Treasury . and could be appued; also what amount, of silver certificates certifi-cates are held in the Treasury that could be reissued; also what amount of the interest-bearing debt is now subject to call; and will the same policy be pursued in the payment of silver coin and on other public dues in the future as in the past. Morrison would not object to the resolution, resolu-tion, but thought it went too far m asking what Is to be the policy of the Treasury De- PaBlad replied tha the past policy of Administration Ad-ministration was known, and that it was proper that Congress should know whether ft was to be pursued or not. Randall inquired whether there was any way of getting in a motion to strike out the clause in regard to the future policy of the Administration. The policy of the Administration Admin-istration could be judged by its acts. The Speaker replied that, he would examine exam-ine the resolution to see whether its clauses were desirable. . ..."-- ,.'- Hewitt Will it not be in accord to move and recommit with instructions? -. Speaker That is in order. ' - ' j |