Show I THE = FUN BEGINNING On the Resolution Regarding Government Officers IfSRECEfTION H THE SENATE Circulation Besolu j1aidS silver BUt n in the House A B1S Batch of New Bills SENATE TOX February 3The char WAS llibIO the Senate a letter from the lid before AfrmeTGeneral asking an additional fppropriation of 50000 for jurors j of appropriation United States courts and 135000 for Referred to the committee witnesses on appreciations Among the measures reported favorably favor-ably from committees was a resolution bv Frye reported a he believed ananimity from the committee With on foreign relations declaring it to be the opinion of the Senate that Congress ought not to provide for a joint commission com-mission of Great Britain and the United States in relation to the fisheries Placed on the calendar The Chair then placed before the Senate a resolution as submitted yesterday Riddleberger and the substitutes day by for it submitted by logh relating to the relations between the President and the Senate in regard to information and papers affecting government officers suspended or appointed Edmunds said practically but four uonlhs of the session were left for business busi-ness Tie resolution offered embraced o practical question only moo fed Tiestiocs and it would be time enough I to debate the question when it should become a practicable question He uiored > to lay the resolutions on the able Eiddleberger addressed the Chair The Chair said it was not debatable KiJdleberger criticised Edmunds motion m view of the fact that he Edmunds had first debated the matter mat-ter and then moved to shut off thee the-e se he asked that he might be allowed al-lowed to answer Edmunds Hale asked that Riddleberger might have unanimous consent to make his I remark J Van Wyck thought Eiddleberger should be allowed to proceed and he woald = o move if in order The Chair said the motion would nojt be la order at this time v Bj unanimous consent Eiddleberger was allowed proceed He did not object to the first three sections i of Pnghs resolution If these were now introduced as a substitute for his Uiddlsbergers resolution lie woud accept them but when it came to the remaining section he differed wth Pagn his Eiddlebergers resolution merely involved two propositions viz thai ce had no right require from te President the reasons for the vaura suspension of officers but bd the right to demandof him any cisoior papers or proofs going to the tlOof appointment The rest of < ga resolution as to public policy Riddleberger saw no necessity or 2 professed ignorance of parlia i JW but inquired of IB Chair J lotion to lay on the ta 8 was to f d bate Ciair It has that effect Further Ja Ut the chair cannot express an pinion lug I never would have offered the r En Aon if the question had not been ed by a leading Republican 1 I rise tojaipoint of order sJIy readlulion was merely re DJJve to the affirmative < action asK as-K uood on the f part of Republic e t51tOr la CaairThe Senator t romAlabama c aJe a moment The Senator from an Conger rises fo a point of That Senator will state his point I rl make this point of order J this question is tobe open to dee ° J de-e jy one Senator it must be open to it is not open to all I object to ther discussion on the subject bAs a motion has been made to 1 y th2 resolution on the table and as e motive and purpose of the motion manifest I have no objection to that iOn prevailing fiUdkberger had no objection there I e B < > Y Prefatory remarks jjtrl potion to lay on the table was v tOt only one voice being heard in lenUTe lbiilwas t Passed for a benefit of the tei tni5 si Texas Colorado Oregon Ne P i ud he California Kansas and Nevada e emtories of Washington and 515 > It Provides that in case of the o n VT original vouchers required by sUt the settlement of claims by the ta i1eq sad Territories named the Secre i Ji War may accept copies thereof rJ3 rtified by the State or Tem ficiats i tu l Oclock iK the Dakota bill was placed the Senate and Mr Logan took I OA f He differed materially he f ftf With ntlie Senator from the south i 5fliaflntler and the Senator from < i e UTtVest in regard to thequestion iu b onSlderatin Fourteen States ibWadmited under the force of o > e g acts and eleven States with e t abIlnS acts Congress there cJ dt Was free to adopt either course fi caw to he circumstances which in patif might seem best adapted to P5bltt t Ie g 0lL v thIe What was substan 5 g 07 objection to Dakotas admis B Utrs reading a ParagraPh from ICeeb of ru wemKht get a glimpse 00 the l oa TL e 3Qadow of the real Was W if he meanifk of the objection Mi addif Dakota were admitted it Pliilcia three electoral votes to the Jtii rtltrength at the next Presi fteth0a He ln1ued of Mr I i Ir BtlUe er that was not the point eady dec denled it and said he had al Cmpleti red that even if the politt I II he I iOn of Dakota were Demo c 1ts ad ld I have felt obliged to op ei ta ofita 110ti under the present as 31r Logan 1IICatlon Said atwhea the Repub I licans wanted anything the idea of the Senator from South Carolina was tutu it was wanted by a clique The attempt at-tempt to keep out Dakota Mr Logan characterized as the part ot a great scheme to keep out the States that sent Republicans to Congress He appealed to the justice and magnanimity of the Senator to give ear to the voice of an energetic and enterprising people who were applying for admission to the Union of States Mr Morgan oppossed the admission I of Dakota under the present conditions condi-tions He thought the Senate was asked to admit new States merely for I the purposeof admitting office holders I that had been sent hers The patriotism that had been so much referred to had in it a strong flavor of self interest Mr Harrison then took the floor and gave notice that he would as the Senate to bring the bill to a vole tomorrow The Senate then adjourned HOUSE WASHINGTON February 3 The speaker laid before the House a communication com-munication from the Secretary of the Treasury recommending an appropriation appropri-ation of 25000 to enlarge the United States Penitentiary at Boise City Idaho Referred Also a communication from the Post masterGeneral in response to the House resolution calling for information as to what changes should be made in the law regulating compensation to railroad companies for carrying mails The PostmasterGeneral states that up to the present time he had been unable to form any clear opinion ns to what changes ould be made in the law At a future day he states he will be able to place before the House all the information infor-mation which inquiries that have been instituted and are approaching completion com-pletion will afford Referred Bland from the committee on coinage coin-age weights and measures desired to report back the resolution offered by him calling on the Secretary of the Treasury lor certain information relative rela-tive to silver circulation The resolution resolu-tion quoted at length from an address made by President Coe of the American Ameri-can Bankers Association which declared de-clared that the Secretary of the Treasury Treas-ury had acted in concert with the New York Clearing House Association to maintain a gold standard until Congress Con-gress could convene The resolution then reads as follows Whereas near the close of the second session of the Fortyeighth 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 the coinage coin-age cf silver dollars therefore be it Resolved by this House thatthe Secretary Sec-retary of the Treasury be and he is hereby requested inform this House whether or not any agreement or arrangement ar-rangement was effected by the management manage-ment of the Treasury Department with the clearing house committee in New York or with iny other association or person as alleged in the address of Mr Coe and if so by what authority of taw such arrangement was made and carried out and further to inform the House what amount of silver dollars were in the Treasury on the 4th day of March last unrepresented by outstanding certificates and what amount of silver certificates was in circulation cir-culation what amount of such dollars are now in the Treasury unrepresented by outstanding certificates and what amount of such certificates is now in circulation also whatamount of silver dollars were in the Treasury on the 4th da > of March last that could have been applied in payment the interest bearing debt and other dues of the government and what amount of such dollars now held in the Treasury could be applied also what amount of silver certificates are held in the Treasury that could be jcissued also what amount of interestbearing debt is now subject to call arid will the same policy he pursued in the payment of silver coin and on other public dues in the future as in the past Morrison wouldnot object to the resolution re-solution but thought it went too far in astzing what was to be the tiolicy of the Treasury Department Bland replied that the past policy of the administration wasknown and that It was proper that Congress should know whether it was to be pursued or notRandall Randall inquired whether there was any way of getting a motion to strikeout strike-out the clause in regard to the future policy of the administration The p 1icy of the administration could be judged by its acts The Speaker replied that he would examine the resolution to see whether its clauses were dmsable HewittWill it not be in accord to move to recommit with instrnctions The Speaker That is in order HewittThen I move to recommit the resolution with instructions to the committee com-mittee to strike out that portion which asks the Secretary of the Treasury to define the policy of the administration The motion to recommit with instructions instruc-tions was lost yeas 83 nays 1G8 and the resolution was adopted Mr Morrison of Illinois from the committee on vays and means reported re-ported a resolution calling on the Secretary of the Treasury to report re-port to the House the total amount applied to the sinking fund between June 30 18S and July 1 1885 and under what dates and in what several sev-eral amounts the same was applied Adopted The following committee reports were bmitted Mr Cobb of Indiana from the committee com-mittee on public landsTo forfeit Atlantic At-lantic and Pacific land grant House calendar By Mr Wilkins of Ohio tom the committee on banciag and currency Providing for the issue of circulating notes to the Nation Banking Association Associa-tion House calendar By Mr Miller of Texas from the same committee adversely To make the shareholders in National banks individually in-dividually responsible for the debt of the bank Laid on the table By Mr Hatch of Missouri from the committee on agricnltur4To enlarge the powers and duties of the department of agriculture Committee of the whole I By McRae of Arkansas from the committee public landi To protect homestead settlers within Railway limits House calendar I By Springer of Illinois from the committee ton Territories To annex a portionof the Territory of Idaho to Washington Territory House calendar By Mr James of New York from the committee on laborTo prohibit any officer of the governnfenE from hiring or contracting ont the labor of prisoners House calendar In the morning hour the House resumed in committee of the whole Mr Crisp of Georgia in the chair consideration con-sideration of the bill to abolish rtain fees for the official services of American Vessels Pending action the committee rose and the House again resolved itself into a committee Mr Hammond of Georgia in the chairoit the bill relating re-lating to the taxation of the fractional parts of a gallon ofdistilled spirits Mr Mills of Texas offered an amendment amend-ment providing that all taxes imposed by this act shall be paid in standard silver sil-ver coin and using this amendment asa as-a text he addressed the committee upon the entire silver question If silver sil-ver was stricken down he said thin all the products of labor would decrease just onehalf Whenever prices were tailing money would go out of circulation There was no such curse in existense as contraction of the volume of circulation When this contraction was brought about then would come sorrow to the bosoms of the people tears to their cheeks and hunger want and starvation That was what the advocates of scarce money were asking Congress to do and to do in the interests of the laboring men In conclusion Mr Mills said This scourge which is sought to be visiled on the people of the United States comes from the cold marble and phlegmatic avarice which seeks to impale im-pale the whole country on the bed of suffering in order to gratify its lust for gold In this hour fraught with peril to the whole country I appeal ap-peal to the unpurchased Renresenta of the American people Let us standup stand-up and call the battle on and never leave the field until the peoples money shall be restored to its full value i Loud applause Mi Bntterworth of Ohio briefly dismissed dis-missed the provisions of the pending bill and opposed it as being disadvantageous disadvan-tageous to the distilling interests of Ohio Without action the committee rose and the House adjourned |