Show I SUPPLY Y BillS WERE REPORTED Then the House Went Into Corn mit ee ol of the Whole 4 f DISCUSSED THE CURRENCY o I BARTLETTS VIGOROUS SPEECH IN OPPOSITION 1 I I WashIngton Jan lOIn the houe today the arm army y and Indian j tion n bills were reported A resolution was adopted the ot the interior to inform the house whether or not an any of th the principal or interest of any Indian trust funds or other moneys of an any Indian tribe are being expended for support ot any Indian contract schools other than I government schools and Ir if so flO what authority he had for so doing I The house hom e then went Into committee 1 if the whole to further consider r the bat batto to improve currency conditions Made Vigorous Speech Mr Bartlett ot of Georgia who was the sole member ot of the banking and cur CUE currency rency committee d to the but bill billand and who filed the minority report upon it In a but vigorous ch de declared dared that he had no apologIes to make to the house or to the people of the country for his posItion regarding the bill Re He affirmed his adherence to Dem Democratic Democratic and mild suid he could not favor layor a bill he did aid not believe In In Ina Ina a sarcastic vein he spoke of the alleged anxiety of the Republicans to reform currency conditions when he said paid they kneW they were adopts adepts and past masters In the att ait of being for tor something the they dId not Intend to 10 pass The Williams amendment providing for loans to national banks on competitive tive bids was adopted to Sil 89 Fowlers Amendment Mr Fowler spoke In advocacy of his own amendment which provIdes for government deposits up to 2 25 per cent of the banks capitalIzation and 2 per percent percent cent Interest the government to have first lien Hen on the banks securities Mr lr Thayer mayer of Massachusetts refer reCer referring ring to the Fowler amendment sai said he had an aft InklIng in some way that it If the bill became law most of the money would go to New York Au An amendment to the Fowler amend amendment ment was offered by Mr Bowie of Ala Alabama Alabama bama designed to meet the sugg of Mr Thayer provIding that aU an moneys mones so deposited shall be equitably distributed between the banks In the several states of thIs Union but Mr contended that the BowIe Bowle amendment did not go far enough Lost on Vote On a risIng vote ote 13 to 14 the com coni committee a agreed reed to Incorporate the Bowie Bowle I asa as a ot of the Fowler amendment The Fowler amendment as amended o on a vote ote b by tellers was lost to I IAn An amendment was agreed to strIkIng Ing out sectIon 2 of the bill repealing the law prohibiting deposits of more than durIng any calendar month for the of withdrawing circulating notes and a provision permittIng nation national al banks to retire their outstanding notes in the discretion of the secretary of the treasury not e exceeding 2 per percent percent cent of their circulation The Th committee amendment striking lout I out section 4 of the bill biU which author I I lied the secretary of the treasury tb withdraw any of silver fr rn and to substitute certificates of other denom was agreed to Resolutions on Silver An amendment by Mr Ir Thayer of lIas etts to section 3 restricting the amount of silver to be Inte subsidiary coin to in an any one I year ear was adopted The committee pi to 54 t rejected the 1 of the committee on bank bankIng big Ing providing for the re I or of st silver het dollars from cash in the general fund in the tr treasury su ry ryAn An amendment was offered by Mr Little of Arkansas to strike out t and substitute for it a new section I authorizing the s secretary of the tress treas tressI ury to purchase silver bullion as m Y Yi I i bt be necessary anti and to coin the Ule same Into i such fuh subsidiary slIver silver coin as he may deem without regard to an ani any i prescribed lImit Action op OJ the amendment hoever was wag deferred I by the bil being laW laid a dd Swayne Impeachment Mr Palmer chairman of the commit committee tee c of seven to prepare charges against I Judge swayne reported twelve articles of Impeachment and gave notice t that t tj I on Thursday n next he would call caU the charges up for the tile Hie house j Mr of f California SUbmit submitted ted a 8 report en cu the Swayne case caseI I At the house adjourned I until tomorrow G |