The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-06-30

The Joint resolution authorizing the erection
Of . memorial column at Washington's head
quarters at Newburgh and making An appro-
priation TO defray the expenses Of the Centen-
NAL Celebration was passed by the Senate juno
20. Bills were passed to appropriate $4,000
for approaches TO the Mound City Military
Cemetery, and to set aside $4,000 for q
road from New Albany to the National Gene
terry near that city, as also an Appropriation OF
$500 900 for nm extension of the Executive
Mansion. In presenting the credentials OF MIR.
Anthony, of Rhode Island, Chairman Davis re-
marked that the reelection of the gentleman
for fifth consecutive term was the second in
stance in the history Of the Government The
bill TO extend the charters CT national banks
was taken up, the pending question being the
issue OF gold certificates After an argument
on a double standard, the Senate went into
executive session and confirmed the nomination
TO the Tariff Commission by 80 TO ~. The
House passed the Senate bill authorizing
port on the amounts due the States and Terri
tories for suppressing Indian hostilities. Mr..
Young introduced a bill providing that the tax
on distilled spTits be reduced to 80 cents per
gallon, and the tax on beer and ale be fixed az
80 cents per barrel, with a deduction Of ~
per cent on stamps sold TO brewers. A
bill was passed appropriatng 100000
Cor public building at Erie, Pa.
Mr.. Updegraff reported q substitute for the
ors of President and Vice President and to
regulate the counting of votes, on which .
spirited interchange of sentiment took place.
The substitute was rejected and the Senate bill
was recommitted. Sixty Republican members
Of the House held q caucus on the Internal
Revenue bill. III was resolved that the provis-
ions in regard to the tax on bank capital and to
special taxes on iquor-dealeIs be eliminated
and that the bill be cal ed up for consideration.
A bill authorizing public buildings at Lynch
burg, Abingdon and Harrisonburg, Va, was
passed by the Senate on June 20. Mr.. Nor
gans resolution to investigate the cause of the
labor strikes was referred to the Committee on
Education and Labor, TO report within q week.
The bill to extend the charters Of national
banks was taken mp. The pending amend
ment for the issue Of silver certificates was
adopted. A proposition wss carried that
the issue OF gold certificates
be suspended whenever the avail
able treasury stock Of that metal
falls below 800. 10000 1t was agreed that
no national bank shall belong to clearing
house in which silver certincates are not re-
celved in settlement OF balances. Mr.. Beck
offered provision requiring national banks to
receive and pay out silver dollars and certif-
icates on rau same terms as gold, but it vas
voted down A clause was adopted Furnishing
the unlawful certihcatlon OF checks by q fine
of $4,000 or Imprisonment for five years.
Mr. Allison gave notice that he would
TO the River and Harbor bill. In the House,
the bill for the erection of Congressional
Library building was taken up. MIR. Towns
bend charged that the measure embodied
job OF Eastern parties, against which remark
Messrs. Reed and Humphrey entered hot pro-
test, and the bill was postponed to Dec. II. An
act was passed 10 authorize the Rock Island and
Southwestern railway TO bridge the Mississippi
at New Boston, Ill. The bill to reduce internal
revenue taxation was considered in committee
OF the whole. Mr.. Kelley estimated the reven-
ues of the Government for this year at $780,
100000, and said the bill proposed reduction
Of only s23, 600, 900. Mr.. Thompson spoke for
an hour IN opposition TO the measure, when q
large number Of amendments were submitted.
The committee rose without having taken
action.
Mr.. Van Wyck offered resolution in the
Senate, June %, which was adopted, calling for
correspondence with the Spanish Government
in relation to the claim of Pedro dc Buzz,
naturalized citizen. A bill was passed granting
the right Of way through Indian Territory 10
the Mississippi, Albuquerque and Inter-ocean
railway. Chairman Davis presented copy OF
the proposed constitution for the State of Utah.
A joint resolution was passed appropriating
S33.0OO TO continue Arctic explorations. The
petition and bill Of Mrs. Jessie Benton FREE
mont, in relation 10 property in San Francisco,
was placed on the calendar. A resolution
granting permission for the erection of statue
to Garbaldi in the National Cemetery at Vicks-
burg was referred TO the Military Committee.
The bill to extend the charter of national banks
asthen taken up. MIR. Vest offered substitute
forbidding the creation Of new national banks
and authorizing an issue OF treasury notes in
place OF bank notes. Mr.. Morgan proposed to
force banks and their depostors to receive sill
yer certificates. Mr.. Allison said he had never
heard OF an instance outside Of New York where
banks refused silver certificates. Mr.. Voorhees,
remarked that bank officers were hostile TO what
they termed s5-cent money. Mr.. Sherman dep
recated any attempt by Congress to regulate
the value of the two CONS the Gov
eminent itself had deprecated silver, which
should stand as eighteen to one in pro-
portion to gold. Mr.. Allison thought the
ratio should be 1919 to /, as in France and Ger
Morgan were rejected. The bill was then
passed by "a to 13. The House went into COM
mittee on the bill to reduce internal revenue
taxation. Mr.. White gave notice Of an
amendment TO repeal the internal revenue
system so far as ii affected tobacco.
Mr.. Morrison charged that the
Chairman Of the Committee of Ways and
Means was striving to empty the treasury with
out relieving the burdens OF the people. Messrs.
Page, Aiken. and Reagan announced that they
rose. A communication from navy officers was
read, asking that the age for retirement be not
changed. The Democrats Of the House held a
caucus after adjournment, at which there were
hfty'two members present The substance OF
their action was that, so far as they were con-
cerned, they would support the tobacco provi-
sions Of the Internal-Revenue bill, and, il those
failed, move TO recommit.
The House bill to ratify the agree ment with
the Shoshores and Bannocks for a ri ght OF
way for the Utah and Northern road was passed
by the Senate June 20, as also the Senate bill
creating the Oregon Short-Line Railroad Com.
pany. Mr.. Frye called up the rule allowing the
President pro tenn, when temporarily absent, to
designate in writing Senator TO perform the du-
ties OF the chair which was debated and referred.
Condemned cannon were granted to organic
atoms at VIncennes. IN Marshalltown. Iowa
lronton, Ohio; Danville Ill.,, and Council
Bluffs. bill was passed TO pay for the use OF
the orphan-asylum property at Natchez during
the war. The House resolution commsm-
oratiye Of the late Thomas Allen, OF Missouri,
called out several tributes OF respect
The House went into committee OF the whole
on the bill 10 reduce internal taxation. Mr..
kasson expressed the hope that the Govern
ment would not become permanently depend
ent upon whisky shops for its revenue. Mr..
Wilson gave notice of an amendment to forbid