The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-01-20

taken mp without . formal vote. NJ. vsse
printed, adding to the bill section identical
With the 1fth or compulsory. vetoed 3k-per-
cent bill of last session, but modined TO cav.
the sole basis for circulation. Mr.. Sherman
said that in view of the very full discussion Of
the general propositions Of the bill in debates
every senator had made up his mind on it.
he would connne himself TO brief statement
of q few facts, and hoped before the day end.
ed ed decisive vote ss would be taken S;l and The
except as to detafl6 q purely business ques.
ton. whether it was advisable or not to place
ct lower rate. at any time. any part OF the
the pleasure of the Government. Mr.
Bayard spoke of the exceptionally IA
vorable condition of thee Government with
QUESTIONED the e. confidence Of holders in the
security of the bonds He was ayerse to as.
Stunning any risk that would tend to disturb
this security even for the sake Of an apparent
Amendments to the bill reported by the com.
mittee were agreed to. Messrs. Mcpherson
and Beck exchanged views, and then Mr.. Vest
secured the floor. whereupon the Senate went
into executive session. Chief among the
large number of bills introduced in the House
were measures for suppression of polygamy;
have the right to vote directly for Presid. mt
and Vice President; defining the law of in.
sanity in criminal cases; providing q sound
and uniform paper currency.
In the Senate, Jan. 10, Mr.. Dawes, from
the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported q
bill to accept and ratify agreements submit
ted by the Grow Indians of Montana. Mr..
with Recommendation that it pass. the Nor
r1li Tariff Commission bill and also, with
adverse report, the Garland Commission bill.
MI Bec x opp0sed ths PHI Is
they had resOrted not only as means of pre-.
venting legislation by the present Congress,
but of whitewashing all the enOrmittes of the
to Mr.: Beck, after which the Sherman fund.
ing bill came. ......The House resumed
consideration Of tibet Utah contested election
fered by Mr.. Haskell, declaring Allen G.
Campbell, delegate elect from Utah, entitled
to be swo:n as delegate on his prima facie
case. Mr.. Reed offered as substitute reso-
tons the question on the prima facie right,
as between Campbell and Cannon, to be
sworn in. together with all certificates and
lions to that committee to report at as early q
day as possible. Adopted-lS9 to "a.
THE Sherman funding bill came under
consideration Jan. 18th. Mr.. Vest referred to
the act remonetizing silver, and suggested
the propriety of the purchase by the Govern
m-nt of all the silver bullion it could get issu.
ing Government notes or silver certificates
based thereon in lieu of national bank cur.
in conclusion he was not welded to
the. national banking system, and
had no personI;a III, interest in it, but
ever devised by man, and one now being cop
led by other nations. The President pro TEN.
announced as special committee on rights
George. Jackson and Fair. Nj. Anthony in.
trOduced q bill providing for the retirement
OF. 80 any person =, who s;., served fifty
resolution instructiDg the Committee
on Civil Service reform to inquire into the ex-
pediency of providing mode different from
tees of the House. with leave to report at any
time, was referred to Committee on Rules.
MIR. Haskell then rose to a question OF privi-
declaring it to be the fixed and final deter.
mination of the Forty seventh Congress
that no persons maintaining polygamous
marital relations; or teaching OF inciting 9th
as delegate from any Territory
the House determined that no question 81
was involved In the resolution.
THE Senate bill for bridge across the
Missouri, near st. Charles, passed, 18th, with
amendments. The Sherman bill was dis.
cussed by Messrs Garland, Allison, Vest. and
Plumb-the latter renewing his amendment
the use of all funds now in the
for the redemption of United States
notes in excess of 500 100000 in the redemp-
ton of 81 per cents, such redemption to be
made in notices. than three installments, said
sum of 500 ,O00, 900 SO left in the Treasury not
to be increased or diminished except in re-
dempti0n of United States notes. Laid over.
Mr.. Brown offered a resolution declaring it
and unwfse to contract the cur.
rency by q withdrawal from circulation of
what are known as silver certificates, or to
or further restrict silver coin.
age; that gold or silver coin based upon
proper rates of equivalent between the two
metals, and issues of paper predicated upon
and convertible into coin on demand cOnsti-
tute the proper circulating medium of this
Laid over temporarily. The
$4,000.