The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-02-02
A NATIONS SOLONS.
Congressional Proceedings at the Ma
tional Capital Yesterday.
A Proposed Reduction in the Rates
of Letter Postage.


/, SENATE.
, Washington, Feb. IA petition wa
presented for the suppression Of polyg
amy.
The bill was appropriated favorabl!
appropriating s15. 900 for free vaccine
On motion of Window a resolution
was adopted requesting the president t.
communicate tho correspondence be-
tween the executive department ant
diplomatic agents of the United State:
relating to the proposed congress O
American nations, or any of them IL
1882.
Hoar presented q petition from thu
officers Of the m suffrage associa,
tion of Missouri, protesting against the
legislation for the unconditional dis.
reimbursement Of women in Utah, and
praying for the extirpation of polygamy.
The senate then took up Morgan's
pending resolution, calling for an su.
thentic statement of all tests made by
the mixed commission, In reference to
the heavy ordnance being built by the
United States; also for the printing Of
the testimony taken in the last congress
on the subject of heavy ordnance and
projectiles, and the tests to which they
have been subjected. A discussion fol
lowed, IN which Morgan explained his
purpose was to have published matters
which the ordnance bureau had sup
pressed. He had been informed the
bureau was In the hands Of ia ring''
interested In certain inventions, and
its chief officer held patents upon the
Inventions, which the ring had caused
to be patented. He wanted to have the
whole matter sifted to the bottom, and
an opportunity given American in
ventors to compete with the fsvorites of
the bureau. The resolution was finally
laid aside informally and without &C.
ton.
The senate took up the three per
cent bond bill, and Morgan advocated
an additional section TO the amend
ment, as follows: That the agreement
made with the holders Of bonds OF the
United States since the adjournment
of the F~orty-sixth congress by which
the rate of interest on such bonds Is
reduced to 81 per cent per annLm, is
hereby fully ratified and confirmed &C
cording to the terms and intent Of said
agreement.
After a long discussion upon the sug-
gestion, Ingalls, amendment was modi-
fed by the insertion of the express re-
cognition of the agreement, as valid
and binding upon the government.
The amendment was then adopted
without a vote, as also the provision Of
fered by Davis wv. Va declaring that
nothing in the act shall be SO construed
as to authorize the increase of the pub.
lie debt. The was then reported to the
senate from the committee on the
whole, and the question being upon
agreeing to the amendment as the
whole.
Sherman asked for a separate vote
upon Plumb's amendment, applying g
surplus revenue of over 800, 00o, 600 tc
the reduction Of the public debt. He
said If the proposition was not struck
out, he and the others who had acted
with him would be compelled to be
against the bill. He urged upon the
senate to appreciate the Importance d
maintaining a sufficient reserve in the
treasury as heretofore, In order that
sudden emergencies might be provided
against, and argued IL the proposed re.
duction was not made 1t would opeI
the door to further attempts in tht
feared, would be to dispose Of tn,
revenues in excess Of $50, coo, 900. HI
had been informed, even to-day, thai
the flow of gold from our own countr,
had begun, and he was %apprehensiv'
the balances in III favor heretofor
might be turning against us. He added
that on the previous previous evening
he had felt like initiating the exampl
Of the French ministers, and resigninl
the charge of the bill in favor of tn
senator from Kansas (Plumb.)
Plumb said the senator complains
somebody might some day reduce tn
redemption fund to $50, 000, 900. H
: (Plumb) knew n man, the secretar
, of the treasury, might to-day reduce
to nothing, and he wanted to restric
this n mans power, The senate