Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-06

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WASHINGTON, February E.-Secre
tary Folger has gone to hts home at
Geneva, N. Y, on private business.
Supreme court adjourned until the
9th of March.
PAYNE's RAIDS.
A message from the president WAS
laid before the senate to-day trans.
hitting q communication from the
secretary of war relative to the inva.
sion of Indian territory, In which he
calls attention to the Importance Of
amending the revised statutes 30 as to
impose the penalty of Imprisonment
for unlawful entry upon Indian lands.
THE LEGAL TENDER CAsR.
In the supreme court the motion to
assign the legal tender case for argu-
ment was denied. The justice said
the court would..hesr the case this term
If counsel could agree on q day for ar.
gument, but If not the court could
not assign 1t at present.
ILLEGAL TAX.
The supreme court decided Invalid
the act Of the New York legislature
imposing on steamship Companies a
tax of 81 for every alien passenger
brought from a foreign port to New
York.
THE DEFUNCT.
Senators Window and Saunders
were in the senate chamber to-day.
CREATING OFFICES.
The bill introduced by Bolford to
promote commercial relations with
Central and South America provides
for appointment by the president of
commissioners, at a salary of $4,000
a year, to visit the principal Central
and South American independent
countries, and collect information as
to the efforts those countries are max.
log, or are deeirous to make, to secure
increased commercial facilities with
the United States, ana s%ppropriates
$26, 900 for the purpose.
VAN wYCK AND THE n .goNs.
wAsHrSoroE, Feprdasy e.-Nal
| Wyck has offered o resolution direct
ing the committee on pensions to in
auire whether the claim agents in
Washington are practicipg extortior
for their services In procuring the va
rious claims tor soldiers, widows o,
orphans. Referred.
THE I've QUESTION.
The committee on coinage, weights
and measures this morning adopted, by
a vote of 6 to 2, the following resolu,
lions, and instructed Bedford to report
them to the house:
"Resolved, That ii Is jnexpedisn'
to discontinue the coinage of silver
under the existing laws"
Resolved, That all coin now In the
treasury with the exception of al
amount not exceeding 20 per cent o
the outstanding circulation as a re
demption fund and also excepting al
sums held for the redemption OF out
standing gold and silver certificates
should be at once used in the payment
of outstanding interest bearing obliga
lions CT the government subject to
collection and payment.
A resolution was also adopted ask
ing the appropriation committee fol-
the appropriation of sums necessary /,
provide for additional vault room foI
the storage Of coin, and that such ad
ditional vault room should DO locate
in the Mississippi valley at such
point or points as shall be determined
by the secretary of the treasury.
Those in favor of the resolution
were Bedford, Mcclure, Payson, Sin
gleton, Rosecrans and Bland. %
posed, Fisher and Lacey. Not votin'
H z,l,ine.
The following res 1lution was offorec
by Hazsltine, and was ruled In order
RESOLVED, That the secretary of tn
treasury be re aired to pay idle meta
money now in the governments safe
and vaults to bondholders and othe
creditors; that such payment be ten
tered at the present places of deposi
of such metal; provided, that the sec
rotary of the treasury may Issue ne'
legal tender non interest bearin
treasury notes in addition to note
now in circulation, sufficient to pa
such creditors, provided such creditor
shall prefer such notes to metal money
On Wednesday, upon invitation G
the committee, Burchard will give hi
views upon the proposition of Repre-
sentative Belford that silver cert
f~icstes shall be Issued at the ASA
offices upon deposits Of silver bullior
the basis of certificates to be col
fine Of bullion. Bedford says by TIL
method the markets Of Colorad
could be maintained in an easy COZ
dition because the certificate issue
locally upon Colorado's silver produc
would supply a circulating medium.
The issue of q andard dollars fro
the mint last week was S198, 0C
against S117, 900 the correspondent
time last year.
CONGRESSIONAL.