The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-23
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
Debate on the Tariff Bill Con
tinued.
Amendments to the Sinking
Fund Act.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

| luIlOu was pdSScu SIduGlu6 LILO pAlSA.
lege OF the floor OF the Senate to the
Commissioner of Agriculture and
Secretary Smith, of the Smithsonian
Institute.
Miller, of California, presented a
petition of citizens of California.
praying for an increase If duty on
exporting raisens from two to three
cents per pound. Referred to the
| Committee on finance.
Blair, from the Committee on Edu-
cation, reported favorably the bill to
create q commission to inquire into
and report upon the material, indus
trial and intellectual progress made
by the colored people of the United
States since Us. Placed on the cal
endar.
Miller remarked that some matters
requiring immediate attention in
connection with eur foreign affairs
rendered a short executive session de-
sirable, and accordingly the Senate
went into executive session.
When the doors opened HOar
moved that the special order for the
day-the pleuro-pneumOnia bill-be
! dispensed with, and the Senate take
up and consider bills under the oper>
alton of the five minute rule.
Plumb said as 1t vas the Sugges-
| ton of several Senators who thought
d:fferent opinions as to the pleuro-
pneumonia bill might be harmOniZed
by tomorrow he did not object to the
| bill going over for a day.
I Beck inquired of Frye when he ex-
-ookoA kc hri m nm tho chrnninr hill
Frye replied he was ready and
anxious TO bring it up at the earliest
day. He hoped the pleuro-pneumo-
MIA bill would be taken up immedi-
ately after the consideration of the
| morning business tomorrow in Or
der that it may be disposed of as o o
as possible and so give the earliest
opportunity for the consideration of
the shipping bill.
Several Senators, however, OBJ.
jected to the displacement of the cal
| endar which would result from this
arrangement.
The Senate then passed a number
| of pension bills.
Hoar gave notice that after the dis
posal of the pleuro-pneumonia and
Shipping bills he would call up the
Utah bill.
On motion of Cameron, the Senate
| took up and passed the bill to accept
| and ratify certain agreements with
| the Sioux Indians and grant the
| right of way to the Chicago. Milwau-
kee & st. Paul railway company
| through the Sioux reservation in Da-
kOta.
On motion of Cameron wis.,, y the
Senate took up and passed a similar
| bill to accept and ratify certain agree
ments made with the Sioux In,tians
and to grant the right of way to the
| Dakota Central railroad company
! through the Sioux reservation.
The Chair laid before the Senate
the pleuro-pneumonia bill SO that it
may come up as unfinished business
Tomorrow. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, April 22.-In &C
| cordance with q resolution adopted
| yesterday the House met at II o'clock.
DiDgley asked unanimous CONSENT or
| the present consideration of the bill
! authorizing the Secretary of the
| Treasury to invest lawful money de-
! posted in the Treasury by national
| banking associations for the retire~
ment OF their circulating notes.
There was, he said, no more inn
portant measure than this which re-
lated to the currency of the country
that could probably be presented to
| Congress. 1t was recommended to
the Secretary of the Treasury and
| had the unanimous approval of the
banking and currency committee:
Under the expiring law, national
banks in withdrawing their bonds
and z ing into liquidation are
obliged to deposit in the Treasury
lawful money, and currency was
contracted to that extent as to wipe
out the whole system suggested.
Weller. - II obiecS.' Dingley
hoped the objection would be
Withdrawn because the bill was
necessary to prevent a contraction
of the currency at the rate OF 100000
a month.
Weller remarked that nothing
which could be said would induce
INN to withdraw his oDj ection, and
50 consent was not granted.
On motion of Budd, a resolution
was adopted setting apart the Sd of
Nav for the consideration of the bill
amending the Chinese immigration
act.
On motion of Morrison, an order
was made providing evening sessions
until further notice for general de-
bate on the tariff bill.
The House went into committee of
the whole, Cox IN. " in the chair,
on the tariff DILL. ,
WelIborn said the measure was not
an effort to readjust the many incon
pruities of the present tariff system,
but a step in the policy which looked
to y reduction of all duties to a v
nue. standard, and for that reason met
his approval. Protection laid a de-
structive burden on all agencies Of
commerce, and Vas a monopoly IN
which form under protection was
converted into a scene Of unseemly
strife between wicked monopolies for
an unjust share Of the favoritisn OF
the government. 1t was an lllegltl-
mate and perDiciOus use OF b right
20 taxation. 1t would be difficult 10
find in the whole range OF the Eng
lish language more hypocrltlcal
words than in incidental protection.
He protested against this fraud in
the use of language. If protection
were good, right and constitutional
let 1t stand on its own merits ald not
can on somethi ng so respectable as
revenue. 1t was well the Senate
yesterday passed the bankruptcy bill,
it was a fitting corollary to the Nor
rison bill; it was an appropriate and
necessary companion and the Senate
had done wisely in anticipation of
the action herein providing legal