The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-12-17
CONGRESS- 0NAL.
SENATE.

uy.su1naroN Dec. 15,-Thurman
IF the committee on liteI"'J ~ ~.
favored = till pr0vloing Ia
erection of y statute u den
ovsn rresen;ed q large number u
,.,,t,nus from tobacco anu c'sA.
n.nmf.ctuyers aud iabUr oTkan'A".
,,"ns in Itinuns, New YOlA. shn
nther states, lrotesting ayalnst .ne
r.1,ticut,ou uf lie opauisn II."'y,
also petltlons sig neu by nver ooo %
.n,,,i.r. ot The UuiOn army, pray inE
Congress Il, purchase Tor Tie apt,
ut V asLiuxtun u portrait VI oeiselal
Geor.e II. Thomas, aud
mo that It be selected by MISS nan-
@o RE chair laid before the senate
Wand, cks resolution heretofore w.
Tered, relating t., the Sl'anlsh tieaty'
aud recurring the cOmlnlttee VI lu.Jo
to report q rule providing the cohsiu.
GRAFTON of commercial treaties, IN
omen session. Miller of Caiifornla'
said this matter wal under consloel-
alton bv the committee on fcreign
relations. and moved the reference VI
the resolution to that comulittee
Hoar raised a point or order that Inc
matter should be considered VIII
closed doors.
PIatt called for the reading OF the
rule authorizing the closing Oi oools'
Rule IS was read, and IL proviues
that on demand of two senators q
doors of the senate may at any Time
b. closed. The chair inquired whether
the motion Of The gentleman from
Massachusetts (Hoarl was seconaeo.
Hawley seconded the motlon. Tue
senate then went into secret SESSION
In fifteen minutes the doors were
re-opened and the Senate took up the
| Dakota bill, in secret session.
Senator Van Wyck's resolution for
the discussion of the commercial
treaties, in open session, was referred
to commit, e on Foreign Relations.
HOUSE.
A motion to suspend the rules and
adopt a resolution setting aside
Thursday, January 16, for the con-
sideratiOn of the Mcpherson and
Dinge]y bills. was adopted after q
short debate; yeas ia, nays ~,
which was exactly the necessary two
| thirds in the affirmative.
Lacy, from the committee on COIN
| age. weights and measures, moved to
! suspend rules and pass the bill pro-
hibiting the issue of treasury notes
of a less value than IS. and providing
tor the issue OF ii. 81 and S. silver
certificates. Cassidy said the effect
of the bill would be to place an addi-
tiOnal amount of silver certificates in
circulation, leaving the metal to &C.
cumulate in the treasury and furnish
argument to be used by the oppon-
ents of silver to show that silver will
not circulate among the people. The
motion to suspend the rules was lost;
yeas 40, nays PIG. Hopkins, from the
committee Oh labor, reported a reso-
luton requesting of the Attorney
General his opinion whether eight
hour applies to letter carriers.
Adopted. The speaker appointed
the following committee, one from
each state aud territory to attend the
executive mansion and witness the
opening of the New Orlean EXPOSE
ton. The committee includes
Henley, Colorado, Cassidy. Nevada,
George Oregon, Singizer Idaho,
Maginnes, Montana, Caine Utah,
Brents Washington and Post OF
Wy ming. Peters from the COM
mittee On commerce moved to sus-
pend the rules and pass bill to pro-
mote efficiency of the revenue and
marine service. The house refused
by a vote of u to SO to second the
motion. Aiken from the COMMITTEES
ON agriculture moved to suspend the
rules and pass a bill! to establish q
department of agriculture. Blount,
Potter and Browne, of Ind, spoke in
opposition to the motion, which was
advocated by Wilson, of Iowa, Aiken,
Budd, Hardennan and Cox, of New
York. The motion to suspend the
rules was agreed to, yeas 1G6 nay SO.
Adjourned.