Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-21
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
ANOTHER RECESS INVESTIGA-
TION PROPOSED.
MIR. VAN WICK TELLS WHY HE RE-
VISED HIS SPEECH.
MR. TELLER DEFENDS HIS COURSE
AS SECRETARY.
The Senate.

OHereO Dy MI. Pike, chairman OF the committee
on claims, directing that committee to compile
and digest the laws and judicial decisions now
in force relating to the adjudication of private
Claims and to continue the list of private claims
which have been presented to Congress- so that
the said list shall cover the Forty-seventh and
Forty-eighth Congresses.
Mr. Edmunds moved an amendment, strik-
ing out all relating to the compilation and d-
gest of laws and decisions, which he regarded as
unnecessary.
Mr., Pike maintained the necessity for the pro-
posed work.
After some further discussion the resolution
was. upon motion OF Mr.. Sherman, reconmit-
ted.
ANOTHER PROPOSED RECESS INQUIRY
Mr.. Mitchell offered resolution providing
for the appointment of special committee Of
five Senators to inquire and report not later
than the second Monday of next December, as
TO the number OF trade dollars put In circula-
ton In the United States before their legal ten
der quality was repealed: how said coins came
into circulation subsequently,; how many are
still held in the several states of this country;
at what rates they were taken how much profit
accrued to the government by the coinage of
trade dollars; and what has been the practice of
this and other governments as to the receipts
or refusal by them of their own coin.
The resolution also provides for the employ
ment OF stenographer and for travelling ex-
Messrs. Beck and Harris objected to its pres
ent consideration. and it was laid over to-
gether with an ironical substitute offered by
Mr.. Cockrell, similar to the one which he offered
yesterday, proposing to authorize any two or
more Senators to constitute themselves investi-
inquire into any subjects they may deem
worthy of investigation, ''at home or abroad,
On the land or the sea-"
MIR. VAN wYCK's REVISED SPEECH.
Mr.. Hawley, rising to a question OF privilege
called attention to the omission from the Con-
gressionat Record of some of the remarks made
by Mr.. Van Wyck yesterday derogatory to the
members Of the South American commission
which omissions, he said, rendered the .subse-
quent remarks of other Senators somewhat un-
Mr.. Van Wyck explained that he had stricken
OUT some parts of his remarks after consultation
with The Senator from Missouri (Mr. Vest, as
matter of kindly feeling, and not because he
thought he was wrong in his assertions. A
lively debate eRsued.
!, Mr.. Van Wyck introduced a formal resolu-
tlon, directing the official reporter to republSh
the proceedings of yesterday.
MIR. TELLER DEFENDS HIS ADMINISTRATION
MIR. Teller made spirited defense of his ad-
mlnistration, which was incidentally assailed
yesterday by the Senator from Nebraska.
He had decided not to pay any attention to
the remarks of yesterday, since the Senator
had told him he would strike them from the
Record, but now the Senator reiterated them
He said the Secretary of the Interior was re-
quired to execute the law, not to listen to
demagOgues. The Secretary of the Interior had
been fortified in the action which was criticised
by the opinions of Attorney Generals who were
as much superior In acquaintance with law or
possible for one man to be superior to another.
Mr.. Van Wyck's resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Frye reported u resolution from the COM
pare an official seal for the Senate of the United
States. Laid over.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The Senate, at 2:1O, On motion of Mr. Miller
Cal), went into executive session.
Capitol Topics.
VISIT FROM COMMISSIONER MONTGOMERY.
Hon. Martin V. Montgomery, of Michigan,
the new commissioner of patents, visited the
Capltol today, and In company. with several
friends looked about the building. He was in
troduced to some of the leading democrats.
THE MEXICAN BOUNDARY TREATY.
The Senate in executive session yesterday
ratified the additional article extending the
time for putting the Mexican treaty into force
until the Goth of May, 1886. This is to give
the House of Representatives time to enact g.
law for enforcing the treaty, whichhas been.
ratified by the Senate. The supplemental Mex
Well and La Abra claims, as stated in yester-
days STAR, was discussed for some time, but
no action was taken: The subject went over
until to-day. The Senate seems determined to
prevent the publication Of executive secrets. A
stalwart messenger was stationed outside each
and securely }ocked) to keep newspaper sea men
from listening.
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES.
The clerks to the Senate and House commit
tees on appropriations have prepared in tabular
form history of the regular appropriation bills
passed during the last session of Congress
showing the amount appropriated by each bill
as reported to and as finally passed by each
house. The total estimates for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 1885, were $266, 400, 181.
The aggregate Of appropriations, as reported to
the House from its committee on appropria-
tiosns, was $2le; e;943 ,s15: e The aggregate was
Senate committee on appropriations Increased
the amount to S22s s402, ,O55, and the Senate
committee further reduced the aggregate to
S215,511 ,595. Miscellaneous appropriations,
amounting to $2,177, ,64S, were also made,
bringing the total of appropriations made for
the support of the government during the next
fiscal year up to $217 ,6S9, ,243.