The Dickinson press., 1885-02-14
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-.
Il. Van wyck offered the following resolution.

United States on Dec. 81, 1882, from the Union
Paclnc railroad, also what amounts have become
Ing TO the rule laid down in the decision lately
made between the United States and said road
IN the court of claims; also whether the annual
settlement was made Feb. /, 1885, as provided
In the Thurman act.
Mr. Sherman offered the following resolution,
which was agreed to:
directed to 1nlulre and report to the senate as to
&hether legislation is required, and If 30, in
whit regard to the appointment of courts mar
tice in trials before such courts in time Of peace,
and whether under existing laws an officer may
be tried before a court martial appointed by the
president in cases where the commander of the
accused officer to be tried is not the accuser.
The bill passed authorizing the construction
The senate then took up the bill 10 quite the
title of settlers on Des Moines river lands, but
at 2 o'clock it was displaced by the bill for the
redemption of trade dollars and suspension of
standard dollar coinage.
MI. BaSard strongly opposed the redemption
OF The trade dollar at its face value. Indeed, he
objected to the word redemption" in connection
with 1t. Trade dollars were in the same category
as silver bars: 1t was to him a paradox how
men could ask, in the name of justice, to re-
ceive less for more, vet we were told the honor
of the country was at stake. This so-calied
redemption" would be a departure from the
OF government, passing from the
Inc great question was, can congress create
values? Which of you, by taking thought, can
add a cub1t to his stature? Which of YOU, which
doomsdsy can create ea ea a value iS" Could uleH we ,so create ate
values BY congressional fiat? Could congress
say Let value be- and value would be2 Con-
In the field congress had issued notes bearing
their value stamped upon them, vet it had been
unable to keep those notes at half their face
NOT A PARTY QUESTION.
He advocated the suspension of the silver
coinage act. The laws Of business should be
rnonn~}onH Ithaca rvI1 ,,,Nr1I -, ~ ---A L..
silver mono-metalism were laborers, these who
could not bide their time. An apprehension ex-
listed in the business community of evils stated
by Secretary McCulloch as likely to follow any
approach to mono-metalism on the basis Of sill
YER. There were laws of that could
not be set aside at the behest Of legislators. To
could destroy every pecuniary Obligation ex-
pressed IN lawful money Of the United States.
MIR. Bayard did not wish to comment further
upon that most remarkable and startling decis-
lon, but there was one thing congress and the
supreme court and all the armies that could be
raised could not do, and that was to create or
to whom rendered. Bayard believed that all
currency necessary for the United States at the
present time was here.
The house made very little headwayito-day
with tho enormous mass of business that is
being crowded into its last days. An hour
was spent in wrangling over the rules. It'll re-
corded that the house actually passed three
bills The latter part of the session was &C.
cupied in discussing the interminable river
and harbor bill. The warmest personal tilt
in the history of this congress took place to-
day between Reed of Maine and Hiscock OF
New York on the one side, and Breckenridge
of Arkansas and Hunt of Louisiana on the
other.
tive and judicial appropriation bill reported to
the house to-day recommends an appropriation
of $21 ,213, 7O1, which is $1,Oss.46S less than
the estimates and $272,9O2 less than the appro-
duces the salaries of $50 special examiners in
the pension bureau, provided for at the last scs-
sion, from 81, 0 to $1,4o0 annually, on recon-
mendation of the interior department. 1t also
provides that the president shall discontinue
the appointment and services of officers at ports
OF entry where for two successive years last past
aries and expenses Of the office. The president
may, however, appoint deputy collectors fol
such y aLpe ports, ws 20 s shall BE be c ofIs ms by oh
ent Of foreign mails is abolished and super.
vision of the foreign mail service is placed with
the second assistant postmaster general. The
compensation II special agents in the lnterna
revenue service ia limited to Sc a day, except the
thiof, who is to receive SIS a dav. Judges OF the
court Of claims shall prescribe q system of feel
similar to that in the United States circuit
courts, and shall enforce their collections against
litigants unsuccessful in causes of action in the
court: The governor Of Dakota Is also author
kASNAs IA SlAO ISSlAll OAlSV1
Of the last legislature, to reapportion the terri.
tory, first Monday in September, 19s, 5or within
ten days thereafter.
SENATE-After considerable time spent in I'm
important business, Mr.. Palmer spoke in favo
of the proposed woman suffrage amendment to
the constitution. The bill to regulate the fees OF
pension agents and attorneys passed. The bill
provides: No fee greater than $40 shall be re
ceived by pension claim agents. except that
under special circumstances subject to revision
by the commissioner Of pension, a contract ii
writing may be made between applicants an
claim agents for a fee not exceeding $25. Thu
bill contains a clause specially forbidding TIL
collection by claim agents of more than $40 OF
claims filed between June %, 1878, and July 4
1884, and prohibiting. government pensior
agents from paying claim agents more thar
$40 on such claims, even in cases Of new con
tracts.
ments were confirmed: Joshua <. Smith
Mississippi, United States consul at Asnncion
Paraguay: Robert Woodbridge, Ohio, agen
for the Indians at Lemhi agency, Idaho. Post
inston; John I. Voc, Dillon, Mont. Miss Ettlo
l. Peet, Upton, Iowa; Daniel B. Johns, Groton
Oak. G. X. lngllam, Alton, Iowa; Sylvoste
". Osborne, Darlington, Wis. Charles A
Spencer, Sheboygan Falls, Wis.
Nomiuations-James A. Mcknight, Utah
consul of the United States at st. Helena; Ed
ward H.. Thompson, Massachusetts,, consul o
the United States at Merida. Postmasters-
Newton W. Simmons, Boone, Iowa.
HousE.-The river and harbor bill was dis
cussed at great length without result Til,
house evening session passed twen:y-six pen
sion bills, including one granting q pension o
$40 each to the minor children of the lat
Lieut. klslingbury and ono increasing to So
the pension of the widow of Commodore File
brown, and adjourned.
SENATE.-A jointresolution passed accepting
from Mrs. U. 8. Grant her husbands's swords
medals and other articles. The bill creating al
army retired list for privates and ron-commis'
stoned officers passed.. Several private pension
bills were passed, upon one of which was en-
grated several provisions of the Mexican pen
sion bill, one increasing s. pensions to sla
month. The District Of Columbia %appropria
ton bill passed.
The chair na1ued Measrs. Hoar and Pendle
ton as tellers on the part of the senate in tn
count of the electoral vote.
Senator Miller of New York, from the com
mittee on agriculture fayorably reported tn
bill to provide that the agricultural de partmen
shall be an executive department under tn
supervision of a secretary Of agriculture
Tho compensation of the secretary shall b
the same as the secretaries of the other ex
ecutive Of departments. An assistant secre
tary of agriculture shall be appointed, at tn
same salary received by the assistant s%ecretar,
of the interior. A chief clerk, at an annual sal
airy of 81 $500, shall also be appointed TIL
bill furthur provides for the creation of divis
ions of veterinary science and forestry in tn
department.
House-The whole day spentin discussing tn
river and harbor bill.