The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1885-03-12

70 the trade uOll3T Dill Oh tuc nOuso providing
for the suspension OF silver coinage, attempt.
cd to call up that measure. He admitted that
in view of the recent action there Wa
no chance to secure the suspension OF
silver coinage, and appealed to the senate to
strike out the proposed amendment and pass tho
house bill IA retire the trade dollar. This
was met by q motion 10 proceed with the bill
limiting the time for the presentation Of
claims against the government, which was car
ricd by vots of.,i to II. subsequently the
very bll which displaced the silver bill was
laid aside for q pension bill, thus indicating
that the senate has at last been brought to
realize that IT is a useless waste Of time 10 fur
ther debate the silver question.
The house substitute for the river and har-
Dor bill appropriating S5,WO, 0w was laid be-
fore the senate, AMI having beer READ once, Mr..
Cameron Wis., objected to its second reading;
80 the bill lies ON the table, not having been re-
fcrrcd TO a committee.
The unanimous consent to take up the bill
for the relief Of Letitia Tyler Semple, daughter
of the late President Tyler. The bill would
give her pension of so month. The lady
named was now blind and dependent on charity
In the city of Washington
Mr. Riddleberger objected. He saw no rss-
son for pensioning presidents daughters.
MI. Cockrcl. also objected He thought it .
crime against the people 10 pass such bills. IL
was the beginning of civil pension list
A vote on the bill resulted, yeas II, nays IL.
HousE-Mr. Willis presented the river and
harbor matter anl succcodci- in pas-ias il ,sz-
der suspension of the rules
The bill appropriatcs s5tUO,00 to be expend-
ed under the direction and with the approval OF
the secretary Of war for the continuation and
completion Of works designatedin the last river
and harbor law The bill contains the follow
ing provisions: That the work ut Galveston
harbor shall be treated as if the sum
Of s1N,Uu had been appropriated by
the bill last year. Any money which
shall be allotted under this act for tho
improvement of the Mississippi river below
Cairo Except so much thereof as shall be nec-
essary to prevent works in progress from
waste and injury shall be expended in contin-
nation and completion of the works at the
Plum Point and Lake Providence reaches, to
the end that the plan Of the commission for
the improvement of the river may he fully
tested: and money allotted to the Mississippi
river shall he expended by the secretary Of war
and in accordance with plans approved by him
There are thirty-six public buildings in the
various parts of the Union that have been pro-
vidcd for in the ssindry civil bill that went
over to the senate.
The bill fixes the limit in four cases The
Dallas, Tex, building is not TO cost over $780,
OOO; jefferson City. Mo-, not over ei3.,OO;
St. Joseph, Mo-, not over sjOJ,UO0; and that Of
MINNEAPOLIS not over sJOO.OO0
SENATE-A substitute Of ther,ver and harbor
bill was read a second time, and referred to
the committee on commerce, which, on request
Of Mr. Mcmillan, got permission to sit during
sessions Of the senate
Mr. Mitchell offered re solution: That the
committee on finance be and hereby is instruct
cd forthwith to prepare and report 10 the sem
ate proper bill 10 provide for the immediate
susI isiou Of the coinage of standard silver
do lars, api for the resumption IT such coinage
whenever the commercial value Of the STANDARD
dollar aforesaid shall rise TO within per cent
Of par with the siandaLd gold dollar OF the
United States. The resolution was laid
over. The senate then ON motion of Mr. vii
son, took up the house bill To forfeit the I'M
earned lands granted TO the state of Iowa to
aid the construction of the Sioux City X St
Paul raiload The bill as passed by the house,
declares such unearned lands forfeited: re-
quires the attorney general to institute Legal
proceedings to- ascertain and determine their
quantity, and provides that actual bona fide
settlers already on the lands snail have prefer
ence of entry at the land Office. etc
Mr.. Mcmillan opposed II. II was prop
osltion. lac said, which, in the name of popular
prejudice, sought to do violence To public phi
waite rights. The grant had been not To a rail-
road company, but To the state of Iowa, and
was an entire grant Pending debate ON this
bill house bills providing tor the erection Of
public buildings at various places were taken
up and passed:
The debate On the Sioux City K St Paul for
fixture bill was resumed. MIR. Hoar said cii-
zens of Massachusetts had invested ssoo, $50 at
6 per cent in that enterprise, He thought
such men were entitled to Justice at the hands
Of the senate. The land WAS all those people
would have for their money They were en-
titled to lands cotcrminous with the completed
portion Of the road
HousE-A long debate took place Oh the late
silver letter Of President Cleveland. the foriifi-
cation bill being under consideration. Tho
debate was OF partisan character and of little
account
sENArE-After business OF unimportant nature,
4 he uusr eixi1 a.
cred. A resolution was offered requesting the
president Of the United States to negotiate with
foreign powers to secure treaties binding the
nations to open their mnts to the free coinage Of
silver
The senate committee on appropriations
knocked out Of the sundry civil bill the
clause liking the limit Of it's cost at $500.
900. When the clause was reached in the
senate this afternoon senator Sabin took up 4.
the cudgel for Mr. Washburn and saved his
bacon Beck scored the item numerically,
but the vote was 81 to 20 The appropria-
tions Of $75. 900 for Fort Smelling and $751;
900 for San Antonio passed An appropria-
ton Of $3.50, 900 to complete the Deer Lodge
penitentiary in Montana was stricken out by
the ground that last year Gov. Crosby asked
and received ~ 900, representing that this
sum would finish the building The Yellow
stone Park appropriation OF $4,000 was
cOncurred In as 1t came from the hOnse.
The committee inserted in the bill an appro-
priation Of $:,OOOO to complete the com
missary depot in st Paul, and this was con-
CURED in. protest was made hy Senators
Van Wyck and Harris against paying Charles
H. Reed and G.. W. Scoville for defending
Guiteau. The items were s., 900 for Reed
and s., 900 for Scoville. No action was taken
In COMMITTEES Of the whole. but notice was
given that amendments would be offered
when vote was taken The committee