The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-02-12

HI: Van Wyok offered tho following resolution,
which was agreed to:
Resolved. That tho secretary Of tho interior
MORN tho senate what amounts were due the
Pacific railroad. also what Amounts have becom o
due from that date until Dec 81. 1884, accord
Ing to tho rule laid down In tho decision lately
N made between the United Stetee and said road
settlement was made Fob l, 1885 % proVided
NJ Sherman ofier.d the following resolution,
>, Resolved, That the committee on judiciary be
directed to inquire and report to tho senate Is to
whether legislation is required, and ii 20. in
tial and the regulation, proceedings and prac-
ttoe in trials before such courts In time Of peace
and whether under existing laws an officer may
be tried before court martial appointed by tho
president In cases where tho commander OF tho
accused officer to be tried is not the accuser.
The blu passed authorizing tho construction
The senate then took up tho bill to quite the
title OF settlers on Des Moines river lands, but
ct o'clock 1t was displaced by the bill for the
reoempt1on Of trade dollars and suspension of
= Mr. r.. ,Beys.d strongly opposed the redemption
Of Inc trade dollar at It's face value: Indeed he
with 1t. Trade dollars were in tho same category
as silver bars It was to him . paradox how
mon could ask, In the name Of justioef 70 re-
ceive less tor more. vet we were told the honor
redemption would be = departure from tho
landmarks Of government, passing from the
real and tested to the unreal and imaginary.
vslues2 Which Of you. by taking Thought, can
add cubit to his stature? Which Of you, which
majority Of you. by passing laws from now till
values 6v st Could Ss Sreess
say Let value be-. and value would he? Con-
eress had already tried 1t: With 1000, 600 men
their value stamped upon them, vet it had been
unable 70 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
recognized. Those who would suffer most BY
silver mono-metalism were laborers. those who
could not hide their time. An apprehension ex-
listed In the business community of evils stated
by Secretary McCulloch as likely to follow any
approach to mono-metaltsm on the basis Of sill
yer. There were laws Of commerce that could
not DO act aside at the behest OF legislators. To
be sure, tho supreme court had said congress
could destroy every pecaniary obligation ex-
Mr. Bayard did not wish to comment further
upon that most remarkable and startling decis-
Ion: out there was one thing congress and the
raised could not do, and that was to create or
maintain . value against the belief of the person
to whom rendered: Bayard believed that all
present time was here.
with the enormous mass of business that is
being crowded into its last days An hour
wasspent in wrangling over the rules tits 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
In the House the 5th the legislative. execu-
tive and judicial appropriation bill reported to
the house to-day recommends an appropriation
Of $21, 2l3, 7Ol, which is $l,OSs, 468 less than
tbe estimates and 1927, 9O2 less than the appro-
duces the salaries Of $50 special examiners in
the pension bureau provided for at the last ses-
sion from 81 500 to 81. 400 annually, on recon-
provides that the president shall discontinue
the appointment and services of officers at ports
OF entry where for two successive years last past
t the revenues collected were less than the SAL
may, however: appoint deputy collectors for
such ports, who shall be compensated by fees
not exceeding 81 500. The Office Of superintend-
emf OF foreign mails IS abolished and SUPER
vision Of the foreign mail service is placed with
the second assistant postmaster general Tho
compensation special agents in the internal
chist who is to receive SO dav. Judges Of the
court OF claims shall prescribe system OF fees
atmtlar to that in the United ates circuit
and shall enforce their collections against
court: The governor Of Dakota is also author
lied. In conjunction with the presiding officers
OF the last legislature, to reapportion the torrf-
tory. nrst Monday In September, 1888, 5or within
SENATE-After conaiderable time snort IN rr-