The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-03-05


the effort to secure the passage of amendments
10 the trade dollar bill Of tho house providing
for the suspension Of silver coinage, attempt
cd to call up that measure. He admitted that
in view Of the recent action there was
40 chance to secure the suspension Of
SILVER coinage, and appealed to the senate to
strike out the proposed amendment and pass tho
house bill to retire the trade dollar This
was met by motion to proceed with the bill
limiting the time for the presentation of
ried by . vote ofA to 81. Subsequently the
very bill which displaced the silver bill WAS
laid aside for pension bill, thus indicating
that the senate has at last been brought to
realize that it is q useless waste of time to fur
Their debate the silver question.
The house substitute for the river and har-
Dor bill appropriatlng s., OOO, 600 was laid be-
fore the senate, and having been read once, Mr..
Cameron Wis objected to its second reading;
90 the bill lies on the table, not having been re-
1erred to committee.
The unanimous consent to take up tho bill
for the relief of Letitia Tyler Semple, daughter
OF the late President Tyler. The bill would
give her a pension of $50 month. The lady
named was now blind and dependent on charity
In the city of Washington.
Mr.. Riddleberger objected. He saw no raa-
son for pensioning presidents daughters.
Mr. Cockrel! also objected. He thought it q
crime against the people to pass such bills It
was the beginning of civil pension list
A vote on tho bill resulted, yeas II, nays II.
HousE.-Mr. Willis presented the river and
harbor matter and succeeded in passing it I'M
der suspension of the rules.
The bill appropriates 81, OC0, OOO, to be expend-
Cd under tho direction and with the approval Of
the secretary of war for the continuation and
completion of works designated in tho last river
and harbor law. The bill contains the follow
ing prOvisons That the work at Galveston
harbor shall be treated as if tho sum
Of s25o, OoO had been appropriated by
the she D III last year. Ill.,, Any w. money which len
improvement of the Mississippi river below
Cairo except 80 much thereof as shall be nee
essary to prevent works in progress from
waste and injury shall be expended in contin-
nation and completion of tho 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 be fully
tested; and money allotted to the Mississippi
river shall be expended by the secretary of war
and in accordance with plans approved by him.
There are thirty-six public bull lings in the
various parts of the Union that have been pro-
vided for in the sundry 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,
GO; jefferson City, Mo-, not over slSo, 900;
Minneapolis not over 35OO.0o0.
SENArE-A substitute of theriver and harbor
bill was read second time, and referred to
the committee on commerce, which, on request
of Mr. Mcmillan, got permission to sit during
sessions of the senate
MI. Mitchell offered re solution: That the
committee on finance be and hereby is instruct
ate proper bill to provide for the immediate
suspension of tho coinage of standard silver
dollars, and for the resumption of such coinage
whenever the commercial value OF the standard
dollar aforesaid shall rise to within 5 per coat
of par with the standard gold dollar of the
over The senate then on motion of Mr.: Will
son, took up the house bin to forfeit the un-
earned lands granted to the state OF Iowa to
aid the construction of the Sioux City Il 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 tide
settlers already on tho lands shall have prefer
ence Of entry at the land Office, etc
osltion, he said, which, in the name of popular
prejudice, sought to do violence to public pri-
vate rights. The grant had been not to rail-
road company, but to the state OF Iowa, and
was an entire grant Pending debate on this
bill, house bills providing for the erection OF
pUUllC DuuuIu6o ~ V0AAOuo PA"OSS "oAo s~n0A
up and passed:
The debate on the Sioux City l. st. Paul for
fixture bill was resumed Mr.. Hoar said citi.
zens of Massachusetts had invested $SU0, ESQ q
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 coterminous with the completed
portion of the road
HousE-A long debate took place on the late
silver letter of President Cleveland, the FORTH
cation bill being under consideration. TIL
debate was Of partisan character and Of lita'
account