National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-01-23

chair After some petitions and memorials
had been appropriately, disposed OF several
committee reports were made, among them
one by Mr. Cullom OF much Importance, as
It was accompanied by bill regulating in
terstatc commerce prepared by the com
mittce appointed to Investigate the regula-
iiCn of freight and passenger rates. The
bill was recommittcd to the committee, and
5,0C0 copies OF the report and testimony
taken ordered to be printed.
Mr. Ingalls, offered resolution calling
on the Secretary Of the Treasury for iu-
i0 ,nat as to what proportion Oh tne
SlO,UOO,OOO OF United states bonds called
for redemption Feb. /, 1856, are held by
national banks us q basis for circulation,
and how much by each bank.
Mr.. FRYE offered q resolution relating to
the fisheries, preamble to which recItcs
that
whereas the President had recommended
Congress TO provide fora commission to settle
nnd adjust the fisheries question; and
Whereas the fisheries qucsllO ion had been set.
a 25 ten Ga Pa of qSfS t9' in IFia Snc 81
and n remission OF - OOO,OD oil duties in that
Whtryus that treaty had resulted In an In.
crease Of coo vessels and iO,OJD sedincn to the
Canadian fishing fleets, with n corresponding
dCcicHse In the fishing fleets OF the United
Ha,r0i, That in the opinion of the senate,
n commission clothed with the powers referred
to ought not 10 lr provided iO;by Congress.
After debate the resolution went over
Mr.. Euslis then addressed the Senate upon
the silver question, arguing that the silver
dollar that is good enough for the people
should be good ouEh for the bOn1hOlder.
The judicial salary bill was taken up aud
aitCrsome discussion passed without Amend
mcrt. II gives all United States district
court Judges $1,000 year, aud prohibits
them from appointing their relatives to Of
fee in their courts.
The first thing that confronted the Senate
Tuesday was the presentation from Its
committee on rules Of report recommends
ing the adoption of u new symbol attesting
the dignity Of the august body in the shape
Of o seal. to he hereafter Impressed upon all
documents recording the senatorial Will and
proceeding. Senator iugalls was In doubt
as to whether such seal could be properly
used for ordinary Authorization and, at
his request. the subject, together with res
olution which he offered, was laid over for
the present.
Senator liarison's resolution extending
the courtesy Of the floor to the possible sen
ator from Dakota, Mr.. Moody, was adopted,
but not until 1t had led to a vote that may
indicate solid Democratic opposition to
the bill for the admission OF Dakota when 1t
shall come before the Senate for final action.
Mr.. Frye's resolution regarding the Presi-
dents recommendation for fishery COM
mission was placed before the Senate, and
without debate referred to the committee on
foreign relations,
Mr.. ingalls, offered q resolution, which,
without debate, was agreed to, directing
the Secretary Of the Treasury to inform the
Senate what amount Of silver bullion had
been purchased for coiuage In each year
since July l, lss5, in what market the same
had been purchased in each case, and from
whom, and TIL price paid; also, whether in
any instance al bids had been rejected, and,
If so, for what reason, and In what money
or currency the payment for such silver
bullion had been made
Mr.. Teller then addressed the Senate on
the silver question. Without sufficient
amount Of money with which to do busi-
ness, Mr.. Teller said, the energies OF the
people were depressed. Money scarcity
meant dull times and low wages, or no
wages at all. The persons who suffered
least from such scarcity were the money
lenders. bill discounters, and pawnbrOkers:
those who suffered most were the laborers.
A considerable amount of business was
done in the House Tuesday In the way
Of putting bills in a shape to be called
up In the second morning hour, and
one bill was passed, but about half the
session was taken up by addresses eulogistic
OF the character aud services OF eN-Presl-
dent Garfield, delivered in connection with
the passage Of the joint resolution return
inc the thanks Of Congress to the state of
Ohio for her gift of Garlleld's statue. The
bill that passed was one apprOprlatiug FOR
the relief Of the destitute Cheyenne Indians
of Montana certain uneXpended balances
amounting to about $4,000. The Indians
for whose benefit the measure passed are
located on the Rosebut and Tongue rivers,
number about 700 and, having exhausted
their annultes, are In n suffering condition
approXimating starvation.
The silver question rclgned rampant In
the Senate Wednesday, and but little was
done beyond discussing the merits aud de-
merits Of the "dollar of the daddics.n Sena-
tor Morrill, opened the fray with an extend
cd argument favoring suspension of
coinage. Priorto his speech but two items Of
moment had come before the Senate, one
being resolution offered by Senator Hale,
which was agreed to, calling on the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury for information that
would develop whether or not he awarded
q contract for an additional story on gov
eminent building at PEORIA ILL.,, which in
VOWED the use of convict labor. Mr.. Hale
was not sure that such had been the case,
but was Informed that 1t had been done. lie
simply desired to ascertain the facts in the
case. He did not believe that contracts
for public work should be let to the en-
ployers Of convict labor when there was no
lack Of ordinary labor Of the country. lie
did not believe that free labor should beput
in competition with convict labor
The other resolution was one offered by
Mr. MITCHELL Of Oregon, which was referred
10 the committee on foreign relations, call
ing on the Secretary Of State for copies Of
all correspondence between the United
States government and the Chinese govern
mcnt, since the PRONUNCIATION Of our treaty
with China, having referenceto the enforce
mcnt OF the treaty provisions.
At the conclusion of Mr.. MOrrilIs long
and elaborate argument, lively colloquy
sprang up in which Senators Beck, McPher-
, son, Morrill,, MaXey, and Teller took the
leading parts.
The House had quite q busy day of 1t, and
the crowded state of the galleries bore tes-
timony Of the interest taken In the proceed
lngs by the public. In the morning hour
for reports the committees gave evidence OF
work DONE n number Of measures, mostly
private, being reported back. When the call
In the second morning hour had reached the
committee on invalid pensions, Mr. Matson
called up his bill increasing the pensions OF
widows from s. TO $l2 per month. He said
The bill had the unanimous support OF the
committee. careful estimate showed that
the additional annual cost would not exceed
S5CUO,OOO. The committee Is not in favor OF
every wild proposition Of pension legislation
offered, but he did not think there would be
any opposition TO the fair measure now pre-
scented.
Mr., Morrison moved for an adjourn.
mcnt, but his motion was voted down
and the House went into committee OF
the whole with Mr.. Welbom In the chair,
the purpose being to continue the discus,
sion on the pension bill. 1t turned out,
however that the first bill on the calendar
was the Senate bin for the purchase Of the
old produce exchange building In New
York. Mr., Symcs, OF Colorado, took Tho
noCrby virtue of thechuirman' recognition
and at once marked himself Ms bit OF waq
by stating that the bill In question was til,
precise bill he most urdently desired to tall
about, and at once launched out in u red
hot spppCh an the silver uupgtiOu He lll