The Penn's Grove record., 1886-03-06
F0RTY-NINTH CONGRESS.

. EUhI1-NlNIh UUNGRhSS,
! SENATE.
In U. S. Senate on the 18th ult., Mr..
! Mitchell, of Oregon, spoke at some
length in support of his bill for the
abrogation of all treaties permitting
the immigration of Chinese to the
United States. When he had finished
MI. Hale moved to go into executive
session, but Mr.. Beck objected, and the
motion was withdrawn. The Educa-
tional bill was taken up, and Mr.. Blair
, spoke further in its defence. Mr.. AL
lison offered an amendment that where
separate white and cGlored schools ex-
list, the money should be paid out for
the support of such white and colored
schools SIN the proportion that the IL
hteracy of the white and colored per-
, sons aforesaid bear to each other as
, shown by the census The bill was
further debated by MessTs. Allison, Tel
Ter and Miller, of New York. After an
executive session the Senate adjourned.
In the U. S. Senate on the LIST, Mr..
Pugh for the minority of the judiciary
Committee, submitted their views on
the resolution concerning the appoint
ment of a new District Attorney for
Southern Alabama. The report was
ordered to be printed. Mr.. Hoar, from
the Committee on Privileges and Flee
tions, reported back, without any re-
commentator, the resolution hereto
fore offered by Mr.. Riddleberger and
the substitute for it offered by Mr..
Pugh relating to the right of the Senate
to ask the President for his reasons for
removals or suspensions from office.
The committee was discharged from
consideration of the matter. and the
resolutions were laid on the table, to
be taken up, if desired, when the
report of the Judiciary Commit
tee shall be taken up. An ex-
ecutive session was held. When
the doors were reopened a message was
received from the President bearing on
the question of the constitutional right
of the Senate to call for papers on file
in the Executive Departments relative
to suspensions from office. The mes.
Usage was read, and Mr.. Harris moved
that he printed and laid on the table.
Mi Ednfantsnnoved that it be referred
to the Judiciary Committee and ordered
printed, and his motion was agreed to.
After another executive session the
Senate adjourned.
In the U. s. Senate on the I'd Mr..
Van Wyck from the Committee on
Pensions, reported with an amendment
the House bill to increase the pensions
of widows and dependent relatives of
deceased soldiers and sailors. The
amendment provides for the increase of
the pension of minor children from 81 a
month, the amount fixed by the House,
to S4 a month. The bill was placed on
the calendar. The Education bill was
discussed by Messrs. Call, Salisbury,
Riddleberger, Berry, Ingalls,, Hoar-
Hale, Allison and Logan. fcnding
debate the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE
In the HoUse, on the 9th imnedi.
ately upon assembling Under a previous
order. Mr.. Gambler, of Georgia, sub
mitted IN argument against the sus-
pension of silver coinage, and contend
ed that there was no sound basis for
the prediction made by the ''gold bugs''
that the continued coinage of silver
would have the effect of driving gold
out of the country. Mr.. Lanham, of
Texas, spoke in support of a bill previ-
ously introduced by him to ~disapprove
an act of the Legislature of New Mex
leo to prevent the introduction of dis
eased cattle into the Territory, arguing
that it was unconstitutional in that it in
terfered with inter State Commerce. Mr..
Weaver, of Nebraska, discussed the sill
verquestion and predicted that the effort
of the money ollgarchy, assisted by the
executive officers of the nation, to
double the peoples burdens and cripple
the business of the country by the sus-
pension of silver coinage wauld prove
Unsuccessful, now that the attenridnof
he people was attracted to the ques-
ton. He favored unlimited coinage,
and asserted that If the whole yield of
the mines was coined annually it would
be twenty years before the per capita
circulation of the United States would
be equal to that of France, and this
circulation, he said, had been made
without taking into account any in
crease in the population of the country.
After other business the House adj.
journed. re
In the House on the LIST Mr.. Brau..-
of Pa, asked unanimous consent to
have printed a memorial, signed by j..
p. Brigham and others, asking for 1.-THE
Impeachment of Daniel Manning,
Secretary of the Treasury, for high
crimes and misdemeanors in the execu-
ton of the silver law" Mr.. Beach,
of New \ ork, objected. Mr.. Eldredge,
of Michigan, moved to suspend the
rules and pass the Mexican Pension
bill with a proviso excepting from its
provisions persons politically disabled.
In reply to a question, Mr.. Morrison
said the bill repealed Section 47l6 of
lhe Revised Statutes, which provides
that no money on account of pensions
shall be paid to any persons who in any
manner engaged in or abetted the re-
bellIon. After some debate, Mr..
Grosvenor, of Ohio, moved that the
House adjourn, to give members time
to examine the bill. The motion was
agreed to, and the House adjourned.
In the House, on the ID, the Con-
sular and Diplomatic Appropriation
bill was reported aud referred to the
Committee of the Whole. The Speak
er presented the reply of the Secretary
of the Treasury to the Bland resolution
calling for Information concerning the
circulation of the standard silver dollar
and the policy to be pursued as to the
payment Of silver. The bill authorlz-
ing the President to appoint a commits
sion of seven experts, skilled in the In
ve~stigation, production and use of met
tallic substances and other structural
materials, to execute tests and expert
ments on iron, steel and other MATER
ials used in the construction of bridges,
buildings and mechanical structures,
and deduce useful rules therefrom, was
taken up and discussed in the morning
hour. The Pension Appropriation bill
was discussed in Committee of the
Whole. Pending debate the commit
tee rose and the House adjourned.