The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-01-13
work la the House.

WAsuINGToN, January l2-Tho
spcnker announced the appointment
of Mrs,rs. singleton, of Mississippi;
Wilson. ul West Virginia. and Phil.
hps. OF New Jersey, rs members of
the board OF regents of the Smithso-
nnn institutions.
| Mr.. Geddcs. oi Ohio, from the com
mittcc ON war claims reported bill
| for the payment of iunrth OF July
cluimmpluccd OH private calendar.
Caldwell, Cf Tennessee; from com
mttee on laws regulating the election
| of president and Nicr-prcsidcnt, re-
ported back without amendment, the
| lloar presidential succession bill, aud
/ Il was placed on the house calendar.
Cooper, of Ohio,gnvc notice that he
would lie the minority report
Ilill, of ohio, from the committee
/ on territories, reported II bill legnliz-
| ing the election Of the territorial log
| i.lntivc assembly of Wyoming -
| placed o. the house calendar.
The speaker proceeded. under the
new rule to call committees for the
purpose of permitting them to call up
/ measures for immediate action.
on behalf of the judiciary commit
toe, Hammond, Of Georgia, called up
and the house passed, "A bill amending
section 643 of the revised statutes, by
adding The follow ing provision, pro.
Vidcd that when any criminal prose
cution shall he removed from any
state court to the lniied states CU~ ri
before II prcscntment By the grand
Jury or an indictment or informant on
shall have been made and filed against
the defendant, IN the state court, il
shall bn lawful for the state court Ia
proceed in such cases so far Hs e.
have such prescntment, or Indictment
or Information, made ana filed in SAID
state court and after the same ls st
| made aud filed, the clerk of the United
States court shall issue II writ of Ger
tiornri to the state court for like pur
puse and with like effect. NJ ii th,
ease had been 50 removed after sucl
prrscntmout or indictment WAS mad
= aud filed IN such state court"
REAGAN's SILVER spEECH.
. The honse then, on IN ton of Roa
nan, OF Texas, went into cOmmittc
of the whole, with Blouni, of Gcorgii
in the chair, for the cOnsid ration O
the lItHlutui lHthahkt.
Reagan took the door with a lon
aud carefully prepared speech upo
the financial question; advocatin
uoublc standard of value; cordomr
ing the national bank system, and nj
guing IN favor of applying porto
ofthc surplus in the ircasury To th
I gradual payment of the nationi
I debt. He earnestly oombatted III
proposition to suspend the CONAN
of the silver dollar, maintaining thi
such IA course would have the ehc
Of making few more milIiOnair,
aud adding largely to the army
tramps and paupers lie ridiculC
\ the dire prOphesioS, which were mac
i by the advocates of the single stan
ara, us to tho result Of the cuntinu,
Y coinage of silver, and quoted fro
statistics to show that 80 far from tI
prophecy made at the time Of 4
massage of the Bland act-that 4
gold would pour out OF the trcasul
having been verified, the contra
was the truth. II would bo found
cOntended, that gold had been conf
In aud silver had been going out.
u" denounced the scheme for demon
tHlng silver, as crime against rig
decency, humanity and ciyilnati,
,ur II WINS the dLty of tbs dcmocra
party to protect the people agail
an this cunning aud wicked scheme
No. robbery. In order to protect the
a. he would provide for the free aud I
,i, limited coinage Of silver and wol
issue silver certificates on all dep
It's of silver coin bullion. lie wol
= then amend the specie resuInpt
act so ~ to rep"al the reservation
SlOO,OO0OOO legal tender notes d
would provide tor the reservation
N50,OOOOOO. lie wonld require
70 rot ry of ths treasury 10 pay
r. .uysr a. Nv does gold aud 10 pay