The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-12
ABROGATE THE TREATY.
SENATOR MITCHELL PROPOSES 4
RADICAL SOLUTION OF THE

Chinese Question by the Repeal Of All
Treaties Permitting tho Immigration Of
All sin-Objection to q Bill PensIoning
Mrs. Hancock-Notes from the Capital.
WASHINGTON CRY, Feb. 12-When the
senate resumed consideration Of the Eustis
resolution calling on the secretary OF the
treasury for information as to the refusal of
the assistant treasurer at New Orleans to
receive shipments of silver and to issue silver
certificates therefor, there was an immediate
reopening of the debate on the general sub
ject Of silver coinage and the administra-
tons alleged diregard of the laws of con
gress in relation thereto Ccke attacked the
treasury department vehemently, saying
that the treasury officials, while o;tenta-
tiously taking credit for supporting
the public credit and executing
the law, were doing everything in
their power to accomplish directly con-
trary result He made no war on the ad-
ministration he said but he believed that
public Office Is public trust and in the
position taken by him he executed the trust
conferred on him by the people whom be in
part represented Teller praised the Dem
ocratic members OF the last house for resist
ing the effort of an incoming Democratic
president to discredit silver" He
commented with severity on the
statement made by the president and
Secretary Manning that it had been
possible to force only $50, 900 in sill
Yer into circulation when s9O, O0O, 900 OF sill
yer certificates and sc, 00O,U 100 in silver coin
were in the hanas Of the people Edmunds
raised laugh by solelnnly asking what the
politics of the New Orleans suD-treasuref
WAS and why, if he was al offensive parti-
san, he was not turned out On being told
that the official was an appointee of the
present administration, be remarked very
gravely that it was a. very bad state OF
things"
Thursday on motion of Edmunds, the
first business done was to agree that when
the senate adjourned 1t be TO meet on Mon
day next In making the motion Edmunds
said said one OF the important committees
the committee on valuations had to 20 to
New York, and there was important work
| to be done by other important committees,
which would occupy their time until Mon
day.
Teller submitted an amendment to the
Eustis resolution, which was ordered
| printed, and directs inquiry into the alleged
loss of money in the New Orleans sub treas
| ury, and whether such loss occurred in the
exchange of sill or certificates for coin
Mitchell of Oregon introduced bill re-
pealing all treaties permitting the coming Of
Chinese to the United States except in the
case of diplomatic and official personages.
The bill 10 regulate the promotion of
West Point graduates was reached and Sew
| ell said this was the first year for a lon :
| time when there would be more students
| graduate from the West Point academy
| than there would be vacancies for in the
| army. There would he about twenty eight
more graduates than could now be appointed,
| but the necessary vacancies would probably
offer themselves in the course of three or
four months Plumb thought as we now
had about 2, 100 officers in our army-one to
every eight private soldisrs-that number
was sufficient.
After considerable debate the bill to regu-
late the promotion of West Point graduates
was passed as reported from the commit
| AT O'Clock the education bill was laid
before the senate and Morgan took the floor
on it
In the house Thursday Bingham of Penn
sylvania asked leave to introduce a bill
granting pension Of 81 Zoo per annum to
the widow of Gen. W s Hancock, but
Black of New York objected
The Indian appropriation bill was re-
ported by We,lborn of Texas and referred
to the committee of the whole. lit appro-
PIRATES $3.50, 5G2, decrease of STA, sss
from the appropriation of the current fiscal
year and OF s54s, 6'7 from the estimates
Adams of Illinois called up the bill to en-
able national banking associations to in
crease their capital stock and to change
their names Or location, upon which dis
cussion pro and con ensued, after which the
bill was passed-yeas, 10; nays, 100 Be-
fore the motion to reconsider and lay that
motion on the table had been passed, how
ever, the morning hour expired and final &C
| ton was thus defeated
| The house then went into committee q
the whole. Springer of Illinois in the chair,
on the Fitz- John Porter bill