The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-04-23

| pairs with absent senators were announced.
| The resolution declares 1t to be The SENSE
OF The senate that congress should not pro-
vide for any joint commission To consider
| and settle he fisheries question.
Senator Frye reported fav0rably from the
| committee OH commerce an amendment ln-
tended to be proposed TO the postotlice APP
| preparation bill. 1t increases ths approprIi-
ton Tor transportation of foreign mails
| from S35O0J0 TO Sl,000,000 and provides
! that this amount shall include cost of rail-
way transit across the Isthmus OF Panama.
The amendment further changes the bill SO
as to direct the postmaster general to enter
into contracts with American built and re-
gistered steamships, whenever possible for
the transportation of any part of said for
egn mails after legal advertisement. with
the lowest responsible bidder, at n rate not
to exceed 30 cents q nautical mile on the
trip each way actually travelled between
the terminal points. provided, also, how
ever, that thp"aggregate of such contracts
shall not exceed 100000 OF the sum hereby
appropriated.
April 7.-Debate on the silver bill was
resumed in the house to-day.
Mr.. Bland, of Missouri entered motion
to recommit the bill, which motion will not
be voted on until the close OF the debate.
lie proceeded with an argument in favor OF
the free coinage OF silver, and gave Il re-
sumo OF the circumstances attending the
demonetiZ liiOn of silver in 1878. He said
that If he did not believe in free coinage lie
would not believe in any coinage; and no
man could support himself before the c0un-
try on the present law. lie had never adj
yOcated it. He had taken it simply as n
compromise. and as being better than no
law at all. lie advocated it today and he
stood by it because he believed in free coin
age. The idea OF making III ,tallic money
OF full lrgal-tender qualities and then limit
ing its coinage was an anomaly 1t was an
M n al
TO the business interests of the country.
Mr.. WorthingtOn, of Illinois, announced
himself in favor of the free coinage of sill
yer because 1t would tend TO increase the
price OF silver bullion and lessen the ratio
between gold and silver, because it would
prevent the debtor from being compelled to
pay his debts i'll dearer money than that in
which he promised to pay them, and be-
cause it would put 1t beyond the power of
any combination To create q corner in gold.
Mr. Skinner OF North Carolina, Mr.. Nc.
Rae OF Arkansas. Mr.. Syms of Colorado,
and Mr.. Brumm Of Pennsylvania favored
free coinage. aud MeSSrs. Buchanan and
McAdoo OF New Jersey opposed if.
April. Sin the house to-day Mr.. James
called up the silver bill. Mi. Anderson
asked that at 4 o'clock an opportunity be
gifen To members to offer amendments.
Mr. Randall objected To any change be-
ing niadc III lie order of the house. Mr..
D!O5!e sp0 "" IN opposition 10 til, bill. Mr..
.illnlnn aHv0cts u Unlimited Coinage OF
silver, and Mr.. Little took the opposite
view. Mr.. Nlckenna thought that the true
and lasting interests of bimetalliSm would
not be conserved by free coinage. Ma
Brown spoke in support OF IL double stLnd-
arr, and vigorously c0mbatcd the prop0
ton to suspend silver coinage. MeSsrS.
lliscock and Hewitt opposed the bill. Mir.
Bland then obtained unanimous consent to
withdraw his motion to recommit the hi
Mr.. James took the floor and yielded %
Mr.. Dbble to offer an amendment provd-
inc that unless in the meantime, through
the concurrent action of the nations of
Europe with the United States. silver be
remCA,etiZed to July /, 1889. then and there
after so much OF the act OF Feb. %, 1878, as
authorized and directs the secretary of the
treasury To purchase silver bullion and
cause the same to be coined shall be Sus-
pended until further action by congress.
The amendment was defeated-yeas "a,
nays pol.
The question then required to the en-
grossment and third reading of the bill, 'and
It was decided III the negative by vote of
126 to 163
APRIL 0.-The House. after the transac-
ton of some routine business this after
noon, went into committee OF the Whole
the private calendar. Severa, bills We're
agreed to, when the committee rose. Mr..
ONeill, of Missouri, asked unanimous con-
sent for the present consideration of the
following resolution:
Resolved, That the House of Representa-
tives of the United States earnestly sympa-
thizes with the Right Hon. William Il.
Gladstone and his associates in their efforts
to secure q free parliament for the people
of Ireland, and cOngratulates the people of
that hitherto unhappy country on the pros
poets OF an early and successful termlna-
ton of their long and patriotic struggle for
the right of loyal self-government.
Resolved, That the Speaker of the House
directed forward these
lutions to Mr.. Gladstone.
Mr. Cox, of North Carolina, objected, ii
the resolutions were not received.
House then, at O'Clock, took Il recess IL
sideration of pension bills. AT the evening
session twenty-five pension bills were
passed, ana at s 40 p. III. adjourned.
APRIL 10. : In The House bills We're
passed authorizing the construction of brid-
ges rs follows: Across the Mississippi
River, near Alton, ILL.,; across the west
channel of the Detroit River to connect
Belle Isle Park with the main land; across
the Tennessee River by the Nashville, Jack
son and Memphis Railroad Company;
burg, Ill. /; aross the Illinois and Des Moines
Rivers by the New York and Council Bluffs
Railroad Company; over Bayou Barnard,
Miss; across Red River, near Browns
Ferry, Texas; across the st. Croix River at
some accessible point between Prescott
WIS, and Taylor's Falls; across the Missis-
sippi River at Winona, Mimi. across
Missouri River at st. Joseph. Mo-; across
the Missouri River at Council Bluffs, Iowa;
across the Missouri River at Saline City,
Mo-; across the Kansas River by the Inter-
State Rapid Transit Company; across the
Missouri River in Clay or Jackson Counties.
Missouri; across the Missouri River above
ST. Charles, Mo-; across the Yellowstone
River, Montana; across the Mississippi
River at Red Wing, Mimi. across the Nj s.
souri, River near Atchison, Kan. across he
Tombigee, " arrior, Tennessee, and other
navlgable rivers in Alabama by the Gulf
and Chicago Air Line Railroad Company;
Young's Bay, Oregon; across the Missouri
River near Chamberlain, ID. T.; across the
Missouri River at Pierre, ID. Il.
APRIL 12.-In the House to-day MIR. Nor
rison, from the committee OH rules, report
ed a resolution for the appointment by the
speaker of select committee of seven
members to investigate the causes and ex-
tent OF the disturbed conditions now exist
ing in the relations between railroad cor
poratlons engaged in interstate commerce
and their employees in the states of Illinois,
Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, and Texas.
The committee shall have power to send