Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-07-24
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
THE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
Under Consideration in the Senate.
NAVAL INCREASE BILL IN THE HOUSE.
The Senate.

IliSS ana CnarlOtte, n. u. Calendar. Also d
senate bill ior the purchase OF the Federal
building at Brooklyn, n. 7. Calendar.
IMPORTING FOREIGNERS UNDER CONTRACT.
Mr. Miller, from the committee education
and labor, reported the House bill to amend
the act To prohibit the importation and immi-
grafton of foreigners and aliens under contract.
1t charges the Secretary of the Treasury with
the duty of executing the act, and empowers
hlm TO enter into contracts with persons or
boards designated by state governors to take
charge OF the local affairs OF immigration in
the ports within such states, and author
ICES the examination and inspection OF ships,
upon arrival, to see if any such persons as are
prohibited are among the passengers.
Messrs. Edmunds and Allison objected.
THE SURPLUS RESOLUTION.
Mr.. Coke offered a resolution discharging the
committee on finance from the further consid-
Grafton of the House joint resolution for pay
ment OF the surplus in the Treasury on the pub
TIC debt: He gave notice that he would call it
up on Monday and ask a vote upon it.
THE FISHERIES RESOLUTION ADOPTED.
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr.. Ed
munds instructing the committee on foreign
relations to inquire into the violation of rights
OF American fishing and merchant vessels in
Canadian waters was taken up and adopted.
Mr.. Hawley, from the committee ON printing,
reported back House bill, directing the public
printer TO forward copies of the Record gree OF
charge) to each legation abroad. Passed.
Also, resolution tor the collection and print
Ing OF presidential ve,oes, from the organization
OF Congress TO the present time, arranged in
chronological order. Adopted.
THE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
The Senate then, at 11:45, resumed consider
alton of the sundry civil appropriation bill,
going back to the paragraph on page 10, requir-
Ing the Secretary OF the Treasury to issue silver
certificates OF one two and five dollars ION all
the surplus silver dollars now in the Treasury,
IN payment Of the appropriations made in this
bill and other expenditures or obligations of the
government which certificates ''shal be re-
deemable in standard silver dollars on demand
ba
issued, subject TO the provisions herein for the
redemption of the same The committee on
appropriations recommends the striking out OF
the Clauses within quotation marks and to add
the following: provided, that said denomin;,-
tions OF one two and five dollars may be issued
In lieu OF silver certificates of larger denomina-
llons IN The treasury. and TO that extent said
certificates OF larger denominations shall be
cauceled and destroyed"
MIR. BECK OFFERED A SUBSTITUTE
for this paragraph, providing that hereafter no
United States note shall be issued of demon
nation less than $40 or more than 5000; in all
new ISSUES coin certificates snail be substituted
Tor silver and gold certificates, and that the
Secretary of the Treasury Is hereby authorized
10 issue coin certificates in denominations OF
81, So and So all the surplus coin and gold
bullion held Uy the Treasury in excess of iOO-
OOOOOO; and pay out the same in discharge of
all the Obligations of the United States except
such as have been heretofore made payable
expressly In gold and silver coin. Provision is
made also Tor issuing coin certificates ~ per-
sons depositng gold coin standard silver
Of
certificates when paid into the Treasury.
Mi. Beck addressed the Senate In advocacy OF
his amendment,
At the close OF Mr.. Beck's speech, the point of
order was made by Mr.. Allison against his
amendment that IL Was general legislation, and
the point was sustained Dy the ciIair-ihus ex.
Guiding the amendment.
Tue amendment recommended by the COM
mittee striking out the words ION all the sur
plus silver dollars, ETC., 1t was agreed to with
Tue anienLment striking out the words "and
shall he redeeInable in STANDARD silver dollars"
lows:
leas-Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Butler. Cam
eron, Chace, Conger, Dawes, Dolph, Edmunds,
Evarts Frye, Gray, Hale, Harrison, Hawiey,
Hoar. Mcmillan, Miiier, Palmer, Piatt, Sawyer
sherman, Spooner, stanford, AMI Wilson Iowaj
-25.
Nays-Messrs. Beck, Berry, Brown Call, Cam.
den, Coke. Coquitt. George, Gibson, Harris, In
gals, Jones OF ARKANSAS, Jones OF Nevada,
N MNaHey, Mitchell OF Oregon. Pugh, Riddleoerger
Teller. Vance, Vest, Voorhees,, Walthall, WHIT
thorne and Wilson Oh Maryiand-24.
House Of Representatives.
THE BILL FOR INCREASE OF THE NAVY.
Immediately after the reading OF the journal
the House went into committee OF the whole
(Mr. Crisp, of Georgia, in the chair on the bill
tor the increase of the navy.
Mr.. Herbert, of Ala, contrasted the splendid
condition of the navy prior to and during the
war with its present deplorable condition,
Since the war the navy had been LETT to rot
If.
terry worthless. One vessel could be taken
from the navy OF Brazil, fourth rate power
which could defeat the whole American navy
Our ships could neither fight nor run away
We had not Il single gun afiOat which could
pierce the armOr OF the Brazilian vessel and
that vessel could choose her own distance tn
fight and sink every snip in the American navy
lie then explained the provisions OF the subsfi.
tute bill, stating that il ii were agreed TO- and
were completed, an appropriation OF 81 600. 900
year would be required Tor four years IN order
to secure a materlai though moderate increase
Mr.. Boutele (Me.) said that in the past the
republican party had been hampered in the
great work Of rebuilding the navy by the indi,-
position OF its democratic friends To entrust
that work to the hands of republican officiajs
The country therefore had u right to exnec.
upon the accession of tho democratic party To
power some substantial and energetic progress
towards the construction OF the navy. In con.
trast with the action of the democratic party
in the past was the action of the republican
party to-day, which, though in the minority
did nothing 10 hamper Dut every thing TO aid
Its political enemies in answering the demands
OI Tue people the committee on naval affairs
had gone faithfully 10 work, and in March mad
reported a bill approprialng S6425 600
THIS b,il had slumbered upon the calendar since
that time, and the committee had been unable
TO secure consideration for it. Now substitute
was brought in, and the House was asked to
say to the people that the country did not need
the ships which the committee in March said
1t did need. The House was asked TO pass on
the eve OF the session, as a lame and iInpotent
conclusion OF all this great paraphernalia of
what the democrats were going to do tor a nayy
proposition So chlpped and hacked and e,nas-
culated That us parents would not recognize it.
He wished to dlvest himself and his reDubi.
can colleagues on the committee from all re-
spons1Dility for this action. Why had not the
original bill been brought up? He understood
that the reason was that the democratic party
IN the House, distrustful OF itself in open egis-
lation, fearful OF what IL might do If left to IN
trammeleu course, had delegated the entire
power of controlling legislation to three men,
Drrs-a steering commlttee-an tmperium in
tmpertO. He then Went on TO say that he would,
AT the proper time endeavOr to secure the pas-
| sage OF the original bill
District in Congress-.
THE STREET RAILROADS.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Vest submitted q
resolution instructing the committee ON the
Judiciary to inquire whether the chartered
! rights and powers OF the corporation owning
ana operating street railways In the city Of
ashington are such as TO prevent appropriate
! Legislation by Congress requiring tnese cor
poratiuns to remove or alter the rails now used
oy them aud the road beds OF the roads as now
constructed within the city, and requiring the
cominitte to report in writing to the Senate
| OIL the first Monday in December next or as
soon the. ealter As practicable. The resolution
went over.
LIBRARY TRANSFERS.
The Senate to-day adopted resolution Of
fered by Mr.. Sewell authorizing the secretary
| of the Senate TO transfer to the custody of the
| librarian Of Congress such volumes and parts of