Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1886-04-09

WASHINGTON.

s.....t --. WASHlNGION.
Logan's Army Bill Rejected For and
~ Against Free Coinage.
WASHINGTON, April I'm the senate to-
day Mr.. Call spoke on his resolution to for
felt all tunearned land grants to railroads.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Calrs remarks,
the resolution was referred to the commit
tee on public lands. ....
e. MI. Hawley then took the floor on the
army bill and spoke in its support. In the
debate which followed, Senators Teller,
Van Wyck, Logan, Gibson, Morgan, Call,
Congerand others took part, and the bill
was put on final passage and rejected
yeas, Il nays, 81.
Adjourned.
-..,.. IN THE HOUSE,
the debate ON the silver bill was resumed.
Mr. Bland, of Missouri, made motion to
recommit the bill, which motion will not
be voted upon until the close of the debate.
He proceeded with an argument in favor
Of the free coinage of silver, and gave a re-
sumo of the circumstances attending the
demonetization of silver in 1873 e..
The house than took a recess until Z
o'clock. To- .:E1
The debate on the silver bill was re-
sumedat the evening session, and Messrs.
Daniel. of Virginia, and Crisp, Of Georgia,
opposed the suspension of silver coinage.
Mr.. Worthington, of Illinois, announced
himselfin favor of free coinage.
Mr.. Skinner, of North Carolina, Mr.. Nc
Rae of Arkansas and Mr.. Brumm, Of
Pennsylvania, favored free coinage, and
Messrs. Buchanan and McAdoo, of New
Jersey opposed it.
Mr.. Symss, of Colorado, spoke in favor of
free coinage. ~
The house then adjourned.
. ANOTHER CHINESE GROWL.
The Chinese minister at Washington has
made q formal complaint to the secretary
Of state in regard to. the treatment of his
successor in San Francisco at the hands of
the customs officers. He bases his action
upon iIformation received from the Chi
nese consul general in San Francisco, who,
it is understood, alleges that the new min
lister and his suit were subjected to unusual
and unnecessary annoyance and discourte-
sizes on their arrival in that port. The Sec
retary of state referred the matter to the
acting secretary of the treasury, who this
afternoon telegraphed to the collector of
customs at San Francisco, for statement
of thelconduct of his officers in the matter.
CRUSHED AGAIN.
Tha coorotory of ho iptor;or hos royo1ya1
the order of Commissioner Sparks, of the
general land Office, Of April 8. 1885, sus-
pending final action upon entries upon the
public lands. This decision affects all
landssin Dakota, Idaho, Utah, Washington
territory, New Mexico, Montana, Nevada,
Wyoming and that portion of Minnesota
northOf the indemnity limits of the North
ern Pacific railroad, and east OF the in
demnity limits of the st. Paul, Minneapo-
lis & Manitoba railroad.
PosTMAsTERs APPOINTED.
In Dakota-Armadale, S. W. Brown, vice
Churchill, resigned; Neche, j. Dalton, vice
Vosper, removed; Ramsey, A. L. Burle
vice Miller, resigned; Shelby, c. E. Alpaugh,
vice Rolf, dead. In Minnesota-Lansing,
G. w. Bartlett, vice Vaughan, resigned;
Stark, j. Grain, vice Hunter, deceased.
{ NOTES.
Secretary Manning continues to improve.
The president called on him today.
Senator Manderson has been appointed a
visitor to the West Point military academy
The house committee on coinage today
instructed Representative McCleary to re.
port favorably the bill for establishing a
sub treasury at Louisville, KY.
Senator Blair has introduced a bill to
provide that eight hours shall constitute a
days work for letter carriers, and that
their wages shall not be reduced by reason
of the decrease in the hours of labor.
Among nominations sent to the senate
today We're the following: G. B. Shep-
pard, register of the la land Office in WeTth- ,i
agent at Yakima Indian agency. Washing
ton territory; James J. David, Of Michigan,
agent at Usage agency, Indian territory.