The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-01-14


Frank ID. Trakes Haldrdge, Neh;
Henry o. Goodrich, Jerseyvile, Ill,
lthas |. Haskell, Virginia, Ill
+. II. TrOusdall, Metropolis CITY, Ill.
j, ), II. Caville, Morris, ILL.,
John j. Similar, San Louis obisPo, Gala.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
wAsnINGToX, January 1.-THE senate today, in
executive session, confirmed the following nom
BENJAMIN +. Jonas, of Louisiana, collector of
customs for the district of New Orleans.
Alfred p. Edgerton, FORT Wayne, Ind, civil
service commissi0er.
VIM L. Trenholm, Charleston, $. c., civil service
commissioner.
missioner.
The president has withdrawn the nomination of
VIM. Il. McCardle, of Mississippi to he consul at
San Juan del Norte, he having declined the ap-
pointment.
WAsnINGroN, January 12.-'rhe president pro
tenn. asked permission of the senate to be absent
after tomorrow for the remainder of the week. and
that Senator Eawey he substituted as presiding
officer during that time, unauimous consent was
given.
Mr.. Beck submitted for reference to the commit
tee on finances, Il substitute for Mr.. Eusis resolu
tion which provides that the secretary of the treas
ury be directed, in all payments hereafter made of
interest on bonds and notes of the United States,
and in the Purchase pay ment of one per cent. of
the entire debt of the United States for sinking
fund, as required by law, to pay out gold and
silver coin as nearly as possible in the same pro.
portion in which gold coin and certificates and sill
yer coin aud certificates were received during the
preceding fiscal year for duties on imported goods
Mr. D0lph offered the following resolutions,
Which were agreed to:
Resolved, That the Judiciary committee be direct
ed to consider and report whether or not the stat
ute, limiting the time within which all actions
in suits must be brought by the United States
against its citizens is desirable, and if, in the
iII1,T tlp a lhpnln
be passed by congress, to report bill fol- that pur
pose.
Resolved That the committee I've direct
ed to consider and report to the
senate whether the United States
ought to hold itself liable to its citizens sustaining
injury and loss on account of negligence or mis-
conduct of its officers agents, and if so, in what
cases and to what extent, and that if said commits
sion shall report that the United States ought to be
held liable in any case to its citizens for such in
Jury and loss it he directed to report bill to de-
fine the liability of the government aud to author
Ze suits to he brought against it in such cases. and
specifying the courts in which the same may be
brought, the time within which they must be
brought and the manner of bringing and prOseCut
ing the same to final judgment.
resolution offered by Mr. Henderson was
agreed to- calling the secretary of the interior to
furnish the senate with copy of report made by
Special Agent Phillips on the subject of Yellow
stone National park.
Mr.. Brown remarked that owing to severe hoarse-
ness he would prefer to postpone till Thursday
question, and Mr.. Maxey stated that he, too, would
address the senate on that day on the same sub
ject.
After executive session the senate adjourned
HOUSE.
The speaker announced the appointment Of
Messrs. Singleton, of Massachusetts, Wilson, of
West Virginia, and Phillips, of New York, as
members of the board Of regents of the Smithso-
nan institution.
Mr. Geddes of Ohio, from the committee on war
claims, reported bill for the payment of Fourth
of July claims. Placed on pivate calendar,
Mr.. Caldwell, of Tennessee, from the committee
on laws regulating the election of president and
vice president reported back, without amendment,
the iIoar presidential succession 'ill, and it was
placed on the hou calendar.
Mr.. Cooper, of OHIO, gave notice that he would
file minority report.
Mr. Hill, of Ohio, from the committee on terri
tories reported bill legalizing the election of the
territorial Legislative assembly of Wyoming. Put
on house calendar.
The speaker proceeded under the rule to cal
committees for the purpose of permittin, them to
call up measures for immediate action.
On behalf of the judiciary committee, Mr.. Ham,
mond, of Georgia, called up and the house passed
a bill amending section d43, Revised Statutes, by
adding the following provision:
provided that when any criminal prosecution
shall be removed from state court to the United
STATES court before presentment by grand jury or
Indictment or information shall have been made
and filed against the defendants in the state court,
il shall be lawf'l for the state
court 7"'i to ' proceed in such cases
so far as to have snch presentment, or indictment,
or information, made and filed in said state court,
and after the same is made and filed the clerk OF
the United States court shall issue writ of certiO-
rar to the state court for like purpose, and with
like effect rs if the case had been so removed after
filed in such stRta court
Il The house, then, on motion of Mr.. Reagan, Of
Texas, went into committee of the whole, Mr..
Blount of Georgia in the chairl for the consider
| alton of the president s message.
| Mr. Reagan took the floor with long and care
fully prepared speech upon the financial question,
4 advocating double standard of value: condemning
the national banking system and arguing in favor OF
applying portion of the surplus in the treasuary
| to the gradual payment OF the public debt. lie
earnestly cOmhatted the proposition to suspend
the coinage of silver dollars maintaining that such
course would have the effect of making few
more mlionaires and adding largely to- TIE army
of tramps and paupers. lie rldiculed the are
| prophesies which were made by the advocates OF
the single standard to the result of the continued
coinage of silver and quoted from statistics to
show, that so far far from the prophecy made at
the time of the passage of the Bland act that the
| gold wOnld pour out of the treasury having neeh
/, verified the contrary was the truth. II would ne
Ifound, he continued that gold had been coming
iin and silver had been going out. He denounced
! the scheme for the demOnetizaOn OF silver as a
crime against the rights of humanity and ciyiliza
tion. 1t was the duty of the democratic party to
protect the people against this cunning aud wlckeo
scheme of robbery. In order to protect them, he
silver, and would issue silver certificates on all de
posit5 of silver coin or bullion. He would ther
amend the special resumption act, so as to repea
the reservation of Sl00,000,00) legal tender notes
and would provide for the reservation of S50,0DO,
0N He would require the secretary of the treas
ury to pay out silver as he does gold, and to pa,
olt all above Sj)OO0,0)0 reserve, and reduce thu
principal of the public debt to tina
| extent He would provide tina
no more national banks should be chartered, ant
4 that when the charters Of those now existing ex
pired the circulation thus called in should be re
| nlaced bv L. ). treasury notes. He profoundly re
pretted there seould be differences within the dem
ocratic party on the silver question. The presiden
in his message, and the secretary of the treasur
| in his report had taken statesmanlike views o
the many questions, but on this question he coul'
mot agree with them. He must follow the tradi
lions and principles of the democratic party an
uphold the interests of the people. The democrat
n ic party was now on. trial The republican parl
had been turned out of power Because It hat
ljabandoned the people on al greet 'l"sluila suc
Fas tariff inter state, commerce, ana -la coinage q
/ silver and had betrayed it, trust 10 the none
4 powers. The democratic party het come mt
I power because it had resisted and denounced I'M
tcourse. Now leading democrats were lnlud askln
kheye position that had led 90 ce downfall oi N
lrepublicau party. Would it do tlis. Ii " dlc
kdemUcrats ought to Rli Join tho republican party
for, this question, there would be- no dlherehc
between the two parties n II did, the demociau
party olglt to TO exist II had been the pa
Z ty OF the people resisting monopoly al thro1ghii
z history, and deiendug and pr,
I tecing the rights 81 the peui
4 IL II shOnld ever become On
smoney bags US agains thefights Of the people,
/, Hvoufd rpa q % be- fh. dau uocratic party aud %