Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-03-27
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
THE HOUSE STIRRED BY 4 PRAYER.
MI. James Calls 1t An Incendiary Speech
The impending Labor Revolution.
DEBATE ON THE SILVER QUESTION.

DEBATE ON THE SILVER QUESTION.
House of Representatives.
THE OPENING PRAYER-THE IMPENDING REV.
oLUTIoN-THE TIME FOR GRINDING, SELFISH
MONOPOLY HAS CEASED.
The chaplains prayer this morning was as
follows:
"Give ear, oh God of Jacob, and awaken us to
see the danger which threatens the civilized
world, a revolution more tremendous than any
OF which history tells, in which the scenes Of
the Reign of Terror may be enacted in every
capital of Europe and America. For long the
few have mastered the many, because they un-
derstood the open secret-the tools to them
that can use them, but now the many have
learned the secret of organization, drill and dy-
Mantle. Rouse the rich of the world to under
STAND Sta n d., that ,s. the time has come for
gnang selfish monopoly to cease that
with Justice, honor, conscience and hui
man Kindness. Teach the rich men OF this
Thee for other purposes than to build and deco
rate palaces, to found private collections of art,
to stock wine cellars to keep racing studs
and book makers. Teach them, oh God,
get these fortunes, that it is to prove them, to
know what is in their hearts, whether they will
keep my commandments or no, and that
those Commandments are Thou shalt love the
LORD, thy God, with all thy heart, and thy
neighbor as thyself;' that If the rich men of
our land keep these Commandments the poor
will follow the example, and we at least will be
saved from the days OF tribulation that are fast
coming on all the world. Help us, On God, and
save u.s."
MIR. JAMES SAYS THE PRAYER WAS AN INCENDI-
AIRY SPEECH.
Mr.. Grosvenor asked unanimous consent
that the prayer be printed in the Record.
Mr.. James (N.Y) objected; remarking soto
voce to gentlemen VINO asked him to withdraw
his objection, that it was made because the
prayer was an incendiary speech.
THE DEBATE ON THE SILVER QUESTION
was opened by MIR. Culbertson, of Texas, who
announced himself in favor of fair play and
fair dealing with silver. He was a friend of
silver, and in favor OF placing it on the same
making it a full unqualified debt paying power.
There was no greater legislative folly than to
require the government TO coin $1,000. 900 in
silver dollars each month it the Treasury de-
partment were permitted TO lock them up in the
vaults OF the government and refuse to pay
them out on obligations of the government
Discussing the recommendations of the Presi-
dent and the Secretary of the Treasury on this
subject, MIR. Culberson said that should those re-
concentrations be adopted, gold would be the
notes the only currency. This would be repu-
plete acceptance of the financial policy of the
republican party which had been oyerthrown
in 1878.
he would make the coinage of silver free, and
he would pass u law compelling the Treasury
department to pay the surplus on the public
debt. He went on to criticise what he termed
the sycophantic expressions OF sympathy of
the rapaciOus triumph triumvirate of bond
holders, banks and syndicates OF wealth for the
poor. llkening that sympathy to the love Of the
lion for the lamb.
Mr.. Long {Mass.) in beginning his speech said:
Let US admit at once that we are all bi-metalsts
in the sense OF desiring to retain both gold and
silver as bases for the currency OF the country,
| and that we do not propose to demonetize
either, even II we stop the coinage Of one of
The District In Congress.
THE FLOOD OF BILLS.
Up to March 25th 1919 bills had been intro
duced into the House this session, and 1 1885
reports had been made by committees. This is
967 more bills and 347 more reports than were
introduced or made last year.
A FIRE-PROoF BUILDING FOR DOCUMENTS.
A draft of a bill authorizing the erection in
the District of Columbia of f1re-proof building
for the storage of public documents was adj
dressed to the House yesterday by the Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury and was referred by
the speaker to the House committee on public
building and grounds.
REGULATION OF PUBLIC PARKS.
The speaker of the House yesterday received
from the Secretary OF War a communication
transmitting o letter from the acting chief of
engineers, with draft of a bill to regulate the
use of public parks in the District of COLumb ia
and recommending the passage of the bill. The
speaker referred it to the committee ON public
buildings and grounds for action.
Capitol Topics.
THE ARTHUR KILL BRIDGE.
A number OF members of Congress, including
the entire Maryland delegation, have been in
vited by Mr.. Wiman and the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad to pay visit to Staten island
thur Kill bridge is to be erected over the Kill
Won k sg The party, including thirty mem,
next week, and Will be gone about two days.
WEATHER OBSERVATIONS.
Lieut.. Beall, testifying before the committee
investigating the signal service accounts, ex-
pressed the opinion that the present system of
collecting and transmitting weather observa-
tions-the telegraph service-was the best that
had ever been proposed.
MR.. ANDERsoN's BILL
ito create the United States commission of
arbitration provides for q commission to con-
sist of nine persons, not more than five Of whom
shall belong to the same political party and
three of whom are to be recommended by the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, three
by the knights of Labor and three by that
association OF farmers which has the largest
the commission is to be member of either Of the
organizations mentioned. In case ofinterruption
or threatened interruption of travel traffic
over railway, steamboat or Geographic lines of
account OF difference between employers and
employees, the commission Is 10 investigate the
same and submit its findings of tact and its
decision through its officers or district attor-
ney to a district judge of the United States and
said judge "shall summarily examine into tn
same and may review, modify, approve or dis
approve the whole or any part OF the same.'
The commission or the district judge are en-
powered to send for persons and papers, exam
Inc witnesses, etc. II the decision and findings
of the commission be approved by the district
judge the same shall be entered as a judgment
of the court and enforced in the usual manner.
Disobedience to the decree shall be treated as q
contempt OF court. punished by fine and i'm
prisonnlent or either. The commission is to
make an annual report to the Secretary of the
Interior. In case of q strike or lockout caused
by difference between employers and en-
ployes in an important trade industry the COM
mission upon application of either party may
! examine into the controversy and make such
recommendations to the several parties as It
shall determine to be just and proper.
The Senate was not in session to-day.
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War Department. Changes.
81. E. Woodward has been appointed clerk
class /, A. G. O.; Christian Anderson, class 1, A.
6. O., died March 25th; Thomas Halstead, OF
Pennsylvania, appointed clerk class 1, signal