Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-03-04

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26,-Aftcr the transac-
ton Of routine business Mitchell obtained the
floor TO deliver speech on the bill recently
introduced by him to provide for the abroga.
ton OF all treaties permitting the immigration
Of Chinese to the United States, Mitchell
having finished his address In behalf OF the
bill, the educational bill was taken up. Allison
mSde formal presentation of the amendment
suggested by him yesterday to the effect that
where separate white and colored schools ex-
list, money should be paid out for the support
of such white and colored schools sin proper
ton that the illiteracy Of white and colored
persons aforesaid bear TO each other as shown
by the census" Allison said the amendment
placed tho bill strictly on the basis of iiliteracy
Miller, Of New York, spoke In favor of the bill,
and after an executive session, the senate ad-
Iourned.
HOUSE.
Morrison from the committee on rules re-
ported a substitute for the Hanback, and
Pulitzer resolutions directing an inquiry
into the Pan-Electric telephone matter.
After brief but excited debate, during which
Gibson bitterly criticized Pulitzer, whom he
accused OF shrinking behind the columns OF his
newspaper to attack men instead of attacking
them on the floor Of the House, the resolution
reported from the committee on rules was
adopted After long debate the Pan-electrle
resolution was adopted without division
Dockery, of Missouri, from the committee on
accounts, reported back the following resolu'
lion, which was adopted:
Resoipei, That the committee on postofices
and postroads is hereby empowered TO ascer
tain whether additional legislation is necessary
10 prevent monopoly OF telegraphc facilities,
and to secure 10 the Southern, Western and
Pacific States the benefits of competition be
tween telegraph companies and to protect the
people Of the United States against unrea-
sonable charges for telegraphc services
Burnes, OF Missouri, from the committee on
appropriations, reported an immediate dc
tciency bill, aud 1t was referred to committee
of the whole. A recess until 1880 this even
ing was taken, the session to be for the consid
Grafton OF pension bills.
The House at its evening session passed
twenty-eight pension bills and at 9:35 ad
iourned until Tomorrow.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27-immedlately upon
assembling the house, under previous order,
went into committee Of the whole for general
debate on the state of the union.
Chandler submitted an argument against the
suppression Of silver coinage and contended
that there was no sound basis for the predic-
ton made by the "gold bugs" that continued
coinage of silver would have the effect OF drlv.
ing gold out Of the country.
Lanham spoke In support Of the bill previ-
,.,,. h,,h 10
Of legislation in New Mexico to prevent the In.
PRODUCTION OF diseased cattle into the terri.
tory, argsing that it was unconstitutional In
that 1t interlered with inter state commerce
Weaver, OF Nebraska, discussed the silver
question, and predicted that the effort OF the
money ollgarchy, assisted by the executive Of
fcers of the nation, to double the peoples bur,
dens and cripple the business of the country b.
the suspension OF silver coinage, wonld prove
unsuccessful now that the attention of the PEG
pie was attracted to that question. He favored
unlimited coinage, and asserted that II the
whole yield was coined annually 1t would be
twenty years before the per capita circulation
of the United States would be equal to that Of
France, and this calculation, he said, had been
made without taking into account an increase
In the pOpulaJlOn OF Lne country.
Evans, Of Pennsylvania, said that for every
silver dollar in their pocket the people paid 20
cents profit to the Government. The truth Of
the claim that plenty OF money would benefit
the laborIng classes, depends upon the kind Of
money. Cheap money benefited no one, and
was hurtful, particularly to the wage workers.
Honesty was as essential In public as In private
contracts, and II the Government undertook
to force deprecated silver on the holders Of
bonds It would soon find that It could borrow
no more money at per cent 1t was time, he
thought, that the compulsory coinage of silver
should cease, and the delusion In favor OF
double standard should be set aside.
The committee then rose and the house ad.
journed
WASHINGTON, March AFTER the usual
routine business, Pugh, Of Alabama, submitted
the views Of the minority of the judiciary COM
mittee on the declination OF the president to
furnish the papers upon the removal Of the
United States District attorney at Dustin, Ala.
The report says that when Cleveland came
into Office he found 95 per cent of the offices
were filed by republicans appointed as reward
for party services The friends Of the admins
tration made application for redistribution OF
the public trust, yet the president resisted the
just claims of his supporters and made appoint
ments conscientiously, cautiously and sparing-
ly. After the statement Of the case, the report
says the question to be determined was
whether the senate has the right 10 demand Of
the attorney general what the president holds
to lie p ivate documents The minority admits
that every public document OF any nature what
ever is subject to the call for inspection by
either house, but that private documents are
sacred. A communication was received from
the president giving his reasons for not fur.
nlshing the papers called for in the Dustin
case. The communication was referred TO the
judiciary committee and ordered printed.
HOUSE.
After the introduction Of bills in the house
to-day, Eldridge, of Michigan, moved to sus.
pend the rules and pass the Mexican pension
bill with proviso excepting from its benefits
persons politically disabled. Considerable dis
cussion followed, but without taking action on
the bill, the house adjourned.