Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-01-28
CONGRESSIONAL.

and referred. A resolution was offered, and
laid over, directing an inquiry into what pro-
portion Of the $l0,0o0,O0O in United states
bonds called for payment In February are held
by national banks as basis for circulation. :.
A long discussion on the fishery question was
the result of resolution relating To our fish
cries Citizens of Montana presented me-
MORALS, praying for admission as state into
the union; bill to that effect was introduced.
The bill giving all United States district court
judges $1,000 year, and prohibiting them
from appointing relatives to Office in their
court was passed. Among bills introduced
were the following: To reimburse territories
for money spent In the prosecution OF Indians;
10 grant lands in seyeralty 10 the Indians of
the, Round Valley reservation in California;
authorizing the secretary of the
treasury TO deliver, to the proper
owners all articles deposited In June,
1863, as property captured by the United
States during the war. The bill provides that
the act shall be advertised for one year, and
that at the expiration of two years all articles
remaining In the treasury shall be sold at
public auction. Senator Coc.rol introduced
bill abolishing the office of supervising in
spector general OF steam vessels, and reducing
the salaries of the 10 supervising inspectors
from $4,000 to 81 800 per year.
HoUsE-Neary 600 bills were introduced in
the House to-day. Among them were the fol
lowing: Granting pension to Mrs. Merkle-
ham, surviving granddaughter OF Thomas
jefferson; to prescribe a tenure OF office TO
prisons employed in the civil service; bill
for the creating OF commission to distribute
the Geneva award; repeating all the internal
revenue taxes on domestic tobacco; for the
control aud government of st. Marys ship
canal in Michigan.
JAN. 19-SENATE--When the Senate was
called TO order the first business before that
body was 10 appoint John L. Hartranft OF
Pennsylvania one OF the managers OF the ma
tional soldiers home, vice Gen. Mcclellan
deceased. After a heated discussion resolu.
ton was adopted to admit MIR. Moody of
Dakota to the floor of the Senate.
A resolution regarding the presidents
recommendation for fishery commission was
referred to the committee on foreign re at ons.
"A resolution was agreed to directing the
secretary of the treasury TO inform the Senate
what amount Of silver bullion had been pur-
chased for coinage each year since 1865. Mr..
Teller of Colorado called up the silver question
and addressed the Senate upon ii, presenting
elaborate tables showing the coin circulat on
of the world, and a comparison OF the
various countries. In the history of all ma
tons gold and silver have been found INSULT
cient TO carry on the business of the world,
and paper currency based on these metals had
been resorted to, and such being the case what
reason was there for supposing that gold alone
would be sullicienti When the money facul-
~ of silver is destroyed the purchasing power
OF gold is increased, and the holders
OF bonds, mortgages ana government
securities are thus benefited for the reason
that these obligations must De paid with but
one-haf the money in existence that existed
when the debts were contracted. The holders
of these obligations wanted silver demonetized
because of the consequent enormous increase
in the purchasing power of gold. To bring
this about they had raised the cry that gold
! Will leave the country II silver
coinage be not suspended, and
! that the United States would become
/ the repository of all the silver in the world.
/ that we would lose our gold, lose our national
/ credit, and would be unable to sell our bonds.
Then followed a comparison of our financial
! condition in 1878 and now. The amount of
! gold In the country in 1878 when they raised
! such cry against the passage of the silver
act was Sl93, 100000; to-day we have S623,-
100000. We have been adding to our stock
OF gold at the rate OF $50 100000 year, and
that has more gold than the United States
At the close OF Mr.. Telltr's address, some
minor matters were discussed and the Senate
adjourned.
The Chief Of Engineers laid before the
House communication asking for an i'm
mediate appropriation of $4,000 for the gen
eral work OF survey on the Mississippi river.
The Senate bill for the relief of Fitz John
Porter was reported back the committee
reporting that after carefully considering the
objections noted in the veto message of Pres
ident Arthur il was clearly of the opinion
that they were not well founded and should
not interrupt the course of justice. The bill
reported back authorizes the president TO APP
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colonel in the army, and, in the executives
discretion TO place him on the retired grade
without any pay or compensation prior
TO his appointment under this act. The bill
TO increase the pay OF widows from s. To Sl2
per month was reported and referred to the
committee on the whole bill was passed
authorizing the use of $4,000 for the relief OF
northern Cheyenne Indians in Montana. The
Senate resolution accepting the statue OF Gen.
Garfield presented by the citizens of Ohio, was
M House al innrnp1
JAN. 20-SENATE-Debate on the silver
question was resumed In the Senate i'm
mediatcly after the Opening eXe clses Mr..
Morrill, of Vermont lead NJ the debate in
,avor OF the suspension ol the coinage OF
silver, closing a forcible address with the
Statement that the public faith was pledged to
the payment OF bonds, both principal and in
terest, in gold and that our credit would b,
dishonored BY paying them of in silver worth
only 40 cents ON the dollar. Mr.. Morrll
thought that the fact that the president and
secretary OF the treasury, directors OF the
mint, the comptroller of the currency and all
the treasury officials OF experience, no le5s
under the pre-, ent administration than under
the preceding, are urging upon congress TO
cease the present coinage OF the silver dollar,
should have great weight with those
who advocate continued COMA e. Mr. Beck
of Kentucky thought 1t poor policy to stop
coming silver in order to make 1t more valu-
able lit was very short-sighted policy, and merely
went 10 show that silver was good enough for
everybody but the bond holder, who is the
only person that IN writing had agreed to take
1t. Mr.. Teller OF Colorado denied statement
of Mr.. Morrill's that Sl65, 00O, 900 OF the S215,
000, 900 already coined could not be got
into circulation. That statement was intend
ed to mislead the people, and had done so.
Mr.. Teller said the government had made
$20C0JU00 profit in the coinage OF silver, and
that 1t had no right to make such profit. Mr..
Mcpherson of New Jersey was in favor of a.
much silver as would keep 1t on a par with
gold. Mr.. Beck said the people of the West
had shown their confidence in silver by send
ing East ID, 100000 gold dollars, and taking
silver certificates for ii, sustained by silver
alone till the treasury stopped Z. Mr.. Nc
Pherson OF New Jersey attacked this last
statement of Mr.. BecS's, and said that it was
SIMPLY IA question OF exchange, and that the
bankers who had deposited their gold for the
purpose of getting certificates had made u
handsome pront. Mr.. Teller of Colorado
repuuiated the idea implied by the gold advo-
Gates that the people of the
west meant to pay the debt The debate was
continued for some time. and toward the last
became decidedly partisan. At its close the
Senate went into executive session for the
confirmation OF nominations.
HoUsE.-The bill increasing the pension Of
widows and dependent relatives OF soldier
from s. to SIP per month was the first matte
called up in the House. IL was advo-
Gated b. Mr.. Mason Of Indiana. who stated
that the bill had rece we'd the unanimous APP
prevail of the committee. The additional cost
To the government Ivy means OF the passage ol
this bill would amount to about S5,00O,00O,
but an amendment repeating the Limitation
clause of the arrears of pension act lad be, II
prepared. M. Bragg of Wisconsin opposed
the bill because ii applied t. all widows In
his opinion 1t should apply only To those cases
where the woman was married to
the man when he received the
/ disability AMI not to those Young