Morris tribune., 1886-07-28
THE NATIONAL LEGISLATURE.

The sundry Civil Bill in the Senate
House Doings.
WASHINGTON CITY, July 26.-After con-
Guiding the Payne matter Friday the SEN
ate took up the .sundry civil bill and
adopted amendments appropriating $40, 00O
for the efficient prosecution of crime in
Utah, striking out Sg7, 900 appropriated for
the Denver (Colo.) public building, and In
creasing to S175,0U0 the appropriation for
the capitol terraces. The appropriation for
public building at Detroit was stricken
out A night session was held to consider
the bill, and adjournment took place at
las.
On motion of Hoar the senate passed the
house bill to permit entry, free of duty, of
suitable foreign goods for exhibition at the
fourth bi-centennial exposition of the
United States Bottlers' Protective associa-
tion. Malone from the committee on
public buildings and grounds, reported
back with amendments the house bill for
the erection OF public kuilding at Jack
sonville, Fla amendments agreed to and
bill passed. Also senate bill for the pur
chase of land for a federal building at
Brooklyn, N. Y. calendared.
Dawes, from the committee on Indian af-
fairs, reported bill granting right-of-way
vation, Arizona; calendar.
Miller asked leave to call up bill to
amend the act prohibiting importation of
contract labor. Edmunds objected on the
ground that the bill proposed to give the
execution of the law to state officials.
Coke offered a resolution discharging
committee on finance from the further con-
sideration Of the house joint resolution for
the payment of the surplus in the treasury
on the public debt He gave notice that he
would call 1t up on Monday and ask vote
upon 1t. The resolution offered Friday by
Edmunds instructing the committee
on foreign relations to inquire
into the violation of the rights
Of American fishing and merchant vessels
In Canadian waters was adopted Hawley,
from the committee on printing, reported
back a resolution for the collection and
printing of presidential yetoes from the or
ganization of congress to the present time;
adopted.
The senate at IL "a resumed consideration
Of the sundry civil bill, going back to the
paragraph requiring the secretary of the
treasury to issue silver certificates of 81, So
and e5 'on all the surplus silver dollars now
In the treasury in payment of the appro-
priations made In this bill and other ex-
po0QlCuTeS OF ODugaLlOnS OF Gno govern
ment, !" which certificates ''shall be redeem
able in standard silver dollars on demand,
and when paid into the treasury shall be
reissued, subject to the provisions herein
for the redemption of the sama"
The committee on appropriations recon-
nends striking out the clause within quota
tion marks, and to add the following:
provided that said denominations of
81, 81 and S5 may be issued in lieu of silver
certificates Of larger denominations in the
trea,ury, and to that extent said certificates
of larger denominations shall be cancelled
and destroyed"
Beck moved as substitute an amend
ment which provides that no United States
note Of denomination less than $40, nor
more than $500 shall be issued, and not more
than Is per cent of the entire circulation
shall be of denominations above $40 When
ever silver or gold certificates are turned
into the treasury they shall be replaced
with coin certificates in denominations of
81, 81 and S5. Coin certificates to be issued
In denominations of from 81 to $500 on
gold or silver coin or bullion and redeem
able in gold or silver coin at the option Of
the United States The coin certificates
when received may be reissued Beck ad-
dressed tse senate in explanation and advo-
cacy of his amendment