Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-02-25
WASHINGTON.
Another View of the Ed
ucatiOn Bill.
sPREcKEL's WORK IN DANGER
The Effect of M0rrison's Tariff
Bill-PostofIice Appropria-
ti0ns.


Special 10 the Herald 6gfhe Associated Press.
WAsHINaTos, February "a Merrill
called up the House bill permitting Ma
tional Banks to change their names. To-
cation and capital stock by vote OF
two-thirds of the stockholders. The
bill makes the changes subject to the
approval OF the Comptroller Of the Cur
rency. Beck thought such important
changes ought to be made subject to the
approval of the Secretary of the Treas
ury. He charged that the Comptroller
appeared to work to drive out Of exist
ence all but National Banks. He moved
to substitute the Secretary of the Treas
ury in the bill, but this was lost.
On motion OF Hoar an amendment
was made to the bill limiting the right
of bank to change its location so that
it shall not change to another State nor
to place thirty miles distant from the
original location. The bill was then
passed
The Education bill was taken up and
Blair addressed the Senate in reply to
the objections and criticism made
against It. He denied that the people
OF the South were opposed to the meas
ure and insisted that they favored it.
George said that the House of Repre-
sentatives OF his State (Mississippi) had
passed resolutions requesting the United
States Senators from Mississippi TO sup
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here, however, George said, as a suppii-
ant for national bounty. 1t regarded
the measure as generous offer from the
Northern States towards removing the
illiteracy in the South George would
be compelled, however, to decline the
offer If be believed IL to be unoonstitu-
tionaI. He cited number Of instances
in which money had been appropriated
from the National Treasury to purposes
not in any manner enumerated in the
constitution, which amounts, il the
theory of the opponents Of this Educa-
tioH bill were correct, had all been un-
lawfully and improperly paid out. After
a lengthy discussion between George
and Moagan and Gray and Hawley as to
the authority for the appropriations
questioned, George continued his argu-
ment at some length, bat finally yielded
for an executive session, after which the
Senate adjourned.
The House this morning passed the bill
to annex the northern part of the Terri
tory OF Idaho to Washington Territory
The House Committee on Public
Lands reported the bill forfeiting GER
tain lands granted to the Southern Paci-
fic Railroad Company, aud it was placed
on the House calendar.
James. OF New York, under instruc-
tions from the Committee on Coinage,
Weights and Measures. asked leave to
offer a resolution making the bill for the
free coinage of silver a continuing special
order from March I'd, so as not TO inter-
fere with the revenue or appropriation
bills. Burrows, of Michigan. thought
that some time should be fixed to special
orders, and James modified the resolu-
tion so as to provide that the discussion
should continue for one week. Dough
erty, Of Florida, objected to the resolu-
tion.
The House went into Committee oi
the Whole, Hammond, of Georgia, in
the chair, on the half gallon tax bill.
Butterworth, of Ohio, opposed the bill.
and contended that half gallon should
not be taxed, because the loss by
soakage and leakage always exceeds that
quantity. He had prepared substitute
for the pending bill, which amended th e
Carlisle bill by requiring the minimum
capacity Of packages into which spirits
might be drawn TO be thirty gallons in
stead Of ten gallons. Morrison and
Adams, of Illinois, Breckenridge, of Ken
lucky. and Brady, of Virginia. discussed
the measure at some length. after which
Butterworth offered the substitute as
suggested in his speech, but it was re-
iected. The Comrittee then rose and
reported the bill to the House and it was
passed without division, when the
House adjourned.