The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-26
The NATIONAL LEGISLATURE.
The sundry Civil Bill in the senate
House Ioiugs.

The sundry Civil Biii in the Senate
House Uoiugs.
WASHINGTON CITY, July e After con
Guiding the Payne matter Friday the sen.
ate took up the .sundry civil bill and
adopted amendments appropriating SO, 600
tor the efficient prosecution of crime in
l tab, striking out s.; ZOO appropriated for
the Denver Colo public building and in
creasIng to Sl1o,uUJ the appropriation for
the capitol terraces The appropriation for
"a public building at Detroit was stricken
out \ night session was held to consider
the Till, and adjournment took place at
ll:4I
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.centeunial exposition of the
Tinted States Bottlers' Protective associa
ton Malone from the committee on
public buildings and grounds, reported
back with amendments the house bill for
the erection of public building at Jack
sonyIlie, Fla. amendments agreed to and
bill passed. Also senate bill for the pur
chase o; land for a federal building at
Brooklyn y. y calendared
iawes, from the committee on Indian al
fairs, reported a bill granting r!ght-of-way
for a railroad through the ella river reSer-
walton, Arizona calendar
Miller asked leave to call up a 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 resolution discharging
committee on finance from the further con-
slderatioD 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 Ionday, and ask a vote
upon it. 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 resolution for the collection and
printing of presidential vetoes from the Or
ganization OF congress to the present time
adopted.
The senate at II - resumed consideration
of the suudry civil bill, going back to the
paragraph requiring the secretary of the
| treasury to issue silver certificates of II, 81,
| III the treasury in ayment Of the appro-
priations made in this bill and other ex.
penditures or obligations of the govern
| ment," which certificates shall he 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 same.
The committee on appropriations recon-
mends striking out the clause within quota
ton marks, and to add the following:
Provided that said denominations Of
| 81, s! and - 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 SO, moi
more than 500 shall be issued and not more
| than - per cent of the entire circula tion
| shall be of denominations above so When
ever silver or gold certificates are turned
into the treasury they shall be replaced
| 81. 81 and 81 Coin certificates TO be ISSUED
in denominations of from 81 to $500 OF
gold or Silver coin or bullion and redeem
able in gold or silver coin at the option o
the United States The coin certificate:
when received may be reissued. Beck ad
dressed the senate in explanation and advo
cacy of his amendment