St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-25
THE sUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
1t is Passed by the Senate After a
Wearisome Debate.

WASHINGTON, July 24.-The senate re-
newed consideration of the sundry civil APP
preparation bill, going back to the para
graph requiring the secretary of the treas
ury to issue silver certificates of 81, So and
SIS ION all the surplus silver dollars now in
the treasury in payment of the appropri-
ationS made in this bill and other eXpendi-
lures of obligations of the government"
which certificates ''shall be redeemable in
standard silver dollars on demand, and
when paid into the treasury shall be reissued
subject to the provisions herein for the re-
demption of the same.'' The committee on
appropriations recommend the striking out
OF the clauses within quotation marks and
to add the following:
provided that said denominations of 81,
81 and S. may be issued in lieu of silver GER
tifcates of larger denominations in the treas
ury. and to that extent said certificates OF
larger denominations shall be Cancelled and
destroyed
MI. Beck offered his substitute, which
was ruled out on a point of order. The
amendment recommended by the committee
striking out the words land on all the
surplus silver dollars" etc., was agreed to
without division. The amendment strik-
ing out the words land shall be redeemable
in standard silver dollars" etc., was
agreed to, The amendment adding the
provided that said denominations" etc.,
was agreed to without division. The clause
las it now stands, reads as follows:
And the secretary of the treasury is
hereby authorized and required
TO ISSUE SILVER CERTIFICATES
in denominations of 81, So and$5 and the silver
certificates herein authorized shall be receiv-
able, redeemable and payable in like manner
and for like purposes as is provided for sill
yer certificates by the act of Feb. e. 1878,
entitled AN act to authorize the coinage of
the standard silver dollar, and to restore its
legal tender character: provided, That said
denominations, 81, 81 and S. may be issued
in lieu of silver certificates of larger denom-
nations in the treasury, and to that extent
said certificates of larger denomination shall
be Cancelled and Destroyed
On motion of Mr.. Dawes an item appro-
priating $25, 900 for the education of the
children of school age in Alaska without
regard to race was inserted. On motion
of Mr.. Hoar an item appropriating $1,000
for the purchase of w. F. Hallsall's paint
ing of the ''First Fight of Iron-CIads,
was inserted. On motion of Mr.. Vest an
item appropriating S25, 900 for the salaries
and expenses of the Missouri river commits
sion was inserted, and on motionHof Mr.
Gibson an item of S100, 900 was inserted for
the Mississippi river commission. On mo-
ton of Mr.. VOORHEES, an item of So, 900 was
inserted for the purchase of Carl Gutherse's
painting eff Farming in Dakota" Mr..
Blair moved to add to the clause appropri-
ating $50, 500 for the expenses of the il
auguration of
THE BARTHoLDI STATUTE
the following proviso:
Provided, however, that no part of the sum
herein appropriated shall be used to procure
or pay for spirituous liquors or stimulants, or
narcotics in any form, or shall any charges
or expenditure for the same be paid by the
United States.
Mr.. Allison assured the senator from New
Hampshire that there was not the slightest
probability of any such thing being done.
He hoped the senator would not press his
amendment. Mr.. Blair assured the senator
from Iowa that if he did not think it neces-
sary he would not have offered it. Mr.. ALI
son SAID there was nothing in the appropria-
ton except the small sum to entertain for
eign guests.
Mr.. Blair-That is precisely what
1 have reference to. Mr.. Al
lison made point of order that the
amendment was not in order but the point
was overruled by the chair (Mr. Sherman)
on the ground that the senate had the power
to limit the use of the appropriation Mr..
Blair said that he had desired the amendment
to be adopted without any remarks. He had
not anticipated opposition, but as to there
being no danger of money being used in that
way he had only to refer to the recent cele-
bration at Yankton when between $1,000 and
$4,000 was spent ''out of the public treasury
for the nations of the earth to get dru nix on -
Mr.. German moved to lay the amendment on
the table. The amendment having been
again read Mr.. Beck remarked ''Oh, that is
too ridiculous, I move to lay the amendment
on the table, The chair said that
that motion had been made and
Mr. Beck added, THAT is right
The vote on the motion to lay on the table
was taken by yeas and nays. At first
the votes were all running in the affirmative,
only one here and there being in the mega
tive, but the tide set in the other way and the
result of the vote was, yeas 81, nays g. So
the amendment was not laid on the table and
it was then agreed to without division The
senate then took u recess till o'clock, with
the purpose of finishing the bill tonight 1t
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