Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-04-01
CONGRESSIONAL.
Speeches OF voorhees, and Others ON
the Edmunds Resolution.
SENATE.

derson spoke in favor of the section to in
crease the force to forty thousand enlisted
men. He read from the testimony given, and
letters written BY Schodeld, Pope and others,
to show the inadequacy Of the present force
At | 80 the pending order was laid aside and
on motion of Van Wyek the senate took up
aud passed the bill to confirm the entries here
tofore made on public lands in accordance
with the rulings of the land office in
fo.ce at the time the entries were made.
The unfinished business being judiciary COM
mittee resolutions, was then taken up, and
Jackson proceeded to address the Senate in
opposition to them. Mr.. George followed
jackson also in opposition to the majority re-
port. When George had finished Morgan OBJ
tanned the floor and the Senate adjourned
HOUSE.
In the morning hour the House passed the
Fourth Of July claims bill. The amount in
volved is $23S, 200. A number of bills were in
troduced at the expiration Of the morning SEES
sion. Burnes, of Missouri, submitted the con-
ference report on the urgent deficiency bill. 1t
was agreed to and the House adjourned.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, March 24.--In the senate to-
day at o'clock the army bill went over, and
the resolutions reported from the judiciary
committee were taken up, and Morgan al
dressed the senate in opposition to the MAORI
ty report Considerable cross-6ring occurred
in the debate between Senators Hoar, Gray,
Edmunds, Butler and Harris, and without ac-
ton on the resolution the senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
The House to-day, after debate upon nu
amendment offered and rejected, passed the
Indian appropriation bill. Yeas, 226; nays, S.
The House Immediately went into committee
of the whole on the postoflice appropriation
bill. Biount, chairman Of committee on post
offices and post roads, briefly explained the
provisions of the bill 1t appropriated, he
said, $54 326, 53S as against an estimate OF $53,
sos, 1866 and an appropriation of $50, 700, 900 for
current year. Burrows called the attention Of
the committee to the fact that the estimate Of
pay of railway postal clerks was too low, and
spoke at considerable length on general ques-
ton. The committee then rose and the House
adjourned.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, March 25.-The committee on
enlargement OF American shipping and to pro
mote commercial and postal relations with
foreign nations. Frye explained briefly that
the hill appropriated 81, 100000 for carrying
the United States mails In American vessels to
and from foreign countries makes it the duty
of the postmaster general to advertise for pro.
posals, to accept the lowest bids, and to enter
into contracts for carrying those mails. The
BILL Frye added, had received the unanimous
Endorsement of all the members Of the commit
tee on commerce present at the meeting at
which 1t was considered. Placed on the cal
endar The bill providing for the appointment
of committee to examine and note and report
on the character and value of the Franklin
and Rochambeau papers, and whether they
should be published, was passed. The chair
laid before the senate a letter from the post
master general, transmitting, in compliance
with recent senate resolution, tabulated
statement of fourth-class postmasters, re-
moved since March 4, 1884. Referred.
After routine business the Tdmunds resolu-
tons were at o'clock placed before the Sen
ate, and Voorhees, took the floor in opposition
to the majority resolutions. At the close OF
Mr.. Voorhees, speech, ingalls, obtained the
floor, but gave way for executive session.
A number Of reports from committees, here
tofore published as having been agreed to,
were submitted. The House then went into
committee of the whole on the postofiice APP
preparation bill.
Dockery (MissourD made an extended
speech on the foreign mail service Of the post
office department. Speeches were also made
by Peters, of Kansas, and Guenther, of Wis
cousin. The evening session Of the House
was devoted to consideration Of the resolu-
tons expressive Of the sorrow Of the body at
the death of Joseph Rankin, late representa-
tive from Wisconsin. Eulogistic addresses
were delivered by Henderson Qowa), Bragg,
Hudd, Guenther, Thomas and Lafollette
wisconsin,, Maybury (Michigan), and john
son New York;. The resolutions were then
unanimously adopted, and the House adj
iourned.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, March 26-The senate con-
tinued the discussion of the Ednunds resolu.
lions. Ingalls, took the floor in support Of
them. Harrison, Logan and other senator's
followed The greater portion Of the session
was spent in discussion of the resolutions.
A communication from Assistant Secretary
of the treasury Fairchild was laid before the
house, transmitting the draft of bill amend
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transient alien tourists from the fifty cents per
capita tax, and provides penalty Of five hun
dred dollars for the permanent landing Of alien
paupers, idiots, insane and convicts. The
vote by which the house defeated the senate
bill granting a pension Of forty dollars per
month to the widow of General w. ii. Ben
ham, was reconsidered and the bill passed.
The house then went into committee OF the
whole on the private calendar. When the
committee rose the house took a recess until
1880. At the night session the house passed
forty pension bills, and at 9:15 adjourned.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, March 27.-Thc silver bill
tame up and the debate was opened by Gull
bertson. He was friend of silver and In favor
Of placing 1t on the same plane as gold. He
would make the coinage Of silver free, and be
would pass law compelling the treasury de-
partment to pay the surplus on the public
debt Mr.. Long said simple common sense
thing to do was to call a halt. We had an
abundance OF silver, more than the efforts OF
the administration could force into circula-
ton. Give silver coinage present or pros
pective rest. In the interest of bi-metalism,
in the interest Of silver itself, 1t was time to
cast an anchor and take bearings to suspend
or at least fix a time for the suspension OF the
silver coinage, and then to see II some inter
national arrangement with other great COM
mercial nations could not be made. Dorgan
made strong plea for the establishment OF
single gold standard and advocated the sus-
pension OF coinage under the Bland act, de-
claring that the so-called debt-paying dollar
was in reality debt-scaling dollar-nothing
but eighty cents worth of bullion with false
hood stamped upon II. Halzell said the peo-
pie had spoken in no uncertain voice against
the suspension OF silver coinage, and the
question was whether Congress, their servant,
should heed their voice or legislatc in the in
terest Of those who were seeking to enrich
themselves at the expense of the working
class Stoppage Of silver coinage meant stag
nation of trade, paralysis OF labor, and an in
Fiction Of all evils which must arise from de-
rangement Of the industries Of the country.
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