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the resolution to see whether its clauses were d.
visable.
Mr.. Hewitt. of New Yorl--Will it not be in
order to move to recornmit with instructionsi
The Speaker-That is in order.
Mr.. Hewitt-Then / move to recommit the
resolution, with instructions to the committee
to strike out that portion which asks the Secre-
tary of the Treasury to define the policy of the
administration.
The motion to recommit with instructions was
lost-yeas 88. nays 168-and the resolution was
adopted.
Mr.. Brady. of Virginia, rising to question Of
personal privilege, referred TO the difficulty which
a new member experienced in understanding the
rules of the House; he. therefore. wished to ask
q parliamentary question. Believing that his
reputation and conduct individually, and in his
representative capacity, had been assailed by
statements made il the House by one or its
members Mr.. Wise] concerning Senator from
Virginia and himself. and as the name of the
senior Senator of his State had been twice called
by this member and an effort made to cast re-
proach upon him, and as his Mr. Brady'sI name
had not only been called on the floor, but
threat made against him, and his name had been
called aud threats made against him before one
OF the committees By one of its members, and as
1t had been stated that Union soldier promoted
for gallantry had been removed by the Senator
from Virginia. and another dismissed for beastly
intoxication, he wished to be informed whether
he could show to the House, as he proposed to
do by communications of high officials and by
the public records. that each and all Of the state
ments made by the gentleman from Virginia
Mr. Wisel were not true.
Mr. Herbert. of Alabama object.
Mr.. Reed-Oh, gentlemen, you cannot stife
the facts
Mr. Herbert-You are anxious to anticipate
the facts.
Mr.. Boutelle-I make the point of order that
the gentleman SHOULD address the Speaker, and
not the gentleman from Maine Mr.. Reed in the
first person.
The Speaker-The Chair rules that the col
loquy going on between the gentlemen from Ala
bama and the gentleman from Maine, was not in
order.
Mr.. Morrison. of Illinois. from the committee
on ways and means. reported resolution calling
on the Secretary of the Treasury to report to
the House the total amount applied to the sink
ing fund between June 80, 1884, and July l. 1885,
and under what dates and in what several
amounts the same was applied Adopted.
The following committee reports were submit
TED:
By Mr.. Cobb. of Indiana, from the committee
on public lands: To perfect the Atlantic &
Pacific land grant. Placed on the House calen-
dar
By Mr.. Wilkins of Ohio. from the committee
on banking and currency: Providing for the
issue Of circulating notes to national banking
associations. Placed on the House calendar.
BY MIR. Miller. of Texas, from the same COM
mittee Universally: To make shareholders in
national banks individually responsible for the
debts of the bank. Laid on the table
BY Mr.. Hatch. of Missouri. from the commit
tee on agriculture: To enlarge the powers and
duties of the Department OF Agriculture. Re
ferred to the committee Of the whole
5 BY Mr.. McCrea. of Arkansas. from the COM
mttee on public lands: To protect homestead
settlers within railway limits Placed ON the
House calendar.
By Mr. Springer, of Illinois. from the commit
tee on Territories To annex portion of the ter
ritory Of Idaho to Washington Territory. Placed
on the House calendar.
s By Mr. James. Of New York. from the COM
mittee on labor: TO prohibit any officer of the
government from hiring or contracting out labor
of prisoners. Placed on the House calendar.
In the morning hour the House resumed, in
committee of the whole-Mr. Crpp, of Georgia,
in the chair-the consideration of the bill to
abolish certain fees for official services to Amer
lean vessels.
Pending action. the committee rose, and the
House again resolved itself into committee-Mr
Hammond, of Georgia i'll the char-on the bill
relating to the taxation Of fractional parts of
gallon of distilled spirits.
Mr. Mills, of Texas offered an amendment
providing that all taxes imposed by this act shall
be paid in standard silver coin. and, using this
amendment as a text, he addressed the commit
tee upon the entire silver question If silver is
stricken down. he said then the value of the
products of labor would decrease Just one half.
Whenever prices were falling, money would go
out of circulation There was no such curse in
existence as contraction OF the volume OF clrcu-
lation. When this contraction was brought
about. then would come sorrow to the bosoms of
the people. tears to their cheeks and hunger,
and want and starvation. That was what the
advocates of scarce money were asking Congress
to do. In conclusion. Mr. Mills said: This
scourge which is sought to be visited on the
people of the United States comes from the
cold marble and phlegmatic avarice-the East
ern avarice-which seek to place the whole
country on bed of suffering in order to crafty
its lust for gold. In this hour. fraught with
peril to the whole country, appeal to the I'M
purchased representatives of the American peo-
pie. Let us stand up and call the battle on, and
never leave the field until the peoples money
shall be restored to its full value" Loud ap-
plause.
Mr. Butterworth, of Ohio briefly discussed
the provisions of the pending bill, and opposed
it as being dissdvantageous to the distilling in
terests of Ohio.
Without action the committee arose, and the
House adjourned.