Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-01-08
La,e Eastern News.
Abstract Of n Number of Measures OF
Special Importance.

Special Importance.
WASHINGTON, Jan. among bill
introduced in the Senate to-da,
were the following:
BY Senator Morgan-To substi
tute silver dollars, in part, in tn,
place Of gold coin and currency il
the several reserve funds held in thu
treasury. |. requires the Secretary
Of the Treasury to place the credit
of the reserve fund of 500, 900, OOt
i'll sol / coin now held in the treasur,
for redemption Of legal tender notes
of the United States, not to exceed
SOD ,UOU 800 III standard silver dollars
nov III the treasury or that shall
come into the treasury in excess oil
tn amodnt required tor redemption
Al v-r Ger iica,es. Such silver
dollars shall be 80 applied to said
reserve fund fIom time to time until
the sum hereof sIalI be s. 900 900
and as such silver dollar are SO
/ placed III uhi, fand an equal sum OF
20 d co n, not to exceed $50 900 COO,
>h.ii M withdrawn fiou sud re-
1t. u.,.
/ l. also requires the Secretary OF
the Treasury to place such standard
silver dollars to the credit of the
several funds held in the treasury
for redemption Of notes of national
banks that have failed OF are in pro
cess of liquidation, and the 5 per
cent. redemption fund of national
banks, to the extent of one-ha.f oI
such of the several funds a, there
shat be a. anv time Leid in the
treasury.
TIL" secretary of th, Treasury is
required from time TO time - wi'h-
draw from such of said funds end
cover into the treasury an amour. Of
United States legal tender notes OF
national bank notes equal to the
amount Of silver dollars SO deposited
by HIM to the credit of such fund.
by Do!ph-To amend section III,
revised statutes. 1t provides that
Judges OF United States courts who
have held their offices thirty years,
or who have held Office ten years
and attained the age of 20, may re
tire upon full salary.
BY Nauce-To repeal the civil
service reform act.
BY Call-To retire Judges of cir
cult or district courts. 1t provides
that when any Judge of circuit or
district court shall become disabled,
through the excessive or habitual
use of intoxlcants, or any other
cause, he shall be retired with an
annual salary of $4,000 a year, I'M
less he shall thereafter be tried and
impeachod. This disability is to be
determined by the Judge of the cir
cult adjacent to that in which the
Judge to be tried has jurisdiction.
The Attorney General is authorized
to institute proceedings against such
Judge on complaint of Senator'S and
Representatives.
by Teller-To provide for COM
pu!sory education of Indian child
rem. 1t authorizes the Secretary of
the Interior to take any Indian
children between the ages of 8 and
Is. who belong to tribes receiving
annuities from the United States,
and place them in Government
schools for the Education of Indi
ans, to be kept there for five years.
This is not to apply however, to the
five civilized tribes, nor to Usage
Indians of Indian Territory. The
Secretary is authorized to withhold
rations and annuities from parents
who refuse to comply with these
provisions. All such schools are to
be manual labor schools, and to in
Guido teaching of agriculture and
stock raising to boys aud Homework
to girls.
BY Harrison-To set apart GER
tain tract OF land near the junction
Of the Little Colorado river with the
Colorado river of the West, in Ari-
zona. as public park.
BY Ingalls-To establish a ma
tional university in the District of
Columbia; $4,000, 900 is granted to
a board Of regents, in a perpetual
registered certificate of tho United
States, to be unassignable, and
bearing 5 per cent. interest, the in
teiest as is needed for sites, build
ines, ETC., may be SO used.
The Presiden. of the United
States shall be treasurer of the uni
versity. No chair for instruction in
secretarian religion or partisan poll
tics shall be maintained, and no sec
tartan or partisan test shall bo al
lowed in selecting officers and pro-
fessors. Chairs or faculties may be
endowed by gift, bequest, etc. but
no amount less than 100000 shall
be considered an endowment. In.
structions shall be as nearly free rs
is consistent with the income. No
person shall be admitted for regular
study and graduation who has not
previously received the degree of
D"SASACA VI uAes, VI d ucSIG0 Oh
equal value, from some recognized
institution. States and Territories
shall be entitled to Scholarships in
the ratio of one for each Represen
tativo or delegate, and two for each
Senator. These scholarships shall
secure free instruction for five years.
The Governor of each State shall
nominate candidates for life scholar.
ships, and each State and Territory
shall be entitled to one life scholar
ship. Two classes of fellowships
are established, one open to the
competition o: graduates best quail
flying themselves, and the other
open to learned men of all nations
who have merited distinction.
The bill introduced by Senator
Blair, to provide for the erection of
monuments in this city to President
Lincoln and Gen. Grant, provides
that they shall be similar to the