Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-04-17


aas Harbor Bill Blocked-Passass oi
the Arthur XIII Bridge Legislation.
WASHINGTON, April 17.-Mr. FarwelP:
speech on financial questions and Mr.
spooners on the admission of Dakota,
were the chief features of yesterdays Sen.
ate proceedings.
Mr.. Stewart introduced bill to grant A
pension of 5000 a year to the widow OF
the late Chief Justice Waite and remarked
that he introduced it on his own responsi.
bllity, and be thought that the widows of
Chief Justices should be placed on par
with those of Presidents. Referred to the
Committee on Pensions.
Mr.. Hoar offered resolution, which was
adopted, instructing the select committee
on the civil service to inquire and report as
TO sugar frauds in the New YORK Custom
House.
Mr.. Riddleberger offered resolution for
the consideration of the fisheries treaty in
open session.
Mr. Sherman remarked that a similar
resolution by the same Senator was now
pending before the COMMITTEES ON Foreign
Relations and would be reported for action
before the fisheries treaty came up.
MIR. Riddleberger said that he did not
want this resolution sent to that grave
yard.
Mr.. Farwell then address the Senate on
the bill providing for the investment of
certain funds in the Treasury. He gave
notice of two proposed amendments, one
directing the Secretary of the Treasury to
issue and sell to National banks United
States 2H per cent. notes, redeemable after
so years. at par. These notes to be used
by the banks as security for their
circulating notes to be issued to
the full par value of the bonds.
1t will also direct the Secretary of the
Treasury to invest the surplus funds held
in the treasury (including the amount TO
be received for these bonds)in the purchase
OF any United States bonds in open market,
and it repeals all the sinking-fund laws.
The other amendment authorizes the Secre-
tsry of the Treasury lin order to maintain
and increase their circulation and to pre-
vent the ultimate destruction of the banks
by the purchase or payment of the national
debit TO receive from the banks Ito secure
their circulating notes. State. county or
municipal bonds (of the United Statesl
upon which interest has been heretofore
promptly paid, and whose market ualue is
equal TO. or greater than their par value,
bearing interest at not less than per cent
Such bonds, however, are not to be re-
ceived by the Treasurer of the United States
at more than I5 per oent. of their value, nor
until the approval of the Secretary of the
Treasury, the Treasurer of the United
States and the Comptroller of the Treas
ury shall have been endorsed upon them.
Criticising the bill, Mr.. Farwell said it
was good enough so far as it went 1t did
not include the whole financial question,
which he regarded as of paramount inter
est but only proposed to temporize with it.
1t simply reduced the interest on the per
cent TO 2k per cent. These bonds amount
ed to over seven hundred million dollars
and mstured in 1907. And it authorized
the national banks to receive circulation at
par upon them and upon ali other United
States bonds. The bill did not remedy the
evils of the present financial condition.
The two amendments which he proposed to
offer would, he thought, cure those evils.
At two O'Clock the Dakota bill came up
and Mr.. Spooner made a speech in support |
of it. He referred TO Dakota as the won
derland Of the continent, and of the oppo-
sition to the bill as unjust partisanship. |
Abiding to 9 remark make by Senator |
Butler in his speech last week to the effect |
that the precedent sought to be established |
would justify hundred thousand Social |
lists and Anarch SITS getting together in a |
corner of territory and demand admis- |
ston as State; he asked what was the OBJ |
lection TO their petitioning for admissioni |
What harm had petitioning ever done2 |
They had the inherent right to try to get |
into the Union as States, he added, certain |
States had claimed that they had the in
herent right TO try to get out Of the Union,
Mr.. Butler said that ne had not denied, |
and that nobody had denied the right of /
South Dakota TO try TO get In. What he |
had denied, and did deny, was the claim |
set up by Senator Piatt that they had an
inherent right to demand admission.
Mr.. Spooner. continuing alluded to the 1
suggestion made by Mr.. Butler that $1,000 |
voters had been so Indifferent in the cleo I
ton last November to the question of di-
viding the Territory, that the they had |
staid away from the polls, and that there
fore, the vote was not a fair expression of |
the popular will, and drew a distinction be-
tween the cases of voters in the Northern /
States who remained away from |
the polls through indifference, and |
Of voters in the Southern State who
were kept away through intimidation. In |
the former case there vas no impeachment |
of the fairness of the election; but in the
latter case there was. II large number of |
men were kept away from the polls, not be-
cause of their indifference. but because of |
the memories of outrsges pcrpetrated and |
by the intelligent men of whole /
and whole States, year after /
year, outrages by Ku-kluI clubs and Night |
Riders; because of tissue-ballots, blood, in
fraud; because OF memories of /
burning shanties of colored Republicans |
driven into swamps. lashed, eIiled, pur-
sued, hunted down; because Of memories of |
Yszoo and Copiah; then The election va,
not fair expression of popular will.
Criticising the claim made BY Senator
Butler that there was no danger to be ap-
pretended from imperial States. Mr.. |
Spooner questioned it, and said that the
great Empire State of Texas did menace,
by her monstrous territory, the interests of
other sections Of the country. She had in
the other House the Chairman of the Ju-
dietary Committee, the Chairman of the /
Committee OF Ways and Means Ia commit /
tee which dealt with the dearest interests |
Of New England. New York, Pennsylvania
and all the country and Chairman of the
Committee on Claims while the great State
Of New York had no voice on the Commit
Tee Of Ways and Means.
Why he asked, was such political pre-
pondersnce in political influence given to
the State Of Texas? And answering his |
OWL question, said il was not due to the
wealth, the loyalty. or the intelligence of
her people, but TO her solid Democracy
and her everlasting territory.
Mr. Vest obtained the floor in opposition
10 the bill. and il went over for one day.
Two private pension bill vetoes were rssd
md referred TO the Committee on Pensions
One of them, in the case of Hannah r.
Langdon, after il was read. brought from
Mr.. Edmunds the remark that he believed
the President had been mislead in the mat
ter and be hoped il might be recalled: but
expecting this. he trusted the Pensions
Committee would act promptly in the
matter
The Senate then went into executive
session and ati:45 p. m. adjourned.
House.
The principal feature in the House pro.
eeedings yesterday was the effort to pass
the river and harbor bill under a suspen.
ZION of the rules. Under the call of Ststea
the following bills among Others were in.
troduced and referred by Mr. Townsend, of
Illinois for the erection OF an Academic