Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-04-30
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
PUBLIC BUILDING BILLS.
Several Of Them Pass the Senate
TARIFF DEBATE IN TIE HOUSE


placed on the calendar were the following:
House bills tor public buildings at Asheville, N.
c., Sedala, NO., and Monroe, La.
senate bill liking the salaries of the several
Judges OF United states District Courts at 5000
(Mr. Coke dissenting).
Senate bill to increase the endowment Of the
Louisiana State University and Agricultural Col
lege.
Senate bill to increase the appropriation for
public building at @Wlimington VIII Del, to $s5o,ooo'
House bill providing for the purchase OF addi-
tional ground at Indianapolis adjoining the post
once site. and 70: the Improvement OF the building,
at q cost not TO exceed $l25,OOO.
House bill appropriating Sl5O,Oo0 for public
building at Duluth, MINI.
House bill to authorize the County Of Laurence,
Georgia, 10 construct bridge across the Oconee
Senate bills for public buildings at Atchison,
sars eoSS HRGri fassrsoS kas lSCGo Ms5e5
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NEW BILLS
Among the bills introduced and referred were
the following:
BY Mr. Dawes-To authorize the Secretary Of the
Interior TO nix the amount OF compensation to be
paid for right OF way for railroads In Indian reSer
vations In certain contingencies.
By Mr.. Stewart--TO require the purchase and
coinage OF not less than "a, COO 600 worth OF sill
Yer bullion per month. He said that the bill
involved l no new principle and asked that It be
So ordered.
Mr. Stewart offered a resolution (Which was laid
oveo calling on the Secretary Of the Treasury for
statement OF the amount Of silver bullion offered
70 the Government since the passage Of the silver
coinage act, and Oy whom and at what prices;
also, OF the amount or silver bullion purchased
eacn end M mo%dm Mh duag ana from whom
OF indian council bills enters to any extent into
% the determinati9n OF the market price OF silver
offered resolution (Which was adopted) directing
the director OF the mint TO send Information to
the foreign silver coins designated In his circular,
the amount OF pure silver in each coin, and
whether the value OF such silver coins Gas SO desig
natedD has been estimated by him according to the
pure silver contained In them respectively.
AR. HALE's CIvu~sERvICE RESOLUTION ADOPTED.
The resolution offered last week by Mr.. Hale
calling the Secretary Of the Interior for infor-
nation as to appointments in his Department be-
taken up and adopted.
Mr. Spooner offered resolution (Which was laid
detailed information as to appointments in the
New York custom House since March, 1885.
BILLS PAssxD.
The following Senate bills were taken from the
calendar and passed: For public buildings at
Youngstown Ohio. s1Oo. 600; Akron, Ohio, 5000,
retary OF the Treasury 10 re-examtne and reaudlt
the claim OF the state OF Pennsylvania for advances
the
ti0n OF June Is, 1863
Nominations by the President.
The President sent to the Senate to-day Qn ad-
ditton to the nomination OF Melville w. Fuller of
Illinois, to be Chief Justice as mentioned else
where) the following nominations:
David N. Burke, OF New York, to be consul OF the
United States at Bahia.
Francis Gross, Of New York, to be assistant ap-
graiser OF merchandise In the district OF New
:. capt Wallace F; Randolph. sth artillery. to be
ueutenant-Col. Henry N. Closson, 5th artillery,
TO De colonel OF the 4th artillery.
Major Richard LOdor, Sd artillery, to be lieuten-
ant-cOlOnel Of the 4th artillery.
First Lieut. BENJAMIN K. Roberts, 5th artillery,
second Lieutenant Harvey H' c. carbaueh. 5tn
artillery to be LIST lieutenant of the 5th artillery.
Second Lieutenant John & Mallory, I'd Infantry,
TO be first lieutenant Ueutenant-Colonel Edwin
c. Mason 4th infantry, to be colonel OF the Sd In
fantry. Major Frederick Mears, 25th infantry, to
be lieutenant-col Of the 4th infantry. First
Lieut. Joseph w. Duncan, 2lst infantry, to be
captain. Captain Evan Miles, 21st infantry, to be
major 25th infantry. James 8. Jouett, late first
cavalry.
House Of Representative.
DEBATE ON THE TARIFF BILL CONTINUED.
The call Of states for the Introduction OF bills
for reference was dispensed with, members being
permitted to lille their measures at the clerks
desk.
The House then went into committee of the
whole ION the tariff bill and was addressed by Mr.
tertzed as the stock change that this was an at
tempt OF the democratic majority stimulated by
the message OF the President repeal and get rid
tenn was q system born of the war for the suppress
sion OF the rebellion. There were, he contended
tenn Of internal revenue taxation Which w was s' in
thscountry what II had been In all other countries
q resort to which the country was driven by the
exigencteS OF war; and which ought to have been
the first monument OF taxation to be stricken
down and removed. It was strange that the
teur the PrssSenS Of the United state
In defense of the internal revenue system; that
suddenly the democratic party had become the
gentlemen representing the southern states had
not only denounced the general system OF Internal
Government to enforce the law, and had 50 Z thor s
oughly educated the people Of the South into the
belief that the system was tyrannous that they
to defeat and violate and destroy that system by
fraud and violence and bloodshed and murder was
but the assertion Of the God-g1ven right Of rebel
THE rYRANNoUs ENACTMENT OF TYRANNous Gov
ERNMKNT.
Now, the democratic party, directed by the mes
sacred monument OF taxation in this country was
now. and must be in the future. the internal rev.
Discussing brieny the speech of the gentleman
from Minnesota (NelsOn) he quoted that portion Of
the speech In which the gentleman put Tree wool
and and s s wssn ns free
tie Rs Of 1R1sssn:
whisky and free Tobacco he made great mis-
take. The proposition TO repeal the tax on whisky
was to remit the power Of taxation TO the states
and to permit the states to take the place OF the
general Government He proceeded TO give his
tory OF the passage OF the Morrill, tarin bill which
he denied was war measure II passed the House
In 1860 as political measure but was defeated In
the senate by the representatives OF the states
that afterward went into rebellion.
THE MEN WHO DEFEATED THE MORRILL, BILL
in 1880 and whose absence In 1851 made It possi-
BILE for the Senate to pass the BILL represented the
same states Is did the men who two weeks ago
in violation OF the spirit OF the Constitution ana In
direct violation Of the principle OF majority gov.
ernment stood In the way OF and defeated Just
measure for the adjudication Of financial question
which followed the war. This morrill, measure Of
taxation, which established pr1ncple OF robbery
{ashe had heard II termed), this measure which
been signed by James Buchanan. II had also been
signed BY J. G. Breckenbr1dge a. vice-preeident,
rHs uoNY on PATE
that to-day one OF tho men who denounced it
In most eloquent language. was the accom-
plished son Of the gentleman. Turning TO the
question OF the surpluA Mr. Grosvenor expressed
no anxiety In regard TO it. II was born, he said,
OF Q political nightmare.
District I'm Co0greoa.
AnanEs on 1Hx BAR wH0 Favor PAYING Som
r0RI uoDNE1F S2S, ,00Q
In the Senate to-day . petition was presented