Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-03
CONGRESSIONAL.
ST., senate Amends the Hsuse Bill .or
fDS ronstrucnen Of a Mississippi
RIVER Bridge at Hsmpais.
.,,,,, tariff Bill geperted to the House
TSe ,serred tc tho Committee on
WAys aud Means.
YlHtisIh Cor . 81,
THE SENATE.

Pr Pr instead OF passing the Senate
M Lii IN precisely the same s,the House
W! W, :, nm motion OF Mr.. Davis passed,
". DI p.rry SAYING that he would not call
-. vote BIZ yeas and nsys, but wished
~ - ~ on record tina. he WAS opposed
,olt.
-o,,on of bridge across the Missis-
.'noi river, at Memphis, Tenn, was on
spF Of Mr.. Harris taken up and con-
1. Parry moved to amend the frst
lion nv making IL obligatory, instead
.s "nionsl, to have bridge constructed
y. he ne PASSAGE OF wagons, vehicles and
az ..,angers as well IS railway trat1s.
M Plumb opposed the amendment,
,.s- Il might operate, by additional eX-
n"rse. TO prevent the building Of any
bridge tall.
"a va opposed to the further obstruct-
Ing of the great water ways OF the coan-
try. which we're about the only free
thIpps, commercially considered, that
Uere left to the people against corpora
ions Memphis WAS great city, having
grsst trade on both sides of the river,
.rS when the slight additional expense to
.ss hnsiuess people Of that vicinity could
- n,oyided for Is should De made cempu1-
so,y nm the bridge company to do so. At
tsr farther DEBATE the amendment was
n,sspd and a conference committee was
ordered
Tbs Senste then resumed as unfinished
huainess the House Dill for the purchase
Of Uaited States binds by the Secretary
of the Trea ury, the question being on
ths motion OF Mr.. Palmer to recommlt
the bill.
Mr.. Stewart moved to recommit with
Instructions to report without delay, al
lowing the owners Of gold or silver bull
lion 10 deposit the same and receive coin
fc.tssltpertf1r.
Mr. Sherman opposed the motion say
Ing that 1t wSs very unusual to Instruct
committee to report a proposition then
SUBMITTED for the nrst time. There WAS
no obi .ction to the passage Of the bond
purchase bill and he thought that IS
question OF practical legisIanon that bill
should be passed at once. II
Il was the desire Of the Senate
TO have all the fflcult problems OF
ausuce wlich had been discussed for the
last tWeaty six years taken up and con-
sidered, hat was one tnlng. II so, let Il
be so. But that was no reason why
there should be any delay IN the passage
Of & bill on q totally different subject.
He Wss therefore opposed to the insIruc-
lions asked, snd he 8Ss also opposed to
the rec ommi.;sl Of the bill.
Mr.. Mcpherson said that the PROPOSE
ton u Mr.. Stewart mesnt the free COIN
age q silver, nothing more.
Nj Butler sid that the exlgency which
confronted the Treasury Department WAS
such that he preferred to vote for the
House bill pure and simple. he would
therefore vote against all amendments to
the bill.
Mr.. RssEsu suggested as an amend
ment that 500, 000, 600 Of gold coin now
IN the Treasury snxll be ueed for the re-
demptlon Of interest bearing bonds OF
the country He declared thst the
policy Of the government, both In the
executive and legislative department has
bsea since 1863 in the interest OF the
n me; lords Of this cou try ard OF Eu
rope. He knew that the present admins
t1ion had taken up ana maintained the
policy OF It's Repuo leans predecessors,
but ne proposed SO far as his own sction
Was concerned, without reference to what
others 10 the Democratic party, even In
hlg1 pisces, should do, to stand BIZ the
interests OF the people, to insist on their
rights and to insist that the government
shall be conducted in the interest OF the
people instesd OF in the interest Of special
classes watch lived by robblng both the
government and thu people.
Mr. Blair inquired what members OF
tha Democratic party Mr.. Resgan referred
to SO not represeb Jog the Interests Of the
people, ont Mr. z sgan preferred to let
she Senator from New Hampshire form
Ais own Judgment.
After som. further discus Ion, Mr..
Stewart Withdrew his amendment.
Without &C ion, the Senate went into
executive session al d soon adjourned.
THE HJUSE.
WASHINGTON, April 2-Mr. Mills,
Oh Texas, cualrmsn II the committee on
ways and means reported the Mills tar q
bill, and it was referred TO committee OF
the Wnolp.
Mr.. Mckinley OF Ohio, submitted o
minority report which was ordered
Printed.
Mr., Mcmillan OF Tennessee on behalf OF
Tue committee on ways and mesns an
nounced that the committee would seek
10 have the House consider the tariff Dill
In two weeks from to- morrow. The
e0nmitteeSS1sd determined upon this late
Cay for the purpose of ena0ltpg the sppro-
prlation committee to get its work for
ward sad into the Senate as far as nigh,
De, sad he trusted at that time, business
would have been so far disposed OF thai
The tarIf bill could have uninterrupted
tleh: Of way.
TIE following oil was introduced ant
referred:
By Mr.. Grosvenor OF Oaio-A resolu
lion directing the committee on military
Affairs, in addition to the inquiry 1t /:
now prosecuting In regard to the publ
cation Of { a :ial records OF the war OF the
rebellion, to inquire and report In refer
ence to the feasibility and ACCESSIBILITY o
completing the publication Of these rec
ofds under the supervision and control
aloint committee Of Congress.
NJ. Grain OF Texas moved to suspend
Inc rules and put upon Its passage MI
JOINT resolution proposing a consiitu
uonal amendment changing the time To-
the annual meeting OF Congress. Lost
yeas, So nays, l54.
Mr. Randall, from the committee Of
rules raporsa1 q raeOlutiop desipnatinI