, 1888-03-29
CON0HES SlONAL.
SENATE.

ate on motion Of oar accepted the invita-.
tion TO attend the funeral services over the
remains of Chief Justice Waite In tho hall
| Of the house tom orroW.
Blair renewed the motion for the refer
ence Of his bill to discriminate In favor Of
con federate soldiers and sailors in appoint.
ing to civil Office ANY persons who have
been disloyal.
against the second reading Of BlaiY's bill,
nnd then the senate resumed confederation
of tho house bill for the purch ase Of
United States bonds by the secretary Of the
treasury, question being on amendment
offered yesterday BY Stewart.
senate communication from the marshal
Of supreme court, inviting the senate by
direction Of the justices to attend the
funeral of the late Chief Justice Waite In
the hall Of Representatives. at noon, to-
morrow. The invitation was accepted.
Dolph offered resolution which was
adopted, calling on the secretary OF the
treasury for information In regard to the
necessity for Notifications In Puget Sound,
aDd M to the practicabiity of fortifying the
entrance of the Sound.
Blair called up the question of the seC-
ond reading of the bill introduced by him
to give preference to disabled confederate
soldiers as between men who were disloyai
in the appointments to civil office.
Edmunds opposed the second reading Of
| tut VII vigorously aNu without ulspOSlUK
OF the question, the senate took up again
the house bill to provide for tho purchase
of the United States bonds, being on
amendment offered by Stewart, authOriz-
ing deposite of gold or silver bullion and
issuance OF coin certificates therefor.
Teller addressed the senate applying him-
sell hrst to the task reputing the statement
that the depreciation of silver was due to
its over production. He denied that silver
had fallen. He knew 1t would not now
buy as much goldas 1T would buy in 1871,
but 1t would buy more corn, lard and
manufactured goods than it would buy then
1t was not because of over-production that
there was such divergence between silver
and gold, but 1t was because of the demon
citation OF silver and OF that alone. He
disclaimed, both for himself and his state,
any special interest in the silver question
lie should hold the same views living in
Connecticut ~ he held living in Colorado.
The government had ot paid to tho III miners
OF Colorado dollar in subsidy or bounty.
On motion OF Sherman a committee of
five senators to attend the funeral Of the
late Chief Justice Waite was ordered, and
Senators Sherman, Allison, Evsrts, George
and Gray were appointed, Sherman sug-
gested that in the absence OF those senator's
further action or discussion on the bond
bill should be suspended and Hosr asked
and obtained unanimons consent to have
the senate proceed during the remainder OF
the week, assuming that there would be no
business attended To tomorrow and that
there would be no session on Good Friday,
to the consideration of bills on the calendar.
Palmer moved that the bond bill be rec
commended to the committee on finance.
The motion WAS entered and will be pend
ing when tho bill is taken up again next
week. After an executive session the SEN
ate adj djourDed to meet at IL: 80 a. III. to-
morrow.
HOUSE.
l Tho hnusa alnntai tb., lnf;nn. .>t "a n
committetton elections in the contested elec.
tion cases Of Worthington versus Post The
resolution confirms the right OF Post the
81 ting member.
In the morning the house took up the
Union Pacific railroad funding bill.
The speaker laid before the house com.
munication from the marshal of the sn-
prerHR court of the United States announc.
ing e. the funeral ceremonies Of tho late
chicztpstice will be held in the house OF
rep tatives at noon tomorrow and In.
vihn yall mem bers to attend The COM
inunicstion was laid on the table.
bill WAS reported increasing the ap.
propriation for the public building ut Los
Angeles, California. Also for the election
Of o senator by tho legal voters of the state.
Calendar--ln the consideration of the
morning hour, the house proceeded to the
consideration of the Union Pacific railway
funding bill.
0uthwaite, of Ohio, chairman of the
committee on Pacific railroads, opened the
discussion fthe measure which he thought
just and prudent, and would secure In the
proper manner the amount to he paid to
the government. In the discussion of the
question he said: "rhe house must con.
sider the provisions OF the granting acts
the amount OF security the government
had for the payment Of the debt, and the
. additional security which the government
would obtain under the provisions OF the
printing bill. He gave the history of the
granting act and the Thurman sinking fund
The Thurman act had failed for two rea.
sons. One was that the earnings had con.
tipually diminished on account of the
competition which had grown and extended
into the territory of the Pacific roads. The
other reason was that the government re.
quired the sinking fund to be invested in
government bonds. The preference being
given to the per cent bonds" He then
gave a brief statement OF the we'll known
| provisions OF tho bill.
Pending further discussion, the morning
hour expired and the military acadeIny v
appropriation bill was then taken up and
passed.
HOLMAN called up the general public
land bill.
Smith, of Wisconsin, offered an amend
ment providing that all deposits OF coal
aud iron on the lands Of the United States
shall be reserved To the United States and
no further grant or patents from tho United
States shall be held 10 include such de.
posts. No disposition wss made of the
amendment aud it was left pending.
Eeilon, OF California, moved TO amend
BY striking out the clause permitting a
person who has declared dis intention to
become n citizen 10 euter ON public lands
The motion Was Lost.
Payson, Of Illinois, offered an amend.
nent providing that no patent to mineral
land shall be issued except 70 citizen ol
the United States.
Pepding action the house adjourned.
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Noble Words,
BKELIs, March 27.--Empress Victoria