National Republican., 1888-04-05

IN The Scnat" yesterday Mr. Palmer by
rclucst) introduced q hill To test and try the
science Of spelling. and to provil" Tor r.tnl-
fishing lcn schools for that purpose ,b'iuE
the same I'LL introduced in the House 10y
Mr. tuwlcr)
Mr.. stewart offered u resolution (Which
WI, agreed to- directing the Secretary -
The Treasury to report what precautions
have nccm taken to prevent the importation
Of lead and lead ores from Mexico aud Can.
alta in violation of the revenue laws; aud
what legislation is necessary to- prevent the
smuggling Of lead and lead ores.
MIR. Vest moved TO reconsider the vote
by which llast Saturday, the House bill for
public building at Buffalo, n. Y, was
passed lie said that some facts concern
ing the matter had come to his knowledge
since then, and he wished to have the bill
retommittcd to the committee on public
buildings and grounds The pre- eslding Off
Ger, however, decided that two legislative
days having htcrvcncd since the bill was
passed, the IN otion to reconsider could not
he entertained. 1t also transpirCd in the
cCuisc of the discussion that the bill was
before the Pres ideut.
MIR. Wilson, Of Iowa. gave notice that be
would address the Senate to-day on the
Presidents message.
The Senate. on motion of Mr.. sherman,
preceded to the consideration of the bill to
reimburse the dcpositors of the Frecdman's
Savings and Trust Company for losses in
CURED by the failure of that company.
AT l..T. +. -. =.
Mr.. Vest had objected to the provision to
pay the illegal representatives. of de-
Iositors, and Mr. Evarts had suggested the
amendment of personal representatives. >
Mr.. Sherman said he had no objection to
the proposed amendment, although he
thought that the bill was sufficiently
well guarded in provision against paying
the assignee of a deuositor.
Mr.. Voorhees, thought that the hill had
VI ettcr stand as II was, leaving the law to
determine to whom the payments should be
made.
Mr.. George said he would like to see the
money paid to the persons entitled-th0t is.
the dcpositors, or their heirs, executors, or
administrators. lie feared that under the
terms of the bill, claim agents would get
powers Of attorney, with large contingent
fees, ind thus the object of the bill would be
evadcd
Mr.. Cockrcl moved to amend by striking
cut illegal representatives, and inserting
the words 'tO the widow and children, ii
any: II not, TO the father and mother. If any;
and If not then to brothers and sisters and
none othcrs.n Unless payments, he said
were confined to actual depOsitors and their
heirs the bill had better he entitled, "A
bounty to claim agents and sharks
Mr.. llawlcy thought that the bill had bet
ter he left as It came from the finance conf
mittec. The commission had administered
its tiust thus far faithfully and quite as near
to exact justice and equity as Il score Of
amendments could make the bill.
Mr.. lIiscock suggested the words 1.-The
widow and next of kin respectively
Mr. Voorhees, approved of Mr.. lIiscOck' 5
srggesiion--for he could not see why the
line should be drawn las in Mr.. Cockrclrs 5
amendment) against grandchildren. He
thought there was needless alarm in the
matter, and that the bill as it came from the
finance committee was perfectly safe.
Mr. Riddlcbcrger reminded senators that
there were no marital relations among col
ored people in slave times IN the south, and
therefore there were no legal widows and
no Legitimate children or grandchildren.
lie claimed to represent that element In the
south, and to be the only senator who did
represent 1t, and he declared that the bill,
with the amendments proposed, would per
petuate greater fraud on the freedmen of
the south than the bank itself did. He sug-
gestcd that the amendments be printed aud
the bill go over until to-day.
Mr. Daniel thought that It might, per-
haps, he better to let the bill go over for
further cons liberation, but he did not con-
slider the objections of the senator from
Virginia altogether practical ones because
in Virginia and in the other southern states
| the de faCtO marital relations of the cOlored
| people had been legitimatized. But us II
was impC ssiblc for colored people from
Mississippi or Texas to present themselves
in Washington in propria persona the EN-
| ploNme Of claim agents under proper rule,
| and regulations was, he thought, indispensa'
BILE.
Mr.. Platt insisted on taking up the unfln
| ished business, the bond purchase bill, anL
| SO the Frcedman's Bank bill went over with
out action on any of the amendments.
The Senate then resumed consideration o
the House bill to provide for the purchase
Of United States bonds by the Secretary OF
the Treasury, the pending question being OF
| Mr.. Beck's amendment
Mr.. Teller criticized the statement of Mr.
Mel hersDn Tuesday and the day before il
regard to silyer-as TO the country bein!
within sixty days if the amendment should
| become law on u silver basis, with golt
at premium. lie read figures to show tina
the use of silver coin and silver certificates II
| the PAYNE mt of import duties is inconsequen
tial. and he declared that there was nothing
| in the financial experience of the countr,
or the world that would Justify the state
mont that IL $3.50, 10000 of silver coin were
put on the market any difference would b.
| made in the relative value of the silver dol
lar and silver bullion. lie denied that there
wGs any intrinsic value in money, whethe
gold, silver, or paper. II had simply {
value corresponding with its ability to at
n. Ill all 90 Itt
as much gold as il would In 1859, still, witt
rare exceptions land those having nothing
whatever to do with the character Of til
money!, it would buy as much as ii eve
would in the last hundred years. The grca
trouble, he said, with people who propheSie
financial distress was not that they were no
honest, but that they were ignorant. Me-
who had not studied the A, b, G of linNnc
Immediately assumed when they came int
office (oNecuive or otherwisc) to lcctur
those who had given lifelong study to tn
question; so that the country was sufcrin
from the ignorance of scli.cOnsttutc
guardians of its finances.
The silver question, he said, did not en-
any particular figure in the pending bill
Tie amount Of silver that would he coine
under the Beck amendment would he insi9
nifcant and would have little or no inliuenc
on the value of silver. But II would tell I'll
world that the great silver producing colll
try Of the world was satisfied that it did N,
make mistake when it partially remonj
tl2ed silver; and that, step by step, 1t prC
posed to go on until there was complet
recognition of silver as Il money metal, In a
respects, with gold.
The question being ON Mr., Beck
amendment, Mr.. Allison desired TO oirC
an amendment to II to extend the tim
frCm thirty days 10 sixty days. but w
informed by the presiding officer that NJ
Bcck's amendment was one In the sccon
degree being an amendment to the subst
| tutc.
The question was taken on Mr. Beck
amendment and it was agreed tO-ycas 3
nays l3,
Mr., Reagan offered an amendment ii
rccting the purchase and cancellation {