Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-04
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Senate Holds a Secret
Session.
DEBATING THE BOND BILL.
The House Spends Some Time il
a Discussion of the Direct
Tax Bill.
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WASHINGTON, April Sin the Sem
ate to-day, Mitchell, from the Com
mittee on Railroads, reported bill tt
appropriate 100000 for a boat rail
way around the distractions to navi.
CATION in the Columbia river ut the
BALES and Cello Falls. The bill was
placed on the calendar.
Stewart withdrew his motion here.
tofore made to reconsider the vote pas.
sing the bill for the relief of purchasers
aid other grantees Of swamp and over
flowed lands, and to reimburse and
indemnity certain States. Tne bill
goes to the House.
The resolution heretofore offered by
Riddleberger to suspend SO much oi
of the rules as to provide for an exc.
cutive session during the considera-
tion OF the Fisheries Treaty, was taken
up. He had given notice yesterday
that he would call up the resolution in
order that those who were opposed to
it might absent themselves and draw
upon the courage which they lacked
to vote for it. His proposition had
been beaten from time to time, and
had been for five years, by just the
game kind ef parliamentary practice
that had been tried to-day. He called
for the yeas and nayS,
On agreeing to the resolution, Ed
monds said he desired to submit
some observations to the Senate
which he did not care to submit to
Her Majesty's Ministers just at pres.
ent. He therefore moved that the
galleries be cleared and the doors
closed. The motion was agreed to
and the order executed.
The Senate, after two hours spent
in secret session, opened the doors.
During the secret session Senator
Riddleberger's resolution to consider
the Fisheries Treaty in open session
was the only subject of debate
Senators Edmunds and Hoar made a
strong fight against the resolution.
Upon motion of Senator Butler the
resolution was ordt red to be referred to
the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Only eight Senators voted in the
negative.
The Senate then resumed consider
alton of the Bond bill. A vote was
taken on Palmer's motion to recon-
NIT the bond purchase bill and the
motion was rejected. Yeas 20, nays 81.
A substi for the bond purchase
bill declaring that authority to pur-
chase bonds was given in the act
making appropriations for sundly
civil expenses for the year ending
June 80, 1882, and was intended to
be a permanent provision of the law,
and is declared such and is to be now
in full force and effect, was offered by
Spooner and was agreed to.
Spooner's substitute was agreed to
without division. Beck then offer
ed an amendment as an additional
section, providing that whenever the
circulation, Or any portion thereof,
of any bank, not in liquidation, shall
be surrendered and snail not be taken
up by other National banks, the Sec
retary OF the Treasury shall pur r;hase
at the market price an equal amount
of silver bullion, in excess of the min
imum monthly silver coinage, which
shall be col ed and used as provided
for in the silver coinage bill Of Feb
ruary 28, 1878.
Stewart proposed an addition to the
amendment, aud Beck accepted it,
providing that nothing in the act
shall alter or repeal the silver coinage
act OF 1873.
Sherman approved fully Of the SUBJ
stitute as agreed to, and thought it an
Improvement on the House bill, but.
thought best to postpone the consider
alton of Beck's proposition until a
more convenient season. He was
clearly of the opinion that il was not
wise to continue the coinage Of silver
when purchased. If the proposition
was stripped OF that feature, and if it
applied only to the purchase and not
the deposit OF silver bullion, it would
be relieved of objection. Would it
not be best to let the bill as it now
stood, as unobjectionable in form, go
to the President and be approved and
carried into execution, and let the
proposed amendment and all propo-
sitions as to- the silver question go to
the Committee on Finance and be
carefully considered?
Allison suggested some verbal
changes in Beck's amendment so as to
make it read: "That whenever the
circulation, or any portion thereof, OF
any National bank not in liquidation,
shall be surrendered by the deposit of
United States notes in the treasury,
or otherwise, and the same on any
equivalent amount shall not be taken
by other National banks within thirty
days, the Secretary Of the Treasury
shall, ETC." gf
After further debate by Beck, Nc
Pherson and Plumb ,andwithout action
on the amendment offered by Beck
and with substitute for the bill still
to be reported from the Committee OF
the Whole, the Senate adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
nfscnSsfOn of the Direct Tax