, 1889-12-12
THE SENATE.
Bills and Resolutions Introduced
Adjourned to Monday.

WAsHIHGToN, Dec. 5.-Among the bills
introduced in the senate to-day, and re-
ierred, were the following:
BY Call--For the relief of tho sufferers
IN the Samoan disaster and to regulate
immigration.
BY Spooner-For the protection OF
federal officers in the discharge of their
duties. The bill declares the supervis-
ors of elections officers of the circuit
courts of the United States, and charges
them with the enforcement of tho ma
tional election aud naturalization laws.
BY Ingalls--To aid ana secure tho
commemorative of the four hundredth
anniversary of the discovery of Amer
lea.
Coke To limit the Jurisdiction of the
circuit and district courts of the United
States.
Beck-For the retirement of United
States legal tender and national bank
notes of small denomination, and the
issue Of coin certificates I'm lieu of gold
and silver certificates, also to repeal the
laws relating to the sinking funds.
Voorhees, offered long preamble and
resolution with reference to tariff taxa
ton, which he asked to have laid upon
the table for the present. II declared
that the existing tariff taxes OH mer.
ehundise should be so revised, repealed,
Or amended, as to provide: first-fOr
4it tOIltGtluu Ol slllllcltnt amount Dl
revenue to pay the expenses OF the gov
srnment economically administered,
the principal and interest of the public
debt AS they fall due, and liberal pen
;ions, but not dollar more.
SecOnd--For the taxation of all arti-
,loS of luxury at the highest practicable
rates. and for the reduction of the taxes
on all the ncccssarios of civilized life to
The lowest possible rates consistent with
iariil for nothing but revenue.
Third--For the curtailment and over
throw, as far as possible, of all monopo.
lies III trade by the enlargement OF the
free list to the full extent that can be
done without impairing and endangcr-
ing the necessary revenues of the gov
ernment having in view at all times and
under all circumstances a liberal policy
Of trade with the people of foreign coun-
tries and the establishment of equal and
exact justice among our own citizens,
with exclusive privileges to none.
Plumb offered a resolution, which was
agreed to, calling on the secretary of the
treasury for n statement as to whether
employees in the office of the sub-treas-
ury at New York have given security
bonds to foreign corporations, and IL so,
what reasons operated to secure such
preference for foreign corporations.
Moody (South Dakotu) introduced Il
bill to prohibit the officers and agents of
the government from requiring the pay
ment OF special taxes under the internal
revenue laws for the manufacture or sale
of Intoxicating liquors in states where
such manufacture or sale is prohibited
by the state constitutions; referred.
BY Misunderstanding that any per-
son or association which for any reason
shall fail to make good his entry of pub
lie land and abandons the same, shall
have the right to make another entry
under the land laws.
BY Hale-For immigration, the bill
reported in the house last year from tn,
special Immigration committee.
BY Hale-Authorizing the president
10 have constructed by contract eight
battle ships of 1900 to 10000 tous dis
placement, two armored coast defense
vessels. three gunboats of 800 to 12Ot
tons, and five lirst.class torped boats
No discretion Is given to the seceetary
of the navy in the matter of premiums
to be allowed for speedin excess of the
contrrct requirements. The secretary
may build the vessels ut the navy yards
in casa he cannot contract for them al
reasonable prices.
INGALLS, PRESIDENT PRO TEN.
The vice president having informed
the senate that he would be absent from
the city two or three days next week
Mr.. Ingalls, was elected president pre-
tenn during the absence of the vice presi
deni.
The senate then adjourned until Mon
day.