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necessary at any time and this saving clause
VIII be as effeclYe as tho bullion redemption

necessary at any time. and this saving clause
WI be as effective as the bullion redemDtior
| Another objection which Is raised by the nj.
! IRA silver mon, Is that the provision that the
secretary shall buy 100000 ounces OF silver
gives the Sec etary tho power to pre- Ont
any any purchases when he desires by running INNING
will he offered. The ultra gold men are, Of
course. greatly out OF sorts Al having 10 yield
ms much as they have othe silver mon but the
Bland, one OF Tho Democratic con Mo- said
TODAY that tho bill was vicious, that 1t put
silver In a worse position than II now is. and
that the silver men ought to defeatit He for
one would never vote for such measure
! In December last the Navy Department is
sued an advertisement and circular inviting
steel manufacturers 10 submit armor plates
| for n competitive test to be held at the Naval
Ordnance proving ground at Annapolis, Hay
ing failed to secure, in respon to this adj
vertisement any nrmor plnteS OF American
manufacture, the department has decided to
test the relative merits OF three varietie~ Of
three " plates iOS inches Thick have, been
purchased abroad md will DO tested BY q
mouth mouth The STG Tst 0 o Rsse S pos
pound plate Of tho kind used In England, made
by Cammell Go. Tho second is steol plate
made by the Creusot Co.. and Of the Kind
adopted IN certain continental countries, The
third Is Of an alloy Of stoel and nickel which Is
reported to hpve shown remarkable resisting
qualities on the proving ground at Creusct and
in England. These Plates will be attacked
with forged steel shell OF and calibre nred
lively ''O - -'O'' ' -'0
The Finance Committee OF the Senate had
under consideration to-day the nominations
II ade by tho President OF members Of tho
Board OF APPRAISERS. 1t is said that there Is
some oppositlon to the CONTINUATION Of Messrs.
e1rfe H. sSp and a. 90
Consequently all OF the nominations have been
held up for further consideration at the next
meeting OF the committee
Petitions from half dozen or more States
were presented to the Senate to-day praying
for an acknowledgement of God and the Chris
tian religion in the Constitution OF tho United
States. Tho petitions soy that this defect en-
authority of government Is derived solely from
the will Of the people aud not from the vii! OF
God that II ENCOURAGES he false doctrine that
civil government has no moral or religious du-
ties TO perform. and that irreligious and even
immoral men may be properly and safely en-
trusted with Its administration.
The House Committee on Elections disposed
OF two Mississippi contested election cases to-
day-Hill VS.. Catchings, from the Third district,
apd Kernaghan vs.. Hooker, from the Seventh
tnG % o and
Hooker. The Florida case Of Go ,drich VS.. Bull
lock was discussed. at length and the final de-
1t was apparent that the majority Is disposed
to report in favor OF the claims OF Goodrich.
the Republican contestant.
Representati'o Lacey was instructed to
notify Mr.. Garland to appear and make arRu-
ment before the Committee next Tuesday In
the case OF Representative Breckinridge OF
Arkansas.
Congressman Enloe OF Tennessee. who has
taken it upon himself to prevent the transact
tion Of any business every Friday night unless
quorum is present. will get more than he
bargains for If the Republicans carry out their
little scheme as agreed on to-day Next Fri
da> night when Mr.. Enloe makes the point OF
no quorum: one OF tie Republicans will de-
will be forced to sit 1t out until 1890. the hour
for adjournment This little scheme will
make it exceedingly unpleasant for he MEM
bers and fnloe will be blamed for the incon-
venience they will he subjected TO.
Chairman Hit OF the Foreign Affairs Com
mitteo sat in his seat until the House ad-
journed this afternoon awaiting an opportunity
to introduce q resolution calling for all the
on the Behring Sea question.
but owing to the tactics employed bv Mr.. |
Rogers of Arkansas he was unable to get in
the resolution, and IL went over until to- NOR
row. Mr. Hit said he could not tell how long
It would take for the State Department to COM
ply with his resolution. hut he thought the
In ormation would be supplied the House 10 q
few days. The resolution will not. 1t Is
thought, in any way Interfere with the pend !
ing negotiations between the United States |
and Great Britain,