Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-17
Senator Bate Wants Another Site
Selected.
THE SENATE SILVER DEBATE.
The Legal Tender Clause Will
Remain in the Bill.
THE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL PASSED.
SENATE.

House bill constituting Irondequoit bay,
N. y, navigable water of the United States
was reported and passed
House bill for a light station in the vicinity
OF Braddock's Point, N Y, was reported and
placed on the calendar.
Mr.. Call offered resolution (which was
agreed to- calling on the Secretary of War for
the latest reports to the condition of the
WORN ana the cost of the Improvements of the
St Johns river and the Indian river in Flor
ida.
THE LAFAYETTE MONUMENT SITE.
MIR. Bate offered long preamble and resolu-
ton (Which was referred to the committee on
public buildings and grounds) instructing that
committee to select site for the Lafayette
monument different from that chosen (between
the Executive Mansion and the Jackson statue)
and to suspend work on that site until another
be designated.
LIST OF COMMITTEE CLERKS CALLED FOR.
MIR. Mitchell offered resolution (Which
was agreed to- directing the secretary of the
Senate to furnish list of annual clerks to
Senate committees. with their salaries, and the
authority under which they are employed.
BILLS PASSED.
On motion of Mr.. Evarts the House bill to
amend the act for the erection of an appraisers s
warehouse in New York was taken from the cal
endar and passed.
The House report on the Senate bill for
public building at Salna, Kan, was presented
and agreed to. The limit of cost is S75, 900.
TIRE SILVER DEBATE.
The House silver bill was taken up and MIR.
Walcott addressed the Senate.
THE LEGAL TENDER CLAUSE RETAINED.
The Senate voted on the amendment re-
ported by the finance committee striking out
of the House silver bill the provision that the
treasury notes issued for silver ''shall be a
legal tender Ill payment of all debts. public
and private" The amendment was rejected
yeas. Ia; nays so; and the provision remains in
the bill.
NO BULLION REDEMPTION.
The second amendment, striking out the bull
lion redemption clause, was agreed to-yeas
57 nays, Z. So that clause is out of the bill.
FOR FREE COINAGE.
The third amendment reported by the
finance committee, striking out the sixth Sec
tion for free coinage of silver when the market
price is one dollar for 37l14 grains of pure
silver, was then takenu The amendment was
rejected-yeas 10; nays 46. So the provision
remains in the bill
NO LIMIT
The amen dment fixing the limitation of the
act TO ten years was rejected-yeas, A; nays, Ga
HOUSE.
Mr.. Kerr Gowa) presented and the House
agreed to the conference report on the bill for
public building at Alexandria, La. The limit
of cost is 100000.
On motion of Mr. Brewer Cfich) Senate bill
was passed for the relief of the Michigan Mill
tary Academy.
THE sUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
The House then went into committee of the
whole, Mr.. Burrows (Mlch.) in the chair on
the sundry civil appropriation bill.
THE BILL PASSED
The committee, after a short debate on va
rious amendments, arose and reported the bill
to the House. The amendment, adopted in
committee of the whole making specific in
lieu of an indefinite appropriation for
the payment of back pay was rejected and Mr..
Dockery (Me.) moved to recommit the
BILL with instructions to the committee
on appropriations to report it back
with clause making specific appropriations
for back pay and bounties. Rejected-yeas,
Sc; nays, 100.
The bill was passed.
THE INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL.
The House the went into committee on the
whole (Air. Allen Of Michigan in the chair) on
the Indian appropriation bill