The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-06-19
WASHINGTON NOTES.
AMENDING THE SILVER BILL.

AMENDING THE SILVER BILL.
WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE senate com.
mittee on finance today considered and
amended the house silver bill provision
making certificates issued in payment Of
bullion legal tender for public and private
debts, was struck out, leaving them receiv.
able for customs taxes and public dues
The bullion redemption clause was stricken
out also. The section providing for free
coinage of silver whenever the,market price
is 81 for 31H grains of pure silver. Thi:
act is made to take effect thirty days after
piration of ten years therefrom.
This action of the committee was not
unanimous, but the minority will make nc
report, reServing themselves the right to
offer an amendment on the~foor of the
senate. The striking out of the bullion re
demptlon clause. was by practically unani.
nous vote.
RESIGNED.
Schuyler s. Odds, secretary of the Repuo-
llcan congressional committee, yesterday
sent his resignation to Chairman Belden.
TAXING ADULTERATED BEER.
WASHINGTON, June l2.-The ways and
means committee today heard arguments
to impose tax upon adulterated beer. Mr.,
H. G, Finley of Cincinnati spoke in support
of the bill and number of persons in
terested in the ewing business headed by
President Mills of the United States Brewers
association, opposed it.
PRESIDENTIAL VETO.
The president today returned the house
without his approval the bill for the erec-
ton Of a public, building at Tuscaloosa,
Ala. The president in his veto message
says: "In the present uncertain state OF
the public revenues, and expenditures re
sulting from pending and probable legisla-
ton, there is to my mind an absolute neces-
sity that expenditures for public buildings
should be limited to cases where public
needs are very evident and very imperative,
1t is clear that this is not such case.
THE SOUTHERN ELECTION BILL.
The house caucus committee which is
charged with the preparation of national
election bill on the lines agreed upon by
the last caucus has been industriously per-
fecting details of measure and has so far
progressed as to be able to send draft OF
the bill to the public printer, When the
proofs are returned the committee will
meet again and con tinue the work of ar
made already. In the original Rowell
bill is the provision that in cases of conflict
between the returns sent in by state cleo
ton officers and by those of the United
States supervisors the latter are made to
constitute prima facie evidence of right of
member to his seat and provision that
the United States court within an election
district shall appoint board of three per.
sons representing both parties to canvass
the returns of the supervisors.
A problem that is giving the people some
concern is how to formulate the provision
of inserting the bill to carry out its desire
to prevent wholesale and wrongful disfran-
chisement of voters as alleged to prevail
in South Carolina and to meet the alleged
Virginia and North Carolina fraudulent
practices in connection with the purging of
the list of voters. 1t appears that much
difficulty is being experienced in making a
supervisory system to fill these needs, but
the committee is confident of its ability to
solve the question.