Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-12-13

Cs up ana Mr: Pugh addressed the
penate IN opposition TO it. Pending de-
session.
FRIDAY, Dec. 5.-When the election
blll was taken up in the Senate Nv
Gray made an elaborate argument
against It's passage. Then followed a
General debate. Mr.. German moved to
nave the bill reprinted, and suggested
mat the Senate adjourn till Monday
oub organizations Vi ,.s,eul4O TO the adj
Journmcnt suggestion came from
all sides. No action was taken on Mr.
Hof1nan inotlon, and Mr.. Morgan OF
iefed resolution, which went over till
tomorrow, calling on the attorney-een-
eral for statement Of the names
places Of residence and dates of an,
polntment of the chief supervisors Of
election now in Office III each judicial
district IN the several states.
SATURDAY, Dec. Gin the Senate to-
day MIR. Sherman introduced three bills
and one amendment to bill, all OF
Wnlch were referred to the finance COM
mlttee. The new bills are as follows: To
amend the law relating to the refining
ana parting OF bullion; to amend the act
authorizing the receipt of gold coin in
exchange for gold bars, and bill au-
thorlzlng the reCoinage of subsidiary
coins the United States. The amend
ment IS one to the Senate bill to reduce
tie amount Of United States bonds to be
required of national banks. The pro-
VISIONS of the amendment are as follows:
Section l limits the compulsory
requirements of deposits of United
States bonds with the treasurer of the
United States by national banks to the
amount Of $1,000 of bonds for each and
every national bank, provided that the
,fo, I, Il e..
retirement Of national bank notes shall
not exceed $3,OO0,000 in any month
1t further provides that the act shall
not apply to the deposits of bonds,
which may be required by the section
OF the treasury, to secure deposits
Of public money in the National Banks.
Section 2 provides that upon United
States bonds deposited or which may be
deposited, bearing interest, any national
banking association making the deposit
shall BE entitled to receive from the
comptroller of the currency circulat
ing notes of different denomina-
tons, not exceeding in the whole
amount the par value of the bonds
time shall the total amount of such notes
issued to any association exceed the
amount at such time actually paid in Of
it's capital stock. Section authorizes
the secretary to issue United States
notes equal to the retirement of
National Bank notes, below a cir
culation of $180,000,00O. Section 4
authorizes the issue of United States
bonds to an amount not to exceed $780,
100000 to be redeemed at the pleasure
of the government and to bear 2 per
cent. interest. They are to be sold for
lawful money or coin certificates, and
the proceeds are to be applied to the re-
demption or purchase of United States
bonds. There was some discussion
over resolution offered by Mr.. Nor
gan calling for a statement Of money
paid to John /. Davenport, which
finally went over till Monday. Mr..
Paddock presented the protest OF
the Farmers Alliance. now IN ses-
sion at Ocala, Fla, to the Conger
land bill. The House amendment to
the Senate Joint resolution for the issue
of arms to the states of North and
South Dakota, Wyoming and Nebraska,
was concurred in. 1t extends its pro-
visions to the state OF Montana: The
Senate then resumed consideration of
the election bill, and Mr.. Gray resumed
the floor and continued his argument
against it, Before he had finished his
speech the Senate went into executive
session, and soon adjourned.
MONDAY, Dec. Sin the Senate to-
dav the resolution calling on the secre-
tary Of the treasury for a statement of
moneys paid to John L. Davenport as
chief superVisor of elections IN each
wear since 1871, was agreed to- Mr..
Hoar asked unanimous consent TO nave
a time fixed FRIDAY next at p. NJ. for
taking the final vote on the elections
bill. Mr.. Dawes read portions Of let
ter written by Mr.. Lee, census Indian
accent. from the Pine Ridge agency to
the Interior Department, going to show
that there is no lack of food among the
Sioux. The discussion was continued on
the Joint resolution heretofore intro
duced by Mr.. Morgan approprlatlng
So. 600 for an investil atlon OF the out
break. The resolution was referred to
the committee on Indian affairs.
TUESDAY, Dec. 9.-Mr. Mcpherson OF,
fered a resolution, which was agreed
to, calling on the secretary Of the treas
urv for a certified copy of the accounts
of John l. Davenport, chief supervisor
of elections for the Southern District OF
New York. for the elections OF 1854,
1886. and 1883, together with
reports, correspondence, etc, Ihe
resolution heretofore offered by Mr.
Jones (Ark.) calling on the attorney,
general for statement OF moneys pald
or called for by the supervisor OF the
First and Second Congressional districts
of Arkansas, in connection with the latG
election there, was taken up ana agreed
to, after a statement by Mr.. Jones
that he had seen a paragraph IN
a Little Rock newspaper TO me
effect that John Mcclure, the