Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-06-26
FlFTY-FIRST CONGRESS-
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FlFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
RAILROAD IN THE TERRITORY.
The senate passed the house bill to grant
the right of way through the Indian terri.
tory to the Pittsburg, Columbus i Fort
Worth Railway company.
ARMY PROMOTIONS.
The senate passed its bill to provide 70,
the examination of certain officers of the
army and to regulate promotion therein. Il
provides that promotion to every grade be-
low that of brigadier general throughout each
army corps shall be made according to SEMI
ority in the next lower grade of that army
corps or department. 1t also prescribes q
system of examination of all officers Of the
army below the rank of major.
FURTHER CONFERENCE.
A message from the house asking further
conference on the trust bill was assented to
by the senate.
DEFICIENCY MADE GOOD.
The deficiency appropriation bill for PEN
sions and the census was reported and passed
by the senate.
THE HOUSE SILVER BILL IN THE SENATE.
Senator Allison said he should vote for the
house bill as amended by the senate finance
committee. By the payment of the public
IL
ually passing away. The question to be con-
sidered was what currency could be safely
substituted for the national bank circulation.
He thought it would be the Judgment of the
senate that if the government issued paper
money it should Issue it on something that
was in and of itself convertible into legal
tender money. Therefore the bills proceeded
on the idea that whatever paper money should
be issued, should be issued on silver bullion
purchased by the government at market
price. ''Why," he asked, "had silver bullion
been selected as the basis for that new paper
money? 1t was because the public mind
rested in the belief that sooner or later that
silver bullion would be coined and would be-
come a part of the metallic currency" II
was on that basis that he would vote for the
bill. He believed that the only safe way to
rehabilitate silver was to secure a concurrent
agreement among the nations whereby they
would open their minis cencurrently to the
free coinage of silver at an agreed rate.
Senator Vest claimed that free coinage of
silver had always been the democratic policy.
The reason the democratic party said moth
1888, was not because it had receded from
the position which it had always held. It was
because President Cleveland was an eastern
man, a New York man, who did not sympa-
thize with the majority of the party on that
question. Mr.. Cleveland had come to the
presidency imbued with the prejudices of the
New York bankers, and was In one sense las
far as his opinion on silver was concerned) a
sectional man.
MANAGERS OF SOLDIERS HOMES.
In the house, on motion of Mr.. Williams,
of Ohio, an amendment was agreed to APP
pointing E. n. Morrill,, of Kansas, and AL
fred L. Pearson, of Pennsylvania, as men,
bers of the board of managers of soldiers
homes.
The senate spent much time discussing and
voting upon amendments framed by its judi
ciary committee.
The first was to strike out the provision
that the treasury notes issued for the pur--
payment of all debts public and private"
The amendment was rejected-yeas, IA,
nays, 80, and the provision remains IN the
bill.
Other amendments were rapidly acted
upon: the silver men carrying every point.
At last Senator Plumb offered substitute
for the first section of the house bill, which
and it was agreed to by a vote of 43 to "A. 1t
ls section of the bill as passed by the SEN.
ate. See dispatches for the complete bill.
The discussion showed a division not upon
party lines strictly.
While the forty-two votes for the bill upon
its passage were largely, they were not al
republicans. and of the twenty five votes
cans.
Senator Edmunds spoke at length against
the BILL The nays were: Alrich, Allen, ALI
son, Blair, Casey, Chandler, Collum, Dawes,
Edmunds, Evarts, Frye, Gray. Hale, Hawley,
Hiscock, Hoar, Mcpherson, Morrill,, Plat,
Sawyer, Sherman, Spooner, Stockbridge,
Washburn, Wilson. Md.-25.
CLERK HIRE INCREASED.
The senate agreed to an amendment to al.
bill increasing the salary of
committee clerks from 81 800 to
81 800, and the salary of clerks to senator's
from 81 500 to 81 800.
CERTAIN INDIAN MONIES STRUCK OUT.
The house while considering the Indian
bill in spite of the strenuous
efforts of Mr.. Perkins, of Kansas, and Mr.
Peet, of Arkansas, appropriations of 81, 200
for the Creek Indians and $4S,oOO Tor the
Pottawatomie Indians were stricken from
the bill.
MISSOURI RIVER BRIDGE.
The senate passed the house bill to extend
the time one year for the commencement
and construction of q bridge over the Mis-
souri, river near Kansas City, Kansas.
PARLIAMENTARY RULES.
Nleu tne silver WAS IetuTucu u
house by the senate the speaker referred it
to the appropriate committee, as is the
course under the rules, the house having no
of the reference until the reading
of the journal the next day. When the jour
nal was read an entire session was spent IN
first, whether the speakers act
was according to the rules; and second
the house approve the act by ap-
proving the journal. The house adjourned Z
before fully settling these points.
SALARY INCREASE DETEArRD.
The senate, on motion of Senator Allison,
refused to increase the salary of the commits
sioner of Indian affairs from $4,000 to
5000.
THE SILVER BILL AGAIN.
The house spent another entire session IN
discussing the status of the silver bill IL
had been received from the senate and BY
the speaker referred to the committee ON
coinage. The house, upon reading OF the
Journal, showing such reference, had voted 70
,tr1ke out of the journal the record of such
4 reference of the bill. This left the bill in
he hands of that committee, but whether
riRhtfully or not was the matter of conten!:
ion in this debate. Il was not settled be-
lore adjournment.
NEWS RREVITIES