Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-23
CONGRESSIONAL
Senate Continues Discussion of the
Silver Bill, which is Laid Aside.
The Naval Appropriations Taken Up-The
House Discusses the River and
HRrbor Appropriations Bill.
SENATE

WASHINGTON, May 22.-The regular
message was presented from the presi-
dent with an accompanying communica-
ton from the secretary. of the interior on
| the subject of che purchase from the
| Creek nation of Indians OF 20, 900 acres
| of land for the use of the Seminoies.
| Referred to committee on Indian affairs.
The credentials of CALVIN S. Brice as
senator from the state of Ohio for six
years, commencing March 4, 1891, were
presented by Mr.. Payne, read and placed
| on file.
Among the bills reported and placed
on the calendar was one appropriating
5000 900 for dry dock at Algiers, La.
A conference committee was ordered
on the District of Columbia appropriation
bill, also on the pension bill.
The silver bill was then taken up and
Mr.. DANIEL addressed the senate
in favor of silver currency.
He said gold and silver money were
welded by nature. They were beauti
full; they were durable; they were divisi-
BILE; they possessed permanent and
ubiquitous value; they were
readily measurable; they were readily
stamped and coined; they were both
limited in quantity and were each the
product of labor by divine right and
natural selection; they were the king and
queen of money. Notwithstanding the
brave stand which silver had taken at
the national Republican oonven ton a
Chicago, positive hindrances were in
terposed by the administration against
free coinage of both metals at a fixed
ratio. he ridiculed the idea of an ava
Ian nf ell hi ho
United States in case of free coinage of
silver. 1t was obvious there was no
such annual production of silver in the
world as to cause any fear on that score.
There was only one other point Of appre-
hension, the apprehension that there was
an accumulated stock of silver that
would rush the Americans as soon
as the mint was open to free coinage,
but that was answered by the secretary
of the treasury himself, who stated IN his
report ''there is no known accumulation
of silver bullion anywhere IN the world. -
All silver should be readmIttsd to free
coinage, and all silver being 80 admitted
to value equal with gold 1t was most
reasonable to conclude that as soon as
there was restoration of silver to
its ancient plane of money dignity, and
thus an enlargement of the worlds
volume of money, prices of these things
that had gone down with its decline
would again have tendency to rise |
with Its ascension.
At the close of Mr.. Daniels speech |
the silver bill was laid aside and naval |
bill taken up. All former |
and minor amendments reported by the |
committee were agreed to, and then the |
bill went over without further action. |
After executive session the senate adj
journed.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, May 22.-Mr. Dunnel
of Michigan, from the committee of the
reported bill amendatory of The
census act. Passed. It presoribes a
penalty upon any supervisor or enumer-
ator who shall receive, or any person
who shall pay any fee or other consider
alton in addition TO compensation of such
or enumerator.
Conferences were ordered on the army
bill and the military acad-
envy bill. The house then went into COM
mittee of the whole on the river and hara$i
Dor bill.
Mr.. Henderson of Illinois, chairman of
The committee on rivers and hRrbors,
Ok planned the provisions of the bill, stat
ng that it appropriated $40, 1892 200
based upon estimates aggregating $50,
500 600. He believed that there was no
money that went out of the treasury that
vas so much in the interest of the pso-
pie of the country as the money expend-
ID in the Improvement of the rivers and
larboTs. Every dollar expended in re-
no15ng distractions in rivers and imped-
ments in harbors was expended
n behalf of the people, and if
his government was constituted for
my wise purpose whatever it was consti-
uted for the purpose of looking to the
interest of the people.
Mr.. Blanchard of Louisiana spoke In
avor of the principle of the river and
larbor bills, contending that they did
more to solve the problem of cheap trans
,ortation than all the interstate
commerce bills that could be passed.
n reference 10 the recent floods
n the Mississippi river, he opposed the
,utlet system and said the system of
evees was the only one which would
prevent disaster from foods.
Mr.. Kerr of Iowa attacked the bill,
which was defended by Mr.. Grosvenor of
ohio.
After further debate the committee
ose and the house adjourned.