The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-05-09
MATTERS In CONGRESS.
Interesting Fight for the Best
Place for Prominent
Measures.
The Friends of All Fighting for
Right-of-W -Way---Some Bad
Blood Shown.
Effort Made to Agree Upon a Silver
Bill---The News in
General.
wAsHrsoroS. May g.

WASHINGTON, May g.
The many prominent measures pending
in both houses Of congress, and upon
which the friends Of all ara fighting for
tight Of way, has caused some bad blood
between party leaders, which will perhaps
last for a few weeks. providing their meas
ures get through. Chairmen OF commit
tees are ANXIOUS TO get the large bills
they have under consideration first before
the house or senate, ~ the case
may be. Then all members wifh
private bills want them considered, bat
have 10 stand aside now until the
national measures ara ont of the way.
In the house the silver bill, river and
harbor bin aud tariff blll bad the first Of O
hard struggle for the supremacy. and the
tariff bill one. La the senate the admis-
sion OF Idaho and Wyoming add the silver
bills are crowding each other for plaee,
while other bills Of less importance are
being pushed, The death of Senator Beck
disaranged the senate program, and IL Is
more than likely that several bills will now
have tussel for supremacy The tariff
bill is now on in tho house. No program
has been prepared for the house except
that the uyer and harbor men viii make q
fight to take mp their bill AS soon as the
tariff bill is out OF the way, and there 10 q
general understanding that this viii
be done. unless something transpires in
the matter of silver that renders transac-
tion desirable.
Discussed the silver Hnl.
An effort was made by the senate repub-
lican silver committee to agree upon q
silver bill to be reported to the caucus.
Three OF the thirteen members we're
absent. The ten present, together with
Senator Stewart, who was invited TO take
part in the proceedings. after discussion
lasting nearly three hours. decided Ia ra4
port TO caucus TO be held later. the bill
reported by Senator Jones from the finance
committee some weeks ago, with amend
n,ents. One OF tho amendments proposed
strikes ont the provision Ia the reported bill
that the notes issued for the purchase Of
bullion, when redeemed, shall be cancelled.
.Astss4~sv sas@ ss~ss0ss.sy 90 sa&~ s-------w
to reissue them, with ths proviso that the
amount outstanding shall not at any time
be in excess of the amount paid ont for the
bullion deposited. Another amendment III
the addition of the sixth section OF the bill
adopted by the house caucus. which pro-
vides for the covering into the treasury OF
SO, ,00o, 900 Of lawful money nov held for
the redemption of national bank notes.
The Jones bill, II viii be remembered, di-
rects the secretary of the treasury TO pur-
chase monthly silver bullion to the value
OF 81, ,500, 600, the notes in payment thereof
to be redeemable in lawful money.
Two of the members OF the committee
felt that they could not unqualihedly give
their support to the measure, although
they were willing 20 have the matter go 10
the caucus for its decision. One Of them,
Il il said. will support II In case II 10 ap-
proved by the other republican senator's,
but the other was not ready TO go even so
far. He desires time to consider the situa-
tion. Senator Mitchell, OF Oregon, stated,
In referring to ths proposed compromise,
that while personally he was In favor OF
the free coinage of silver he believed the
measure-tie bullion redemption clause
having been omitted--to be free from any
vicious principle, and one that II adopted
would lead 10 free coinage. In this Sena-
tor Teller agreed.
Capital Briefs.
Representative Wilson has recommended
for naval cadet at Annapolis, Harlow e.
Truax, of walla WaIla, wash, who will
be appointed.
The fve- ruined house Of Secretary
Tracy has been sold for $50, $50. The sec
retary paid about s50,0O0 for the house
and expended about $25,o00 in improve
/ ments.
Queen 8 chapel farm, containing twenty
Ave acres, has been presented TO the Lu-
theran church as q site for home for
the aged. The gift comes from MRS. Sarah
Utermehle, member Of the church Of the
reformation.