Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-07-19


States government to use both gold and
silver as full legal tender money;
instructing the President to in
vie the governments of the
Latin Union countries, and of such
other nations as he may deem advisable
to join the United States in con-
ference to adopt common ratio be-
tween gold and silver for the purpose
of establishing, internationally, the
use of bl-metalic money and
securing fxity of relative value between
those metals. The conference is to be
held at such place as may be mutually
governments joining it; and when, in
United States, sufficient num-
Der of nations shall have entered
into such international agree
ment he shall declare the
ratio so fixed to be the existing ratio in
the United States. The president is to
appoint no less than three nor more
than five commissioners to attend such
conference on the part of the United
States, and who are to receive $500
and their reasonable expenses. The
joint resolution was referred to the
finance committee and after some de-
bate on the subsidy bill, Mr.. Vest of
the American merchant marine, a pro-
vision for free ships, to be used only in
the foreign carrying trade, not in the
coastwise or lake trade. The bills
went over without action after an un-
successful effort by Mr.. Frye to have an
agreement to vote upon them to-mor-
row.
SATURDAY, July Fin the Senate
Mr.. Vest spoke at length against the
subsidy bills. He was followed by Mr..
Stewart. Mr.; George spoke in opposi-
amendment providing that the total sum
paid to any vessel sailing between
any American port and foreign ports
shall in no case exceed the sum paid to
vessels of the same class and tonnage
between such foreign ports and the
nearest American port thereto. After
discussion the amendment was re-
jected-yeas q, nays 81 Ca party vote).
Mr.. Teller offered an amendment pro-
viding that no vessel shall be entitled to
payment under the act that makes any
discrimination between or gives
unequal facilities to competitive
ing or forwarding of freights
or at any foreign port. Agreed to. The
vote was then taken on the amend
ment offered yesterday by Mr.. Vest,
providing free ships for the foreign
trade, but not for the lake or coastwise
trade. The amendment was rejected
yeas Is, nays 20 "a strict party vote).
The tonnage subsidy bin was then
passed-yeas 20, nays Is. The vote
was then taken on the postal subsidy
bill, and it was passed-yeas %, nays
Is. On motion Of Mr.. Morrill,, the tar
I; +oJ l. IN +ho
finished business" for Monday
MONDAY, July IA The limit of cost
for the Milwaukee public building was
tonight fixed at 81 100000, an increase
of $500 900. Among the amendments re-
ported from the committee on APP
preparations and agreed to by the SEN
ate were the following: Increasing
the item for repairs Of the Chicago
custom house from $45 900 to 100000;
inserting item for light station on
Eleven Foot Shoal, Mich, $50 900; for
completing lighthouse on the easterly
end of the outer breakwater, $4,000;
Seal Rock, off Point ST. George, Cal,
$67 900; for new steam tender for serv-
ice in the First Lighthouse District,
$4,000; tender for the Ninth and Eley-
enth Lighthouse Districts, SIS 900; tend
err for the Thirteenth Lighthouse District
$95 ,000 inserting items Of $4,000 for
the collection and distribution of the in
digenous fishes Of the Mississippi VAL
ley; $4,000 for the completion of the
government trout breeding and dis
tributing station in Lake County, Cal,
and $4,000 for fish hatchery at North
vile, Mich; increasing item for trans
portation of silver coin from $25, 900
to $50, 900; inserting an item of 1888 800
for the purpose of improving, ex-
tending and repairing vaults in the
treasury building and for constructing
new vaults or safes there. The amend
ment to insert an item of $50O,00 for
establishing in Washington a Latin
American memorial library, the site to
be selected by the secretary Of state and
the building to be erected under his
direction and supervision, having been
reached, Mr.. Vest offered an amend
ment to that effect and appropriating
$50, 900 for the purpose. At the sugges-
ton of Mr.. German the amendment
went over without action. Having dis
posed of fifty Of the ia pages of the
bill it was laid aside till tomorrow.
TUESDAY, July 15.-Mr. Sherman re-
ported substitute for the bill intro
duced by him on May Is, to reduce the
quired of national banks, and to restore
to the channels of trade the excessive
accumulations of lawful money in the
treasury. The bill was placed on the
calendar. It provides that the compul-
sorry requirement of the deposit of
United States bonds with the treasurer
of the United States by national
banks be limited, in amount, to
81 900 of bonds for each bank,