Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-09-25
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
MoNK1Y BUSINESS.

q speech IN the house said naughty things
about the senate in general, and two repub-
was challenged at the time as breach of
courtesy due betweed the two houses.
The speech did not appear in the Congress
sional Record until two weeks after 1t was
| spoken, and then in a corrected form, with
much of the personal charges eliminated.
There was enough left in it, however. to
wake up question of privilege, and reso-
luton declaring that the house condemned
such uncourteous utterances. This was made
| the most Of by the obstructionists IN the
house, to kill time with.
BILLS PASSED By THE SENATE.
Several bridge bills were passed by the
| senate. Also the senate bill to create the
office Of auditor of railroad accounts: whose
duty shall be 10 receive reports from rail-
roads of all services rendered to the govern
ment
The senate also passed the senate bill for
the relief of certain officers and enlisted men
of the First Kansas volunteers.
CONFERENCE ON.
The house voted to nonconcur in senate
amendments to the tariff bill, and agreed to
ference thereon.
TO MARX LINES OF BATTLE.
The senate passed the house bill for mark
ing the lines of battle and the positions of
troops of the army of northern Virginia at
Gettysburg, Pa.
ANrI-LOTTERY.
The house anti-lottery bill was. on motion
of Senator Sawyer. taken from the calendar
and passed without word of discussion.
TIMBER CULTURE LAW.
Senator Plumb, from the committee on
public lands, reported a substitute for the
house bill to repeal timber culture laws,
which substitute bill was passed, and con-
ference comittee on the bill appointed, with
Senator Plumb at its head.
HOUSE CONFERENCE.
The speaker announced the appointment
of the following conference on the tariff bill:
Messrs. Mckinley, Burrows, Bayne, Dingley,
Mills, McMillen and Flowers.
BANKRUPTCY.
Senator Plumb offered resolution to re-
commit the house bankruptcy bill to the
judiciary committee, with instructions to
amend it so as to provide for system of
voluntary bankruptcy only. and to report it
back SO amended at the earliest practicable
moment.
FOURTH DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA.
The house took up the contest from the
Fourth district Of Virginia-LangstOn vs..
Venable.
Mr. Cheadle, of Indiana, (republican) ad-
vocated confirming Venable (democrat) to
his seat. He said that Langston, though
republican, had led a vote against the regu-
lar republican ticket, and was fairly beaten
by Venable.
He proceeded to euogize ex-senator Ma
hone and to praise his ability in building up
the republican party in Virginia, and pre-
dicted that if his leadership were followed,
Virginia in a few years would be as reliably
republican as was Vermont.
A vote was not reached.
WINDOWS DISCRETION.
Senator Plumb offered resolution direct
ing the secretary of the treasury TO inform
the senate whether the rule or policy of that
department, which requires the payment in
checks for silver bullion over the counter of
the sub-treasury instead of through the
proper clearing house, does not result in
paying out notes of the larger denominations
instead of those suited for circulation and
use in ordinary business transactions; and
whether such method does not result in the
payment of gold instead of treasury notes.
Senator Plumb spoke of the conspicuous
illustration that had taken place within the
last few weeks of the inpolIcy of allowing the
treasury department to Obstruct or accele-
rate the business of the country. For years
the treasury department., he said, had hOarded
money, and during all that time the volume
of currency had been constantly decreasing
on account of the withdrawal of national
Oank nOCeS. ne secretary Oh tue treasury
had the business of the country hampered on
account of lack of money, but he had waited
until a panic was pending-not a stock
brokers' panic, but stringency of money
that affected the banks of all the cities, and
seriously interfered with the operations of
ordinary business. And what has the secre-
tary done? He had given out the money to
holders of government bonds under such
circumstances as to enable them land not
him) to control the money supply of the
country during their pleasure. The money,
which a few days ago had been in the treas
ury, and which could have been put out at
the will of the secretary, was to-day in the
amount of $4,000, 900. And it was perfectly
safe to say that these men having that money
would use it to benefit themselves and not to
the interest of the people. Nothing but an
overwhelming calamity would ever divorce
the treasury from such malicious interior
ence with the business of the country.
Senator Sherman said that the secretary
of the treasury had no right to pay for silver
bullion in anything but treasury notes.
These treasury notes had been issued in large
denominations. There had been only very
short time to prepare for the execution of
the law and sufficient amount of treasury
notes of small denominations could not be
prepared. Those large notes necessarily did
not enter into the general circulation of the
country. He (Mr. Sherman) doubted the
policy of paying years interest in advance.
There was no real financial disturbance in
the country. 1t was confined to the city of
New York.
The resolution was agreed to.
PASSED THE SENATE.
The senate passed the following bills:
Senate bill to provide for the sale of GER
tain New York Indian lands in Kansas.
Senate bill to -xtend the jurisdiction of
the supreme court of the United States, the
same as defined in section 700 of the revised
statutes, to include judgments and DEGREES
of the highest courts of Cherokee Cree