Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-01-24
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gathered from All Quarters.
CONGRESS-.

CONGRESS.
IN tho Sonato on tho i4th the Financial bill
wns taken up in Committee OF the Whole and
the Stewart amendment In favor of free coinage
was adoptod-yeas 42, nays 20. After some
hours discussion during which amendments
striliing out the section authorizing the issue
of bonds, that providing for the immediate
purchase OF 100000 ounces OF silver,
land that concerning the security bonds
of the National banks were stricken out
the bill was reported 10 the Senate and
the amendments made In Committee OF the
Whole were agreed to- Then MIR. Vest aston.
ishcd the Senate by bringing forward as q sub.
stituto for the bill q purely free coinage bill
which provides that tho unit OF value in the
United States shall be the dollar, TO be coined
'of 4i2H grains of standard silver. TIE
substitute was agreed TO without division. Mr..
Iioar moved TO call up the Elections bill and
make Il unfinished business for the 18TH
Agreed to-yeas ~, nays SO. the Vice President
casting the deciding vote. The Senate then adj
journed. ... The House passed the Army Ap
preparation bill amended so as TO provide that
land grant railroads shall receive for army
transportation but fifty per cent. OF the price
paid to them by private parties for similar serv
ice. Pending debate on the District OF Column
bin Appropriation bill the House adjourned.
AFTER routine business in the Senate on the
18th the Elections bill was taken up and Mr..
Evarts made lengthy speech IN its advocacy.
Mr.. Hoar gave notice that at noon on the 10th
he would ask the Senate to remain in session
until the disposal OF the bill. The Senate
then went into executive session and
soon afterwards adjourned. 80. In the House
n message from the Senate was received
announcing the passage OF the Finan-
cial bill with free coinage substitute.
The bill was referred to the Committee on
Coinage, Weights and Measures The Speaker
announced the appointment OF the following
committee to investigate the silver pool ques
tion: Mcssrs. Dingley, Payne Rowell, Dock ry
and Oates. Mr. Dockery was subsequently
excused and Mr.. Peel, OF Arkansas appointed
10 fill the vacancy. The District OF Columbia
Appropriation bill was talk. up in Committee
OF the Whole. and after remarks by Mr.. Clem.
ents commencing its provisions, the House ad-
journed
IN the Senate on the 18th supplemental petit
tions against the passage Of the Elections bill
were presented from the States of Arkansas
California Delaware, Georgia, Maryland. Mis-.
souri,, North Carolina New Jersey, New York,
Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Vir
gina, and West Virginia, embracing over 5000
signatures, Senate bill appropriating II S73.
600 for TIE early completion OF the work for the
improvement of the mouth of the Columbia
river, Oregon. and ssi5,0O0 for the early com.
pletion OF tho canals and locks at the Cas-
cades OF the Columbia river. Oregon,
Elections bill was taken up as unfinished bust
ness" and Mr. Pascoe spoke ut length In op
position to the bill. Messrs Hampton and
Reagan also spoke against the bill and Mr..
Dixon in its favor. motion TO adjourn was
defeated by q vote of S2 TO "a, and at two a. IN.
o. the nth the Senate was still in session pend
ing action on an amendment to the bill offered
by Mr.. Faulkner. -. The House adopted a reso
1ution giving the silver pool committee
leave TO sit during the session OF the House
and granting 1t power to conduct the investga
tion outside OF Washington. In Committee OF
the Whole the Dis rict OF Columbia Appropria-
tion bill was considered. The discussion took q
wide range. Mr. Rogers, of Arkansas, spoke on
the Free Coinage bill. Mr. Shively, OF Indiana,
argued in opposition 10 the Skipping bill and
Mr.. Langston made speech In favor OF the
Elections bill. At its evening session the House
passed bill granting pension OF $50 q month
to GeL raj Franz Sigel and one granting pen
sion of 500 U.onth - General N. p Banks.
IN the Senate on the 18th the hours between
two a. m and 5:31 A. m. were spent in idly
waiting for quorum. Several Intellectual at
;npts wer" - TO ALI I'm, when at 9:30
o lock, 40 -. wing appeared, Mr uiiS-
a con- u ed his er' lrks against the Elections
v rS held tbs Ioor twelve hours. Mr..
ollowud in )ng speech ag? INST the
"a sa Several amendu "nts to e bill
were -:.1red and rejected and few unimpor-
NhI VI - " aBTctu 10. Inc OIL was tnen
IA d aside informally and resolution was
.-sreed to calling on the Secretary OF the
Treasury for copies:of the acts OF John ]. Daven.
port as Circuit Court Commissioner from 1888
10 1880. The Senate then adjourned until the
10Th. after continuous session OF thirty hours
-. The House spent the day in Committee OF
the Whole on the District OF Columbia Appro.
2riation bill. A long discussion foreign 10 the
hill before the committee was indulged in With.
ont action on the bin, the committee rose and
tho House adjourned.
IN the Senate on the 18th an hour and half
vas consumed In discussing point OF order
raised by Mr.. German, taking issue with the
Vice Presidents recent ruling to the effect
that an appeal from a decision OF the Chair on
non-dcbatable question was itself not debata.
bio. The matter was finally dropped. and
after the introduction OF number OF bills the
Elections bill wds taken up and Mr.. George
addressed the Senate in opposition TO
the measure Without concluding his remarks.
MIR. George yielded to n motion for an execu.
tive session and the Senate soon adjourned -.
In the House the Democrats resoried TO dila.
tory tactics over the approval of the journal
and most OF the session was consumed in this
manner. Finally the journal was approved
yeas l37 mays l0l. The Senate bill for the re-
lief OF Sarah Perrine was passed. The Speaker
appointed Mr.. Geary, of California, member OF
the Committee on Post Offices and Post-r roads,
and the House adjourned.