The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-15
THE SENATEAND HOUSE.
WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAW
MAKERS.


Proceedings of the Senate and House of
Representatives = Important Measures
Discussed and Acted Upon-Gist of the
Business.
THE financial bill was taken up in the
Senate on the nth, and Mr.. Daniel spoke in
favor of the absolute free and unlimited
coinage of silver. Mr.. Plumb followed Mr..
Daniel He credited the silver act of last
session with having had the effect of pre-
venting universal financial panic 1t had
facilitated the purchase of S100, 600, 600 of
American securities that had been sent back
from Europe, and thus the Bank of England
and the other financial institutions of
Europe had been able to tide over
the difficulties of the Barings, aris-
ing out of South American fnan-
cial trouble. Whatever might be said
about the silver bill of last session, and
about its shortcomings, its effect on the i'm
mediate situation had been of a most bene-
fetal character. The House went into COM
mittee of the whole Tor the further consid-
Grafton of the shipping bill. Mr.. Dingley
of Maine, reviewing the decadence of Ame"-
lean shipping interests, said that In such
a condition as the country now found itself,
with only 1215 per cent. of the foreign car
Tying. trade, with Great Britain intrench-
ed on every ocean route, 1t was obvious that
it was utterly out of the power of private
individuals, without assistance in some d1-
rection, to dislodge the shipping of Great
Britain. Within five years from the eStab-
lishment of a subsidy system the steam ton
mage of France was doubled. With the
widest extent of coast known to any nation
the United States could reap a benefit from
subsidies far greater than any other ma
tion. Italy adopted subsidy policy in
1885, and in four years its steam marine
had increased As per cent. The maximum
expense of the bill the first year would be
50, 000 900. of which all but about 100000 or
Cn
mage dues.
Mr.. MCCONNELL introduced bills in the
Senate on the Sth inst, for the erection of
public buildings at Lewiston and Boise City,
Idaho. Referred. On motion of Mr.. Ed
monds resolution was adopted calling up
on the Secretary of the Treasury for infor-
nation as to what books and documents are
in possession of his department relating to
the latFSeo- called Confederate States and
as to whether there is any legal objection to
their being placed among the archives
of the War Department. Mr.. Platt
gave notice that he would at the
earliest possible moment call up the copy
right bill for consideration. Mr.. Allison
gave notice that if the Chairman of the
Committee on Agriculture (who was neces-
Sarily absent) did not at an early day ask
for the consideration of the Conger lard
bill he (NIr Allison) would himself do so. In
the House q bill was passed authorizing the
graph operators who were with the Union
army during the war; Then Mr.. Farquhar,
of New York, moved to go into committee
of the whole on the shipping bill, and sug-
gested that some arrangement should be
arrived at as to the conclusion of general
debate. Failing to secure any agreement
Mr.. FarQuhar moved that general debate
close at o'clock. After wrangling over
this point for two hours the House adj
journed.
In the Senate on the 9th Mr. Plumb gave
notice of an amendment to the finance bill
limiting to $1,000 the compulsory require
ment of deposit Of United States bonds for
every national bank. This not to apply to
the deposit of bonds to secure public
moneys in the national banks. The bill
was, on motion of Mr.. Wilson, of Iowa, laid
aside informally and the House bill to pro-
vide for an additional Associate Justice Of
the Supreme Court of Arizona was taken
from the calendar and passed, with an
amendment. Conference reports on bills
for public buildings at Youngstown, Ohio,
and Fort Dodge, Iowa, were presented and
agreed to. Mr.. Dolph moved to take up
another bill, but Mr.. Edmunds insisted on
the regular order, and remarked that 1T
was due to those who wanted to Edis-
cuss the finance bill that they should
have the opportunity TO do so. The finance
bill was therefore taken up again,
and Mr.. Blackburn addressed the Senate In
the free coinage of silver. Mr.. Harvey of
Oklahoma called up in the House the bill
authorizing oklahoma City to issue bonds
to provide a right of way to the Choctaw
Coal and Railroad Company through the
city. The bill was passed. The House then
went into committee of the whole (Mr.
Allen of Michigan in the chair) on the pri-
vate calendar.
THE Vice President laid before the Senate
on the 10th inst the protest of twenty
eight members of the Idaho Legislature
against allowing Mr.. Dubois to take his
seat, and it was referred to the Committee
on Privileges and Elections; also resolu-
lions of the Grand Army of the Republic
recommending certain legislation in re-
gard to civil employments for honor
ably discharged soldiers and rendering
thanks for the liberal pension laws
ETC.. reRerred to the Pension Commit
tee. In the House after Mr.. Butterworth
of Ohio from the Committee on ApprOpria-
tions, had reported the legislative appro7
priation bill, and it had been placed on the
calendar the House went into committee of
the whole, Mr.. Dingley of Maine in the
chair, on the army appropriation bill Mr..
Cutcheon, of Michigan, Chairman of the
Committee on Military Affairs, explained
that the bill was purely an appropriation
measure and contained no general legis-
lation whatever. The amount carried was
$500, 900 more than the appropriation for
the current year.