The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-01-14
THE WORK OF CONGRESS
A Vote to be Taken on the Financial Bill
Next Wednesday.

A Vote to be Taken on the Financial Bill
Next Wednesday.
The senate was dull at the opening.
Mr.. Edmunds offered a resolution calling
on the treasury department for informa-
ton as to what Confederate documents it
has in it's possession. Mr.. Platt gave no
tice that he would call up the copyright
bill at the first opportunity and Mr.. Al
lison gave the same notice on the Conger
lard bill. General building bills passed
and then Mr.. Stewart asked that a vote
be taken on the financial bill at 1 o'clock,
Saturday.
Mr.. German opposed the proposition
and Mr.. Sherman spoke against free coin
age.
After a tedious discussion, Mr. Ingalls,
said: II realize fully and to the utmost
the force of the suggestions of the senator
from Maryland-that on a subject of the
gravity and importance of this measure,
action should not be precipitate or impro-
vident and that debate should be delber-
ate and sufficiently protracted to permit
all aspects of the measure TO be consider
ed. / will venture to ask unanimous
consent that general debate on the bill
shall close with the adjournment on Tues
day next and that on Wednesday debate
shall be resumed on the bill and amend
ments under the ten-minute rule-the
final vote to be taken on the passage of
the bill before adjournment on Wednes-
day"
The proposition was agreed to.
NJ T,rnia oIIraCzod tho Sanofa in sim
port of Mr.. Stewards amendment for the
free coinage of silver, and in the course of
his remarks, declared that it was impOssi-
BILE that the senator from Ohio Mr.. Sher-
mani could take a fair, impartial, judi
cial view of that amendment.
Mr.. Cali next addressed the senate, and
the bill WAS then laid aside.
Mr.. Coke, from the committee on com
merce, reported back the house bill, to pro-
mote the construction of a safe deep
water harbor on the coast of Texas giving
authority for that purpose to the Corpus
Christi & Padre Island company, with
an amendment, and it was placed on h
calendar.
After a brief executive session, the SEN
ate adjourned.
In the House.
A bill was passed authorizing the issU-
ance of certificates of service to telegraph
operators who were with the Union army
during the war.
The house refused to take up the mill
tarv appropriation bill in committee OF
the whole. 1t also refused, after much
debate TO limit the debate on the shipping
subsidy bill, and the speaker refused to
entertain a motion TO adjourn out OF re-
spect for st Jackson's day. Mr.. Spinola
tried 10 get up his bill for a monument 10
the victims of prison ships, but failed.
The subsidy bill was then debated at
some length and the house adjourned.
Jason Brown AID the Cabby.
Representative J. B. Brown came from
a rural district in Indiana but he has no
hayseed in his hair. 4 few DAYS ago he
hired a cab in front OF the Riggs house
and drove around to the Sun building
where he expected to meet a friend to &C
company him on a visit; but his friend
was not there and he drove back TO the
hotel around the corner. The trip occu-
pied Just six minutes
"How much ?" he asked the cabman.
"~Seventv-ive cents
ooh no." said Mr.. Brown, you can only
charge 70 cents an hour
D." rs jus, the same for a portion OF an
hour said cabby.
IF that is the case" said Mr.. Brown.
"vou can wait here for the balance OF the
hour. will be in the hotel when You
hour is up"
Then he disappeared through the door.
wav. In less than fifteen minutes the
cabby %capitulated. "Give me twenty-five
cents end | will 20 away" he said. He
got his money and departed.