Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-10
FOR FREE COINAGE.
That Was the Burden of Senator
Morgan's Speech Today.
TIE NICARAGUA CANAL REPORT.
The Army Appropriation Bill in the
House.
MR.. LANHAM ON FRATERNITY
SENATE.

Mn. Ian HAM On FRATERNITY
SENATE.
The Vice President laid before the Senate the
protest of twenty-three members of the Idaho
Legislature against allowing Mr. Dubois to take
his seat. Referred to the committee on priv.
ileges and elections.
Also resolutions of the GAR recommending
| certain legislation in regard to civil employ
ments for honorably discharged soldiers and
rendering thanks for liberal pension laws DC.
referred to the pension committee.
Also communication from the secretary of
the Copyright Association recommending the
passage Of the pending copyright bill. Laid on
the table.
DISTRICT BILLS IN THE SENATE.
Among the bills reported and placed on the
calendar was one appropriating $4,000 for a
site and building for the girls reform school Of
the District Of Columbia (one-half to be paid
by the District government).
Also Senate bill appropriating S125 900 for
the purchase of the Maltby House. on B street
and New Jersey avenue, and $4,000 for the
purchase Of an adjacent lot.
THE RAILROAD LAND-FoRFErrURE BILL.
Mr.. Dolph, from the committee on public
lands, reported Senate bill to amend the rail-
road landforfeiture bill of last session SO as to
make the period of six months (for the asser-
ton of the rights Of settlers) begin to run not
from the time Of the passage of the act, but
to settlement and sale; and after an explana-
ton, 1t was passed.
NICARAGUA CANAL BILL.
Mr.. Sherman, from the committee on foreign
relations reported a bill to amend the act of Feb
ruary, 1889, incorporating the Nicaragua Canal
Company authorizing the issue Of bonds guar
anteed by the United States) 1t was placed on
the calendar and with the accompanying re-
port ordered to be printed.
House bill for public building at Pueblo,
Col, was reported without amendment and
placed on the calendar.
MR. MORGAN FOR FREE COINAGE
The Senate at 1:15 resumed consideration Of
the finance bill Cor of the Authorization bill,
as Mr.. Sherman termed it in his motion and
Mr.. Morgan continued the speech begun by
him yesterday In support Of the free coinage
amendment.
SENATOR BEcKs BILL SUITS HIM.
He referred. with high encomium, to a
speech made by the late Senator Beck in sup
port of a bill introduced by him on March l3.
1888, the second section of which provided that
in all future issues of treasury certificates .'coin
certificates should be substituted for gold
certificates" and for ''silver certificates" He
(Mr. Morgan) considered that proposition a
perfect solvent Of the difficulty Of keeping gold
and silver coin in perfect balance in the United
States and had always desired very much to zee
the day when it would be adopted by Congress,
and he expected to offer a like amendment TO
the pending bill.
THE SIOUX GRIEVANCES.
Having read copiously from Mr.. Beck's
speech Mr.. Morgan yielded the floor Temporal
| rily and Mr.. Dawes presented a conference re-
port on the bill to carry out in part the pro-
visions of the act to divide the Sioux Indian
reservation; and in response to quotation by
Mr. Edmunds, made an explanation. He said
that the commission Of which Gen. Crook was
the head had promised the Sioux Indians in
the course Of the negotiations to use its infiu-
ence at Washington for the redress of certain
grievances. The commission had subsequently
met forty representative Sioux Indians from
the reservation where the war now was 10
see to it that those outside assurances were car
ried out. The Indian committee Of both
houses were also present. and all be-
ing together, bill had been prepared
as the Indians understood them. The bill
had passed the Senate in April last, but
from difficulties in the other branch
OF Congress it had not passed the
House till last month. and then it
contained duplicate appropriation of $780,
appropriation and hence the necessity of a
conference. As the bill now stood with that
duplicate appropriation struck OUT the bill
| carried out to the letter not only the assur-
ances OF the commission. as the commits
sion understood them. but also precisely
as the Indians themselves understood
them. 30 that with the original bill and with
the pending bill all the stipulations Of the
agreement and all the assurances of the COM
mission would be fulfilled and there could be no
ground on which the Indians could complain OF
the government in any matter out of which the
existing disturbances had arisen.
The conference report was agreed to; and
Mr.. Morgan resumed the floor on the financial
BILL continuing to read from Mr.. Beck's speech
on the point, principally, of the demonetiza.
ton OF silver.
Mr.. Butterworth (Ohio), from the commit
| tee on appropriations, reported the Legislative
appropriation bill and it was placed on the
calendar.
THE ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL.
The House then went into committee Of the
whole (dr. Dingley Of Maine in the chair on
the army appropriation bill.
Mr.. Cutchcon (Mich.) chairman of the com.
mittee on military affairs. explained that the
bill was purely an appropriation measure and
contained no general legislation whatever
The amount carried was $24, 639, 900, or abou,
S400, 600 more than the appropriation for the
| current year. This increase was attributable
to three causes: First, the increase in the
pay Of the army growing out of the
operation of law; second. the transfer
Ut the pay Of the signal corps from
the sundry civil bill to the army bill and
| third, from the increase made in the transpor.
| tation Of the army in order to meet certain
| decisions Of the Secretary Of the Treasury.
CONTEMPLATING THE HOUSE.
Mr.. Lanham (Tex.), a member Of the com.
mittee, congratulated the House that no part
isanship had entered into the consultations Of
the committee in formulating these measures
The bill was as economical as il could be made
In keeping with the necessities of the military
| service.
He then proceeded to give thanks that thu
sections which had recently been involved in Q
bloody war were now reunited.
SOUTHERN SINCERITY voUcHED FOR.
In terms of commentator he cited from the
speech Of Senator wolcott in opposition to tn,
| election bill, and from newspaper interview
with Senator Cameron in the same direction
For many years the people of the southern
states had had more than third Of the vote,
In the electoral college. They had enthusias
tically advocated the candidacy Of northern
| men for the highest ofices Of the government
They had voted for Union soldiers in tn.
past, and they would not hesitate to do
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