The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-20
SESSION OF THE SENATE.
The Anti-options Bill Again Up for
Consideration.

The Anti-options Bill Again Up for
Consideration.
WASHINGTON, July 19-After the routine
morning business in the Senate to-day Mr..
German presented the conference report on
| the Notifications bill aud it was agreed to-
PAPER MONEY AS LEGAL TENDER.
Mr.. Morgan called uD the resolution Of
| fered by him on July IA, directing the COM
mlttee on finance TO report the bill to give
! to all paper money, issued by the United
| States full legal iender quality for debts
and to all standard silver dollars the full
| legal tender given by law to coins Of gold
and addressed the Senate IN explanation
and advocacy of 1t. There were, he said,
| Scotch and English agencies in the state Of
Alabama which loaned money on contracts
requiring payment In gold coin. He was
seeking a remedy for that evil. He wanted
to make uniform the power Of legal tender
money in payment Of debts. The debate
on the resolution continued two hours. Mr..
Morgan sustained 1t in a long argument,
and it was opposed by Messrs. Sherman
aud Allison.
Mr.. Sherman moved to refer it to the
! committee on finance. Ii went over without
( action.
THE ANTI-oPTIoNs BILL.
At 2 O'Clock the anti-options bill was laid
before the Senate. Mr.. Woloott said that
he did not know OF any more important
question to be considered by the Senate
| than the resolution which had just been
under discussion, and he moved that the
Senate again proceed to its consideration.
Mr.. Washburn asked the presiding officer.
as parliamentary question, the effect OF
Mr.. Wolcott's motion If 1t were carried.
He was told by the presiding officer (Mr.
Msnderson) that 1t would displace the anti
options bill, aud by Mr.. Cookrell that 1t
would kill the bill.
The motion was rejected-yeas z; nays so.
The yeas were Messra Brice, Gibson OF
Louisiana, Gibson of Maryland, Hiscock,
Sanders, Vest and Wolcott.
VETO FROM THE PRESIDENT.
The presiding officer laid before the Sem
ate a message from the President, returning
| without his approval the Senate bill to
amend the act establishing a circuit court
| of appeals and to define and regulate the
! jurisdiction of United States courts in the
matter OF the Indian depreciation claims.
The message was read and was, on motion
of MIR. Vest, referred to the Judiciary COM
mittee. The effect of the first pro-
vision Of the bill, the Presi-
dent thinks, would be TO defeat
the general purpose Of congress in consti
| tuting an intermediate court. His chief
| objection, however, is to the third section,
which provides that no appeal shall be
allowed from the judgment Of the court OF
claims in these cases. There were 30, 900 OF
these claims-aggregating $50. 900 900. A
number Of them involved 800, 600 each; a
| few as much as $500, 900 and one over
| $1,000 900. He could not approve a bill
which absolutely denied to give an oppor-
tunity of appealing from judgments in
such cases.
MORE TALK ABOUT OPTIONS.
The anti-options bill was again taken up
and was read in full by the clerk. Suudry
| amendments TO the bill were presented by
Messrs. Washburn, Jones of Arkansas, and
Gibson OF LouiBana, to be printed and to
| be offered at the proper time.
Mr.. Stewart made an argument against
the bill but soon drifted into bimetallism.
After Mr.. Stewart had closed his remarks
Mr.. Hiscock obtained the floor, but was not
prepared to speak to-day. The Senate pro-
ceeded to vote on the amendments hereto
fore offered by Mr.. Washburn, and they
were all agreed to without question.
A substitute was offered for the bill by
Mr.. George on the part OF himself. Mr..
Coke and Mr.. Pugh. The substitute WAS
ordered TO be printed.
The bill was then laid aside informally
and reprint was ordered with the amend
ments agreed to and those proposed.
THE sUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
After dispOsing Of number of bills on
the calendar a message announcing the
action of the House on the sundry OWL APP
preparation bill was laid before the Senate
including the House provision in relation to
the Pinkerton detective force. Mr.. Allison
said in regard to the latter that he had no
doubt Of it's meeting the approval of the
Senate, but that its phraseology might have
TO be modified, and that it should be in its
appropriate place. On his motion, there
fore, that amendment was disagreed TO and
conference was agreed to on the whole
bill. Messrs. Allison, Hale aud German
were appointed conferees on the part OF the
Senate. After a short executive session,
the Senate. az Cos o'clock. adjourned.