The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-26
LIVE WASHINGTON Top1Cs
Things OF Interest Happening In and Out o
tho Halls of Congress.

WASHINGTON. March GA number Of items
of interest to Now York and vicinity are car
ried in tho Sundry Civil BILL which was report
ed to the House from the Committee on APP
preparations yesterday. Among them are
these: For construction Of sea wall at
Tompkinsvile. Staten Island lighthouse depot,
s25.0OO is recommended OBSTINATE S40.0OO):
for repairs to wharf and crane at Sandy Hook
proving ground $4,000 is recommended.
sepnas with it w ss Sfm" tlsen.
900 is rseonmendeaa. and for prevention On
Within tho haTber and ad accent waters Of New
York city including pay OF nsrectors san and N Sm-
rod. 1913. 900 il, recommcnded: the same as the
current law. though the estimates called for
HP Ind nS tem For for %ni sss s Sfs
eIudsd ishth on, on TIE Hudson ana East rivers.
DON. and tbs DeI IL, i, River: Under
Island and Long Island r. recommended
snI fee o. cutter sevs
Ing item % s e rea the 70 M
X. sum y Of fs s"6oo IS aloHsd for the b.
Plat printers. &C. estimate ii OBS 900, and
no change is incorporated in favor Of
m ne Wy Company ' OF New York. The ap,
pa oF ns nGsr witch are
separate provisions taking care OF the
surveys, ut the east end Of Long Island. MN,
River to Hartford; Hudson river to Troy. and
tho Delaware River below Trenton. is cut
down SUO.O
The House Committee on Banking and Cur
rency to-day heard Mr.. Otis Of Kansas FAR
mers Alliance) in support OF his bill to change
our monetary system; reduce s interest: s and
provides that the money Of tho United Stntes
shall consist Of gold. silver nickel. and copper
absolut H money and not in the form Of prom.
ise. 1t creates two funds to be known as the
fund. tho latter to amount c to $40 per capita OF
our population. The loan Of money, 10 excess
p ,MI nf6f ssg nSr or @n%
national hanks are to be authorized. ami those
now in existence are to be closed ut the sprli-
s ssa naas to ss and IS to a' he held
subject to the call Of Governors OF States in
sessed value OF real estate of tho State. the
State to pay ] ), per cent for its use. The cons
mitteo took no action on tho MEASURE
Excellent progress has been made during
the past week in the preparation Of all the re-
manning appropriation bills In committees
The Diplomatic and Consular bill and the
River and Harbor bill are ready to rerort
officially. and the Sundry Civil bill reported to
the House yesterday. is at least three m9pths
q s on saa d ths IF SpS"T b sSd
the General Deficiency bin. while the Forth;
cations. Post Office. and Agricultural bills will
be completed within o fortnight Such bills
as are already on tho House calendar ran then
DO cons dcred. and by the, time Tho Senate has
tho House tho latter body will DO ready to take
up the new ones
Senator Stanford OF California gave notice
in tho Senate to-day Of an intention to trans
fer the silver debate from the House to the
Senate. saying that on Tuesday next after the
morning hour. no would call up Senate bill
No 2,3!I7. Ito determine the value Of tho
legal-tender dollar" The bill reads as follows:
That the value OF &c $40 grains of gold shall be the
the vaius dollar and all dollars shall be received
aud paid out in discharge of debts. both public and
private e. par msas@rsd BY ~ aor..sa stsrd.rh OF
the dollar lie gold silver. paper any other mate
rial That the legal tender valhe Of each dollar issued
OF the Government and shs al! be ON
tbs part VI the Government to exchange one dollar for
another.
Tho Paddock Pure Food bill to-day received
favorable consideration by theiIopse Commit
tee on Agriculture and was reported to the
House to-day. few slight changes were
made, the only one OF note being In regard to
the disposition OF poisonous artic es. II was
decided to place the disposition OF such arti-
Courts having jurisdiction. On Monday next
the option bill will be considered.
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