Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-23
VHY.IR SIBERIAN OBJECTED
Remonstrances Against the Passage
Of the tiOption Bill.
GENERAL DEFICIENCY BILL
1t is Still Further Considered in
the House.
THE SENATE.

bankers, merchants, business men and farmers,
and by Mr.. Davis from bankers and business
men Of Minneapolis.
The latter was signed by the presidents Of the
National Bank Of Commerce, First National
Bank, City Bank and Irish American Bank Il
expresses fears Of the effects Of the bin upon
the value of the great farm products of the
the great northwest. An accompanying note
states that the sentiment against xhe bill II
about unanimous.
AN INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL.
Mr.. Sherman introduced . bill for the erea-
ton Of tribunal on international relations.
Referred to ths committee on foreign reaa-
lions.
Mr.. Morgan introduced bill to provide for
the control Of the Union and Central Pacific
railroad companies until their debts TO the
government are fully paid up or secured Re
ferred to the select committee on the Pacific rail-
roads,
TIE NICARAGUA CANAL INQUIRY.
The resolution offered yesterday BY Mr..
Sherman instructing the committee on foreign
relations to continue its investigation - to the
Nicaragua Canal Company was saken up and
agreed to.
The House bill granting right of way to the
Pensacola Terminal Company through the
lands Of the naval reservation near Pensacola
v1o iopOA YOU ouu peAcoco-
SIGNIFICANT AxExDMRxr
The House bill to regulate the manner in
which property shall be sold under orders or
DEGREES Of United States courts was taken up,
and amendments reported to 1t from the
judiciary committee were considered. Also An
amendment heretofore offered to It by Mr..
Teller to insert an additional section provid-
ing that legal tender money Of the United
States shall be received Of any officer Of the
United States Of any state or territory in
payment Of any Judgment or decree Of any
court or for any property sold under q process
or decree or judgment Of such court.
Mr.. Sherman argued against Mr.. Teller's
amendment as involving principles Of great
Importance and a. proposing what was unjust
and wrong. He said that when unanimous
consent was given yesterday TO the taking up OF
the bin this morning "a bin innocent and
proper in ITSELF IL was not supposed that such
an important amendment was pending to It
He gave notice that IL could not pass the Senate
without full discussion.
Mr.. Palmer defended tho amendment, arguing
that if q contract required the delivery Of so
much cattle or corn and II . Judgment were
rendered on that contract the Judgment would
be not for the specific delivery of the cattle or
the corn, but for the money value Of it. And
50 it should be in the case Of contracts PAYABLE
in gold. The judgment should be for the value
Of the gold at the time. but should be payable in
lawful money. There should be no such anOn-
ally in the law as now existed
Mr.. Higgins opposed the amendment a. i'm
pairing the obligation Of contracts and - .
No wonder, he said, that the Alabama widow.
whom Mr.. Morgan had spoken Of some weeks ago,
went hangering for money and getting it not, if
that amendment expressed the ethics Of the
leaders OF public opinion there. II the south
had made ducks and brakes" Of its interests
and its resources why should it use its
power to undertake to tear down the splendid
fabric Of American credit? Why should
1t seek to tear down the credit Of those
grand commonwealth which stood before the
world without compare for the character Of
their industry, their enterprise, their
success or their credit?
Mr.. Turpie was addressing the Senate in de-
Tense Of the Teller amendment when the hour
Of Q O'Clock arrived The anti-option bin Was
then laid before tho Senate, but ives laid aside
temporarily to allow Mr.. Turpie to conclude his
argument
The discussion on the Teller amendment
for the payment Of all judgments Of
United States courts in legal tender
money, although the contracts might
have stipulated for payment In gold, was CON
tinued up to 2:20 O'Clock. when the bill and
going back to the calendar. The anti-option
bill was then taken up and NJ. HAnsbrough
addressed the Senate in favor Of 1t.
THE HOUSE.
On motion Of Mr.. Heard (Mo.) the Senate
joint resolution was passed granting authority
for the erection Of overhead wires for illuminat-
ing purposes during the Grand Army encamp-
ment in Washington.
The House then resumed consideration Of the
Senate amendments TO the general deficiency
appropriation bill. The pending amendment
was that relative TO the French spoliation
claims.
Mr.. Compton (Md.) and Mr. Oates (Ala.) IA
vored concurrence in the amendment, and
Mr.. Holman Und.) }, Mr.. Turner ga. and Mr..
Dockery (Mo.) strenuously opposed it. Mr..
Dockery said that the witty gentleman from
Maine lMr. Reed) had some days ago pro-
pounded the query an to whether anything was
left Of economy In this Congress except the
Holman resolution.
Or, as the gentleman had put it. was there
anything left Of the shop except the sign? This
was q pertinent inquiry and Il was time for the
democratic side to answer 1t either In the
whether this was to be q billion dollar Congress,
and il SO why?
"Oh, that was settled long ago." interjected
Mr.. Reed, soto voce.
Continuing, Mr.. Dockery said that the demo-
cratic House could not be excused II 1t was
found that its expenditures had been extrava-
CANT. The claims under consideration were
rightly entitled French spoliation'' claims
They were 'spoliatiOn" claims-claims designed
and intended to spoliate the treasury Of the
United States. Measures for the payment Of
these claims had been vetoed by democratic
Presidents in the past. They were hoary with age
He appealed to democrats not to support this
proposition to pay these century-old claims
The condition Of the treasury today absolutely
forbade such payment.
Mr.. Fellows IN. y. }, in q brief but vigorous
speech, reviewed the history of the claims and
advocated their payment.
Mr.. Dingley moved to agree to the Senate
amendment. Loet-yeas, 70; nays. III. Tho
amendment was then non-concurfed in.
INDIAN DEGRADATION CLAIMS.
The next amendment was that appropriating
e47S, 900 for the payment Of Indian depreciation
claimA
Inspecting Albaughs Opera House.
Senator Mcmillan and Commissioners Ross
and Rossell today made little tour of inspec-
ton Of Albaugh's Theater The work which
is being done to make the theater safe In
cese Of fires was inspected and Senator
Mcmillan made Q few suggestions In regard
especially to STRENGTHENING the steps lsading out
Of the theater, which It h thought viii bring the
building up to the requirements.
Formerly . wsshingtonian.
Mr.. d. B. Searls, who has bean nominated for
Congress by The republiosus of the nth Min