Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-12-15
IN CONGRESS.

Both houses of congress convened at noon of
Monday, December 5. A joint committee was
congress in readiness to receive any com
,mInicatiOn he might desire to transmit.
Both houses then adjourned; their adjourn
.ment being coupled with resolutions concerning
members who had died during the recess:
The hOnse committee appropriations
adopted a resolution which was offered by Mr..
DOckery for an Investigation into the condition
condition.
bill providing for the issue of SIS 100000 of
bonds, redeemabie IN coin at the option OF the
United States after ten years, was introduced
IN the house by Mr.. zimmerman, of Pennsyl-
vania. The proceeds of the sale are to be APP
piled for the payment of deficiency in the United
States treasury.
man of the committee on Columbian exposi-
ton, introduced in the house joint resolution
providing for the opening of the fair on Sunday,
but prohibiting the use of machinery and IN
necessary manual labor.
Mr.. Hooker, of Mississippi. introduced bill
to change the time. of the meeting of congress
TO the first Monday in March after election.
NJ D. Harter, of Ohio, introduced a bill in the
house which provides for the cessation of silver
bullion purchases, for the sale of 100 600 900
ounces of silver bullion for gold.
Mr.. Vest introduced a joint resolution for the
appointment by the president of the United
States of three commissioners to confer with
the proper authorities of the five civilized
tribes in the Indian territory with view of
making suoh agreement and arrangement as
will induce them to take homesteads in sever
atty and sell the remainder of their lands to
the United States.
a
bill which provides for free coinage, and that
money paid for bullion IN the treasury be COW
cred into the treasury a part of the general
reserve fund The secretary OF the treasury is
required to have coined all the silver and bull
lion in the hands Of the general government for
any purposes and 70 nave prepared at as early
date as possible fifteen bundled billion dollars
of paper money; all of which gold, silver and
paper money shall be used to form part Of the
general reserve. The secretary of the treasury
is directed to prepare an amount of paper not
10 exceed IN volume 80 per cent of the assessed
valuation of real estate in the United States, to
be held in the general treasury as states i'm
rproyement fund" and only be paid out on order
of the respective governors and secretaries of
states. ANY state may avail itself of the provi-
sions of the act by Joint resolution of the legs-
lature and the state required TO pay to the
United Stbtes annual tax of per cent. on all
sums drawn and retained during each year and
open and keep in operation an exchange and
general deposit department at the capital Of
The president sent a message to the senate Civ
ing information on the subject of the agreement
between the United States and Great Britain as
lakes.
Senator Hill presented bill to repeal the act
for the purchase of silver bullion. similar bill
was introduced in the house.
RePresentatiye Caruth, of Kentucky, intro
duced the following bill: "NO pensioner now
or hereafter in the service of the United States
shall be entitled to draw pension for any period
OF t Inns curing which ne Is or shal be entitled
SON. discharglng like duties to the government,
is allowed by law
Representative Harter. of Ohio, introduced
banking bill for the perpetuatiOn of the national
banking system and the restoration of the state
bank notes on a safe basis.
An attempt was made to get a vote in the
house on the bill granting portion of the Fort
Hays reservation TO the state of Kansas, but
the house refused to act upon il.
Delegate Harvey, of Oklahoma, is trying to
get congress to pass bill permitting the Potta-
watomie bnd Sac and Fox Indians to hold their
lands in fee simple. The POttawatomies have
100000 acres of valuable lands in Oklahoma
and half the tribe live in Pottawatomie
and Shawnee counties, Kan. They want it so
arranged that they can dispose of the land
they like, but under the present law cannot sell
1t for twenty-five years. About 200 600 acres are
tied up by the Sac and Fox in this way. Harvey
is anxious to have the law changed and is labor
ing with Secretary Noble and Commissioners
Morgan for favorable report on his bill.
A bill having for its object the establishment
of uniform revenue customs duty upon sugar
and the adjustment of the paying of sugar
bounties, introduced in the house by Rep
resentative Harter, of Ohio. 1t provides in de-
tail that IN and after February l, 1898, a uni
form tariff tax, customs duty, of one-half of
1 per cent. per pound to be levied on all grades
of sugar imported to the United States and the
payment of all bounties to producers of sugar
in the United States shall cease on February 1.