Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-04-21
FIFTY SECOND rol / !9s
In the senate.


SAruRDAY--The senate was not in session
today.
MoSDAY-After the routine morning bust
ness the house bill to place cotton ties on the
free list was laid before the senate and re-
rerred to the finance committee. Mr.. Stew
art offered a resolution calling on the secre-
tary OF the treasury for information con.
nected with the purchase and coinage of sill
yer and gave notice that he would occupy
about fifteen minutes tomorrow in calling
attention to the monthly statement OF the
secretary OF the treasury as to finances. The
Dill heretofore introduced by Mr.. Galinger
Tor commission to select q site for a SANTA
rum for pulmonary patients, was taken up,
and Mr.. Gallinger addressed the senate. At
the close of his remarks the bill was referred
70 the committee on epidemic diseases, and
then on motion Of Mr. Cameron the senate
proceeded to executive business At 4sS5 p.
IN; u doors were reopened and the senate
adjourned.
TUEsDAY--Senator Chandler offered a
resolution in the senate today to pay w. Pitt
Kellogg, late senator from Louisiana, his
salary from the commencement of his term,
March A, 1887, up to the date of his
admission to his seat. Referred to the
committee on privileges and elections.
Senator Stewart called up his resolu-
ton of yesterday asking Information of
the treasury department as to. the amount
and standard dollars, and what amount of
gold coin and gold bars there was in the
treasury exclusive of outstanding gold certi-
icates, and addressed the senate upon it. Sem
ator Morgan, at the conclusion OF Senator
stewards remark asked the resolution go over
until tomorrow, when he desired to address
the senate on the silver question. 1t was so
ordered Senator Chandler called up Ssnas
tor Palmer's resolutions in regard to the
election of Unite1 States senators by the
people and spoke against the proposition.
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr..
Morgan, calling for information as to recip-
roclty with Germany and Hayti was taken
up and agreed to by the senate.
EDNESDAY-In the senate today Senator
Dolph, from the committee on foreign rela-
tions, reported as substitute for the Geary
bill, utterly excluding all Chinese, a senate
Dill continuing existing laws in force Sem
ator Morgan read speech on the silver
question. The senate passed bill fixing
uniform standard of classification and grad
ing OF wheat, corn, OATS barley and rye. 1t
authorizes the secretary of agriculture to
establish what shall be known as the United
States standard for grains, and provides that
such classification shall be the standard in all
Interstate commerce, and in all cases where
no other standard had been agreed upon
The senate passed the house bill to promote
the safety of national banks The bill as
amended by the senate provides that no
na1loual pank snail make any loan 20 ltS
president, vice-president. cashier, or any
person in its employ, until the proposition
for such loan has been submitted in the
absence of such officer to the board of direct
ors and voted upon, and such vote recorded
prohibits any bank officer from overdrawing
his account, and provides that upon any de-
post already or hereafter made of any
United States bonds bearing interest in the
manner req uired by law, any national bank
Ing association making the same shall be en-
titled to receive from the comptroller of the
currency circulating notes not exceeding the
par value of the bonds deposited, but at no
time shall the total amount of such notes
exceed the amount actually paid in of the
banks capital stock.