The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-05-20

THE SILVER BILL UP AGAIN YES
TERDAY.
The Republicans and Democrats In.
dulge I'm Rhetoric and
Abuse.
By Telegraph to the State Chronicle.
WASHINGTON, May 49, Senate y
Mr.. Mcpherson (dem.) of New Jersey
! gave netice, for the information of
! Senators, that as soon as the bill
known as the river and harbor bill
should be brought before the Senate
for consideration, it was his purpose to
move to recommit the bill to the com.
mittee on commerce, with instructions
to report it back with such amend
ments as would exclude all provisions
relating to contracts and proportion.
ately reduce all the items fifty per cent.
The consideration of the bill establish
ing compulsory State pilotage for coast.
wise vessels was resumed. MIR. Butler
; democrat. South Carolina), Mr.. Pas.
coe( democrat, Florida )and Mr. German
democrat, Maryland,) spoke against
the bill, protesting against the whole
sale slaughter of an industry which
they regarded as essential to the pros
perity of the coastwise trade. Mr..
German conceded that there ought to
be revision of rathes and that Chesa-
peake bay and possibly some other
parts OF the coast might properly be
, laid over. Mr.. Vest, democrat, Mis-
. souri, favored the bill because it re.
, moved burden from commerce and
said he would never vote to grant or to
| perpetuate exclusive privileges to a
, class. Mr.. Butler said in order to
give his friend from Missouri (Mr.
, Vest) chance to advance his vie VS.
, for the freedom of commerce he
5 would move an additional section
to the bill, repeating such
parts of the navi cation laws as pro-
i. hibt the purchase of foreign-built
ships by American citizens, and giving
them an American registry and a
right to fly the United States flag.
MIR. Mills (democrat) of Texas said he
:, supported the bill on the ground that
it was step in the direction of the
emancipation of commerce, but he
would 60 much further than this bill
=. and give free ships. Mr.. Frye moved
; to lay Mr.. Buffers free ship amend
ment on the table. The motion was
carried, 81 to 33. Mr.. Mcpherson
addressed the Senate in favor of his
:. amendment to recommit the bill. He
: : declared himself unalterably opposed
to any action by one congress
= which would prevent a reduction OF
6 expenditures by the next congress.
Mr.. Dolph moved to lay this amend
ment on the table, and his motion was
carried, AZ to 6. The reading of the
, bill as reported by the committee was
. rapidly proceeded with. Among the
! new amendments reported by the COM
: mittee on tie floor of the Senate and
, adopted were the following: Charles
- ton harbor, originally reduced by COM
mittee from 100000, as passed by
the House, to 100000. increased to
S225,0O0; Savannah, Ca, in the
8 House bill 100000, in the Senate
! bill 100000, increased by committee
to $3l8,75O; Mobile, Ala. in House
!, bill 100000; in Senate bill $780,
, 900, increased to $265,O0O.
House Of Represe ntalfves
: WASHINGTON, May 18.-Mr. Wat.
S son alliance man, Georgia, asked unani
e nous consent for the consideration OF
resolution requesting the committee
on ways and means to report back the
: sub treasury bill, but Mr.. Beltzhoover
democrat, Pennsylvania demanded
/, the regular order and the matter went
). over. The House then went into
committee of the whole on the sundry
e civil bill (Mr. Lester, of Georgia, in
g the chair) the pending amendment be
e ing that of Mr.. Dickerson democrat
Kentucky to eliminate the appropria
tion of S24O,OOO for topographic sur
6 veys to be made by the Un9d States
l. SeoloSlCdl survey LOSC. Mr
q" Dickersou then moved to re
:. duce the appropriation to 5000 600
,, Lost. Mr.. Bingham (rep.) Of Penn
" sylvania denounced the democrati
= party for its parsimonious and out
. rageous action in regard to appropria
10 tions for the scientific bureaus of tn
, government, the lighthouse service
'o he said, having been cut $42, 800, tn
d coast and goedetic survey 100000 an,
l. the fish commission $4,000 MI
Dickerson then moved to eliminate tn
'e appropriation OF $4,000 for chemica
IL and physical researches. Lost. TIL
le chair decided against the amendmen
e e submitted by Mr.. Bland (dem. } of Mis-
~ souri, yesterday, providing that silve
III bullion, purchased and now in th
L. treasury, should be coined into stand
ard silver dollars. the cost to be pai
~ out of the seigniorage or gain to tn
0' government, on the ground that it wa
1t not germane to the bill, and moreove
did not retrench expenditures. MI
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