The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-19
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS
The Senate.

The senate.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-ln the absence OF
Vice President Morton, who has gone to
New York for few days, the chair in tho
senate yesterday was occupied by Mr..
Henderson, president pro TEN.
Mr.. PETER offered resolution, which
was agreed to, changing the dav foe hold
Ing special services in memory of the late
Senator Plumb to Thursday, Feb. is.
At H:30 the senate proceed to execu-
tive business. When the doors were
reopened ten minutes later the report of
the committee on privileges and elections
in the case Of the Florida senators,
declaring Mr.. Call entitled to the
seat, was taken up and the report was
read closing with the sentence: ''The APP
pointment Of Mr. Davidson was an act Of
mere irrelevancy which it would not be
necessary further to notice" After a
long debate a resolution was agreed TO
without division.
After some minor business the senate
adjourned to Monday.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-Soon after the
senate met yesterday it went into ex-
ecutive session, duriug which time the
Elmira N. Y. postmastership was
holly debated and the nominee
confirmed. When the doors were
opened at 800 the senate resumed
consideration Of the bill providing for the
public printing and binding and the dis
irritation Of public documents. The bill
contains 101 sections, 70 of which had
been already disposed Of, although amend
ments may still be offered to all of them,
it having been understood that only
committee amendments should be acted on
at the first reading. Section II fixes the
number Of extra copies Of documents and
reports to be printed $1,000 copies being
fixed for the agricultural report instead of
400 900, the number now fixed by law.
1t was stated by Mr.. Henderson, who
has charge of the bill, that copies of that
document in lots OF from 10J to LOCO were
frequently offered at from to 10 cents a
copy.
That might have been the case, Mr. Coke
said, where members represented city
constituencies, but could not be so where
agricultural communities were represent
ed. He gave notice that he would offer an
amendment fixing the number at SO, OO0
Without disposing OF the section which
had given rise to good deal of discussion,
the senate adjourned till to-day. ..ssI
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-When the senate
met yesterday adverse reports were made
by Mr.. Mitchell from the finance com
mittee on the following bills: TO provide
for the free coinage Of gold and silver
bullion (Mr. Stewart's) to increase the cir.
culatLOn medium by Issuing treasury notes
based on gold and silver coin and bullion
(Mr. Peffer's); for the retirement of ma.
tional bank notes, the free coinage of sill
yer and the promotion of the Internal ,onal
free coinage of silver (Mr. Plumb's); fol
the loan of money to farmers of Indiana
(Mr. Peffer's;) making certain issues Of
money full legal tender in payment Of all
debts (Mr. Kyles). The first three bills
with the adverse reports were placed on
the calendar and the last two were indefn.
itely postponed.
MIR. Gibson of Louisiana introduced 6
joint resolution for the appointment of q
commission of five senators, seven repre-
SEM ives and three experts, to be Sc
lec& by and associated with the senators
and repres entatives to take evidence and
inq0ire into the depressed condition of the
agricultural interests and the low prices
OF cultural products, and especially o.
cotton.
Five distinct propositions were offerC
by Authenticated free coinage man, but
were all defeated These were to wait
for an international monetary conference;
that the standard dollar should consist OF
an ounce of silver; That it should consist
of $685. grains instead of 412H
grains; that free coinage should be
restricted to the American product, and
that there should be stricken from the bill
the clause making United States gold and
silver coins legal tender in payment of all
debts, public and private The weakest
of these propositions was that relating to
the American product which found only
two supporters (Messrs. Stone and John
SOM and eleven opponents.
Messrs. Pierce and Bland and other
leaders Of the free silver movement in the
house assert that the measure will be
pressed to vote and actually passed by
the house within the next sixty days. In
this event there is no doubt the senate will
have an opportunity Of passing upon the
Bland bill long before the date of either of
! the great national conventions,