Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-07-28
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
Senate.

bill, with ali convenient dispatch, giving
to all paper money issued by the govern
ment and to standard silver dollars the
full legal tender effect that is given by law
to gold coin, was taken up and discussed
for an hour and a half. Before the hour of
z o'clock arrived there had been no action
en- the resolution and it was relegated to
ihe calendar. Then the anti-optlon bill
ceeded with. A large number of amend
mentS that had been offered by Mr.. Wash
burn were agreed to without question;
and substitute was offered for the whole
and Messrs. Coke and Pugh. reprint of
the bill was ordered and it went oyer till
Tomorrow. A message announcing the
action of the House on the sundry civil
bill was laid before the Senate. including
the House provision in relation to the
Pinkerton detective force. Mr.. Allison
SAID in regard to the latter that he had no
doubt as to its meeting the approval OF the
Senate, but that it should be in its appro-
pirate place. On his motion, therefore,
that amendment was disagreed to, and
conference agreed to on the whole bill.
Messrs. Allison, Hale and German were
appointed confereeS on the part of the
Senate.
! WASHINGTON, July 20.-The first two
hours of the Senate were occupied to-day
in the discussion of a bill to permit the
Puyallup Indians in the state of wash
ington to ALLEVIATE portion of the lands in
the neighborhood of Tacoma. The matter
was still under discussion when, at 2
o'clock, the anti-option bill came up as the
unfinished business. No action had been
taken when the Senate adjourned.
WASHINGTON, July 21.-The anti-op-
ton bill was debated for three hours
in the Senate to-day, after which time
1t went over till tomorrow without
action. The House bill to enforce recip.
rocal commercial relations with Can
ada was laid before the Senate and was, on
motion of Mr.. Frye, placed on the calen-
dar, taking the place OF the Senate bill on
the same subject. House joint resolutions
as to sending from the patent office to the
Worlds Columbian Exposition models and
| drawings Of inventions by women; and as
| to requesting from the queen regent OF
Spain, the municipal government of
Genoa and others, the loan OF artl-
relics OF Christopher Columbus, were
passed. The disagreeing conference re-
port on the deficiency bill was presented
and agreed to and another conference
asked. The House joint resolutions as to
the affixing Of the great seal OF the United
| States to certain documents showing the
| administration and administrators of the
| United States government at the begin
ming OF the 4OOth anniversary OF the dlscoV-
cry OF America, were laid before the Sen
ate and passed; also the Senate joint reSo-
luton directing the secretary of the Senate
to atfix the seal Of the Senate to the same
| documents
WASHINGTON, July 22.-The relations of
capital and labor were brought to the at
tentiOn of the Senate to-day in two speech
es. The first Of them was made by Mr..
| PETER, and was based ON resolution pre-
viously offered by him instructing the jul
dietary committee to inquire into that SUBJ
ject, and as to what legislation was neces-
fair rates of wages. The other
s snd was was dr @aei Chiefly Hr against
the Pinkerton detective force as an I'M
authorized armed organization. Mr.. PET
fer's resolution was referred to the com
mittee on education and labor. The
House bill to enforce reciprocal com.
mercial arrangements between the United
States and Canada, was taken up, read
and passed without any explanation and
without division. The anti-optlon bill
occupied the attention of the Senate for
the remainder of the days session.
WASHINGTON, d. c., July 23.-The
anti-option bill occupied the attention OF
the Senate during most OF the afternoon.
Mr.. Hansbrough made an argument in IA
vOr of 1t, and Mr.. Hlscock an argument in
opposition. "Reminiscences against the
passage OF the bill were presented by MIR,
Cullom. from Springfield and Rock Island,
III: The bill went over till Monday.
ately after the reading of the journal in
the Senate to-day Mr.. Vest introduced
joint resolution providing that tor the pur-
pose of securing and maintaining the uni
| form value OF silver as money metal
throughout the world that the President
| carry on negotiations with the govern
| ments of Great Britain France and /,
Germany looking to the establish.
ment of recognized ratio of
ounces of fine silver to one ounce
| of fine gold, and as an inducement for
such an arrangement the President is au-
| thOriZed to propose reciprocal agreement
| to these governments whereby in consider
! alton of any two of them agreeing to
.. either of these ratios the United States
| will make reduction Of not to exceed %
per cent on the following articles: Prod
uce of those countries, and imported into
the United States as manufactures, of
| WOOL earthen, stone and china ware and
hardware, guns and cutlery, glass
And the President is requested
to make full report to Congress OF his &C
/ ton IN the matter, with all details thereof,
| and the result. The resolution was, at
anti-option bill was then taken up, and
! Mr.. George addressed the Senate. At 5
minutes past 2 O'clock Mr.. George yielded
the floor temporarily, at the request OF Mr..
| Allison, who thereupon presented the con-
| ference report on the sundry civil appro-
|
| ferring to the amendments Of the bill by
numbers only, covered many pages Of
| type-wrlttenlletter size paper. and its read
ing occupied nearly quarter Of an hour.
MI. Allison made an explanation Of the
| conference report, stating that outside of
the provisions of the Worlds Fair there
was but one other matter left open-the
| provision inserted by the House prohibit
| ing the employment of Pinkerton detec-
| tiyes. He went somewhat into detail up
| on other points on which the Senate con-
| ferees had surrendered. The report was
agreed to, and further conference was
| asked as to the points ON which there had
| been no agreement.
| The House
| WASHINGTON, July 19.-After some fill
| clustering to prevent argument on reso-
| luton from the rules committee, providing
| for an investigation of the methods of John
1. Davenport, federal supervisor Of cleo
tons in New York City, the resolution was
| onroad tn nv 1877 to The House then