The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-12
FOR MORE PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Bedford City After Uncle Sans
Money.
Jerry Simpson Sails Into the Agricultural
Department. With a Red-hot Kesolu
tion-The Question of Bi.metallic
Conference Discussed in the Senate.

WASHINGTON, Jan. H. Special +
Ex-Speaker Reed was in his seat in the
House for the first time since Christmas
holidays. Grain, of Texas. who has also
been absentfor some time on account of
sickness, was likewise at his post of
duty.
Mr.. Breckenridge, of Kentucky; asked
unanimous consent to offer n resolution
reciting letters written by the Secretary
Of State (by direction of the Presidency
to the diplomatic representatives of
Venezuela, Nicaragua, Colombia, Hon
duras and other nations, calling atten-
ton to section of tho Mckinley act,
relative to reciprocity, and stating that
the President deems duties imposed by
these countries to be reciprocally un-
equal and unreasonable, and that unless
or or before March 18th, next, somo sat
isfactory commercial arrangement is
entered into the President will
issue proclamation suspending
the provisions of this section; and
further reciting that such action by the
President is unconstitutional, onerus and
unjust, and instructing the committee
on ways and means to report before
section of the Mckinley act
1t also authorizes the President with
out further legislation to declare the
ports of the United States free and
open to all products of any nation of
American hemisphere upon which no
export duties are imposed, so long as
such nation shall admit to its ports free
of all national, municipal and other
taxes, flour, corn meal and other
bread stutfs, preserved meats, fish, vege-
tables and fruits, cotton-seed oil, rice.
lumber, agricultural implements, ctc.,
or such other products as may be agreed
uson.
Mr.. Burrows, of Michigan, objccte
and repeated his objection when Mr..
breckenridge asked that it DO referred
TO the committee on ways and means.
The call of the States was then re-
sumed and under the call tho following
bills wore introduced and referred:
BY Oates, Alabama, for a uniform sys-
/ tenn OF bankruptcy.
by Wheeler, OF Alabama, to increase
the bank circulation; also for public
buildings at Florence and Decatur, Ala!
BY lloar, of Massachusetts, directing
the committee on manufactures to in
vestigate ythe effect of the present
revenue laws on the manufacturing in
forests of the county.
BY Hatch, of Missouri, defining. "op-
TONS and futures and imposing tax
on dealers therein.
by Bland, for free coinage of silver.
Several free silver coinage bills wore
introduced by other members
by Bum, of North Caroline, for a
public building at Durham, N. C.
BY Meredith, of Virginia, to mako a
public park OF the Arlington estate and
for the construction of q road thereto.
BY Edmunds, of Virginia, for public
building at Bedford City, Va.
Hy Pierce, of Tennessee, Il resolution
of the national legislative executive
committee of the Farmers Alliance in
relation to the Ocala platform. Ordered
printed in the Record
MIR. Simpson, Of Kansas, asked unani-
nous consent for the immediate con-
sideration of a resolution reciting allie
cations that the Department of Agricul-
ture is made harbor of political en-
ployes, and that the crop reports arc
made to boards of trade and market
wreckers and operators before they arc
conveyed to the knowledge of the toll
ing husbandmen, and providing for
special committee of five members to
inquire into the workings OF the depart
ment and into the truth of these allega-
tions.
MIR. Hopkins, of Illinois, objected,
and suggested that the resolution be
referred to the committee on ways and
means, but on motion of Mr.. Springer it
found its res ting place in the committee
on rules.
The House then adjourned.
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