Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-01
LIVE WASHINGTON WAITS.

ClagEett Case SIN Up in the Senate
Date Set for the Silver Debate In the
House-Ths Bering Sea Matter Settled
1t Last
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.-Vice President
Morton presided over the Senate to-day, and
laid before It the credentials Of Mr.. Daniel
for his new Senatorial term, beginning
March 4, 1898, which were placed on tile. Mr..
Stanford introduced a bill to determine the
value of legal tender dollar. Laid on the
table for the present. It provides that the
value of Is $40 grains Of gold shall be the
standard which shall determine the value OF
dollar; that all dollars shall be received
and paid out in discharge of debts, both
private and public at par, measured by that
standard, whether the stamp of the Govern
ment making the dollar be gold, silver, paper
or any other materials. Also, that the legal
tender value of each dollar Issued by the
United States shall depend alone on tho
stamp of the Governments; and that there
shall be an obligation on the part of the
Government to exchange one dollar for
another.
Mr.. Villas introduced a bill to amend the
pension laws. Referred to the Committee
on Pensions. 1t proposes to have the pen.
sions of invalid pensioners who desert their
families paid to their wives df any or to the
guarOlanS OF Cno Ch1lQren.
Mr. voorhees, presented a petition from
Stillwell Post, G. A. R., for the defeat of the
free coinage Of silver.
The Idaho election case was again taken
up, and Mr.. Oaggett, the claimant, resumed
his argnment tbegun on Friday: in support
detailed account of the contested
election. Mr.. Pugh, who had signed the ma
1ority report in favor OF Mr.. Dubois made an
argument in defense of it. While he was
hR nj oir of Mr.
close to him, broke down, letting the North
Carolina Senator fall to the floor with some
force and much noise. AS Mr.. Vance picked
a laugh, II beg your pardon for interruptfng
you" to which Mr.. Pugh rejoined he had not
supposed that his argument would be SO
overpowerfng. At tho close of Mr.. PuRhs
speech the Senate went into executive ses.
sion, after Mr.. Mitchell gave notice that he
would ask the Senate to 'sit out the Idaho
case," and at 4:so o'clock adjourned till to-
morrow.
In the House to-day, on motion Of Mr..
Stump. OF Maryland, q concurrent resolu-
tion was agreed to authorizing the House
and Senate Committees on Immigration
jointly to investigate the workings of the
immigration laws and importation Of con-
tract labor. Mr.. Catchings, of Mississippi,
from the Committee on Rules, reported a
resolution providing that on Tuesday, March
q, Immediately after the morning session,
the House shall proceed to the consideration
of the silver bill, and should said bill not be
sooner disposed of, the House shall continue
the consideration thereon during Wednes-
day, %. and Thursday, a. The resolution
was ordered printed, and Mr.. Catchings gave
notice that he would ask the House to con-
slider 1t on Monday next. The House then
went into committee of the whole, Mr..
Bynum. of Indiana, in the chair, on the In
dian appropriation bill. Mr.. Holman, OF
Indiana, moved an amendment making the
appropriations for the Carlisle school ap-
plicable to pupils now in attendance.
Mr.. Holman's amendment was rejected.
Pending action the committee rose and the
House adjourned.
The negotiations between the United
States and Great Britain, looking to the sub
mission to arbitration Of the long-pending
controversy between the two countries in
regard to the Bering Sea seal fisheries,
reached favorable conclusion to-day. Sir
Julian Pauncefote, the British Minister, met
Secretary Blaine by appointment at the
State Department to-day, and signed the
treaty of arbitration on behalf of Great
Britain. He said he had been fully author
lied by Lord Salisbury to take this action.
Mr.. Blaine signed the document on behalf
of this Government, and the matter was
consummated so far as the diplomatic part
still subject, however. to the action of tho
British Parliament and the United States
Senate. The exact terms of the treaty can
not now be stated, but it Is known that the
board of arbitration will consist Of seven
persons two representing the United States,
two representing Great Britain Zone of whom
is to be Canadian), and one each represent
ing the neutral governments of France,
Sweden and Italy.
REPRESENTATIVE OATES, the Chairman
of the SUBJ Committee of the House Judiciary
Committee, which has charge of the pro-
posed investigation of the charges against
Judge Boarman, OF Louisiana, has received
from the latter communication requesting
the committee to visit Louisiana and con-
large number of witnesses he desired to
have examined. Mr.. Oates, in reply to
Judge Boarman, has requested him to fur
nish to the committee the names and ad-
dresses of persons he desired to have ex-
amined. and to state what he expects to
prove by them. The committee will not
take any action until reply is received
from Judge Boarman.
THR following is the report of Mr.. Turner,
of Georgia, from the Ways and Means Com
mittee, in favor of the bill to admit, free Of
duty, bagging for cotton, machinery for
manufacturing baggins, cotton ties and cot
ton gins: 'The bill proposes an act of tardy
justice to those who contribute the chief
item Of our export trade. The right to re-
sort to imported bagging and ties will, it is
confidently believed, protect farmers and
laborers engaged in the production of cotton
against corners and combinations among
those who, under the present tariff, control
tho supply of these indispensable articles
The importation of machinery used in the
manufacture of bagging Is proposed in
this bill for the benefit of American bagging
factories. They already have their raw ma
gested by the fact that If these very simple
machines can be imported free, the farmers
themselves can join in production Of
bagging. They will thus have in
trusts and monopolies. They are still smart
ing from the oppression which very recent
combination imposed. raising the price of
of the Mckinley rates upon bagging and
ties has not yet been fully developed. The
first result has been to cut of importations
of these articles. The next step will be an
ways supplement- to protection. Mr.. Dalzel,
Of Pennsylvania, is preparing report of the
minority in opposition to tho
bilf.
GREEN B. RAUM, JR, was called to the
witness stand to-day. He said that Secre-
tary Noble had demanded his resignation,
and declined to allow him to make any de-
fense. He had even declined to see him
(witness) about it, but referred him to As
sistant Secretary Bussey. He called on Mr..
Bussey to deny the charges, but the Secre-
tary refused to take them under considera-
tion, and insisted that he must resign.
THE illness of Chairman Springer, of the
Ways and Means Committee, is the subject
of considerable anxiety on the part of his
He is suffering from acute erysipe-
las complicated with nervous prostration