Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-02-11
THE WEEK AT WASHINGTON.
What Senators and Representatives Have
Done in the Way of Public business

Done in the Way of Public business.
In the Senate on Thursday OF last week
the committee on elections made report
declaring lMr. Call entitled to his seat
as a senator from Florida. In the House
an effort to have eulogies of deceased men,
bers delivered OH Sunday failed to pass. a
code OF rules was then adopted, after pro-
posed amendment by Mr.. Reed substituting
the rules of the 5lst Congress had been
voted down.
The Senate was not in session Friday.
The House discussed the census deficiency
bill, the democrats charging extravaganza
in the management Of the bureau. The bill
was passed with rider approprating Sl1j,
old for the subsistence of the Sioux Indians.
The Senate was not in sessiod Saturday.
The Honse devoted the day to eulogiea on
the late Representative Lee OF Virginia.
In the Senate Monday Mr.. Proctor intro
duced n bill authorizing the enlistment in
the army Of force of 1000 Indians. After
an executive session the public printing bill
was discussed until ad jourument. World 8
fair appropriations were considered in the
House.
In the Senate Tuesday adverse reports
were made by Mr.. Morrill, from the
finance committee on the following
bills: To provide for the free coinage
OF gold and silver bullion mir Stewart s. !;
to increase the circulating medium by issu
ing treasury notes based on gold and silver
coin aud bullion tMr. Peffer'sl for the re-
tirement of national banks, free coinage of
silver and the promotion OF international
free coinage of silver (Mr Plumb'sj; to
amend and react the act to prescribe ma
| tlonal currency secured By the pledge Of
United States bonds (Mr Hscock'sD; for
| th., nf 20, th.,f I,,Io
! (Nir. PETERS,; making certain issues Of
money a free legal tender in payment of all
debts CTR. Kyle's.
Mr. Sherman introduced bill to prohibit
the coming of Chinese persons into the L nj
! ted States and it was referred to the com
mittee on finance. He said the bill had
been prepared at the treasury department
and that it was designated to enable the
department to enforce more reaaily and
| properly the provisions Of the existing la VS.
III relation to Chinese Immigration. Eu.o i, S
on the late Representative Houk of Tennes-
see followed. The House considered
the military academy appropriation bill
andsNr. Powers of Vermont called up and
the House passed the bill introduced by Mr..
Hatch of Missouri placing the secretary OF
agriculture in the line of presidential sue
cession after the secretary of interior.
The Senate Wednesday considered West
NirglnIa's direct tax money and public
printing. In the House the COM
mttee on coinage weights and IN assures to-
day, by a vote OF 8 - }, ordered favor
able report OIL the and free coinage bill
| The bill agreed upon, IN substance, provides
for the free coinage of silver at the pres n,
standard, 4l2t grains to the dollar; tor the
retirement of the present gold or silver GER
tiiicates and treasury notes, and the issue OF
coin certificates in lieu thereof; and that n:
soon as France shall open her mInts 20 the
free coinage at the present rate of l5s to l.
the president shall make Proclamation thai
tue Onited States adopt that standard, ant
thereafter silver dollars shall, as far as prac
Cub.e, he recUined.
Eve distinct propositions were Offered
by ant-unln,ted free coinage men, but al
We're d 'tcated. These were that an inter
national monetary conference bill should b'
reported, that tue standard dollar should
consist of DBL grains instead OF 4l2t grains
that free silver coinage should be restricteC
to the American product; and that thert
should lie stricken from the bill tine caust
making the United States gold and silver
coins legal tender in payment Of all debts
public and private. The weakest of thes,
propositions was that relating to the Ameri
, can product, which found only two sup
porters, Messrs. Stone and johnson, and i
opponents.