The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-01-28
FROM WASHINGTON CITY
Minority Report Of the House Banking
and Currency Committee on Bill
to Repeal Sherman Act

California, John l.. Merriam, South
Riverside Idaho, Miss Emma +. Ste
vcns, Blackioot.
Bakcr of KanBas has introduced In the
House bin for tho free coinage Of silver,
making IL unlawful Tor any person 10 |
make any contract, note, draft or blll
payable In any epecllic coin or currency. !
Representative Hermann has secured
favorable report upon the b!ll paying |
II. w. Shipley $2,is7 for excess work |
and money expended on the Ne6 Perez !
reservation in 1850. Shipey is now a
resident OF Jackson county, Or.
The House Committee on Commerce
has decided TO report the two bills 10
amend the Interstate Commerce law to
meet the Supreme Court decision IN the
celebrated CounseIman CaTe, and also
Jndge Greshams recent decision.
The Senate Mines and Mining Com.
mittee has considercd Caminett .
bill. Senator Fulton, ex Representative
| Berry aud CAmlnetti made statements,
tor which the bill was reported 70 the
| Senate with Fclton'B amendments,
heretofore printed, aud Berry's pro
vision, prescribing penalty Tor viola
ton Of the law by the miners.
Commissioner Rium OF the pension
bureau appeared the other day before
the subcommittee OF the House Com
mttee on Appropriations, which is pre-
paring the pensions appropriation bill.
The Original estimate Tor 1894 made by
the Commissioner was $l65 900, 600. A
subsequent estimate few DAYS ago
paced the amount required at $l72,OOO,-
900. He WAS asked ~ TO the reason OF
the increase, and explained his lormer
figures by saying he had presumed the
new administration would not do NJ
much work "a his had done, but admit
ted, II II did allow as many pensions,
IAl72 OOO, 600 would be needed.
The Intercontinental Railway Com
mission has prepared " lac-slmlle' IN
miniature, OF Central America ana
South America TO show the aurveys oil
the proposed railroad intended TO unite
the systems OF North America ana
South America. IL Ia about twenty-five
feet long. and will be sent 10 the Worlds
Fair as n part OF the government eX'
, hibit. AZ the last meeting OF the mem
bers of the commission the work OF the
! guryeying parties was reviewed and
found in a satisfactory condition. The
. international commission will ask Con-
, gress for an appropriation Of $4,000 TO
. finish the office work OF the survey and
publish the. results.
, Secretary Tracy has awarded the CON
/ tracts for the cruiser Brooklyn and battle
' ship Iowa 10 the Cramps. In making
the award the Secretary says: " Had
the power to award the contracts Tor the
: construction OF these ships In my die
: erection, should distribute them to two
q firms, but | have no such power. all
reuuired by the statute to award the con
a tracts TO the lowest and most responsible
0 bidder. and there is no doubt that thu
Cramps are the lowest bidders, ana
cannot say the Union Iron Works arr
Q better builders than the Cramps anl
o more than can say the Cramps are bet
II ter builders than the Union Iron Works
|. regard both as excellent builders an'
a equally good. Under these circumstance
"a It is plainly my duty under the law h
n award the contracts for both OF said veH
o sells to the Cramps"
The President is still giving close con
Ia sderati0n to the subject OF irelgh
N brought over the Canadian Pacific. Tw
?. new points have been discovered, viz.
70 That the original law specified that tn
consular seal system was to be apple
to freight which was the product OF cor
~ tiguous foreign countries only, and tina
- by the Canadian law United States cor
o. suar officers guilty OF fraud in tn
% United States are not amenable to arres
so long as they remain in Canada.
OF large bulk Of the freight handled by tn
10 Canadian Pacific, and which comes int
this country under consula seal, is tn
~ product of other foreign countries, not
IL blv japan and China. Did this class
freight not enjoy the privilege OF u
al consuarse system, they would ent'
I'D this country at an American port ana
he transported by American raj road
n. These two points are considered lmpo
ID, tant as giving the President, II |
20. chooses by exercising it, the right
in suspending the operation OF the cons
or lar seal system without action by Co
H. gress.
nj The minority report OF the Hou
in Banking and Currency Committee
the bill to repeal the Sherman silve
bullion purchase act was made to u
'sy House by Representative Townsend
'uU Colorado. 1t is an argument in oppo
Cn or ton to the bill, which, it is charged,
" intended to be the final step towards
IN ~ absolute gold standard in the Unit
nu sn States and to suppress every effort at
NC metalIism. The minority says to secu
ns' the support of national banks the b
allows gratuitous increase of their pr'
ace ent circulation by about $l5, ,O0O, 900, a
de- also gives them bonus of the prese
has circulation of $4,000, 900 per year by
nal ducing the circulation tax. The rept
ew attacks the statement given by the n
ply iority as the ground for its action, a
predicts the repeal policy will codr
the widespread ruin. Figures are quoted
ick disprove the statement that the count
' of ia drifting to silver basis, and the dr'
the of gold is attributed to European los
,ase in South America and to the Russ
Ipel loan. The silver purchases, the minor
yer saws. do not affect the matter, and
,ur- get American gold Europe has been p
ing premium.