Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-13

Some Bills offered Yesterday.

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Yesterday was not an especially good day
for bills e. the House. yet. IL one-tenth of
those presented had been adopted these
would have been among the consequences:
pension 90 every confederate prisoner
and a bonus OF s. a day for every day he
was imprisoned burrows. MichD.
The abolition OF the tobacco tax niender-
son. y. O..
Promotion Of all navy medical Director.
20 the rank and pay OF commodores
Payment Of coin obligations OF the gov
eminent in silver Hsei. CcIb.
Civil pension to letter carriers after twen-
~ years service Nurbor0w. 1lsl.
Reduction Of barley duty from soc. to lee a
bushel Of malt ,, duty to &c and OF hop duty
Abolition Of bureau OF navigation ditch.
y. y.
Coal on the free list dHall. Mimi.
loe. TENN.
Authorization to the government 20 buy
out any patent by paying from s25.0o0 to
100000 To the patentee u.accy. I0wal
And appropriations Of between five and
six Millions for public buildings docks and
statues. and II eight millions more In set
tlement OF Indian claims. on the whole q
pretty good days work.
senator wolcott'x Flowers
A great deal Of amusement was .arses
this morning in the Senate by the arpcar-
ance OF a large bouquet on the desk OF Mr.
Wolcott Of Colorado. IL was a huge affair,
in the form OF basket OF roses rel and
white, with two large streamers u r,-l
satin ribbon that hung from the handle.
There is a great deal Of mystery about thu
gift. as no name was attached. The mes
senger boy who brought IL said he didn't
know who gave IL 20 him. II was sent TO
Mr. Wolcott's house Immediately after the
Senate convened.
Increasing the Circulation OF the
Ree0rd.
Representative Jerry simpson is DESTROYS
OF increasing the circulation OF the Con-
gressional Record. He has introduced a
joint resolution providing for the printing
and distribution TO each member OF Con-
gress OF 100 extra copies OF the Congress
sional Record from the beginning OF the
present special session up to October I. His
reason FOR thus increasing the number of
Records allowed by law 20 each member
twenty-two-is the very general public in
terest in the silver debate and the demand
made upon members Cor copies OF their
speeches. BY naming October I as the limit
of the increase the member from Medicine
Lodge evidently expects that the silver de-
bate in the Senate will be over by that
time.
Documents of No Value.
The Postmaster General. acting I'm CON-
formity with the law OF the last session.
has Informed the Speaker Of the House
that there is a large amount Of documents
in his department which are Of - historical
value. and OF no value to the government,
aud which could be destroyed without loss.
In accordance with the law referred to. the
Speaker appointed Mr.. henderson ~ North
Carolina and MIR. Caldwell 81 Ohio 10 act
with a joint committee from the senate. 20
inspect the documents. ana to provide for
their disposal or destruction.
The law was passed with the intention ~
relieving the department OF the vast acctI-
mutation OF useless files which cucumber
every department ana as 50 much waste
labor. take Up valuable room and over
burden the capacity Of the building.
The senate Finnnre Committee.
The Senate committee on finance appears
to be divided upon the proposition set out
In Mr. Morgan's bill 20 repeal the law
thorizing the redemption OF subsidiary coin
in treasury notes. This bill was introduced
the other day a measure having the cor
dial Endorsement of the Secretary 81 Tie
Treasury. II was discussed pro and con.
but no action was taken. the bin being laid
aside pending the reception Of a conmUni-
cation from the Secretary OF the Treasury
giving his reasons for urging its repeal
Contributions for the Sufferers.
Representative George Washington Mu--
ray of South Carolina, the sole representa-
tive OF his race in Congress, introduced n
novel financial feature into the delib-ra-
tons of the Senate yesterday by wandering
among the weary listeners to the silver talk
of Senator Mitchell with subscription pa
per. lie WAS collecting money for the re-
lief OF the storm sufferers in South Caro-
lima, and apparently made quite a harvest
among the chaTltably Inclined. senator
Hill went down into his pockets and pro-
duced long roll, from which he took a
bill Senator Hoar followed suit. and then
Ir. Murray thought that he had made hay
enough for one day, and departed.
For the Relief of Tho~. Williams.
Senator Wolcott is the author OF a RESP
luton which was introduced IN the Senate
yesterday appropriatinE $500 from the cnn-
tingent fund OF the Senate for the relief OF
Thomas Williams. who was badly hurt
while running the freight elevator In Az
gust, 1892