The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-06

WASHINGTON, Il. c.. March THE
| seirhorase bin was received from the
House. and was. for the time being. laid
ON the Nice-Presidents table.
a resolution for q change Of Senate
rules was offered 10y SIR. Allen pop.
Neb). and was referred 10 the Committee
on Rules. Ii makes the duty of o COM
mittee 20 which bin or resolution or
/ other measure. is referred TO report il
back within thirty days: and. i'm case OF
] us not doing so, the senator who intro
/ ddced 1t is 20 have the right to demand
its being reported within five days from
the time the demand is made.
resolution vas offered by Mr.. Platt
D.ep., Comm, ana agreed TO. calling on
me Treasury Deparum ut for state
nent as 10 the repayment of interest paid
by the Government on State bonds Tor
the Chikasaw fund; and as T. what States
are still in default as to principal or
interest and 10 what amount.
Mr. voorhees, reported from the Com
mittee on Finance a compilation Of the
coinage laws OF the Government from
1853 10 1894 which he spoke Of as a work
or inestimable value gotten up by Mr. Dir
fee, late clerk of the committee. and
asked that 1t be printed as public docu-
ment. 1t was so ordered
Mr.. Cockrel Dem, MOI called atten-
ton TO the fact that within a few days
past he had received cart loads Of let
ters' from druggists in Missouri, asking
him 70 vote against the tariff bill. be-
cause il increased the tax on alcohol
which they described as one Of the
necessaries of life. He could not under
stand. he said, the receipt OF so many
letters on the same point, and largely
cOuched in the same language. until the
inspiration of this manifold letter-wrlt-
ms had been sent TO him BIZ q good
friend. That inspiration was Il clrctlar
from the Iowa state Pharmaceutical AS
sociation. Of Dubuque, Ia, asking drug
gists in Missouri 10 send TO both their
senators protest against any increased
TAX on alcOhol-an article more uece.;-
sary even than tea or coffee" Imagine
that! Mr.. Cockrell exclaimed. "alcobol
absolutely necessary in prohibition towar'
lie asked that the petitions and circulars
De referred 10 the Finance Committee
where the Senator from Iowa (Allison)
was distinguished member. so that he
might consider this piteous apDeal of
his constituents"
Mr. Allison had no doubt that the cir
GUAR reported the general view of the
uTuS trade, and be added sarcastically.
ihal thus far he had not been able to
make any Investigation of the tariff as a
member of the Finance Committee. The
petitions and circulars were so referred.
Another Free Coiusgs BIZ.
The Nice-President proceeded. as a mat
Ter of form, TO take from his table bills
thereon and to have them referred TO the
appropriate committees. He had reached
the seigniorage bill, and was about TO have |
IL referred TO the Finance Committee |
when objection was made by Mr. Stewart !
lie said that he desired the bill TO lie |
on the table, 10 be called up hereafter |
Everybody knew what the BIN was and /
there was no use in referring II TO the |
Finance Committee, which had its entire |
attention taken up by the tavin bill This |
was a matter which should precede any |
consideration of the tariff, because until /
the people had money to buy the tariff |
was unimpor,ant He offered as an |
a bill for the free coinage Of |
silver. Objection was made 10 the second !
reading Of the Seign.Orage bin and il |
went over until tomorrow. with the UNI |
Outstanding that the ce-President would !
lay II before the Senate at any time he |
pleased.
4 resolution heretofore Offered by Mr. !
PETER, for a change OF the rules so that /
all executive sessions shall be open ex-
cept In cases whore the President Of the /
United States suggests that the ublcct /
crecy, was laid before the Senate. and.
after some remarks by Mr. PETER was
referred TO the Committee on Rules
The Senate then took the calendar in
regular order the first bin upon il being
the one referring the NcGarahan claim
10 the Court of Private Land Claims. on
the request OF Mr.. Morrill,. who has here
tofore been the leading opponent OF the
measure, Mr. Teller who has charge of
IT, consented that il should 20 over tin
Tomorrow
Three private pension bills were passed.
and then the Senate. on motion OF Air
German. went into executive session.
The doors were reopened az S15. when
Mr.. Morgan offered an amendment 10 the
Iarin bill, providing for the appointment
or board Of tariff revision. 1t was read
and referred to the Finance Committee.
ana then. at 500 O'Clock. the Senate ad-
j0urned.
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