Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-02-22
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Condemned Record OF tho Important
Transaction. Of Ours National Law.
mnkers-The Work Done I'm Both
Branches.
Washir gton, Feb. 1O.-,The entire day
in the house was con. urcl in debate OIL
Ire Bland silver seignorags bill. the
smokers being Mcskrs. Bland, G. w.
stcre {Pa). McKeighan, Harter and
i,;lgore 1t is expected vote on the
hill win be reached by Tuesday ut the
f. rthcst, ard Mr.. Bland is confident
mat it will pass. This opinion is general
~ shared by the leaders ON both sides,
although there probably will be some
notifications of the bill that will make
it more acceptable to the Democrats who
arc now opposing it. Mr.. Harter ere
atcd some amusement by his reference to
the manner in which the Democratic
rsr,y was delineated in the comic papers
AZ a jackass. He thought it was per-
fcctly fair, perhaps, for Republican pa
p,rs to portray the Democracy us jack
ass, but he did not see why proposition
like the Bland bill was brought into the
house. Democrats should flap their ears
and bray to show that they We're jack
asses. Mr.. Klgore of Texas contended
that if the government was in need of
money it was bettec to coin tn, silver
st;gncrage than borrow money and pay
Interest up n the loan.
Washington, Feb. 12.-There will ma
an effort on the part of the senate dur
ing the present week to clear up the
calendars as far as possible, prior to
taking up the tariff bill, which, when it
is reported to the SENATE, is expected to
exclude the c0nsite ration of most other
subjects. The slcech-making began to-
day on the Stewart bond resolution, fo.-
low ed in the Afternoon on the Turpie
Hawaiian resolution. 1t is believed that
the committee on the Judiciary will dis
pose Of the Peclllsm nomination to-
MORROW, and if SO. in all probability
there will be at least ono day during the
week devoted to executive session for the
I.l1pose of passing upon this nomination.
1t is expected t.: t the consideration of
the 81; nd -eigniorage bill will be COM
pleted in the house Wednesday,. This
il District of Col. mbia day, but by spe.
cial order the time after 3 o'clock was
set aside for paying tribute to the ,1em-
cry of the late Sers tor Stanford. When
the Bland bill reaches a vote the general
expectation is that it will pass after hav-
irg been modified in certain particulars
to meet the objections of Secretary Car
liele to give him some latitude and dis
creti0n in the issue of treasury notes
and against the seigniorage and in the
coirage of the bullion
Washington, Teb. 13.-The Hawaiian
controversy occupied the principal time
OF the senate. Senator Gray of Della
VT re opeled his argument in defense of
the policy of President Cleveland. Early
in the session an interesting incident oc-
CURED In the presentation by Senator
Cullom Of an opinion signed by 10000
wool growers of the West protesting
against the wool schedule in the new
tariff till. The speech of Senator Gray
en- the Hawaiian matter was devoted
principally to an attempt to prove the
lutionists, the senator citing the evidence
of members of the provisional government
to show that they were in daily consulta-
ton with the minister previous to tho
revolution and that they expected the
protection of the An erican troops in their
plan to overthrow the queen.
In the house the first bill called up was
one to regulate the sale of Intoxicating
liquors in the District. Mr.. Picker Of
fered an amendment restricting liquor
licenses for hotels to such as have thirty
sleeping apartments, which was defeated.
Mr.. Pickler made the point of no quorum.
After filibustering some time he with
drew his point and the bill was passed.
This. was the only bill from the commit
tee on District of Columbia, and MIR.
Breckenridge then moved to 60 into com.
mittee of tie whole for the consideration
of tie urgency deficiency bill. After Mr..
Cannon had criti :ised the item, of ap-
plopris ton for the payment of United
States witness fees, which he said was
inadequate AID might cmbarrass the
ULited States courts. the bill was passed
Washington, Feb. 14.-The Hawaiian
resolution was again the subject of dis
cussion in the senate to-day. Senator
Gray resumed his argument in support OF
the presidents policy, and reiterated his
charges of yesterday that the revolu-
tionists were dependent on the United
States minister and the United States
forces for support of theirm ovement,
anr that thereafter the provisional gov
ernmcnt depended absolutely upon the
United States forces and the flag for pro-
lection andf or the maintenance of the
government they had established. The
full significance of the present Hawaiian
situation came out ut the close of the
senator's speech, when in a colloqup with
Senator Teller he admitted that as q
member of the foreign relations commit
tee he understood the efforts Of the presi-
dent, moral or diplomatic, to restore the
queen wer ut an end, ard that the pres
ent minister TO Hawaii had 10 directions
to pursue further diplomatic negotiations
to that end.
The houses pent the day in debate on
the. Bland seiknlorage bill, the principal
.pccches being those by Mr.. Culbertson
Of Texas in favor of the measure and
Mr.. Coombs of New York in opposition.
Several times to-day Mr.. Bland attempt
ed to reach an agreement for closing gen.
orn1 1oIo 70 %ov,,orroxu xvit1, q vinxv tn 90.