The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-03
COXEY'SARMY WANTSWORK
Congress Asked TO Furnish II al 81
Per Day.

Investigating Committee Received.
A Lively Tilt Over the Resolution
Calling for an Investigation of the
Dominion Coal Company-The Sun
dry OWL Appropriation Bill Passed.
Washington, Aug. 2.-In the Senate to-
day a petition was presented by Mr.. PEI
fer from representatives of the United
States Industrial Army" now encamped
near Washington, asking for Immediate
employment on public works at fair
wages, or else for national assistance TO
supply their own wants by cooperative
industry" and forwarding the draft of a
bill to carry out their ideas. This bill re-
quires the Secretary of War TO inaugu-
rate system of public improvements, at
which employment shall be furnished to
all citizens applying at the minimum
rate of wages Of 81 a day. The Secretary
of the Treasury is to issue legal tender
treasury notes 10 the amount of S25, 000,
600, and is TO issue annually a sufficient
amount to meet the requirements of the
bill. The petition and bill were referred
TO the committee on education and labor.
The conference report on the District of
Columbia appropriation was presented
and agreed TO.
THE AETI-OPTIoN BILL.
The House anti-option bill was re-
ported by Mr.. Washburn from the com
mittee on agriculture and placed on the
calandar, Mr.. George of Mississippi dis
epting from the report solely on what he
regarded as the inadequacy of the meas
ure TO effect the intended reform.
Mr.. Gray, chairman of the select COM
mittee on the sugar investigation, pre-
scented unanimous report with all the
evidence taken; and asked that the com
mittee be discharged from further action
under the resolution appointing it. To
this request MIR Chandler objected and
1t went over for the present.
Additional reports were made by Mr..
Allen, and Mr.. Lodge for himself and Mr.
Davis
The House bill to change the lines be-
tween the Eastern and Western judicia
districts of North Carolina, and fixing
the time for holding courts in the Eastern
district, was taken from the calendar and
passed.
Mr.. Hill, from the committee on immi-
grafton, reported back the House bill for
the inspection of immigrants by United
States consu!s, with substitute aimed
at the exclusion of anarchlsts). The bill
goes TO the calendar.
THE DOMINION COAL COMPANY.
The Vice President laid before the SEN
ate the resolution offered yesterday by
Mr.. Chandler for an investigation Of the
organization and history of the Dominion
Coal Company of Nova Scotia in connec-
ton with the tariff legislation; and Mr..
Chandler addressed the Senate, giving a
statement of the circumstances which he
thought justified him in Offering the reso-
luton.
At the close of Mr.. Chambers speech
there was no indication of desire on the
part of any senator to reply to him, and
Mr.. Hill moved to lay the resolution on
the table In making the motion Mr..
Hill said: Nothing definite has been
stated here that would justify the Senate
in entering seriously on the proposed in
vestigation. There is no charge Of any
kind made against any official of the gov
eminent, any member of congress or any
body else and think we have got enough
on our hands, on this second day Of
August, without entering on such an in
vestigation."
Mr.. Chandler modified his resolution so
as to have the investigation made not by
Mr.. Gray's special committee, but by an
other special committee OF five senator's
The Vice President put the question
and announced that the motion to lay on
the table was agreed to; and that a call
for the yeas and nays had not been sec
onded.
THE ACTION REVERSED.
Soon afterward, however, the vote was
taken by yeas and nays, and the motion
to lay Mr.. Chambers resolution on the
table was rejected-yeas l6, nays 30, as
follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Berry, Blackburn, Brice
Call, Gray, Hill. Hunton, Mills Mitchell of
Wisconsin BaSpn
Villas, Walsh and White-16.
Nays-Messrs. Allen, Allison, Bate, Carey
Chandler, Cockren, Coke, Cullom, Frye, Gal
l1nger, German, Hansbrough, Harris Hoar
Jones OF Nevada, Kyle, Lodge. Henderson
Martin, Mitchell of Oregon, PETER. Perkins
Platt, Proctor, Pugh. Sherman, Shoup Stew
art, Teller and Washburn-30.
Under the rules of the Senate, the reso-
linton, having been considered during til
morning hour, had gone to the calendar,
and can only come up again by vote of
the Senate.
sUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
The consideration of the sundry civil
appropriation bill was resumed, and the
following, among other amendments,
were agreed to:
To pay $1,000 each to the widows of
the late Senators Stockbridge of Michi-
gan and Vance of North Carolina
Allowing one months extra pay TO the
oIncerS ana employees OF congress.
Appropriating $500, 900 for the recoinage
of the uncurrent fractional silver coin in
the treasury.
Appropriating s876,OOO additional, to be
used by the President in case of emer-
Rency against the spread of epidemic dis
eases.
The bill was then passed
MIR. Gray, chairman of the select com.
mittee on alleged charges of bribery. etc.
made report as to the recreancy of a
witness before that committee, Allen
Louise Seymour, TO be transmitted by the
Vice President TO the United States dis
trict attorney for the District of Colum-
bia, and he repeated his request that the
committee be discharged.
Mr. Chandler withdrew the objection
which he made to a like request earlier
in the day, and the committee was dis.
charged.
The House bill was passed authorizing
. bridge across the Perdido river between
Florida and Alabama.
The Senate then, at Is O'Clock. after
a short executive session, adjourned until
tomorrow.