Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-12-19
DICK BLAND ON DECK.
He Introduces q Free silver Bill
The Senate Considers the Mic
aragua Canal Bill, While
the House Talks
Finance.

4r8&ua canal Bill, "nllc
the House Talks
Finance.
Washington, Dec. 10. - Immediately
upon the convening of the senate to-day
the vice president laid before the senate
letter from the secretary of the navy
transmitting the report of Admira
Walker on the subject of Hawaii which
the senate had called for by resolution
The letter and report we're referred with.
out discussion to the committee on
foreign relations. Admiral Walker re.
commends that an American ship be
kept at Honolulu as long as Great Britain
keeps war vessel there.
Senator Pasco, of Florida, reported
from the committee on public lands a
bill extending the act relating to
ABANDONED MILITARY RESERVATIONS,
which was passed without division.
A resolution was introduced by Mr..
Allen, of Nebraska, providing for the ap-
pointment of a select committee to in
vestigate Political affairs ~in Alabama,
which, at his request, was laid On the
table in order that he might submit some
remarks on it later. He nlso introduced
resolution for the appointment of a
committee of five to
INVESTIGATES THE SENATE RESTAURANT.
Mr.. Allen was about to speak on this
matter when Mr.. Hale, of Maine, OBJ jected
and it went over.
Senator Bate, of Tennessee, called up
and had passed bill to establish
NATIONAL MILITARY PARK
on the battlefield of Shiloh. The resolu-
tion offered yesterday by Senator Lodge,
calling on the president for the GORE.
spOndence in the Ezeta extradition case
was passed without division.
The senate then took up the Nicaragua
canal bill.
THAT REpURLIcAN "ENpLEss CHAIN"
A dispatch from the New York sub
treasury to-day reports that $5OO,OOO in
gold was withdrawn this morning. This
leaves $90,9l0,424 in gold in the treasury
and cash balance of 1854, 4,469,5OO.
CONSIDERING THE CURRENCY BILL.
AS soon as the regular routine was dis
posed of to-day, on motion of Mr..
Springer, the house went into commit
tee of the whole and debate on the cur
rency bill was resumed. Mr.. johnson, of
Indiana, one of the members of the
minority on the banking and currency
committee, opened with vigorous
speech in opposition to the Carlisle bill.
Admitting the defects in our currency
system, he said that perfection could not
be obtained by the passage of bill
along the lines suggested by the banking
and currency committee. It was
MUCH EASIER TO ATTACK
the present system than to offer a sub
stitute. The present system had given
the country the greenback currency
which had enabled the government to
carry on the war and it had produced a
market for our bonds in an hour of
danger and peril. The currency it pro-
duced had never been questioned and
this was no time for experimental legis-
lation. Besides, there is no need of in.
decent speed.
FAVORABLE TO THE JAPANESE TREATY.
The senate committee on foreign af-
fairs to-day decided to report the Japan
ese treaty favorably at the next executive
session of the senate.
BLAND's BILL.
In the house yesterday Representative
Bland introduced bill providing for the
free coinage of silver, aud for deposit
of gold aud silver bullion and the issu-
ance of legal tender notes upon it. The
bullion is to be subseq coined, and
coin notes are to be redeemed in gold
and silver without discrimination, as may
be advantageous to the government.
Provision is also made for the issuance
of coin notes on standard silver coin. All
outstanding gold and silver certificates
are to be retired and coin notes substi-
tuted therefore. Provision is also made
for the redemption of the outstanding
greenbacks and treasury notes in gold
or silver without discrimination. An
emergency fund is created, SO that in case
of panic the secretary of the treasury
may, on deposit of United States interest
bearing bonds, issue to depositors coin
notes. Interest ON such bonds is to 60
to the government while they are on de-
posit, and should they mature while on
deposit they are to be cancelled.
THE ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL.
In the house yesterday Mr.. Cultivate,
chairman of the committee on military
affairs, called up the army appropriation
bill ard explained its provisions. The
bill carried $23,299,803, which is $168,616
less than the appropriation for the cur
rent fiscal year and $l,305,S34 less than
the estimates. Three propositions in the
bill were new, all being recommended by
the secretary of war. One reduced the
number of majors in the pay department
to twenty, reduction of Ave. The
second reduced the number of captains
in the subsistence department by four,
and the third transferred the military
prison at Fort Leavenworth to the juris-
diction of the department of justice.
The bill was passed without amend
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