The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-06
SESSION OF The SENATE.
The SeigniOrase Bill Received From
the House.

Senator Allen Proposes Change OF
/ the Rules Relative to the Reporting
! ofMatters From Committees Sena-
tor Cookreu Reports the Receipt Of
/ Cart Loads OF Letters From Iowa
/ Relative to the Duty on Alcohol.
/ Washington, March Sin the Senate
to-day the seigniorage bill was received
from the House, and was for the time be-
ing laid on the Vice Presidents table.
\ resolution for a change of the Senate
rules was offered by Mr.. Allen, pop, Of
Nebraska, and was referred to the com
mittee on rules. 10 makes it the duty Of
a committee to which q bill or resolution.
or other measure is referred to report it
back within thirty days; and in case of
its not doing so, the senator who intro
duced it is to have the right to demand
that it be reported within five days from
the time the demand is made.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Platt
rep. of Connecticut. ana agreed to call
ing on the treasury department for a
statement as TO the repayment of interest
paid b. the government on state bonds
for the Chickasaw fund, and as TO what
states are still in default as to principal
/ or interest, and to what amount
/ Mr. Voorhees, reported from the COM
mite on finance a compilation of the
| coinage laws Of the government from 1888
| 20 1894, which be spoke of as a work Of
inestimabe value, got up by Mr.. Dir
fe,te, clerk of the committee, and asked
that it be printed as a public document.
1t was so ordered.
CART LOADS OF LETTERS
Mr. Cockrell called attention to the
fact that within a few days past he had
! received "cart-loads of letters" from
| druggists in Missouri asking him to vote
! against the tariff bill, because it in
creased the tax on alcohol, which they
| described as one Of the necessaries of life
| He could not understand, he said, the re-
| Ceipt of so many letters on the same point
and largely couched in the same language
until the inspiration of this manifold let
! ter writing had been sent to him by a
| good friend. That inspiration was
| circular from the Iowa State Pharma-
! ceutical Association of Dubuque, Ia.
| asking the druggists in Missouri to send
| both their senators protest against any
| increased tax on alcohol - an article
! more necessary even than tea or coffee. -
| Imagine that Mr.. CoCkrell ex-
! tldlulbus 'dltOuOl dOSOlulelN necessary IN
! a prohibition county" He asked that
| the petitioners circular be referred to the
! finance committee, where the senator
| from Iowa Mr.. Allison) was a distin-
| guished member, so that he might con
slider this piteous appeal of his con-
! stituents."
Mr.. Allison had no doubt that the cir
| culaT represented the general view Of the
| drug trade; and, he added, sarcastically,
! that fb1G bA had No hpoY, al 70
make any investigation of the tariff as a
member Of the finance committee, The
! petitions and circular were so referred
THE sEIGNIoRAGE BILL.
The Vice President proceeded as a
matter of form to take from his table
! bills thereon and to have them referred
! to the appropriate committees. He bad
| reached the seiguiOrage bill and was
about to have it referred to the finance
| committee, when objection was made by
| MIR Stewart. He said that he desired
the bill to lie on the table TO be called up
hereafter. Everybody knew what the
bill was and there was no use in referring
| 1t TO the finance committee, which had its
entire time taken up by the tariff bill.
| This was matter which
| should precede any consideration
from the tariff, because until
the people had money to buy, the tariff
WAC ttLlLlI HOI luut- ut OltItu DIS On
amendment q bill for the free coinage of
silver. Objection was made to the second
reading of the seiniorage bill, and it went
| over till tomorrow with the understand
ing that the Vice-President would lay it
before the Senate at any time he pleased.
OPEN EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
A resolution heretofore offered by Mr.
PETER for a change of the rules so that
all executive sessions shall be open eX.
cept in cases where the President of the
United States suggests that the subject
matter of his communication requires Sc
crecy was laid before the Senate, and
after some remarks by Mr.. PETER, was
referred to the committee on rules.
The Senate then took up the calender in
4 regular order the first bill upon it beina
the one referring the McGarrahan claim
TO the court of private land claims Or
the request of Mr.. Morrill, who has here
tofore been the leading opponent of the
measure, Mr.. Teller, who has charge OF
IL, consented that it should go over till to
morrow.
Three private pension bills were passed
and then the Senate, on motion of Mr.
German, went into executive session.
The doors were reOpened at 3 10 o'clock
when Mr. Morgan offered an amendment
to the tariff bill, providing for the ap
pointing of a board of tariff revision II
was read and referred to the finance com
mittee; and then at 3:20 o'clock the Sen
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