The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03

District of Columbia, but no evidence or
testimony had been submitted TO the COM
mittee and he therefore asked that they be
discharged from further duty, under the
resolution OF May ~. Messrs. lodge and
Davis, Republicans. objected. ana Mr.. Al
len. Populist, made supplemental reports.
Objection was made by Mr.. Chandler to
the request Of the committee TO be. dis
charged. at least. until the report could be
read and examined. and, accordingly. the
request went on the table Tor the present.
The following House bills were then passed:
Placing James Williams Albert on the re.
tired list of the army with the rank or
major of engineers; placing charles B. Stl-
verS on the retired list OF the army as
captain Of infantry; changing the lines De-
tween the eastern and western boundary of
the judicial districts OF North Carolina; Tor
the relief Of George b. COSBY; TO donate
four condemned cannon of the army TO Sac
City, Ia, to be placed at the pedestal or
the soldiers monument, and Tor the con-
struction of a military road from III Paso
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr..
Chandler directing a special m 10
investigate the Dominion Coal Company, OF
Nova Scotia, whether ii was organized or
is being conducted in the expectation that
Congress would repeal the tarin tax on
ment are interested in the company, ana
whether any assurances that the outy
would be removed were given the company,
and. if so, who gave such assurances, and
what steps are being taken 10 fulnll the as
surances. was laid before the Senate ana
MI. Chandler urged its adoptlon. Mr..
Chandler claimed that John h. Russell. OF
Massachusetts, avowed his connection with
the Dominion Coal Company, and was 70
be an avowed participant in the pronts 10
come to the company from the removal OF
the duty on coal. He came on to Washing
ton to give counsel and advice TO the fres-
ident and urge him TO stand last on ne
Democratic principle OF free coal. The Pres
ident then wrote a letter, without address,
ing it to any one in particular, dating IL
charge of dynamite" ready 10 be launched
without warning on some unsuspectlnS per
son. 1t was accordingly sent 10 Mr.: VIII
son, and, after due course OF time and AFTER
an agOniZing birth who was me dccoucneur
at the advent he did not know, 1t saw the
light of day, very much to the surprise OF
the Senator from Maryland Gorman) and
the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Harrls)
He thought that Mr.: John Il. Russell as the
adviser of the President on the removal OF
the duty on coal, would bear nVeStlSatlon,
and ne believed the facts which had been
in investigating the charges, but required
ii to do so. Leaving the subject OF coal,
he took up the question of sugar. ana ar
raigned the Senate for its action III INSIST
ing on the differential duty given, TO re-
finers. Speaking of the o~ue-eiShth dlFeren-
tial as the one-eighth donation ~ the trust;
having poured out its money like water.
The question was then put on the mo-
t ts9n of on Mi The Hill tIhl to anS the the T Vlee Pecsi rfsDt
declared il carried. but Mr.. Chandler sub
seguently asked that the vote oe recon
lay on the table was defeated, 16 to 20. The
resolution went 70 the calendar under the
rules. and ii will require a vote OF. the
Senate to again bring it up for consldera-
ton.
The sundry civil bill was then taken up.
Amendments were adopted to pay The wild
ows of the late Senators Vance, of North
Carolina. and Stockbridge. of Michigan
5000 each.
Inc appropria for quarantine pur-
poses was increased by $4,000, so as to
make the total amount. $1,OO0,OW.
An amendment was adopted TO grant one
million acres of surveyed desert, lands TO
each of the States to which the desert
states ot Kansas and Nebraska and the
States which may be constructed from the
Territories. Utah. New Mexico. Okla
homa and Arizona, under certain stipula-
tons.
An amendment appropriating $780, 600 for
the recoinage of the uncurrent fractional
silver coin in the treasury was adopted
also. The bill, with its many amendments,
The general deficiency bill was then
taken up, but was laid aside, and the Sen
ate. AZ 5 o'clock. went into executive ses-
sion. and at $40 adjourned.
Members, of the House committee on
from the New York bondholders of the
Kansas Pacific Consolidated Railroad Com
pany asking them to introduce a bill au-
thorizing the institution OF a suit by the
United States against all bonded railroads
and comforting similar rights on the
creditors TO sue the stockholders, directors
and others, who, it is alleged. misappropri-
ated the, assets of the company and di-
verted the government aid. Representa-
tive BOatner, or LOUISIANA, introduced the
bill which accompanied the memorial. in
dorsing it by request" which action
members take when they do not wish to
commit themselves TO support of meas
ures introduced by them The bill ~recites
that the Pacific Railway Commission has
reported to the President testimony tend
ing to establish liabilities of individuals
connected with government-aided rail-
roads in their fiduciary capacity, and that
it is important in the interest OF the United
States and of other creditors that prop
erty taken contrary to equity should be
collected from the parties responsible