Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-16
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.


SEEATR-sixty-eighth day.-Senator Hill, OF
New York, creatvd "A surprise whsn he intro
duced the following resolution asking that IL
he referred TO tho committee on finances:
"Wnereas, the secretary or the treasury has
announced Il deficit OF S1S,OOO,O0O for the cur
rent fiscal year; and whereas. House bill No.
4s4, known rs the Wilson bill, proposes To
discard S16OO0.OO0 revenue from present tariff
taxation and to meet the double deficiency by
new internal and direct taxation; therefore
resolved, That the Senate finance COMMITTEES
frame amendments TO the said bill. emitting
the said internal and direct taxes newly pro-
posed, and instead thereof make provision for
sufficient revenue by tarifling other foreign
imports, and otherwise revising the tariff
without creating deficiency" Senator Berry,
OF Arkansas. protested against the assertion
OF New York paper which published an
article giving names and portraits of senator's
whom IL accused of having formed ring To
defeat the Wilson bill; Mr.. Berry said that
the Wilson bill just as it had come from the
House Senators Faulkner. Cali, McLaurin
and Morgan also made explanations OF the
same effect The question OF referring the
Bland seigniorage bill was discussed but no
action taken. The Senate disagreed with the
report of the conference committee on tho
urgent deficiency bill. HoUsE.-During tie
discussion OF the pensions appropriations bill
Gen. Sickles took occasion to criticiSe Com
missioner LCchren. The resolution for the
investigation OF Judge jenkins writ of in
junction against the Northern Pacific railway
was passed. Quite a heated discussion was
lrecipitated over resolution instructing tho
secretary OF the navy to appoint IA naval cadet
from the Fifth south Carolina district. 1t
seemed that MIR. strait OF Maryland, failed to
appoint cadet an the secretary of the navy
appointe and charged to that district n young
man from Alabama. Ii developed that in
several cases the secretary had filled vacan-
cies from districts with residents of other dis
tricts and there was manifest disposition on
the part of the members OF the House TO re-
sent what they considered an infringement on
their rights. The speaker ruled the discus
sion out of order. Mr.. Linton, OF Michigan,
secured unanimous consent for the considers
ton of n resolution authorizing the secretary
of the treasury to transfer portion of the
pos office site in the city OF Saginaw, Mich, TO
that city and IL was passed.
SENATE.-Sixty-ninth day.-An exciting and
Interesting debate was precipitated by Mr..
Harris motion for the second reading OF the
seignlorage bill. This was opposed by Mr.
sherman, who moved its reference to the fl
nance coLnmittee, and In the course OF strong
speech in opposition 20 the bill said that its
object was TO divert trust fund from its le-
gitimato purpose thing which in Ohio would
be penitentiary offence. His motion was de-
feated, however and the bill taken up as un-
finished business, and almost before anyone
was aware OF what had happened it passed its
third reading aid WAS on the point of passing
he Senate. Then its opponents recovered
from their surprise and endeayOred to pre-, ent
Its passage, and ON request of senator Sher-
man IL went over. Mr.. Morgan introduced a
resolution calling on the President for lnlor-
nation as To the occupancy OF BlueEelds, y lea
raugua, by the British. This WAS rec to-
The House I'LL appropriating S45OOJ for saw
ing the kearsage WAS also passed. as was n
bill permitting Gen. o. O. Howard to accept
from the French government the decora-
ton OF commander OF the Legion OF Honor.
HoUsE.-After five days OF debate the pension
appropriation bill carrying Sl5l0JO, 90 was
passed without division. Throughout the de-
bate there hal been no criticism of the
amount carried by the bill, debate being, on
the one hand, confined To an assault on the
manner in which the present commissioner OF
pensions had administered the ONCE ana his
alleged unauthorized suspension of pensions,
aud, on the other To n uefense of the attempt
of the commissioner TO purge the rolls of
those who were not entitled 10 place upon
them. All the amendments to the bill save
one, that of Mr.. Picker, 20 make the reports
OF the examining surgeons open TO the in
sIection OF the applicant or his attorneys.
were defeated. They all fell under points of
order that they were not germane.
SENATE-Seventieth day.-The bill for the
sale OF unsold portions OF the Cmatilla reser-
seigniorage bill was laid before the Senate as
unfinished business. MIR. sherman bitterly
opposed the pending bill and expressed the
hope that the motion to reconsider would pre-
vail. as he wanted the bill open to amend
ments. The bill went over without action.
HoCsE.-The conference report on the urEent
deficiency bill was presented and agreed to-
ar. richardson. of Tennessee. from the joint
commission on expenditures in the executive
departments. called up the pill 80 reform the
method OF accounting and auditing In the
customs department OF the treasury. The bill
abOlishes the Office of comm ssiOner and as
sstant commissioner of customs. The bill
was passed. TIE House then went iuto COM
nittee OF tue whole for the consideration of
the District of Columbia appropriation bill.
SENATE.-Seventy-frst day.-Senator PETER
offered "A resolution providing for committee
to examine charges in various newspapers
that certain senators had utilized Knowledge
gained officially for dealing in sugar stocks,
aud had made large gains. 1t was tabled
temporarily. Mr.. Vest called up the House
bill authorizing u bridge over the East river,
between New York and Long Island. The
bin passed without objection The Bland
seigniOrage bill came up as unfinished busi-
ness. The 18th inst was decided upon rs the
day for taking vote. HoUsE.-The District
of Columbia appropriation bill in committee
of the whole aud individual pension ILLS oc-
cupied the day and evening sessions.