The record-union., 1894-04-11
BEFOKE CONGREsS.
Yesterdays Proceedings in the House
and senate.


Yesterdays Proceedings in the House
and Senate.
WASHINGTON, April 10. - Senator
Dodge spoke against the pending tariff
bill in the Senate to-day. He treated the
question of tariffs purely as business
matter.
Senator Cockrell objected to its present
consideration, and under the rules it went
over without action.
The Woicott resolution for the coinage
of Mexican dollars at United States
Mints was laid before the Senate, and
Mr. Gallinger read a communication
tavoring the resolution. He said that
while he cast reluctant vote for the re-
peal of the sherman law, he thought that
the time was approaching when some ac-
ton would have TO be taken by Congress
to give the country larger volume of
currency, and when that time came he
might have some remarks to make on the
subject which would probably be con-
trary to the views of the people of his
State.
The resolution was briefly debated,
when Senator Mcpherson Withdrew the
amendment offered by him yesterday to
insert the words ''for export" as he
thought the Sherman amendment agreed
to Yesterday covered the points of his
proposed amendment, The resolution as
amended was then agreed to, and is as
follows:
"ReS0LUed, That the President of the
United States, with a view to encourage
and extend our commercial relations
with China and other Asiatic countries,
be required, II not incompatible with
public interest, to enter into negotiations
with the republic of Mexico, looking to
the coinage by the United States at the
Mints of standard Mexican dollar,
under some agreement with the said re-
public of Mexico as to the seigniorage
method and the amount OF said coinage,
and that he further report the result of
his negotiations to the Senate"
Senator Aldrich announced that the
Senators of the Republican side of the
chamber were all anxious to proceed
with the consideration OF the bill in an
orderly manner, which would not inter-
fere with the comfort of the Senators.
Il would suggest" he went on, that we
are willing on this side of the chamber
for week at least that the Senate shall
meet at II o'clock each day and the tariff
bill shall be taken up at l o'clock and
continued before the Senate until
O'Clock each day without dilatory mo-
tions."
1t was agreed that the proposition
should prevail until Monday next.
The resolution of Senator Allen to
limit general debate on the tariff bill to
June 4th and to take the final vote on the
9TH of June was laid before the Senate.
Several amendments were offered and
finally the resolution was referred to the
Committee on Rules.
Two O'Clock arrived, the tariff bill was
laid before the Senate, and Lodge spoke
in opposition to 1t. Senator Lodge con-
cluded his speech at 4:20 O'Clock with an
eloquent peroration, which was warmly
applauded from the galleries.
Senator Hoar sprung a sensation by
stating tn at he wished TO make a speech
which he would have read from the desk.
He thereupon sent up an Associated
Press bulletin stating that the New York
Legislature had passed a resolution of
thanks to Senator Hill for his speech in
opposition 10 the tariff bill in the Senate
Yesterday. This was greeted with some
applause in the gallery, which the Vice
President checked.
Gray OF Delaware explained the action
of the New \ ork Legislature, by saying
that the Legislature was overwhelmingly
Republican.
"Yes," replied Aldrich, smilingly.
But not by such majorities as is shown
in the dispatch. There is a majority of
fourteen on joint ballot. so at least forty
Democrats must have voted on the reso-
luton"
session, and soon after adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, April 10.-There was a
question to-day when the House met as
to the order of business. An attempt was
made to consider some Senate amend
ments to bridge bill upon Reeds
argument that the House must proceed to
vote on the motion to discharge the war
rants issued to the Sergeant-at-Arms
under the resolution of March 18th for
the absentees. The motion came over
from last Saturday. Reed contended that
the House presented an unseeinly spec
tacle. as members were under threat of
arrest, and that the report OF the Sergeant
alarms should be disposed OF as mat
ter OF private rights OF members. Finally
it was decided to allow the whole subject
TO go over until tomorrow.
Bills were passed for the protection of
game in the Yellowstone Park, and for
the punishment OF crime in the park by
tension OF thy law and jurisdiction OF the
Wyoming United States district to its
Territory; TO grant Chief Justices in the
Territories power to appoint commits
sioners to take proof of land cases.
The House then went into Committee