Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-02-13
The FEDERAL LEGISLATURE.
Hawaii-riand -cinioraGc Biii-Hepre'e"-
taiiyc Turner In His seat.

IIaUaii-i;iand ~ciutoraEc bih-'''Pi''
tniiyc Turner In His seat.
WASHINGTON. February l2-SEN-
ATE Mr. Culom. Illinois Republicanl
presented large number Of petitions
AGAINST the placing Of wool on the Tree
list He said that they were signed ~
~ 100 wool-growcrs, owning 6Vp,Vo sheep'
or one seventh Of all the sheep III inc
United States Among the petitoheIs' Ho
said. was the NayeJo Indian tlpr' o""-
i,, .,ool1 sheep. on which those lndlahs
were substantially getting h'lnS anu
becoming independent cll|-Hs' lie ~
uressed the hope that the fhdhce 'on'-
mittce would give the matter uue a''e"-
ton. ,.,.-...t. ,.,.,iret
Petitions from west virginia "sa'iist
putting coal and lumber on the lIea ~
were presented 10y NJ fd1ihh'' 'N'i''0
craft. west Virginia.
,,. r'cl,,.u d,.m0craU. Missouri, pre-
..,f.i q. memorial of the 81. Louis Mer-
chants Exchange declaring lhal the
,,.s.,t etapu4tion in business Is que ID
,bc uncertainty Of congressional actioh
op tbe tariff Tin, and praying mat inc
,uo.tion may bc settled as specify "'
,i-e.hla. and hc expressed hls st'9i"O''''
a. trdiur that thc exchange had recos-
,tz,J the .sreeious lluud-r wnich had
i'.,, mad, In putung an of she distress
l,st SIMMER 10 account oi the 9neti'd"
snvei-purchasiuS act r.,. M
Mr. PcttiereW H;cpUhNcahl S'"th "a
kot,. offered resolution '"hlCh va
agreed tOj calling upon l"r 7'0i0'''
A.,riculture for Information as 10 I"e
wheat crop and supply n lhe OH'''N
States. ,.,,,,.,rs IN
,.,,.,'an,. of notice heretofore gwen "u-
I,,s.el III, SENATE ON thr resolution re-
LII fr.n the Committee on foieish
i,.l,tions declaring 81 unWise and mex
,..tt.rt III this time 90 cpne.d'I I"' ~
r,.. of,.sttou OF annexation Of tHe III
1,aiian Territory.
DANIEL TO-DAY.
u. smoke for three hours and without
I corcIud,u. hts speech yielded Tor mo
tiou 10 procc.d to executive business i,'
is to finish tho speech tomorrow ana -
IN Le followed df the "uniinithei pus'
noss" be not presented ly VII. pdiiit'
Democrau of Virginia. and W hlle We
nocrau. of colorado.
Mr. Gr4v treated the question larg ~
az ono of international morality ana ",-
rlar.d that a treaty OF annexation VIII,
tbe Provisional Government or ha""'
would be inconsistent with the hohor anu
dignity OF the United states ana ""u''
he 81 violation of the plainrst oDils'u'"s
Of International morality as wen ~ va
the settled practice and tradllIoh ol '"'
/ Government Of the United states.
! Notice Of substitute to Dee onerel ~
the wilson bin was given 10y ME- p"'-
/ une,r Uerubican, Of New HAihpSn'
/ ~. substitute being a declaration mat
ID rr.sl /
preston. il IS unTise I" "'''iiP' ''''
/ change in the tariff laws.
/ Tbc Presidents message transmitting
/ f,rth.r DISPATCHES from Mr. Willis ana
/ corr.ct version Of the interview OF No.
/ ,..r,l.r IT, 1903. between Secretary
! c~.eb.rn and Mr.. Thurston representing
! ,h. provisional Government AZ Nashihf-
! 49,, was laid before the Senat" ANA "ls
/ ,oc.rraJ to the Committee on Foreign
tftcr the executive session Mr.. Bric'
/ Domorra,. Of Ohio. presented r's}l lutloHs
~ rarret at the news of the d"a'h "i
porresantativc Houk. OF ohio. The res!-
4 Iutions were read. and as further marx
House of Representatives.
! NJ raepect the Senate at 80 adIourh,'.
/ n was District Of Columbia HaF n' nv
i House. and the proceedings ",r' "'' W
,,,,cb interest elsewhere than here.
,,. Cnv r)ar.ocraO. of Tennessee. Of
f.r.J "a ioint resolution recitinG the IN
d,htolncss of the state Of Tennessee 10
a.. rni,aI states for certain raiioal
,,,,,i,r,.nts and couutsr-claims or ihat
c,4te acainst the government an IN
etructiua the Attorney y-General ana 'le
Secretary Of the Treasury ana th' go
rotary Of War TO take the maj .er up
and COMPROMISE settle ana a1lunicH'e
such claims and provide for the liquina-
tion Of the indebtedness.
Mr.. Saycrs TeXas) objected ana 'he
bill went over. .,
NIr HIand. had read a proposed amend
ncnt TO the pending seieniorage bill' au-
,horizing the Secretary OF the Treasury
~ have coined. under the oct Of July H.
$50, silver bullion TO the amount OF |'''-
15G cSl. and a. issue certificates thereon
IA b. used in the payment OF current *
ronsea The Secretary Is Also authorized
10 issue certificates in excess OF TINS
amount but not 10 exceed the seignlprase'
Mr. : :. Turner member-elect from
the seventh Virginia District 10 succeed
Hon. G. +. OFerrall, presented MS Gre
dentials ana took the oath OF Once.
At O'Clock the District Of Columbia
Committee had concluded iis business
and then the urgency deficiency Dill carry
ING SsSS.9-S. was passed. Among the items
in the bill are $4,000 to AID in carrying
into effect the provisions Of the Chinese
exclusion act sll95S To repair Ford .
Theatre. and $4,000 to be expended by the
Secretary Of the Navy In repairing the
p,Inboa;s Castine and Machias.
4 special order providing for euloges
uuon the late Senator Stanford, Of CALI
fornia. was taken up. and after num-
ber Of addresses had been made, the Presi-
dents message transmitting additional
correspondence in the Hawaiian matter
was laid before the House.
Allie f.. NJ. the House adjourned.