The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-03-22
FIFTYyTHIRD CONGRESS-.


WASHINGTON, March i3-SENATn Tho Do
bate ON the Bland segnoirage bill occupied the
senate Monday after the usual morning bust
ness Senator Villas tdem, Wis., spoke foi
nearly two hours against It, in continuation OF
his argument OF last Friday. Senator Allison
rep., Iowa) argued upon the necessity OF
amending 1t so as to preclude the probab bility OF
having the 55.0o000O of silver dollars supple.
mented for an equal amount of silver certifi.
Gates. Senator Woloott (rep, COLI, favored
the passage OF the bill as one aid to the coun Try
out OF its present depressing financial condi-
ton The new senator from Louisiana, Mr..
Blanchard, was sworn in and Mr.. Pefer's rcso.
luton for an investigation Of the ne spaper al
legations that senators had been protting by
speculating in sugar securities, was laid on the
on the table,
HousE-Monday being District Of Columbia
day, no general legislation was considered. A
bill authorizing the Metropolitan Street Car
| Co. to change its motive power to an under
| ground system, was discussed, but no conc1u.
| sion was reached In the absence of Speaker
Crisp, Representative Dockery, dem, MOI
| presided
WASHINGTON, March A-sENArE-There
were three speeches made in the senate Tues.
day on the lind seigniorage bill The first
TWO were N faNor of the bill and were made by
senators Stewart trep. NevD and Lindsay
(dem XVI The third was opposed 10 it and
was made by Senator Dolph (rep Ore), who
declared that those who favored i, we're large
~ those who favor the free coinage of silver
The discussion is to close Wednesday at D.
m when vote will be taken on Mr. Allison's
no1on 10 reconsider the vote ordering the bill
toa third reading. The final vote on It's pas
sage Is 10 be taken on Thursday at the same
hour.
HoUsE-Most of the days session was occu.
pied in consideration of the sundry civil bill
An amendment offered by Mr.. Dunphy dem,
n. - authorizing the expenditure of $4,000
1or repairs in the New York city post offce,
was adopted motion by Mr.. Morse rep
Mass to strike out the appropriation for The
interstate commerce commission, received but
nVe votes. resolution introduced by Mr.
Cummings dem, N. " calling on Secretary
Herbert for all information in his possession
respecting the reported failure of Carnegie
Phipps q Co to furnish armor plate in accord
ance with their contract was favorably report
ed from the committee on naval affairs AID
agreed to- On motion of Mr.. Hall, (dem.,
MINI. bill was passed authorizing the with.
drawal from entry and sale of public lands in
the state of Minnesota containing good gold
and silver bearing lodes.
WASHINGTON, March l5.-SENArE-Promptly
at O'Clock Wednesday the senate voted on the
motion 10 reconsider the vote whereby the
Bland sefgniorage bill was ordered TO a third
reading. By vote of 2S years to 45 nays the
senate refused and this left the bill in the shape
that it can not be amended The democrats
VINO voted TO reconsider were Brice, Caffrey,
Mcpherson, Palmer and Villas, while the repub-
ncanS who voted against 1t were Dubois Hans.
brough, Mitchell, Perkins, Pettigrew, Squire,
Teller and Wolcott motion to commit the
Dill to the finance committee with ns ructions
10 remove It's ambiguity of language was voted
down by yeas 27 nays a The vote on the
question Of reconsideration can be accepted as
q fair test OF the strength of the bill and serves
to show that 1t will pass the senate Thursday
by majority of Is or II votes.
HOUSE Chairman Sayers Of the approprfa-
ton committee. Is making wonderful progress
with the sundry civil bill in the house. Wednes.
day forty pages Of the bill were disposed Of,
making In all eighty three in two days and |
leaving onlv sixteen pages more, exclusive OF |
two paragraphs, those relating TO the coast and |
geodetic surveys and the Missouri river com. |
mission which were passed over temporarily |
No amendments Of importance were adopted |
wednesday, although the northwestern mem |
bers made vigorous effort to increase the |
amount Tor the survey Of public lands
WASHINGTON March Ia a-SENATE-Thirteen
was the majority that the Bland bill, providing
Tor the coinage OF the seigniorage amounting |
to sbb, lbo,6sl, received on its passage in the
senate Thursday, by q vote of A to 81. Thirty
democrats, eleven republicans and three popu-
lists, counting Stewart as a republican, voted
for the bill, while twenty-one republicans and
ten democrats voted against il. Senator Sher-
man did not vote against the bill, because he
was absent because Of an indisposition, but he
was paired against it. while Brice voted against
It OF the New York senator's Hill announced
himself as being paired with Dixon of Rhode
Island, without saying how Dixon would vote. |
although 1t was known that Dixon would have
voted against the bill had he been present Ad |
journed until Monday
HoUsE-In the house Thursday morning Mr.
Black (Dem., ILL., asked unanimous consent to |
consider bill TO authorize managers of sol.
aiers homes to employ medical officers other
a n Cn1d n 1IaT1s
now requires. Surgeons disabled thirty years
ago, Mr. Black said, were not the men now to
wait upon camp OF invalids. They now needed
attendance themselves Mr. Stone (Pa) and
Mr.. Cannon tRep., 1l) objected, and the bill
vent over. Consideration of the sundry civil
Dill was resumed. The reading of the bill was
completed at 2:15, and the committee then re-
urned to the paragraphs relating to the coast ,
md geodetic survey. Mr.. Enloe moved to strike
tut the items OF appropriations for the coast and
'eodeuc survey, and supported this proposition ,
n lengthy speech, and without action on the
mendment the house adjourned
WASHINGTON, March Iz-SENArE-Not in
ession. .
HoUsE-The house Friday voted not to direct
special investigation Of the Coast and Geode-
&c survey, as provided for in an amendment TO q
ne sundry civil appropriation bill, proposed 4.
'hursday by Mr. Enloe dem, TENN 1t was
0 amended as to withdraw The authority to re-
iSohiZe tnc iOrce anu 10 make 4l2o,OuO the min =
mum limit OF the expenditure for the ONCE
orce. The paragraph OF the bill carrying an
ppropriation for the Missouri river commis-
lon gave rise to animated discussion, after L
hich the house adjourned till evening. The q
enate was not in session. At the night -ses.
ION about sixty members were present After .
assing favorably upon seven bills, the commit
,e at TO- 20 rose, and the house adjourned till
O'Clock.
WASHINGTON, March I9-SENA1E-Not in Q
ession. | a
HousE-The house, Saturday went into com. F
nttee OF the whole and the consideration of
,e sundry civil appropriation bill was resumed o
r. Reed made a point Of order against the q
ain amendments governing the fees OF clerks
the United States courts as not germane
he chair sustained the point OF order, and the p
then rose. A resolution authorizing u
le enlisted men OF the army and navy to wear
badge on public occasions, on motion of Mr.. a
uthwaite, was agreed to. At $780, a
accordance with the provision | :
special order, the remainder OF the day was II
'voted to eulogies upon the life and character a
the late Representative W. H. Enochs, OF ;.
bio. Those who paid tribute 70 the memory II
their deceased colleague were Messrs. Gros. "