Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-06
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS-.
SENATE.

the journal OF yesterday there was a
a good deal of quiet consultation going
on between Senators on both sides OF
the chamber, presumably over q sup
posed combination between the protec-
zionist Senators, and the Senators from
the silver States, to precipitate a fight
this morning over the second reading
and reference ofthe ~seiniorage bill. Mr..
Aldrich vas noticed as being remarka-
bly, active in negotiation with the Sen
ators from the silver silver States.
Mr.. Hill offered the following resolu-
ton and asked that it be laid on the
table for the present
Whereas, The Secretary o fthe Treas
ury has announced a deficit of SIS, 000,-
900 for the current fiscal year.
Whereas. House bill, known as the
Wilson bill, proposes to discard SIC, 0OO,-
600 revenue from present taxes and to
meet the doubled deficiency by new in
ternal and direct taxes.
Resolved, That the Senate finance
committee frame amendments to the
said bill, emitting the said internal and
direct taxes newly proposed, and, in
stead thereof, make provision for suffi-
cient revenue by tarihing other foreign
imports, and otherwise revising the
tariff; without creating a deficiency.
Mr.. Harris %thereupon moved the
second reading of the seigniorage bill,
which had had its first reading yester-
day, and said that there was no more
earnest advocate of silver coinage than
himself, but believing as he did that
there was, at least one question that
should take precedence of its consider
alton. Without any breach of conf
dence he was able to state that the
committee on finance was on the very
eve of reporting the tariff bill. He
therefore objected to further proceed
ings on the seigniorage bill. Under
that objection he claimed hat the bill
would go to the calendar.
Mr.. Allison, while recognizing the
authority of Mr.. Harris on parliament
airy questions, desired to have the rul-
ing of the chair on the question whether
it was necessary to make a motion for
the second reading of a bill. He had
understood, yesterday, that it was the
ruling of the Chair that the bill would
be laid before the Senate to-day, as a
matter of course.
Mr.. Harris said that he was quite
satisfied that it would have been the
duty of the Chair, in the course Of to-
days proceedings, to lay the bill before
the Senate for its second reading but he
was equally satisfied that it was in or
der for any Senator to mov its second
reading.
Mr.. Stewart then took the floor and
addressed the Senate on the s%eigniorage
bill.
At > o'clock under an arrangement
made during the debate Mr.. Stewart
did not press his motion to take up the
Bland bill but gave notice that he
would make the motion at the same
hour tomorrow.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Money offered joint resolution
authorizing the secretary of the navy to
appoint a cadet to the Naval Academy
from the Fifth district Of South Caro-
lima. This grew out of the case where
a cadet was appointed from Alabama
upon the failure of the representative
from that district to appoint, but credit
ed to South Carolina.
Mr.. Hopkins said the case was not
unique: that the same thing had occur
red in Illinois. The secretary of the
navy, he said, had violated the law in
this case, and what ought to be done
was to compel the secretary to vacate
the appointment from the South Caro-
lima district. He objected to the fur
Their consideration of the resolution,
%whcreupon Mr.. Money said he would
present it as q matter of privilege, in
~yolving the rights of the member from
the Fifth district of South Carolina.
Upon this point the Chair and Mr..
Money got into q colloquy. The
Speaker said the effect of the resolution
would be to increase the number Of
cadets, which would be a change of the
law. If the appointment made by Sec
rotary Herbert was unauthorized, it was
illegal and void, and the resolution was
unnecessary to remedy the wrong.
Mr.. Hatch said this was not the first
time where the Secretary had, on the
failure of q member to nominate a cadet,
appointed an alternate outside of the
State in which the memcer's district wss
located. 1t was, he claimed, a violation
of the law, and the practice should be
stopped.
The Speaker stated that the resolu.
ton was not privileged, and it was with
drawn under objection.
The resolution authorizing an inves-