Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-02-26
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.
SENATE,

finance committee, reported back a sub
stitute for the resolution offered last
Saturday by Mr.. Wolcott, and referred
to that committee. 1t provides that
whenever the President of the United
States shall determine that this govern
ment shall be represented in any inter-
national conference, to be called with q
view. to secure international fxity OF
relative value between gold and silver
as money by means Of q common ratio
between the metals, with free mlntas Q
at such ratio, the United States shall
be represented at such conference by
nine delegates, three to be appointed
by the President, three members Of the
Senate. and three member ofthe House
of Representatives. President to fili
any vacancies; and appropriatiug $780,
600 to cover compensation and expenses
of delegates and the proportion to be
paid by the United States of the joint
expenses of the conference.
MIR. VOORHEES, said that it would be
offered as an amendment to the sundry
civil bill and remarked that the three
Senators should be appointed before
the adjournment next Monday.
The consideration of the sundry civil
appropriation bill was then resumed,
and the following new amendments
were agreed to:
Adding two more names to the list OF
victims of the Ford's Theatre disas-
ter, and increasing the amount FROM
Sll5 900 to S125, 600.
Allowing to Col. Ainsworth the costs
of his defense in the case of that disas-
ttr not to exceed 81 900.
The appropriation committee having
reported IN amendment to the provis-
ion for protecting timber on the public
lands, Mr.. Berry moved to increase the
amount.
Mr.. German deprecated the tendency
of heads of departments to swell esti-
mates,
Mr.. Wolcott opposed the amend
ment. The agents, he said, were gen.
orally broken-down politicians from
the eastern States; they hunted for
some man who had a coal mine or sill
yer mine and had cut little timber
and who had to pay them blackmail to
save themselves from arrest.
Mr.. Berry ridiculed Mr.. Wolcott's
speech as "a wild statement not sus-
tanned by facts.''
The discussion took somewhat per-
sonal turn between Senators German
and Berry, the latter intimating that
Mr.. German was influenced by ami
mostly against the Secretary of the In
terror on the provision that the timber
agents should be appointed under civil
service rules; and Mr.. German indig
nantly repelling the insinuation and
suggesting that Mr.. Berry had some
political friends among those timber
agents whom he wished to protect.
1T seems to me most remarkable"
Mr.. Berry continued, shat the Senator
from Maryland should insist that a
civil service provision should be ap
piled to these agents. / had never
heard that Senator accused of being
civil service reformer. 1t has been
charged that he has filled one ofth-
pu O Offices with his own appointees;
and that there has never been any
complaint from that Office about tie
appropriation.
The r, solution relative to the free
zone along the boundary between the
United States and Mexico was amend
i so as to include all the railroads en-
ter.ng that territory, and was fayorably
reported to the Senate.
After further discussion the amend
ment was agreed to.
Mr.. Frye offered an amendment to
place on the retired list officers on the
revenue marine service; and read let.
ter from the Secretary of the Treasury
approving it.
M Cockrell expressed his astonish-
ment that Mr.. Carlisle would approve
a plan for civil pensions, and he made
a pint of order against the amend
m ant, but was not sustained and the
neudment was agreed to.
Mr.. Black burn offered an amend
ment for payment of the bounty on
sugar.
Mr.. Henderson addressed the Senate
in advocacy of the claim Of the beet
root sugar growers under contract with
the government.
HOUSE.
The Senate bill to amend the act
authorizing the construction of new
public building at Chicago went over
until tomorrow.
Mr.. Henderson called up the matter
of dispute between the houses regard
ing the amendment that all railway
postal clerks must reside on the line
of their runs, but the matter went over
until to morrow.
Mr.. Catchings reported from the
committee on rules an order setting
apart to days session for the considera-
ton of measures called up by the com
mittee on labor; that the session Wed
nesday be given to the committee on
public buildings and grounds.
The resolution was agreed to, and |
Mr.. Mccain called up the bill intro
duced by him, by request, to establish
a system of arbitration between carriers
employed in interstate commerce and
their employees.
After long debate the bill was
passed.
FOUR WIvEs.-A rival of the Sultan
of Turkey has just been discovered in
East Gallipolis, Ohio. He has been
living there for two years with q wife |