The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-02-21
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS-.


the legislature Of Minnesota, cnarac erizing
the railroad pooling bill as an effort to legal
ize a gigantic trust" and requesting the Min
nesota senators and representatives to work
against the measure. Resolutions were pre-
sented by which the legislatures of both KAN
sas and Minnesota expressed themselves in
favor Of the election Of United States senators
by direct vote of the people. Senator Petit
grew introduced resolution requesting the
president to have suit brought against the di-
rectors and stockholders Of the Union and
Central Pacific railroads for certain crooked
transactions
HoUsE-A bill to incorporate the Interna-
tional Pacific Cable Co for cable from Cali
,fornia to the Hawaiian Islands and thence to
Japan and other points in the Pacific and the
mainlands of Asia and Australia was intro
duced in the house Monday Representatives
Beckner, Lockwood. Brown and Jones, of the
elections committee. have united in n minority
report against the bill reported by the major
ity giving the U. s. district judges the jurisdc-
ton to determine the prima facie right of n
member-elect to his seat. pending final de-
cision by the house itself. The minority holds
that this is a blow at the constitutional rights
of candidates
WASHINGTON. Feb. 13 -SENArE-The re-
porting of an unlimited silver coinage bill by
the senate committee on finance Tuesday was
q great surprise. When the bill was intro
duced in the senate it went over on objection
Inc measure provinces the unrestricted
coinage of silver on the basis of the provisions
of the ninth section of the financial bill intro
duced by Senator Jones, of Arkansas. This
section was amended in several particulars
The senate committee on finance favorabv re-
ported to the house concurrent resolution e&-
tending the time for making returns under the
income tax law from March to April 10.
HoUsE-The committee on claims of the
house Tuesday reported favorably a bill intro
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providing for the payment of over $500 to W.
G. Watts. of Boone county. that state, to re-
imburse him for the collection of an overtux
on a lot of tobacco Mr. Picker offered u SUBJ
stitute for the provision OF the bill relating to
the working force of the pension Office. The
substitute proposed the same force of officers
and clerks as at present, instead of the re-
duced force reported by the appropriation.
After spirited debate, vote was taken on
an amendment for the annual clerks, and it
was defeated.
WASHINGTON. Feb 4.-SENATE-Wednes-
day financial bill on the lines OF the presi-
dents last message to congress was presented
by Mr.. Villas. The bill authorizes the issuing
of S65,O000OO three per cent. gold bonds as
substitute for the three and three-fourths per
cent. coin bonds issued. Mr.. Sherman offered
substitute for the bill for unlimited silver
coinage reported from the finance committee
Tuesday. 1t provides for bonds at three per
cent, payable in gold coin, and for the issue of
gold certifi atcs Both of the bills went to the
table. Mr. Aldrich introduced q resolution
calling on the president to send to the senate
copy of the contract between the treasury and
bankers for the purchase of bonds. On obiec
tion the resolution went over. The house reso-
luton was passed. extending the time for
making returns on the income tax from the
first Monday in March to April 10 next.
HoUsE-The day was devoted to business
relating to the District of Columbia. and with
but one exception. was featureless. During
the debate Mr.. Van Voorhis. of New York
secured the floor and introduced resolution
calling upon the committee on ways and means
to furnish to the house the contract of the re-
cent bond negotiation and such other informa-
tion as the secretary Of the treasury had COM
muricated to the committee. Mr.. Wilson inn
mediately presented the majority report upon
the joint resolution. providing for three-per-
cent. bonds, which had been favorably acted
upon by the committee, which contained
copy of the contract
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16-SENATE-The effort
to secure congressional appropriation for
fast mail service for Cincinnati and Louisville
to the south haa failed. The senate in COM
mittee of the whole Thursday declined to pass
Senator Sherman's amendment to the post Of
flee appropriation bill, appropriating $4,000
for that service, by vote of - to 33, while by
ITO 3Sit sustained the house provision for
fast mail from Springfield Mass. to New Or
leans, via the Atlantic Coast line. Senator
Blackburn's amendment knocking out the APP
preparation for the Atlantic Coast line was then
defeated. The senate voted Thursday to make
no changes in the present railway mail system.
HoUsE-After five hours exciting and inter-
esting debate before galleries that were
crowded to overfowing, the house Thursday,
by vote of 12O to 1865, refused to pass the Will
son gold bond resolution, drawn in accordance
with Mr. Cleveland's appeal, to save the coun-
try sl6,OOO,0O0 There were 80 republicans and
ss democrats who supported it, and 81 repub-
licans, 80 democrats and populists who op-
posed it.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 16-SENATE-The post
office appropriation bill again came up Friday
iu the effort to make a 10 per cent. reduction
for the fast mail from Springfield, Mass, via
New York, Washington, Atlanta and New Or
leans, which was defeated 1881 The propo-
sition of Mr. Blackburn to reduce the rentals
paid for railway postal cars was defeated in
the senate, yeas 49, nays 80. The senate finance
committee has agreed to report favorably the
house bill repeating the one-tenth of cent
discriminating duty on sugar imported from
bounty producing countries.
HoUsE-The house met at II o'clock Friday
bill was passed by unanimous consent for al
additional judge in the Ninth (the Pacific
slope) Judicial district. Mr.. Beltzhooyer
chairman OF the committee on war claims, at.
tempted to claim the day under the rule for the
consideration of bills on the private calendar,
but he was antagonized by Mr.. Talbot, OF the
naval committee. who desired to call up the
naval appropriation bill.
WASHINGTON, Feb. la-SENATE-There was
nothing but talk in the senate Saturday. Had
President Cleveland been in earshot Of the
senate he would not have been pleased with
the structures passed upon his financial policy
by Senators Lodge, Wolcott and Teller. The
language used was such as is seldom heard in
the senate, and created intense excitement.
HoUsE-The general deficiency bill the last of
the regular appropriations of this congress,
was reported to the house Saturday. 1t car
rles s6,5ls,574 The amounts appropriated dur
ing the present congress to supply deficiencies
in the appropriations for the support of the
government and prior fiscal years bring the
total deficiency appropriations for this session
up to ssss2,s95 Among the appropriations is
one OF Se5 900 to complete the public building
begun at Richmond, KY. No recommendation
was made as to the payment of Behring sea
damage claims to Great Britain. The general
debate on the naval appropriation bill was
col cluded. The increase of the navy author
lied In the bill Consisting of three battle-