The record-union., 1895-02-12
DoINGs IN CONGRESS.
Yesterdays Proceedings in the Senate
and House.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE creden-
tails of Hoar for another term in the
Senate beginning March 18th next-the
fourth term for MIR. Hoar-were pre-
scented to the Senate to-day by his col
league, Lodge.
Davies (Rep.) of Minnesota submitted
resolutions from the Legislature of Min
nesota characterizing the railroad pooling
bill as an effort to legaliZe gigantic trust,
and requesting the Minnesota Senators
and Representative TO work against the
measure.
Resolutions were presented by which
the Legislatures OF both Kansas and Min
nesota both expressed themselves in
favor Of the election OF United States
Senators by direct vote of the people.
The Senate agreed to the conference
report on the bill for the removal and
settlement of Southern Ute Indians.
Germans motion to reconsider the bill
affecting important railroad mineral
lands in Montana and Idaho was disposed
OF by amendments which led TO the with
drawal OF the motion to reconsider.
Petugrew (Rep.) of South Dakota pre-
scented the following concurrent resolu-
ton.
ReSolued, That the President is hereby
requested to employ counsel for the
purpose of bringing suit against the di-
rectors and stockholders of the Union
and Central Pacific Railroads who re-
ceived the stock OF said roads without
paying cash for the same; also to recover
from the directors, officers and stock
holders of said roads such sums of money
as were by them diverted ana contro-
verted to any unlawful purposes, and
therefore not placed in the sinking fund.
as required by law, and the President is
hereby authorized to pay to said attor-
ba nj rla of al
recovered from said directors or stock
holders. The Attorney General is also
directed to foreclose the mortgage Of the
Government on said roads at the earliest
posi- bic date, and to take steps to pay Off
the principal incumbranceS on said
roads, and to use the sinking fund for the
purpose; to ascertain the amount of
money belonging 10 the Union Pacific
and Central Pacific Railroads that
has not been invested in other branch
lines, and the amount OF bonds and stocks
OF other companies now the property OF
said roads, ana To take steps to secure the
Government interest therein; to ascer
tain the amount OF land now the property
of said roads, ana recover the same or
protect the Government interest in con-
nection herewith. For the purpose of
carrying out the provisions OF this yeso-
luton, the sum OF 100000 is hereby APP
propriated out OF any money in the
Pettigrew SAID he wodld at a later date
submit list OF parties, with the amounts
OF liabilities. The Senator said the manip-
ulation OF these railroads was disgrace
to civilization.
a new phase of the financial question
came up on the resolution presented by
Hill OF New DIRK, defining the policy of
the Government concerning bimetallism
gold payments, etc. The resolution is as
follows:
ResotUed, If the House of Representa-
tives concurs. that it is the sense OF Con-
gress that the true policy OF the Govern
ment requires that its efforts should be
steadily directed to the establishment of a
safe system of bimetallism, wherein gold
and silver may be maintained at a parity,
and every dollar coined may be the equal
in value aud power of every other dollar
coined or issued by the United States;
but If our efforts to establish or maintain
such bimetallism shall not be wholly
successful, and ii tor any reason our sill
yer coin shall not hereafter be at parity
with gold coin, and the equal thereof in
value ana power in the market and in the
payment OF debts, then it is hereby de-
clared that the bonds OF the United States.
now or hereafter issued, whereby their
terms are payable in coin, shall never
theless be paid instead in gold dollars, it
being the policy of the United States
that it's creditors shall at all times be paid
In the best money in use.
Hill asked immediate consideration of
the resolution, but Butler (Detu.) OF
South Carolina objected and it went over.
Stewart (Pop.) of Nevada at once sup
plemented the Hill resolution with an
other, as follows:
ReSOiUed, That there is no authority or
law to buy gold coin in preference to sill
yer coin for any purpose whatever.
This resolution also went over, and the
Senate took up the Postof1ice appropria-
ton bill.
Lodge made point of order against the
hrst Senate amendment giving the POST
master-General discretion in expendinp
the S3,250,00o for railway postal service,
and an animated discussion arose.
Allison (Rep.) of Iowa said, as a men,
Der of the Committee on Appropriations.
he protested against this change in EXIST
ing laws.
Vest severely arraigned the railroads
for advancing or retarding legislation as
it suited them.
Allen urged the Government owner
ship of railroads. He soon diverged from
the discussion into the claims of election
frauds in Alabama.