The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-26
sUNDRE CIVIL BILL PASSES.
Consumed the Shortest Time So Eau
Recorded.

Recorded.
Washington, Jam. 25.-The suudry civil
bill passed today in the shortest time SO
far known on record. 1t was under con-
sideration but three days. As passed, the
bill carried $3S, 125, 721
Two propositions were offered ~
spectively by Mr.. Savers and Mr..
Coombs, the former to give the secre-
tary of the treasury power to issue United
States bonds of such dimensions as he
should see Mt, instead Of as now to issue
them of the same denomination and the
latter to retire and cancel the gold GER
tificates and make them nOn-receiVable
nished the principal theme Of discussion.
Mr.. Savers proposition was defeated II
to 81, while that of Mr.. Coonnbs was car
ried without division.
For Moonshfners.
Another amendment oered by Mr. Set
appropriation of $4,000 to pay FOR iafor-
nation regarding moOnshine distilleTs was
lost. An appropriation Of $4,000 foc a
light ship to be stationed off the strait
Of FUca, ash, was adopted.
During the call of committees for re-
ports Mr.. Harrison, Democrat of Ma
| bama, made the majority report on the
memorial of the Central Labor union Of
Cleveland which asks for the inpeach-
ment of Judge Kicks, denying the request.
Mr.. Bailey, OemocraD, Of Texas, OBJ
tanned leave to file the minority report
later.
Chairman Savers, of the Appropriation
Committee and Chairman Wilson, of the
Ways and Means COMMITTEES had arrang-
| ed TO divide up today, giving the first
half to the completion of the sundry civil
bill, and the rest Of the day TO MIR. VIII
sons bill for the repeal of the clause of
the tariff act Imposing an additional one
! tenth of a cent per pound on sugars from
hounty-paying countries and the House,
! on Mr.. Sayers motion, went into com-
sideration of the sundry civil bill.
| Mr.. Quigg, CRepublican), of New York,
| offered an amendment to the paragraph
providing for the pay Of bailiffs criers,
vide that all persons employed under
! section us of the revised statutes shall
/ be deemed in actual attendance Wnen
| they attend on the order of the court"
! and prohibiting pay TO them during the
vacation of the court. Mr. Quigg argued
that the adoption of this amendment
would expedite the business of the courts,
| besides paying the baililfs and criers who
| have received no pay sinc5 last March.
| The amendment was agreed to.
| The Leavenvvorth Prison.
Mr.. Frederick, Republican) OF Kansas,
offered a substitute for the paragraph
! providing for the transfer of the Fort
| Leavenworth military prison to the de-
! partment Of justice, a paragraph authorize
/ ing the confinement in that prison of per-
sons convicted in United States courts or
! by court martials, or directing the at
| lorney-g general to transfer to the prison
! such persons not serving such sentence
! imposed by United States courts as can
| be accommodated. Mr.. Frederick opposed
the transfer of the prison TO the depart
| nfent of justice.
! Mr.. Broderc1's substitute was rejected.
/ Mr.. Settle moved to strike from the
paragraph providing punishment for vio-
! lations of the internal revenue law the
appropriation of 100000 for detection of
| Vtolators. Mr.. Settle commended this ap-
! preparation was not necessary for the
| enforcement of the internal revnue laws,
but harrasSed the citizens of North Car
DINA and other states.
! Mr.. Evanson offered an amendment
providing no portion of the appropriation
should be paid to anyone except duly
authorized officers of the government
/ Both amendments were lost.
| Mr.. Sayers (Democrat), of Texas, offer
! tion of the sum appropriate ted for print
ring United States notes shall be used
for printing notes of larger denornina-
tfons than those required or cancelled.
Gold Certificates.
| Mr. Coombs Democrat, of New Hamr-
shire, offered as q. substitute an amend
ment providing for the. retirement and
cancellation of gold certificates
! Mr.. Bland Democrat, of Missouri, IA
Tored the CooRbs amendment, which
would give the secretary of the treasury
authority when there was a sufficient
amount of silver coined in the treasury
| to justify it, to issue silver certificates
against the gold deposited in the reas-
ury. This was done, he said under Mr.
Shermans administration of the treasury
with a resultant gold accumulation of
$50, 100000.
After some further debate by Messrs
Cox Democrat of Tennessee, and War
| ner Oemocralt) of New York, in favor OF
the C0oullDs eHnerdmnet, the vote was
taken ON Mr.. Sayres' amendment to give
the secretary discretion to issue such de-
nominations Of gTeenbacks as he saw fit
| 1t was lost-74 to 81.
! The Coclmbs amendment to retire and
cancel the gold certificates was agreed
| to without division. Another amendment
offered by Mr.. Coornbs making gold GER
'tificates non-receivable for custom dues
after July l, 1895, and after that date
non-carryable, as was the lawful reserve
of any national bank, was also agreed to
without division.
LightsEip For Washington.
! The amendments appropriating $4,000
| for a. ligbtsl1in and for a signal NO ha