Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-06

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meal aud not embraced In the contract,
have receded from that position" While
he did not urge upon Congress the passage
of Nicaragua Canal bill 1t was generally
understood that he would siga The bill.
The Senate passed the bill by handsome
majority under the gallant leadership OF
Senator Morgan, but 1T died in the House.
He suggested broad and liberal policy
IN dealing with foreign powers, and Con-
gress carried out his suggestion In adopt
ing broader and more liberal treaty with
Japan. This treaty is the first recognition
of Japan by one of the great governments
OF the world as first-class power.
He Endorsed civil service reform, and
subsequently extended the operation of the
civil service reform law to about $50 posi-
tions in scientific and technical work on
the geological survey.
The House passed the important railroad
pooling bill, but it was defeated in the
Senate.
The House passed the bill providing for
a national board of arbitration to settle
strikes on interstate railroads, but it died
in the Senate. The bill was framed by
nz50r G Commissioner Wright, and was
drawn upon the general lines recommended
In the commissio 8 report on the Chicago
strike. The bill made it msdemeanor for
the employees to strike or for a company to
discharge an employe without thirty days.
notice during the tendency OF any arbitra-
ton.
The Senate voted in favor OF the govern
Ia,, i,,r n In IN 10, hut ded
in the House. The vote in the Senate was
sc 10 25.
The bill admitting New Mexico, Arizona
and Oklahoma to statehood passed the
House, but died in the Senate.
The sugar bounty bill was passed and the
Louisiana planters are already making
application.
The administration made three attempts
at this session to secure legislation looking
to the relief of the Treasury. First, the
Carlisle bill for the reform of the currency
system went down; second, the bill for the
issue OF $500, ZOO, 900 of gold bonds and the
retirement of the legal tenders, recon-
mended by the President in special mes
sage, was defeated; and third, the House
by majority of forty-seven refused to or
der the third reading of the resolution by
which it was proposed to authorize the is.
sue OF $50, COG, 600 of 8 per cent gold bonds
to substitute for the per cent thirty year
coin bonds, sold by Secretary Carlisle IN.
der contract with the Rothschild- Morgan
syndicate.
The award of 1925, 600 to Great Britain in
the Behring arbitrament was rejected by
the House.
The appropriation in payment of the
French spoliation claims was included in
the deficiency bill, but whether or not it
was signed by the President is not yet
known.
The various appropriation bills were
passed.
monetary conference of the leading
nations of the world was Endorsed and rep
resentatives for the United States ap-
pointed.
An act was passed and became law
authorizing the construction of q bridge
over the Tennessee river at Sheffield, Ala.
The bill to establish uniform system of
bankruptcy and the anti-option bill were
sidetracked in the Senate.
There were also on the Senate calendar
the four tariff bills which the House had
sent over to place on the free list, sugar
coal, iron and barbed wire, but the at
tempt to secure consideration of the free
sugar bill was negatived by small major
ity, and the opposition to the three others
was so apparent that they have been al
lowed to pass into oblivion.
New rules to prevent collisions at sea
were adopted.
The commercial travellers organization
secured an amendment to the interstate
commerce law permitting the issuance of
joint interchangeable 5000 mile tickets,
good over more than one road.
A resolution was adopted to extend to
| April 10 the time for making returns to the
| interrogatories in certain income tax sec-
| tions and modifying the questions required
| to be answered.
The anti lottery and copyright acts be-
| came laws.
Whatever may be the sins of omission
and commission Of the Fifty-third Con-
| gress-and they are many-it has certainly
pledged the Democratic party to these
| sterling principles of government: Honest
pensions, sound money, economy in the
administration OF the government, tariff
reform and the maintenance OF the tradi.
| tional policy of non interference.
THE COAL TESTS.
The Eastern napers are contendiup that