The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-26
SOME WORK DONE.
Tho House OF Representatives Nearly
Broke tho Record Yesterday.

The House OF Representatives Nearly
Broke the Record Yesterday.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-During the call
of committee reports in the house to-day
Harrison of Alabama made the majority
report on the memorial of the Central La
Dor union of Cleveland, which asks for
the impeachment of Judge Ricks. denying
the request. Bailey of Texas obtained
leave to file the minority report later.
Chairman Sayres of tho Appropriation
committee and Chairman Wilson of the
ways, ,and means committee. arranged TO di-
vide up to-day, giving the first half to the
completion of the sundry civil bill and
the rest of the day to Wilson's bill for the
repeal of the clause of the tariff act inn
posing an additional one-tenth of a cent
per pound on sugars from bountv-paying
countries, and the house, on Sayres' mo-
tion, went into committee of the whole
and resumed consideration of the sundry
civil bill.
Quigg offered an amendment to the par
agraph providing for the pay of bailiifs,
criers, ETC.. of the United States courts, SO
as TO provide THAT all persons employed
under section 7l5 of the revised statutes
shall be deemed in actual attendance
when they attend on the order of the
court" and prohibiting pay to them dur
ing a vacation of the court. The amend
ment was agreed TO.
Settle moved to strike from tho para
graph providing punishment for viola
tions of the internal revenue law an an
preparation of $4,000 for the detection of
the violations. Settle contended this
appropriation was not necessary for the
enforcement of the internal revenue laws,
but harassed the citizens of North Caro-
lima and other states,
Swanson offered an amendment pro-
viding that no portion of the appropria-
tion should be paid to anyone except duly
authorized officers of the government.
Both amendments we're lost. Sayres of
Texas offered an amendment providing
that no portion of the sum appropri ated
for printing United States notes shall he
used for printing notes of larger denomi-
nations than those required or Cancelled.
Coombs of New Hampshire offered a
substitute to the amendment providing
for the retirement and cancellation of
gold certificates.
Bland of Missouri favored Coombs'
amendment. lie thought it should be
supplemented by another which would
give the secretary of the treasury author
ity, when there was a sufficient amount Of
silver coined in the treasury TO Justify il,
to issue silver certificates against the gold
deposited IN the treasury. This was done,
he said, under Sherman's administration
of the treasury, with the result that gold
accumulated TO the amount of $4,000, 600.
After some further debate in favor of
Coombs' amendment vote was taken on
Sayres' amendment to give the secretary
discretion TO issue such denominations Of
Creenbacks as he saw fit, and it was lost
a to 81.
Coombs' amendment to retire and can
eel gold certificates, was agreed to with
out division. Another amendment offered
by Coombs making gold certificates nom
receivable for custom dues after July /,
1895, and after that date, nou-carryable as
n lawful reserve of any national bank,
was also agreed TO without division.
Amendments appropriating $1,000 for
lightship and for a signal TO be stationed
off the straits OF Fuca, Wash, near Flat
tery reef. was adopted.
This completed the consideration of
the bill. the committee amendments
were agreed TO and the bill was passed.
The house then took recess until o'clock
the night session TO be for the consldera-
tion of pension bills.