The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-02-12
Resolution to Secure Recogni-
tiOn Of Gold and Silver Alike.
MR.RSTEWART'S AMENDMENT
Southern Fast Mail Service Defend
cd 10y MIR. Lodge. Alabama
Elections Aired by Scna-
ator Allen. Routine
Only in the House.
BY southern Associated Press.

requires that its efforts should be
steadily directed to the establish
ment of safe system of bl.metal
Ism, wherein gold nnd silver mny be
maintained ,at parity, aud every
dollar coined or issued by the
United States; but if our efforts TO
establish or maintain such bi metal,
ism shall not be wholly successful,
and #, for any reason, or silver coin
| shall not hereafter be ut parity with
gold and silver aud the equal there
OF III value and power in the market
and the payment of debts, then it is
hereby declared that the bonds of
the Y nited States now or hereafter
Issued, which by their terms are
payable in coin, snail, nevertheless,
he paid in standard gold dollars, it
being the policy OF the United
States that the creditors shall, at all
times, be paid IN the best money i'll
use"
This resolution was amended by
one offered by Mr.. Stewart, declnr-
ing that there Is no authority of law
To buy gold coin III preference to
silver com for any purpose what
ever. In the regular course of pro.
cedure one or both of these rcsolu-
tions will come before the Senate in
tue morning hour Tomorrow.
The Postonice Appropriation bill
was then taken up, MIR. Butler Civ
ing notice that when it was disposed
of nc would ask 10 have the Pooling
bill taken up.
The first amendment which led to
a discussion was the increase in the
appropriation for railway pustolficc
ear service from 50, l0j, 600 TO So,
200, 900 and to add these words:
SAID sum shall be expended under
the direction aud III the discretion
OF the 'astmaster General, and any
provisions OF existing law in conflict
herewith is herewith repealed"
Mr.. Lodge argued that the adOp-
ton of the amendment, would III
connection with the next amend
ment Oto strike out the item "ior
necessary aud special facilities on
trunk lines from Springfield, Muss.,
70 Atlanta and New Orleana'') throw
into the hands OF the Postmaster
General the right to put the South
ern fast mail route where he pleased.
Lodge whether 1t was the purpose to
abolish the fast Southern mai! ser
wee. He admitted that it was aud
said that there was only one rontc III
the country thnt got this subsidy.
Mr.. Al!en driited from the discus
sion OF the postotiice matters TO that
OF the affairs III \ lebama. which had
beeu, MIR. Allen said, for the last
two or three years, deprived of
republican form OF government. He
gave what purported TO he statistics
OF the election III the "black belt"
countiee III Alabama III August, 1891,
showing county by county, the
number Of votes counted. the nom
Der actually cast (estlmated) and the
number Of fraudulent votes (esti.
mated), the aggregate being 30, $50
votes counted. IS, SIG votes actually
cast aud 3i,16j fraudulent votes.
1T $50 MIR. Allen without having
finished, and saying that he could
not do so before s O'clock yielded
the floor.
resolution Instructing the Com
mittee on Indian a tlialrs 10 continue
during the recess the investigation
into lndIan schools, Indiun reserva-
tlon etc, was reported and referred
to the Committee on Contingent
ExpeuseS. 1t WAS immediately re
ported back favornbly from that
committee and WAS placed on the
calendar.
a call of the rolls showed alb
sence OF quorum. and the Senate
at 3:i5 adjourned unit! to morrow.
HousE.-A session of the House
to-day, iasting SIX aud half hours,
was given over almost entirely to
the consideration of the Legislative,
Executive and Judiciai Approprla-
bill for tue year ending June Both,
1876. 1T was almost completed be-
fore the House adjourned Amend.
ment was made requiring tho
master Of every vessel, upon arrival
at any port in this country where
there Is no naval office, to mail II
copy OF his manifest to the Auditor
of the Treasury Department..
Senate bill was passed uuihoriz.
ing the coinage of gold and silver
at the De1ver mint.
The Senate amendments to the
Chicago 10000 public building
were concnrred III motion by Mr..
DurborOw (Dem. J, Of Illinois, and
the bill now goes to the president.
All Senate amendments to the
Diplomatic and Consular Appropri.