The Monticellonian., 1895-02-15
CONGRESS SIGNAL,
The Weeks Proceedings In n Condensed
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 THE senate spent the whole day on the 2d further considering the District of Columbia bill During tho debate Senators Hale Chan dler and Aldrich made speeches denying cur rent reports that senators were purposely de- laying appropriation bills in order to cut of financial legislation, and declared that repub- ltcan senators stood ready to advance such leg lSlatton. Tho senate adjourned at 4:2i o'clock ....The house further considered the Pacific railroad bill The amendment was adopted that no dividends should be paid until the gov ernment had been fully paid A proposition to Compromise the government claim (aggregat- ing sl30,0l)00O for s75,0D0,OO1 was defeated The bill was finally ree0mmitted by the sur pristng vote of IT to l0s, which virtually kills It. The house passed tho senate bill revivina the grade of Acknowledgment in the army for the benefit of Gen Seh0held and soon ad- lOurned.
 THE senate further considered thc District of Columbia bill on the 4th. Secretary Car lisle submitted q letter of information in an- swer to resolution previously adopted in which he stated that from estimates made up- on the basis of laws now in force 1t is believed that for the twelve months ending December 5li lsl5 the revenues of the government from all sources will exceed ordinary expenditures by S22,h63093 The house bin to establish national military park at Gettysburg. Pa. passed, and q resolution adopted calling on the railroad commission for certain information in regard to Canadian Pacific contracts with American lines .... The attempt in the house to pass an omnibus bill for the payment Of claims for supplies conhscated from loyal peo- pie i'll the south during tho war. amounting to Sls663, was defeated. The agricultural bill then occupied the remainder of the session It was finally passed and the Hawaiian corre- spondonce laid before the house Adjourned.
 SOMEWHAT of futter was created in the pu ha bv u ftfs sf1 1lada of ebar rdl between Senators Harris tTenn.l and Mitchell (Ore.) Mir Mitchell wished to make q report upon sugar bounty bill to which MT. Harris objected and the matter led to harsh words; otherwise 1t was harmless. After dsposlng of minor subjects the District of Columbia bill was finally passed and the consular and diplo- matte bill made the next order of business .... In the house debate on the administration bill to authorize tho issue of S,0OGM,0ll gold bonds for the purpose of retiring the legal tender and treasury notes, was commenced and continued six hours. Pending debate the house ad journod.
 WHEN the senate net on the 9th Clarence D. Clark, the new senator from Wyoming, was sworn in which eliminated the democratic ma jority The resolution of Mir. Peffer was agreed to calling on the secretary of the treasury for information AS to the kind of money received from the sale of bonds. Debate then followed on the diplomatic and consular appropriation
 
 between Senators Hale and Allen. in which the latter favored government ownership Of railroads, telegraph lines, etc, which was com battei by MT. Hale, and this led to general debate on the constitutional right of the gov ernment to own or construct railroads and other lines. At 5:25 the senate adjourned =. The house continued debate on the administra- tion currency bill. At o'clock the house, i'll committee of the whole, began voting on amendments The committee on banking and currency sustained two defeats two of the amendments proposed by that committee being voted down They were the amendment pro posing to strike out the section providing for the payment of customs duties in gold, which was allowed to stand amended so as to mako them payable in gold and silver. and that com polling national banks to carry their reserve Tn gold and silver coin. Mir Bland offered a substitute which was ruled out Mir Bland appealed from the ruling which was pending when the house adjourned
 THE proceedings of the senate were of little interest on the 7th. The president submitted a report in response to the Aldrioh resolution of January 10, giving the correspondence with Germany and other foreign countries concern ing the effect of the present tarif law on the commerce Of the United States with those coun- tries. The Hawaiian cable project was further discussed but no conclusion reached. Messrs. Mitchell and Harris made apologies for their recent scrap" and the senate adjourned -. The absorbing subject in the house was the administration bond bill. The final considera- tion of the bill occupied the attention of the house from il to 3:30 o'clock. MT Reeds amendment for issuing coin bonds was lost; also the Bell amendment making the bonds payable In silver and gold. MT. Reed finally voted for the bill, but explained his vote When the bill came up for third reading inter- est was at the boiling point, and the vote proceeded, every one watched the result with the keenest anxiety. At the conclusion of the roll call the vote stood 134 votes for the bill and l6t against The defeat Of the bill was greeted with cheers and other manifestations Of pleas ure by its opponents. Mir. Springer moved to reconsider the vote by which the third reading was refused and upon Mir. Hateh's motion the motion to reconsider was laid on the table and the bill was dead. The house adjourned at 6:25 o'clock.
 THE blizzard and prevailing snowstorm kept senators and visitors from the capitol on the sth and when the senate met the attendance was small MT Sherman offered bIll appro- priating s0000 to be immediately available for the relief of the needy of the District Of Colum- ba which passed without debate. A mes sage from the president on the bond question was received and referred, and routine busi- ness resumed The Hawaiian matter was again up for debate during which the official papers in regard to late death sentences were read The senate was clearly in favor of inter- vention by the government. .. In the house tho presidents bond message was received and promptly referred message was also re- ceiyed from the president giving the latest phase of affairs in Hawaii After some debate tee. The senate bill providing for the mme- dIate relief of the suffering poor of the District of Columbia was passed. After passing about q dozen pension bills the house adjourned.