The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-01-04
CONGRESS REASSEMBLES
The House and Senate Report for
Duty.
OPENING PRAYER FOR UNITY
One Hundred Representatives in
Their Seats. Currency Bill Ad-
vocated by Mr. Black. Mr..
Allen Would Investigate
Senate Restaurant.
Dy Southern Associated rrs.s.

nv iSN, "uuuhTy HOUSE.
Less then 100 members of the
House were in their seats to day
when the last session of tho Fifty.
third Congress was resumed after
the holiday recess. Chaplain Bagby.
in his opening prayer, asked that
there might be uuity of opinion
among the Representative in the
coming months. in order that legls
lation might be elected for the ben.
eft of the whole people.
After the call Of committees for
reports the House went into com.
mittee of the whole for the purpose
of further consideration of the cur.
renoy bill and Mr.. Richardson
I tDem.), of Tennessee, took the
chair. Up to this time the oppo.
nents OF the bill had occupied one
hour and forty minutes more time
than its friends, and the chairman
recognized MIR. Black (Dem.), of
Georgia, to spenk first in favor of
the bill in the absence of MIR. Cul
bersoD, of Texas, who had been OK
pected To re open the debate,
Mr.. Black reviewed some of the
various criticisms made against the
bill, declaring that the measure
had been the subject of long and
earnest consideration and WAS not in
any sense the creation of immature
thought. Regarding the point that
1t proposed TO retire the gEeenbacks,
against the wishes of the country,
MIR. Black suid that The peopsa had
had an opportunity on two or three
occasions to express themselves. In
1850 Gen. Weaver was candidate for
President on a Greenback 'platiorm
and he received 500, QUO votes. against
s, 500, 600 for Garfield and Hancock.
In 1884 Gen. Butler was the ,an-
didate of the party and lie received
of the popular vote 10, 900 against
$500, ,uO0 Tor Cleveland and Blaine.
In 1888 MIR. Streator received Jag.
600 votes against 100000 for
Cleveland and Harrison. We oil
know the result of the election of
1892.
Other sspeakers were McCreary,
OF Kentucky, and Beckuer, Dem.
of kentucky. in advocacy of the
bill, and Haugen, (Kep.) Of Wiscon.
SIN, and Albums, CRep.) of Pennsyl.
vania, IN opposition. An animated
colloquy occurred between Adams
and Warner, Dem. of New York,
respecting the operation of the Nc
hlniey law upon the wages of Penn
sylvania coal miners with which the
proceedings. closed. The House ad-
Journcd at 4:45 p. III. uutil to NOR.
row.
WAsHINGroN. January 3.-SEN
ATE. Forty Senators wero in their
seats when the Senate was called to
order at noon, the Vice. President
i n the chair.
Mr. Sherman reported the Lodge
resolution requesting the President
10 transmit TO the Senate oil papers
relating to the delivery by the
United States Consul at Shanghai of
TWO Japanese citizens 10 the Chinese
authorities; and to inform the Senate
whether those two Japanese were
put to death after being tortured.
The resolution was agreed to.
Among the bills introduced and
referred WAS one by MIR. George
by REQUESTING prevent the hoard.
Ing OF coin in The Treasury, sub
treasures. or any national deposi.
tories ana TO ameud the laws relnt.
ing to the national banks, aud to
supply safe and permanent na.
uora! currency"
During the morning hour there
was somewhat amusing dIcussion
OF the resolution offered by MIR. al.
len before the holidays, proposing
al investigation into the affairs o
the Sena'e festaurant-Mr. Allen
asserting TINT, In addition 10 rooms.
iurnliure, carpets, tables, chars
ranges and stoves, suppned gratuIt
ously To the restaurant keeper, he
was also furnished with fuel, light
and Ice, 10 the amount Of from
IS. 900 10 $4,000 year, aud this
ontlay from the contingent fund of
the Senate was denounced as lar.
ceny. At the expiration of the
morning hour the resolution was
placed on the calendar aud Will
hardly be heard from any more, as
1t cannot be taken up EXCEPT on
motion and by a majority vote.
The NIcaraguan Canal blli was
theu taken up, and MIR. Morgan.
Chairman OF the Committee on
Foreign Relations. occupied the nj
tentlou of the Senate from 2 o'clock
until D, III replying to Mr.. Tnrpie's
tnree days speech against the blli.
lie had not concluded ut the time of
adJournment but will do SO TO
morrow.
In the course of his speech Mr..
Morgan said:
The purposes Of this bill are
simple aud easy to be understood.
They are: