Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1895-02-01
RETIRE GOLD CERTIFICATES


washington, Jan. 24.-During the call
or committees for reports Mr.. Harrison
or Alabama made a majority report IN
the memorial of the Central Labor I'm
ION OF Cleveland, which asks for the i'm
peachment of Judge Kicks, denying the
request Mr.. Bailey of Texas obtained
| 'eaYe 10 flle a minority report later
CHAIRMAN Sayres of the appropriation
committee and Chairman Wilson of the
ways ana means committee had ar
ranged TO divide today giving the first
nan TO the completion of the sundry
civil Dill and the rest of the day to Mr.
wilson bill for the repeal of the clause
Vi the tarlH act imposing an additional
one-tenth of l cent per pound on sugars
from bounty-paying countries, and the
house, on Mr.. Sayres' motion. went into
committee OF the whole and resumed
consideration of the sundry civil bill.
Mr.. Quigg offered an amendment To
the paragraph providing for the nav
OF bailiffs, criers, etc, of the United
states courts, so as to provide that all
persons employed under section us of
the revised statutes shall be deemed in
actual attendance when they attend on
order of the court" and prohibiting
pay to them during vacation of the
court. The amendment was agreed To-
Mr.. Settle moved to strike from the
paragraph providing for punishment
for violations of the internal revenue
law the appropriation of 500 900 for the
detection of Niolators. Mr. Settle con-
tended that this appropria ton was NOT
necessary for the enforcement of the
internal revenue laws, but harassed the
citizens of North Carolina and other
states.
Mr. swanson offered an amendment
providing that no portion of the appro-
prlation should be paid 10 any one ex-
cept duly authorized officers of the gov
eminent. Both amendments were lost.
Mr. Sayres of Texas offered am
amendment providing that no portion
OF the sum appropriated for printing of
United States notes shall be used for
pruning notes In larger denominations
than those required or Cancelled.
Mr.Coombs of New Hampshire offered
as substitute an amendment provid.
ing for the retirement and cancellation
of gold certificates. Mr.. Bland favored
this. He thought it should be supple
mented by another which would give
the secretary of the treasury authority.
when there was a sufficient amount of
II. to issue silver certificates against
the gold deposited in the treasury. This
was done, he said, under Sherman's adj
ministration of the treasury with the
result that gold accumulated to the
amount of $S0,000,000 After some
further debate in favor of Mr.. COMBS
amendment, vote was taken on Mr..
Sayres' amendment to give the secre-
tary discretion to issue such denomina.
tons of greenbacks as he saw ut. Lost.
10 TO ~, Mr.. COMBS amendment to re-
tire and cancel gold certificates was
agreed to without division. Another
amendment, offered by Mr. Coombs,
making gold certificates non-receivable
for custims dues after July l, 1895, and
after that date non-carriable as tho
lawful reserve of any national bank.
was also agreed to without division.
Amendments appropriating $40, 900
for lightship and for a signal to be
stationed off the Straits of Fuca.
Washington near Flattery reef were
adopted. This completed the consider
alton of the bill.
The committee amendments were
agreed to and the bill was passed. The
house then took recess until 8 o'clock.
the night session to be for the corsid-
nra ton of pension bills