New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-07
IN AND OUT OF CONGRESS-.
SENATOR MILLS EXPLAINS HIS NEW COIN
AGE BILL.
NATIONAL FIELD FOR MILITARY MANoEUvREs
THE NAVAL ACADEMY IN A Rad PLIGHT
SPEAKER REED RECEIVES
ANOTHER GAVE


SPEAKER REED RECEIVES
ANOTHER GAvEI4
Washington. Dec. t-Senator Minis. OF Texas
,esking to-day OF the bill introduced by him yes
erdav providing for the coinage of the silver bullion
n the Treasury into halves. quarters and dimes
and their payment in the ordinary expenditures OF
ADMINISTRATION said that the fractional coins were
crowded for preference TO the dollar because they
we're more convenient TO use. II provides secondly,
that In case of temporary deficiency in revenues
.ron any cause Treasury notes shall be issued and
maid out instead OF selling bonds for gold The bonds
hear interest and constitute charge on the people;
Tho notes do not The Government he said should
do business the same principe that any man
Of GOOD common-sense transacts his business. He
never pays interest IL he can get money without.
There was danger of Initiating the currency, be-
,,use the notes TO be destroyed when returned
20 the Treasury. Thirdly. when the gold reserve is
over slOoooc,00 the Treasury is in easy circum-
stances and may redeem its notes IN either gold or
silver as may be desired by the holder OF the notes.
When the reserve is under sl0Oo0.Oo the cautionary
signal Is up, and the Secretary should protect the
Government by paying in standard silver coins and
stop run that may embarrass the Treasury and
compel II 10 sell bonds foreign and domestic cap
i;ailss seeking Investment for idle millions. To this
there interposed objection that Is utterly fala
ninm-that the standard would be expelled and sill
yer would take Its place rms result can oIy 'Hne
Creased to increase prices in this country when
ss s SILVER p or PAPER now in Calculation change
YTces Of products II the Treasury refuses gold for
.vnort the exporter do exporters have done,
are doing now and viii continue TO do al over the
United states ana all Eyer The ne notes ape ali
paid all bonded the result would be the same
poTtei' bu, the gold standard would remain un
hanged Fourh the 6 reP pea 9S a tna
of the bill enacted there will be no necessity to
sell bonds.
Messrs Cook and Baldwin two extensive sugar
planters Of Hawaii. had short conference this
morning on the floor of the House with Represent
alive Hit Of Illinois who it is generally supposed.
viii be the next chairman of the Foreign Affairs
the former Minister from Hawaii. They were inter
esed in knowing If Congress Will enact any legisa-
ton this winter with reference sugar. Mr. Hit
couid of course, give no definite information this
subject
\ bill introduced in the House to-day by General
Grosvenor. of Ohio provides. without making
peciai appropriation, national field for military
nanOeuVres by declaring the Chickamauga Military
Park open for such purpose % the military forces
II the United States and the National Guard of the
states under such regulations the Secretary of
War may prescribe. This bill. If passed. viii make
available for military instruction and manoeuvres
fifteen square miles of territory, embracing large
bdttlehelds, and over thirty miles of approaches
armies marched into position and moved from these
felis. one important object which IL Is believed
e nan h M he War DePa eS the %sona
Guard and the Regular Army.
Delegate Flynn. of Oklahoma introduced in the
House to-day a resolution requesting the Secretary
Of the Interior to report TO the house the reasons
Why the Wichita Indian lands in Oklahoma had not
ben allotted. Also whether any relative of secre-
firy Smith. by blood marriage. acting as
attorney for the Indians, any one interested in the
leservaton is interested in delaying the opening of
me lands to settlement.
Mr.. Morse. of Massachusetts,. presented in the
TO-DAY res0usoH 0i he gor ms
suppression Of the lottery traffic
Commodore Matthews has made a report to Sec
ietary Herbert on his recent investigation of the
condition OF the Naval Academy The report
s;ates that the Academy Is shame to the Nation
and disgrace 10 the Navy The educational de-
partmeAts all right. but the accommodations
are most miserable. 1t is recommended that every
building now used by the cadets be RACED TO the
ground Several OF the structures have been con-
demned unsafe, unhealthy and ill-adaptel for
their purposes. On the whole. the report sums up
me Academy as in a bad plight ana demands the
prompt attention of Congress The plan PROPOSED
FOR improvements contempates the expenditure OF
about 100000, but comparatively small amounts
would De re9ued ,b or ed S pan n
-truction and rehabilitation be approved, and that
begin the work Secretary Herbert is now con-
.siferine the report
Delegate Murphy of Arizona introduced in the
House to-day bill granting Statehood TO the Ter
iitory he represents. The measure Il similar 10
INA, passed by the House in the last Congress
collection of gavels The gavel presented to-day
comes from +. F. Nelson. of Minnesota, a great
admrer of Mr.. Reed: and was presented by Rep,
le-entatiVe Towne. OF Minnesota. 1t IL made from
d piece OF the hull of the first vessel which passed
through the sault Ste. Marie Canal
The Indian Bureau has before il 70. consideration
the allotment Of lands for certain tribes of Indians
IN Minnesota, where the question of the character
OF the lands is involved The present matter concerns
Indians in the neghborhood Of Duluth, Mimi. but
there will be similar cases TO decide in other parts
Il the State These Indians, it is said have en-.
ployed corporations and attorneys il the ailottnc
heir lands. and il is asserted that instead OF Sc
Letting agricultural LANDS as the law pr3Va9s G
timber lands. and IL is alleged that corporations
and others buy the timber from me inaans al -, q
nominal figure. and realize large prohts from ~
ale The Indian Bureau now has 40 cases III the
Duluth district before IT, and VIII o. IAN an aGsns
lands selected.
Before leaving Washington on his duck.ng expedi-
ZION the President approved recommendations or
Naval examining boards for the promotion OF Sur
seon George T. Winsow Lieutenant Charles >
Ripley Assistant Engineer JOSIAH Mek na I'm
Iie Woif BrowDell OF the Navy. These officers are
promoted TO the next highcs, grade.
dispatch printed IN The Tribune OF December
,epresents Barry Buckley as seriously rejecting on
mo character OF Mrs Slack. who is now engaged IN
,t. sror. 10 secure control OF her children MI
,lLiay desires Il TO be understood that at no time
has he given testimony which IN any manner couid
rcnect inturiously the character OF Mrs Siack,
lear that Mrs Slack is proper person 70 nave
me custody Of her children
CHAT ABOUT PROMINENT MEN.
Patriotism is at discount" said H. C. Du Val