The morning call., 1895-01-29
GROVER ON FINANCE.
Congress Receives a Message
From Cleveland.
URGENT RECOMMENDATIONS.
How the President Would Keep Up
the Gold Reserve.
ISSUE OF BONDS HTS PET REMEDY.
Certain Lines Of Legislation Requested
to Preserve the Credit Of the Nation
and Regulate Currency.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.-There was but a
small attendance in the Senate when that
body met to-day. The session was called
to order by Vice. President Stevenson, who
had returned to the city after attending the
burial of his daughter at Bloomington, Ill.
Soon after the Senate chamber began to
fill and before some preliminary business
on the Vice-President's desk was disposed
of there was the largest attendance Of
Senators since the session began. The
Presidents secretary was announced very
soon and all knew he had the special
message on the finance question. There
was the utmost quiet in the Senate cham
Der while the message was being read and
Senators on both side gave it the closest
attention. At the close of the reading
Sherman (R.) of Ohio suggested that the
message be referred to the Finance Com
mittee. There was some objection on the
part of several Senators, including Stewart
and Harris, who desired that the message
should lie on the table, so that if Senators
desired they might submit some remarks
upon it. Sherman's motion prevailed,
however, on viva voce vote.
Unanimous consent was given to a sug-
gestion by Harris, extending the privilege
of the floor of the Senute to the late secre-
tary of the Senate, A. G. McCook, who is
now in the city.
The Senate agreed to a resolution offered
by Stewart (Pop.) of Nevada, calling on
the Secretary of the Treasury for a state
ment of the estimated deficiency in reve-
nues of the Government to pay current
expenses between December 81, 1894, and
December 81, 1895, and if the $153, 537 ,579
cash balance in the treasury on December
81, 1894, will be sufficient to meet such
deficiency; also TO a motion calling on the
Secretary of the Treasury to ascertain the
claims of the several States now on file in
the Treasury Department under the act OF
July 81, 1861, the amounts due them for
expenses incurred in raising troops as pro-
vided by order of the Secretary of the
Treasury on February 8, 1898.
The Vice-President laid before the Senate
the credentials of Hon. Richard E. Petit
grew of South Dakota for reelection to the
Senate for six years from March 4, 1895.
The credentials were placed on file.
PETER offered a resolution calling on the
Secretary of the Treasury for statement
of the kinds and amounts of money re-
ceived in exchange for bonds issued and
sold under the rounding act of 1870. OBJ
lection was made to it and it went over.
The Senate agreed to a resolution offered
by Mr.. Chandler calling on the Secretary
of the Navy for statement showing the
prices paid per ton for armor-plates for yes.
sells of the navy, comparing the same with
the prices paid by other nations, and also
especially with the prices paid or to be
paid under recent contracts to American
manufacturers for armor-plates for other
nations.
Teller expected to continue his remarks
on the Hawaiian matter, but gave way to
Wolcott, who desired tc call up the House
bill Disappearing the treaty heretofore made
with the Southern Ute Indians, and pro
viding for their settlement upon part Of
their reservation and REIMBURSEMENT OF
the remainder to the Government. When
the hour of o'clock arrived an effort was
made to have the consideration of the bill
continued, and Wolcott sought to obtain
Georges consent to a temporary displace-
ment of the bankruptcy bill. The latter
however, refused to yield.
Wolcott then formally moved that the
Senate proceed to the consideration of the
Ute bill. By an aye and no vote-29 to 2s
the bankruptcy bill was displaced and the
Ute bill made the unfinished business
After discussion by Villas, Wolcott, Teller
and Jones of Arkansas, the bill was passed
as it was reported from the committee by
a vote of q to II.
A bill was passed appropriating 500, OOC
to purchase sites for public buildings in
Spokane, Cheyenne, Boise City and
Helena.
The bankruptcy bill was then taken UP
and made the unfinished business. The
Senate at 4:40 P. NJ. took up the considera.
ton of legislative business and later adj
iourned,