Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-13
THE NATIONAL LAWMAKERS The Tariff Question Comes in for
 Some Attention. HOW TO RETIRE GREENBACKS Give National Banks 10 Per Cent Premium for Them and Silver Certificates. MR. sTsE TO BE HEARD FROM The Com c,e on Finance Likely to Be Cal to Report on the Effects
 . he Gold standard-Do-
 ings of Both Houses.
HOW TO RETIRE GREENBACKS
MR. STEW s TO BE HEARD FROM

WSs iington, Dec. 12.-The first gun In the tariff fight in the Fifty-fourth con- gress was fired today in the house by the venerable EX-Speaker Grow, representa- tive at large from Pennsylvania. At his request the house went into committee of the whole on the state of the union and for nearly an hour he compared the working of the protective tariff as it ex- isted from 1861 to 1894 with the results achieved by the present law, asserting that the latter had not proved much of al success. He proposed instead of the re- tirement of the greenbacks in existence for bonds, as recommended by President Cleveland, that national banks be per mtted to deposit them and the silver certificates as well in exchange for cir culating notes, receiving $110 for every $l0O so deposited, the greenbacks and certificates when deposited to be cancel ed. The gold reserve, he contended, would always prove weakness when ever and as long as the government was compelled to borrow money to meet it's expenditures
 Several resolutions of inquiry of execu- tive departments were offered and pass ed.
 At 1:35 p. m. the house adjourned till Monday.
 In6 senate.
 After two hours session the senate adjourned until Monday next. Two bills to secure the payment of the indebted ness of the Pacific railroads to the gov ernment were introduced-one by Mr. Frye almost Identical with the one in- troduced by him last congress, and one by MT. Thurston, republican, of Nebras- ka. MT. Thurston's bill asks for sale to the highest bidder of the government claim at not less than 50 per cent of the amount, the purchaser to become pos sessed of all the right, title and lien of the United States, including the right of Foreclosure, possession and operation of the roads.
 MT. Call made short speech in sup port of his resolution relative to the -massaeres of Armenians in the Turkish empire and the resolution was referred to the committee on foreign relations.
 Then MT. Peffer made a speech on his bill for the proper disposition of the re- mains of senators and representatives, who die in the capital during a session of congress. No action was taken on the bill.
 A resolution instructing the committee on hnance to inquire and report what effect and the difference existing be- tween gold standard countries and sil- yer standard countries had on the apri- cultural, manufacturing and industries Of the United States was offered by Mr. ote"ai |, popuiist, WnO gave notice that he would submit some remarks upon it next Monday.
 MT. White, democrat of California, off, fered resolution to amend the rules by providing that "all debate shall be rel evant and confined to the subject di- rectly before the senate, and gave notice that he would address the senate upon 1t next Tuesday.
 A resolution was offered by Mir Hans brough, republican, of North Dakota, and agreed to, instructing the Secretary of agriculture to report to the senate whether or not he had expended the whole or any part of the appropriation made last session for the purchase and distribution of seeds and for the printing and distribution of farmers bulletins"
 brief executive session was held at the close of MT. Peffer's speech. and then, at p. m., the senate adjourned until next Monday