Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-02-16
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
WAsHINGToN, Feb. is.
SENATE.

| opened with prayer ny Lonuon eiei
cvman, Rev. DR.. II. S. Iunn, general
editor of The Reuie,c of the Churches.
Mr.. Dubois presented resolutions
adopted at meeting of republicans
! from different sections ofArizona, de-
claring that the republicans of Arizona
are unequivocally in favor of the lm-
mediate admission of Arizona as a
State.
MIR. Allen offered resolution which,
| was agreed to. calling on the Secretary
of the Treasury for information as to
national banks that have, within the
last ten years, acted as repositories OF
public moneys, whether interest has
been paid, and the terms and condi
tons of the contracts.
Mr.. Stewart introduced bill to re-
store bimetallism. Read first time,
it's second reading going over one day.
The concurrent resolution hereto
fore offered by Mr.. Hill declaring it to
be the sense of Congress that the poll
cy of the government requires that lis
efforts be steadily directed to the estab-
lishment of safe system of bimetal-
lism wherein gold and silver may be
maintained at parity, was laid before
the Senate.
Mr.. Hill said he wanted Congress TO
say to the world that the policy of the
United States was not to maintain the
single silver standard, nor the single
gold standard, but the double standard,
and that if there should be any dispari-
ty between the two metals, the obliga-
tions of the government would be paid
in the best coin in use.
Mr.. Sherman offered a substitute de-
clarng it to be the established policy
of the United States to maintain gold
and silver coin at parity according to
their coinage ratio; and that, if at any
time, silver coin could not be at parity
with gold coin, the bonds of the United
States now or hereafter issued which
are, by their terms payable In coin,
shall be paid in gold coin.
Mr.. Wolcott said that Mr.. Hill had
been ''threshing old straw" The
House, he said, had disposed yester-
day-so far as this session was concern
ed-of the subject of the issue or en-
dorsement of gold bonds. 'The Presi
dents wanton attack on the credit OF
the United States" Mr.. Wolcott de-
clared passionately, "has been the most
disastrous occurrence of this genera
ton Our nest was befouled by the
man who should have stood for ouI
credit. The President" Mr.. Wolcotl
added, entered into a secret negotia-
ton with the Rothschilds of Europe,
whereby he should give them long
bonds at excessive rates, to the dis
credit of our country and is finances"
Mr.. Lodge advocated Mr.. Hills reso-
luton, the point of which, he said, was
that every obligation of the United
States. where coin is named in the bond,
is payable in the best money-in gold
or silver. as demanded. AS to the re-
cent arrangement with the syndicate,
he denounced it as 'the blacklist con-
tract ever made by the government OF
the United States"
Mr.. Hill replied to MIR. Wolcott and
defended the President from the
charges made by the Senator from Col.
orado. Mr.. Cleveland had his faults,
Mr.. Hill said, but there was nothing to
justify the statement that he had paid
higher rate of interest 10 his bond
contract than he was compelled to pay.
At 2 o'clock the agricultural bill was
laid before the Senate, but Mr.. Teller,
speaking ostensibly on the bill, pro-
oeeded to make financial speech.
HOUSE.
House bill directing the Secretary OF
the Interior to offer for sale isolated
and fractional tracts of public lands,
less than quarter section in extent, at
81 so an acre or more, amended by the
Senate so as to reduce the minimum
price to $l25 an acre, was taken up.
After a little debate as to the expedi-
ency of retaining the minimum 80 so,
in which Mr.. McRae, chairman of the
committee on public lands, said that he
saw no opportunity at this late date of
increasing the minimum price of land,
the amendment was agreed to.
Senate amendments were concurred
in to the joint resolution declaring it to
be the sense of Congress that the Gui-
ana boundary dispute between Great
Britain and Venezuela which has ex-
listed since 1927, should be submitted 10
and settled by friendly arbitration.
The Senate struck out the preamble
and certain words which it regarded as
superfuous and Mr.. Livingston, iu
charge of the measure, said that wss
right. The dispute, he said, was vio-
lation of the Monroe doctrine and
menace to American commerce.
Mr.. Breckenridge reported the
general deficiency Dill for the year end
ing June 80, 1895 and previous years,
and gave notice that he would call it
up Immediately after the naval appro-
priation bill was out of the way.
House bill was passed to place War
rem G. Beach, late a captain in the
army, on the retired list, without pay
or allowance.
The private pension bills acted upon
favorably at the session Of the House
last night, we're passed.
The House then, liz committee of The
whole, resumed consideration of the
naval appropriation bill under the
rules governing general debate.
Mr.. Geissenhainer, chairman of the
committee on naval affairs, and MIR.
Adams spoke in favor of the bill, and
Mr.. Washington against it.
THE PRINCE OF WALEs's LEvEE.-
The Prince of Wales held his first levee
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