The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-04

SESSIONS ARE Opened
Senate and House of Representatives
Transact Business.
SPEECHES ON THE CURRENCY
Consequences of Reduction in Prices Of
Coal-Mr. Allen objects TO Furnishing
Ice For Restaurant Kcepers-Chap.
lain's Prayer For Peace.
By the United Press.

By the United Press.
Washington, Jan. .3.-The senate was
opened with prayer by the blind chap
lain, Rev. Mr.. Milburn.
There were some forty senators pres
ent-the vice-president being in the
chair
Mr.. Sherman, Rep., Ohio, reported
the Lodge resolution, requesting the
president to transmit to the senate all
papers relating to the delivery by the
United States consul at Shanghai, of
two Japanese citizens to Chinese au-
thorities; and to inform the senate
whether those two Japanese were put
to death after being tortured. The reso-
luton was agreed to.
During the morning hour there was
a somewhat amusing discussion Of the
resolution offered by Mr.. Allen, P.,
Neb.), before the holidays proposing an
investigation into the affairs of the SEN
ate restaurant, Mr.. Allen asserting
that in addition to rooms, furniture,
carpets, tables, chairs, ranges and
stoves, supplied gratutiously to the res
taurant keeper he was also furnished
with fuel, light and Ice, to the amount
of from $4,000 to $4,000 year; and this
outlay from the contingent fund of the
senate was denounced as laceny.
At the eXpira tion of the morning hour
the resolution was placed on the calen-
dar and will hardly be heard from any
more. The senate adjourned at p. IN.
House Proceedings.
Less than 100 members of the house
attended the session of that body to-
day.
Chaplain Bagby, in his opening
prayer, asked that there might be unity
of opinion among the representatives
in the coming months in order that
legislation might be affected for the
benefit of the whole people.
The speakers today We're Mr.. Black
Dem., Ga), McCreary Dem., KyD, and
Breckner Dem, Ky) in advocacy Of
the currency bill, and Haugan Rep.,
Wis., and Adams Rep. Pa.) in opposi-
ton.
Speaking OF the changes that had oc-
Cured in the financial condition of the
country, Mr.. Adams noted reduction
of 80 cents a ton in the price of coal, as
a loss of $4,000, 900 to the people of the
country.
Mr.. Simpson Pop., Kan) interrupted
to ask how a reduction of so cents a
ton on the price OF coal could be a loss
to the whole people?
| Mr.. Adams responded that the gentle
man from Kansas belonged to a party
which considered the interests of one
class only, but that legislation for the
whole people of the United States re-
quired consideration of all classes.
The reduction of the price of coal was
| accompanied by reduction of wages
to a starvation figure, and where one
class of people had no surplus over the
demands of bare subsistence. it was a
loss to the whole people. He then asked
Mr.. Simpson If what he had stated with
| regard to miners as a consequence OF
the reduction of the price of coal was
not true with regard to farmers as q
result of the fall of prices of farm pro.
ducts.
Mr. Simpson conceded that it was
true, or would be under similar condi.
tions.
Coal Banks Closing.
Later a colloquy occurred between
Adams and Warner Dem., n. " re-
specting the rate of wages paid to Goa
miners in Pennsylvania, in the course