The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-02-07
IN THE FEDERAL CONGRESS
Currency and Banking Bill in the
House..
AN APPEAL BY Mr.. BROSlUS
Two Important Amendments. MIR.
BANDS Free Silver Proposition
Voted Down. Diplomatic
and Consular Appropri-
atoms in the Senate.
By Southern Associated Press.

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WAsHINGToN, February G.-HoUsE
The boundary dispute between
Venezuela aud Great Britaip over
the delimitation of the frontier of
British Guiana, was the occasion of
the passage of joint resolution by
the House to day, recommending
the parties to submit the contro-
versy to arbitration. The joint reso-
luton was reported from the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and was
in accordance with the suggestion
of President Cleveland in his last
! annual message.
The currency and banking and
gold loan bill was discussed five
hours to-day after 2 o'clock under
the five minute rule, when amend
ments were in order. The principal
speech III general debate WAS made
by MIR. Brosius (Rep.), of Pennsyl
wanna, member of the committee
reporting the bill, who made an clio.
quent appeal, in the name of patriot
ism aud duty, for united action to
relieve the country from its present
condition. The amendments pro.
posed by the committee, with two
exceptions, were agreed to.
The committee proposed to strike
out the section to retire all national
bank notes of less denomination
than $40 and silver certificates of
higher than $40 aud to require State
banks to keep their lawful reserves
in gold coin or gold certificates.
These propositions were rejected.
One, offered by AIR. Hsugen (Rep.) },
OF Wisconsin, reduced from $50, 900
to 100000, the minimum capital
stock OF national banks; the other,
offered by MIR. Hartman, of Mon.
tana, required the payment of half
of the customs duties collected to be
in gold and half in silver.
MIR. Bland's free silver PROPOSE
ton as substitute for the bill was
ruled out of order by Chairman
Richardson and from that decision
MIR. Bland appealed. No quorum
voted on the question of sustaining
the chair and the House adjourned.
SENATE. Another acquisition to
the strength OF the Republicans in
the Senate wac made to day in the
person of Mir. Clark, of W yoming.
who appeared and took the oath of
office. The Senate now consists OF
eighty seven members, of whom
forty-tbree are Democrats, thirty.
nine Republicans and i've Populists.
The Diplomatic and Consular Ap.
preparation bill was taken up to day
and long debate took place upon
an amendment reported from the
Committee on Appropriations for
the construction and maintenance
by the United States of telegraph
cable between the United States and
Hawaii, and appropriating $500, 900
as part of the cost.
The participants in the debate
were Messrs. Hill, Gray, Teller and
Hawley. The matter went over I'M
til to morrow with point of order
pending against tue amendment.
y substitute for the Chicago Post.
office bill WAS reported, discussed
and agreed to, and conference
asked of the House. The bill, as
passed, makes q direct appropria
ton, but directs the work to be let
out In contracts, the aggregate
amount of which shall not exceed
$1,000, 600.
At 5:45 the Senate adjourned.