New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-12
N AND CIT OF CONGRESS-
THE ANTI-oPTION BILL LAID oN i"N
TABLE.

TABLE.
ro FRAME A GENERAL BANKING Bii'L--l"o ''''
poRrANT MEASURES FAVORED BY i"h
r.rs coMMIrrEE-HEARING ON THE
PROPOSAL. TO PUT GOD IN THE
CONSTITUTIONAL sIANphh
on CONGRESS RE-
FITTED - PACIFIC
CABLE PROF.
Washington March 1.-THE House ,,,d the
, -, aov hv vote OF ? ic o. ia'u W W.
-; On,,on hill on the table. the inea'. .h,e
cussed for an hour, after when t"e .a,sre in
was agreed to- Those who faVoreu w ,,toe IN a
tend TO bring the subject before '"e ,.,o 20 the
,,yaro,, form later The great oo)ec''o" s,,o
aort measure was that 1t did not make /" u.' ,rs
sis,,rction between options and iu.u, nd r.ard
aim of the bill will be 70 arocess Legitimate
dne IN futures where actual deverie, are sys
templsted is not objected TO- D n. ~ The measure
len ID al in their power break j. up ne Of the
to-day they say. does not p.ions and they feel
con n, ,ba, measure drawn to break up ' re
practice and not AFFECT iegi''i"a''
ceive A favorable report
The House Committee on Banking ana ~" 80.
nooti this morning.
a,,e,,, N the formulation OF general panhins ''
80 =. ,,res.pt~d 70 tho House, and 70 meet MonuH:o
and U-e.nesdays until such bill - report ~ .an,
general banking bills drawn by memoer,s % oftin
mittee viii be hfst cohs'oe'e' anu
order
The House Patents Committee to-day ordereu Ia
vo,able reports on TWO bills Of more imam o'''""
innortance The first was bill recomn shaeu ~
the American Bar Association limiting '"e ~. "
an American patent to the life OF foreign pa,e".
ND
IN the Patent Office on the par, OF aPp Ioa ,ho
nafenfs The other bill Ia intended 20 prsse On in
t-,tinC ~ dramatic compositions. IL perlns an
Pnnrfion taken out in any judicial circuit TO spp,y
in any other circuit in the United o'a'es "s"
sons presenting pirated plays
President c. P Huntington Of the southern .S.
ciGc Railroad who was to have appeared oeio'e W.
House Committee on Pacific Railroads To-Day se"'
,,.ord that he could not be present until tomorrow;
ard the investigation was therefore, deferred u''''
1880 Tomorrow morning
To put the name Of the Deity In the Sohs.'.u'o'
ia the purpose OF JOINT resolution introduced !" '
House some weeks ago by Mr. Morse 'hep Mass,
II VAS referred TO the Judiciary Committee "nic"
for nearly two hours to-day heard arguments ior
and against the proposition. The Rev H. r.
George OF Pittsburg made brief but earnest PIC"
for a favorable report upon the measure nc '
gan by saying that IL is believed by muittudes Vi
people that the Constitution IL not fun recor" %
IN. facts in the National NE II has no clea. recos-
there might be to God. there was none TO onrl'''
The question IS shall Christian life he brought down
to accord with the Constitution or snail the 'o"s.
tuition he brought up TO accord with inc iac'''
our oDponents, no continued. say tnat 'ne |o"'
ti,u,ion ought to remain secular and that all the
facts In our daily life ought to b" brought down 70
II; that is We ought TO abolish prayer in the
churches chaplains in the Army and Navy the
Bible from the SCHOOLS. and remove everytnl is
Christian and convert whole civilization INTO
sccularism" He contended that every Christian
feature should bc maintained and he asked that tne
constitution be amended as TO secure all such
features The Rev. Or. stockton. OF Mercer. Penn.
asserted that this was a Christian Nation. Ihie.-
fourbs Of the people OF the country were Christians
and nve-sixths OF the people were In harmony WIN
what he asking today He spoke OF ne Ma "a.
laws which guard It We're a recognition OF christi
aniiy III this is a Christian Nation" he asked
constitution?' The other speakers who took the
Affirmative side Of The question were Lewis u. |aI
an attorney. Of Philadelphia. MI Hubbard OF
Cleveland OHIO the president OF me Hmer,caH AZ
Peace Association and the Rev w j. Coleman .1,,o OF
10 ,he resolution Dr. W. A. Crofrut. OF Wash
ns'on samuel r. Putnam president OF w the rree
secretary OF the National spirtuaists Association
Day ADVENTIST of Washington: the Rev DR.. Lewis
seventh Day Baptist OF PAINTED n. j.: III.
Chicago. and Mossrs. Birney and Abraham, Of
Washington.
Sweeping criticisms that Congress is negecting
domestic affairs altogether to NEEDLE with interna-
tional questions do not appear be wholly meriied
as instanccl In the BIZ just reported from the
House Committee Military Affairs. 10 allow
su2erlntenients OF National cemeteries TO keep
horse and a for their own use and benefit.
The report Of the committee made by Mr.. Tracy. OF
VI ssouri treats extensively OF the advisabilty OF
nullifying the order OF the Quarierma steriencral
OF ,he ARM issued october 9. 1896 discontnu-
ing he practice O. Keeping domestic animals and
fowls OF all kinds in National cemeteries.
may he iu1Or mot
IN passing that a well-deAned tradition yet fingers
among the people n remote sections OF the country
that Congress Is the law-makng power and that
its enactm, hts only be properly reviewed. an
upon constitutional grounds revised by the Su-
preme Court. That tradition may not have entirely
disappeared from the more central portions o. the
Union, but recent experience had given it a hollow
eyed and detected look which appealed strongly 10
the sympathies OF the committee. They sough. tho
opinion Of The DISTINGUISHED officer touching the
merits Of the bill b.fore them. in Difference TO the
disabled condition OF the tradition mentioned. and
With the hope that his superior wisdom might
contribute a healing balm that would infuse into
1t something OF its od-time strength ami vlgor
Vain hope" Quar;crmaster- General Bachelor fur
the. advised that ';he necessity FOR Congressional
action upon minor subjects is no, seen that the
b are %ndtr proper somo comfort.
to a degree o emharras sien ia attempting to in
OF no hunting on these grounds. and with the fur
ther notice thar the Intended invasion will be sub
yersve OF the discipline and control OF the super
lntendenis and preJudicial 10 their comfort" The
report continues: ut IS painful 10 contemplate an
oid soldier. superintendent OF a Na,iona! cemetery
dwelling In the mids, OF the graves OF his deal
comrades. thinking OF nothing. dreaming OF moth
ny. bui no" to become "A millionaire from the
prohis OF dairy. stable. a hennery etc bur
We are forced 10 90 H. 70, the Quarterma ster ;en
eral informs us that superintendent were allowed
10 keep a private horse and COW. but the privilege
vas aDdsei few sapeIintenIents were found 10
be iorSettdl or me Coy eminent and OF their trust
They sacrificed their honesty 10 selfish indulgence
ana gam IN personal economy, at the expense OF the
/ Government which harbored them. Il was found
that forage provided fot public animals was used
for privalc domestic animals such as are referrcj
10 IN TINS oili ana the coal ana other supplies were