Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-01-01
CONGRESSIONAL.


dents financial message was referred to the
committee on ways and means. Adjourned till
Monday.
In the Senate resolutions were introduced
providing for the coinage of silver bullion pur-
chased under the Sherman at into silver dol
lars and with them redeemIng outstanding
greenbacks and treasury notes. Both houses
pigeon-holed the holiday adjournment reso-
luton.
Dec. 23.-In the House ths election contests
were referred to the three contest committees.
Mr.. Dingley, chairman of the ways and means
committee, said the committee would report
Thursday bond and tariff bill to protect the
treasury from gold Withdrawals. The bond,
are to be an unlimited amount OF three per
cent five year coin bonds, to protect the
gold reserve. with the provision that
the currency redeemed by the proceeds
shall not be paid out for current de-
ncits In the revenue unless the expenses of
the government are in excess of the revenues
In addition the bill will provide for one year
per cent treasury certificates of Indebtedness,
not to exceed 0,00), 900 in amount, and to be
disposed of at the discretion of the Secretary
OF the Treasury, to meet current deficits in the
revenue. These are to be offered for sale at the
sub-treasuries and repositories of the govern
ment Tho tariff items are: duty on wool
of 90 PEI cent of the Mckinley law rates:
a compensatory duty on wooden goods
OF oo per cent of the Mckinley law
rates; a duty of 90 per cent of the rate of 1891
on lumber, which will be from 10 to Is per cent
advaloren; an increase of q per cent from the
W1son-Gorman act rates on cereal brcadstuffs
dairy products and live stock, including poul-
| try horizontal increase of u per cent from
the Wllson-Gorman rates on all other sched ules
with the provision that in no case shall tho
duty exceed the Mckinley rates, except whore
the Wllson-Gorman rates exceed those of tho
Mckinley law.
Dec. "a The Senate made Christmas pres
emit to the South as Mr.. Hill aptIy cbara cter
lied the bill introduced by him REMOVING tho
proscriptiye disabilities passed at the close of
the war against the service of ez-Confederates
IN the United States army or navy.
The bill passed unanimously. Sena-
tor Hawley presented a bill authorizing
the Secretary of War to issue Spring
held rifles to State military organizations
IN exchange for old guns. Mr.. Squire of Wash
! lngton spoke against the injustice of employ-
ing foreign engineers on American ships re-
oelving subsidies from the United States gov
eminent and offered bill to overcome the
practice Adjourned till Friday.
The session of the House was brief Mr.
Shafroth of Colorado, attempted to secure tho
passage of resolution opening the Soutb
Platte and Plum Creek G1rest reserves i'm
Colorado, where there have recently been large
goId discoveries to mining claimants but
1t was objected to. Speaker Reed had read a
commune alton from the Chamber OF Repre-
sentatlves of Brazil, felicitatinn tho House of
representatives of the United States on tho
IreSldents strong position on tho Monroe doc
trJne. The Speaker laid before the House to-
uay a letter from the Secretary of tho Interior
transmitting a reply to Delegate Flynn's
4 resolutlon.a asking the reasons for the DELAY in
the alloting of the landi on the Wichita reserva-
| ton to the indians, and the opening of the sur
plus land to settlement The Secretary says
tho reason of the delay is owing to the fact
! that their is test case now pending regarding
the title of the lands, and that he has only one
relative by marriage who is engaged as attorney
for tho Indians.
Dec. 2I.-The House entered upon the con-
slderatlon of the bond bill. The bill aroused
the opposition of the Democrats and Populists,
| the gold Democrats being arrayed against il
because they claimed it did not give
the Secretary the authority to issue gold
| bonds, with which he desired to replenish
the reserve, and the silver Democrats on the
ground OF their general opposition to bond
issues In the Republican ranks also there
developed such bitter opposition to tho
bill as originally drawn and to tho
proposition to force the bill to a vote to-day
| that the Republican members of the COMMITTEE,
| on ways and means incorporated it in an
| amendment specifically declaring that nothing
in the act should be nstrued as a Modification
or repeal of the act of 1878 for the reissue of FIN
Sreenbacks when redeemed, and the ommittee
on rules extended the limit of de-
batc until tomorrow at 3 o'clock, but de-
clned TO give members of the House
opportunity to offer amendments. The
feature of the day was n strong
speech from Mr.. johnson of California
appealing to his Republican colleagues to vote
against the bill. The principle speeches were
made by Messrs. Dingley of Maine and Grosye-
nor of Ohio( Republicans) and Messrs Turner of
Georgia and Patterson of Tennessee Demo
crats). At the evening session, which con-
tinued until 10 o'clock. the debate was contin-
ued. the speakers being Mr. Wheeler Democrat
of Alabama Mr. Wilson, Republican. of
Idaho; Mr. Gibson, Republican, of Tennessee :
Mr. De Almond of Missouri Mr.. Henderson of
Iowa, and others.
The Senate was enlivened by a spirited de-
bate in which Mr.. Hill of New York. and Mr..
Teller O. Colorado were the principal figures,
The New York Senator precipitated considera-
ton of the bond question by offering a resolu-
ton directing that future bond issues to re-
new the gold reserve should bear a pro-
vision that they would be payable in
gold or silver at the option of the holder In
support of this bill Mr.. Hill read speech set
ting forth the difficulties of negotiating bonds
under the uncertainties of the present law.
MIR. Tellers reply to Mr.. Hill was cutting sar-
castle and personal He repudiated and pro-
tested against the efforts of the President and
his tide walters to defame the credit of
the United States. He spoke of the re-
cent visit to Washington of a great New
York banker as one of those who had partici-
patcd IN the ''dishonorable or imbA,ile'' bond
transaction of last year. Tho galleries were
ccowded during the debate, and the Senators as
well as spectators keenly enjoyed the caustic
tilt. Mr.. Allen of Nebraska added his protest
to that of Mr. Teller against the defamation of
our national credit. No final action on the
Hill resolution was taken.