Evening journal., 1896-01-09
polNes on CoNaREss.
Brief Sessions In Both the Senate and
House OF Representatives.

Brief Sessions In Both the Senate and
House OF Representatives.
WASHINGTON, Jan 0.--As the Republic.
ans desired TO hold their caucus on the
house tariff bill the session was brief and
uneyentful A number Of bills and amend.
mcnts were introduced, among them the
following;
BY Mr. Dutlcr-Two amendments tc
the free coinage substitute for the house
bond bill Tho first prohibited the sale OF
interest bearing bonds without the express
consent of congress, and the second made
10 mandatory on the secretary Of the troas-
ury to redress grocnbacks or treasury notes
in silver as long as the market prico Of
4l2H grains of silver was lower than that
of 20l grgins of gold.
By Mr. Hale-A bill authorizing the
secretary of the navy 20 enlist additional
mon for the navy
3y Mr. Cullom-A bill providing for
the construction of two steam revenue cut.
ters for service on the Great lakes and foi
two similar vessels for service ON the Pa
oihc coast. The cost of the cutters for the
lakes is limited TO $4,000 each and the
Others TO sl00,O00 each.
BY unanimous consent q joint rcsolu.
tion, offered by Mr. Spaldlng of Michigan
In the house WINS read and referred TO the
committee ON foreign affairs. IL provides
for the erection into the state Of Hawaii of
the territory commonly known ms the
Sandwich islands, with the consent of the
people thereof Il carries an appropriation
of 800, 900 90 pay expenses of the negotia-
tions preliminary 20 the constitution Of
the state
Among the bills introduced in the house
were the following;
By Mr. Barhnm of California-TO en-
able the postmaster general 60 contract
with the Pacific Gable company of New
Jersey for the maintenance and operation
of cable between San Francisco and Ha-
wall
BY MIR Babcock Of Wisconsin-To CON
stitutc the bureau Of laboran executive de-
partment of the government, with a sec
rotary of labor at It's head.
By Mr. Homer of pennsylvania-To
amend the pension laws so as 20 allow pen
sions TO all persons who served 90 days or
loss I'm the military on naval service of the
United Smtos during the late war and
who suffered the disability OF either per
mancnt or partial character, incapacitat-
ing them for manual labor
The subcommittee of the house appro-
priat'ons committee, having charge of the
pension hill decided TO increase the
umouut for thoncxt fiscal year from Sl3S,-
100000 20 $40, o00,0 600. Tho last amount
was chat asked for by Commissioner Loch-
rem ia his estimates.
In the Republican senatorial caucus
there was considerable discussion as 20
the admissibility of amending the house
tariff bin by adding a free coinage amend
mont to II In the senate, and this discus
sion was confined largely TO the free coin
age wing of the party. The result of the
meeting, however, was the adoption Of
Senator Quny's resolution expressing the
sense Of the caucus 20 be that the finance
committee should report the bill as it came
from the house, with few verbal changes
which viii not alter the meaning of the
measure in any essential feature. There
was no roll call upon this motion, but
there were few dissenting voices There
was no formal effort to bind the senator's
20 support the bill whon it should come
before the senate, and il was left open 70
amendments at that stage of tho proceed
ings IL was while the advisability of at
tempting TO secure a pledge of support
was under consideration that the silver
question came up It was sprung by a
question os TO what the silver Republicans
would do in cnso free silver amendment
should be offered TO the tariff bin In the
senate