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on Foreign Relations, stating that the
report was not an unanimous one.
Mr.. Wolcott (Rep.) of Colorado gave
notice that he would address the SEN
ate on the SewelI resolution, relative to
the Monroe doctrine on Wednesday
next
Mr.. Warren Rep.) of Wyoming Of
fered a resolution looking to legislation
for the preservation of American herds
and fiocks, and said that he would ad-
dress the Senate upon it next Thurs
day.
The resolution heretofore offered by
Mr.. Sewell (Rep.) of New Jersey placing
limitations on the Monroe doctrine and
condemning the Presidents MESA ge
on the subject, was taken UP and Mr..
Sewell addressed the Senate upon it.
The resolution was allowed to remain
on the table, Mr.. Daniel Dem) of Vir-
ginia giving notice that he would
speak upon it next Thursday
The joint resolution heretofore intro
! duced by Mr.. Cullom (Rep) of Illinois
authorizing the employment of a skilled
architect to assist the Supervising
Architect of the Treasury Department
in offering designs for the public build
!
/ tPop.) of Nevada sufficient material for
a short financial argument. He thought
extravaganza was the only alternative
that the people had for getting money
out of the treasury, and therefore if
people wanted money for public build
ings they had better take it now They
could not get it any other way. The res
olution, after further discussion, was
passed. Yeas 40, nays 6.
: The bond bill was then taken up, but
after brief discussion that measure
and Senator Pugh's resolution the
| Stanley Matthews one) both went over
for the day.
Mr.. Call Dem.) of Florida presented
the translation of "Tha Constitution of
the New Republic of Cuba, and asked
unanimous consent to have it printed
as a miscellaneous document There
being no objections it was so ordered.
On motion of Mr. Dubois Rep.) of
Idaho a bill to aid the States of Califor-
MA, Oregon. Washington and South
Dakota to support schools of mines by
receiving % per cent. of the moneys
paid to the United States for mineral
lands, was taken up and passed.
/ Senator PETERS bill to provide for
proper disposition of the remains of de-
/ ceased members of the Senate and
House of Representatives who die at
the Capitol during the sessions of Con-
gress was then taken up.
Objections to some of the provisions
of the bill were suggested by Senators
Platt (Rep.) of Connecticut, Hale (Rep.
of Maine and Faulkner (Dem.) of West
Virginia
Hawley (Rep.) of Connecticut said
that on the first reading of the bill it
had struck him as a very cold and cruel
bill. It aimed at economy-providing a
cheap coffin, he supposed-what they
| called in the army pine overcoat.' .
He did not like the reading Of the bill at
all, although he disliked the extrava-
! gance aimed at He thought the bill
could be cured by two lines in an appro-
| priation bill, saying that no expense
shall be incurred in case of a Senator S
| funeral without the approval of the
| Committee on Contingent Expenses.
| Hill (Den.) of New York asked Pef-
Nfer whether he had ascertained what
was the custom in such cases in the
Parliaments of Great Britain and other
European nations and the State Legis-
latures.
PETER said he had not made such an
/ investigation.
Hill also asked whether the bill ap-
piled to Justices of the Supreme Court,
to Cabinet officers, the General of the
army and other high officers.
PETER said it did not He sent to the
Clerks desk and had read various
newspaper clippings in commendation
of his bill. One of these was from the
Springfield Republican" and it con-
tanned an allusion to the supposed prac-
tice of Senators in matter of peTfum-
cry, bay rum and other perquisites,
The reading was interrupted by Haw-
ley (Rep) of Connecticut, who said:
IF there is any more matter like that,
let us bury it at once. The man who
wrote that is wholly ignorant of the
law in this matter of stationery and all
that sort of thing. The fact is that my
neighbor of the Springfield "Repub-
lican'' talks sometimes as though he
would be glad to bury the whole of us
at the public expense. Laughter.)
The bill was, on motion of Faulkner,
referred to the Committee on Rules.
The Senate, at 4:30 p. M, adjourned
until tomorrow.
BAYARD'S SPEECHES.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-The Presi-
dents reply to the House resolution
calling for the correspondence in the
State Department relative to the
speeches delivered at Edinburgh, Scot
land, and Boston, England, by Embas-
sador Bayard, was delivered by one of
the Presidents Secretaries at the close
Of routine business. The President
transmitted a report from the Secretary
of State in addition to other papers, and
says:
In response to that part of said reso-
luton which requests information as
to the action taken by the President
concerning the speeches therein referred
to, 1 reply that no action has been taken
by the President except such as indi-
Gated in the report and correspondence
herewith submitted"
The Secretary's report, after reciting
the resolution, simply presents the cor
! respondence with Mr.. Bayard on the
subject, and says that aside from these
communications no action has been
taken by the department. The first let
ter is from Mr.. Bayard to Secretary
Olney, dated London, December 18th, in
which he says he observed from the
newspap apers in England the action of the
House of Representative looking to his
Impeachment. and incloses a printed
copy of the Edinburgh address. Mr.
Bayard adds:
In the absence of precise information
Of the text of the resolution said to have
been adopted by the House. and not
proposing to anticipate the action OF
either or both Houses of Congress-ye.