The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-13
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
Condensed Record of the Doings of the
Nations Lawmakers-Senate.

Washington, Feb. 4.-The long con
test over the silver bond bill is at ar
end in the senate, that body having
passed the free silver coinage substi
tute for the house bond bill by the de.
cisive vote of AZ to 35--a majority Of
seven for free silver. This result was
reached at o'clock today, after three
hours of caustic debate and sharp par
liamentary fencing. The bill pro
vides: "That from and after the pas
sage of this act, the minis of the United
States shall be open to the coinage Of
silver, and there shall be coined dollars
at the weight of 4121a grains, Troy, OF
standard silver, nine-tenths fine, as
provided by the act of January 8, 1887,
and upon the same terms and subject
to the limitations and provisions OF
the law regulating the coinage and
legal-tender quality of gold. and when
ever the said coins herein provided fol
shall be received into the treasury
certificates may be issued thereon in
the manner now provided by law"
Washington, Feb. 6.-The belated
tariff bill emerged from the finance
committee today and made its appear
ance in the senate soon after the ses-
sion opened. Chairman Morrill, made
the report, stating that the free-silver
amendment had taken the place of the
original bill, and adding, amid laugh
ter, the closing phrase OF the official
procedure of Massachusetts,, "and may
God save the commonwealth" Quay
made two attempts to have the bill
recommitted to the committee, with
instructions to report back separate
tariff and frees silver bills, but was cut
off by parliamentary objections. His
resolution for recommitment will come
up under the rules later. The senate
in executive session confirmed the fol-
lowing nominations: Ignacio Sepul-
veda, of California, to be secretary of
legation of the United States at the
City of Mexico, and John A. Marshall
to be United States district judge for
the district of Utah, and Nat. M.
Brigham marshal of the district of
Utah.
Washington, Feb. THE senate
committee On foreign relations today
agreed upon substitute for the reso-
luton heretofore reported on the qaas
tion of the recognition of Cuba, and
authorized Senator Morgan to report it
to the senate. 1t is: Resolved by
the senate, the house of representatives
concurring, That in the opinion of con-
gress a condition of war exists between
the government of Spain and the gov
eminent proclaimed and for some time
maintained by force of arms by the
people of Cuba, and that the United
States of America should maintain a
strict mentality between the contend
ing powers, and accord each all the
rights of belligerents in the ports and
territory of the United States. Later
in the day Morgan reported the resolu-
ton, saying it met with his full APP
prevail. The Cuban question will be
taken up in the senate as soon as the
urgent deficiency bill and the resolu-
ton for the distribution of the appro-
priation bills can be disposed of.
Mitchell has introduced a bill appro-
priating $1,000 for a survey of the
mouth of the Youkon river, in Alaska.
House.
Washington, Feb. 6.-Representa.
tive Mundell of Wyoming today sue
ceeded in getting through the house
his bill directing the appointment of a
commission to treat with the Bannock
and Shoshone Indians for the relin.
quishment of their hunting rights III
Wyoming. He says the Indians are
willing to come to an understanding
of this character, and such a treaty il
the only G Eails S 81 preagn: r ;
renee of the Jackson Hole troubles of
last summer. The bill will pass the
senate without any trouble. Dingley,
chairman of the ways and means COM
mittee, today reported back the senate
free-coinage substitute for the house
bond bill, with the recommendation
that the house non-concur and insist on
its bill. Crisp, representing the
minority, will ask the house to concur.
The house passed the remainder of the
day debating the amendments offered
by Hainer to strike from the District
of Columbia appropriation bill the APP
preparations for private and sectarian
institutions of charity in the district,
and place the money proposed to be ap-
propriatvd for them at the disposal of
the board of children's guardians.
Washington, Feb. THE debate
on the senate free-coinage substitute
for the house bond bill was scheduled
to commence today, and there was a
good attendance in consequence. The
session opened with an attempt to pass
bill to stop the 'pugilistic carnival"
billed to take place "near Ell Paso,
Tex" February IA. Catron asked
unanimous consent for consideration of
the bill. He explained that it was no.
torious that the preparations were now
going on at Ell Paso, Tex, for series
of prizefghts, which could not take
place there. but were to occur in the
territory of New Mexico. which was
within a few miles of Ell Paso. The
governor of New Mexico had publicly
stated, Carton said, that he knew of no
law to prevent fights In view of the
shortness of the time remaining Zone
week. he warned the house that if OBJ
lection were made, and the bill was
sent to a committee, it could not pass
both houses and be signed in time to
prevent the mill. +" Knox objected,
and the bill went to committee. At 8
o. clock, the house went into committee
of the whole, Payne in the chair, and
took up consideration of the free-coin-
age substitute for the house bond bill.