The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-01-29
IN THE HOUSE.

The Senate then adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
| The diplomatic and consular appropria-
tion bill was passed at s.2O without
| amendment.
The bill passed authorizing the Score
tary of State to reconvene the InternR.
tional Marine conference.
A joint resolution passed authorizing
officers and enlisted men of the army who
are members of the Sons of Veterans, to
wear badge of that organization on all
occasion of public ceremony
A bill was introduced by Mr.. Grow,
Republican of Pennsylvania and referred
propriates 500, 600 for the education of
persons SO they shall be qualified to teach
deaf children.
Mr.. Hadley. Republican Of Illinois,
announced the death of his successor,
Frederick Reimann, mem ber-elect from
the 18th Illinois district and the House
at q 35 p. m. adjourned.
GOSSIP.
Secretary Carlisle and Senator German
were in close conference for an hour or
SO yesterday at the TREASURY on financial
matters. During the past week the two
have been in almost daily communica-
German recommends a plan which Score
tary Carlisle, it is understood. once
favored, of authorizing the coinage OF all
the silver bullion and declaring and coin
ing the seignioraee and that in the from
in which this matter is being considered
nv ha a1 r,,if, cfr ati ION of io6
with the proposition advocated by Presi-
dent Cleveland of etiring the green backs
and allowing national b, nks to issue
notes up to the par value of tie bonds
held by them. Some color of probability
is give to these rumOrs by the fact that
Senator German, chairman CT the Demo-
cratic STEERING committee of the Senate,
has been sounding Senators within the
last few days on the probability of such
scheme passing the Senate.
There was sharp passage at arms in
the House judiciary committee room to-
day between Representative Washington
OF Tennessee and Henry b. Blackwell of
Massachusetts. The occasion was q
hearing given by the committee to
representatives of the woman suffrage
movement. headed by Miss Susan B.
Anthony. Mr.. Blackwell was speaking
in support of the joint resolution favor
ing the sixteenth amendment to the con-
stitution providing the right to vote shall
not be denied or abridged on account of
sex. He incidentally remarked that
there had been no system of free schools
in the South until they were established
by the carpet-baggers. 10 this statement
there was chorus of dissent from the
Southern members of the Committee.
Mr. Boatner Of Louisiana challenged it's
n0r 1fvo nc To iriu
Washington of Tennessee and Terry of
Arkansas, denied it, as far as their states
were concerned. Mr.. Blackwell then re-
marked that it was true OF tha most of
the Southern States. Mr.. Washington
exclaimed: "If the carpet-baRgers Ind
not rubbed us of millions, we would
have more money to teach the negroes.
He declared the people of the South
were taxing themselves millions OF dol
lars to educate the black man and his
boy. When the hearing began the room
was crowded with delegates in attend
ance upon the suffrage convention now
in session here. There was nearly score
OF speakers Miss Anthony stated this
was the fourteenth committee of Con.
gress before whom she had appeared in
furtheranoe of the suffrage movement.
She wanted the memb of the COM
mittee to do as much for the wives and
daughters as their predecessors done for
the slaves of the South. What she desired
was a report from the com mitee, a favor
able report If possible, but if mt. mi
norisy report, SO that the subject might
come before the House. Mr.. Henderson
interjected the remark that in his opin.
ion the majority of the women of the
country did not want suffrage.
Miss Anthony sharply replied that
majocity of children objected to going
to school and women who opposed
suffrage were ohilrden in the elementary
principles of the government Among
the speakers was Miss Elizabeth u.
Yates of Maine.