The herald., 1896-01-31

Be!knap, Republican of Illinois, on rail
ways and canals.
On motion of Mr.. Dingley, Republican OF
Maine. chairman of the committee on ways
and means, a bill was passed for the reor-
ganizaton of the customs collection dis
trct of Alaska, by which the secretary of
the treasury should have discretionary
power to designate such places as SUBJ
ports of entry in the interests OF the rev.
enue and commerce.
On motion of Mr. Shafroth, Republican
of Colorado, bill was passed to open for
est reservations in the state of Colorado
for location of mining claims: also on mo-
ton of Mr.. Bishop, Republican of Michi-
gan. to confirm certain cash entries OF o.
fered lands.
The house then, at 2 o'clock, adjourned.
CENsURE OF BAyARD
WASHING TON, Jan. 30.-No decision in
the matter of censuring Ambassador Bay
ard was attained today by The house COM
mittee on foreign affairs. but the discuss
sion upon the question, which absorbed the
entire hour, was one OF the most interest
ing which that committee had INDUCED in
in long time. TIE members were prac.
tcally opposed along party lines, as these
dispatches yesterday predicted that they
would be, the Republicans urging resolu-
ton of censure, the Democrats standing by
the ambassador.
Mr.. McCreary of Kentucky made mo-
ton to increase the Subcommittee from
three to five members. No action had
been taken upon this motion nor upon the
main question when the hour OF noon ar
rived and Mr.. McCreary brought about an
adjournment, as the foreign affairs COM
mittee has not leave to sit while the house
is in session.
The discussion is said by members of
the committe to have been much warmer
than usual
Mr.. Pearson suggested to the committee
a resolution which censured Ambassador
Bayard very strongly.
1t is understood that Mr.. Cousins of
Iowa has prepared a resolution which calls
Mr.. Rayard by name and censures him,
which meets the approval of majority OF
the Republican members of the commit
tee.
Chairman Hit is said to favor milder
form of ceusure than most of his party
colleagues on the committee. The Demo-
Gratis are not disposed to agree to any
more radical expression than a general
statement that American representatives
abroad should not utter reflections upon the
people OF the United States. After the
meeting the committeeman conferred with
their party colleagues on the floor to Sc
cure the concensus of party opinion in
the form of a resolution most appropriate.
The matter is assuming the form of
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES
Chairman Dineley today told delega-
ton from Boston, who were given a hear
ing by the ways and means committee in
behalf of plan of the Merchants Associ-
alton of Boston for the maintenance OF the
parity of all kinds of money, that the
house had passed two bills which would, if
enacted. avert the danger TO the treasury
which they feared. He advised them TO
bring all the arguments in their power TO
bear upon the senate to pass the bills and
to create a sentiment IN favor of those bills
among the commercial bodies of the coun-
try and arouse these bodies to petition the
senate to pass the two house bills. Chair
man Dngley said all the trouble with the
would be overcome simply by
providing sufficient revenue to prevent a
deficiency. in more than two years and
a half the government had had
revenue to meet The
current expenditures and the de-
ticiency had been met by using the re-
deemed greenbaclls, which had thus been
made available for second presentation
for redemption. If the revenues had been
sufficient 10 meet the expenditures, the
could not have gone out again
except in exchange for gold or for purchase
of the bonded debt. There would have
been nothing else to pay and it would have
tdneu Out u SuOrt ltne Ill sucn Il case 10
have stopped the raid on the treasury.
The Democratic members of the house
held caucus this afternoon to perfect the
organization of the congressional campaign
COMMITTEES. 1t was decided to appoint one
memoer of the committee from each state
which has a Democratic representative in
the house. his committee will act with
the senate committee, forming one organ-
ization ike the Democratic congressional
committee of the last congress. No
speeches were made at today's caucus. 1t
is predicted that Senator Faulkner of West
Virginia will be reelected chairman of the
committee.
The Indian appropriation bill has been
by the subcommittee on Indian
affairs having it in charge, and will proba-
bly, be acted on by the full committee the
latter part of the week. As agreed on by
the subcommittee it will appropriate
about 100000 less than the amount pro-
vided for the cHrrent fiscal year. The de-
crease in any one item is said not TO be
very heavy and will not impair the eificien-
cy of the service.
The house committee on merchant ma
rine and fisheries today agreed to report a
bill repeating the reciprocity provisions of
the law authorizing the imposition of a
tonnage tax.