Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-02
FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, February 2.

WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY z.
SENATE.
House bill to allow the bottling Of
distilled spirits in bond, was reported
and was placed on the calendar.
A bill to increase the pensions of the
survivors of the war of 1912 az in num-
ber) was introduced by Mr.. Mills and
referred.
MIR. Chandler offered a resolution de-
claring that sit is the sense of the Sen
ate that tho United States should not
permanently acquiesce in the single
gold standard and that the efforts of
the government in all its branches
should be steadily directed to secure
and maintain the use of silver as well
as gold as standard money, with
the free coinage of both, under
system of bimetallism to be
established through international agree
ment or with such safeguards OF
legislation as will insure the parity in
value of the two metals at a fixed
ratio; furnish a sufficient volume OF
metallic money; and give immunity to
the world of trade from violent fuctua-
tions in exchange" He asked that
the resolution should 60 over and said
that he would call it up at an early day.
He would then address the Senate
upon it and his speech would be in
striking contrast to the speeches made
last Friday-one by the Senator from
Wisconsin (Mr. Vilas), favoring gold
mono-metallism. and one by the Sene-
tor from South Dakota (Mr. Pettigrew) ,
favoring silver mono-metallism,
which two Senators had joined hands
in voting against the bill tor an interna-
tional monetary conference.
A bill granting a pension of 500 a
month to Cassius M. Clay, ST., of Ken
lucky, q major.general of volunteers,
was introduced by Mr.. Lindsay and re-
| ferred.
A resolution calling on the Secretary
of State for information as to the al
legged killing at Sagua LeGrande,
Cuba, of the son of M. F. Lopez, an
American citizen, was offered by Mr..
Lodge and was agreed to.
Mr.. Morrill, asked unanimous consent
to have taken from the calendar and
passed the House bill to prohibit the sale
of intoxicating liquors in the Capitol
building-remarking at the same time
that there was great misrepresentation
on the subject of saloons in the Capitol.
Objection was made by Mr.. Hill who
said that he desired to examine the pro-
visions of the bill.
House bill granting pensions to
Gray's battalion of Arkansas volunteers
was passed.
The conference report on the immi-
grafton bill was laid before the Senate,
and Mr.. Gibson made point of order
:, against it-that the conference COM
mittee had exceeded its powers by the
injection of new matter. And he ar
gued that the conference bill was en-
tirely different from the bill that
passed the House and Senate. The
bill as it passed the Senate would have
permitted the immigration if the il
literate wife of the husband could pass
the test, but the conference bill would
exclude the illiterate wife, while ad-
hitting the husband-thus absolutely
separating man and wife.
Mr.. Lodge, in charge of the confer
ence report, replied briefly to Mr.. Glib
sons speech. He asserted that there
was nothing in the conference report in
the way of subject matter, which had
not been absolutely before the two
Houses.
Mr.. German said he had never known
such radical changes made in a con-
ference report as were made in this
case.
The discussion was interrupted by
the presentation of the Nicaraguan
canal bill as the unfinished business.
This led to informal propositions
as to what course was to be pur-
sued. Mr.. Nelson insisted that what
the people most wanted now was not
legislation about Cuba or about the
| Nicaragua canal, or about the petty
matter of immigration, but the passage
of voluntary bankruptcy bill. He
trusted that the bankruptcy law would
not be allowed to be sidetracked. That
was his point Of order.
The chair sustained the point OF or
der.
Mr.. Lodge WenC on WIFI us arSu-
ment in support of the conference bill.
HOUSE.
AS soon as the journal was read the
House went into committee of the
whole to further consider the diplo-
matte and consular appropriation bill.
Mr.. Pearson moved to strike out Of
the bill the appropriation for the
salaries of consuls who receive but
81 900 piece and dividing the amount
set apart for them among the consuls
of the class receiving $1,000, making
their salaries S2,933. The amendment
was ruled out on point of order.
The necessity for consul at Har-
gen, Switzerland, no longer existing,
the item was struck from the bill.
Consideration of the bill was COM
pleted without further changes and it
was reported to the House and passed.
The total appropriation was reduced
by s., 200 to 81 ,673, 700.
The House then went into com mittee
OF the whole on the District of Colum-
bia appropriation bill.
Bill Dodpins died in Plckeps county, 8, c..