The herald., 1897-01-20
SESSION NOTES
A Petition for Public BuildinGs-The
Bills Introduced

WASHINGTON. Jan. ia commit
tee consisting of Messrs. Hicks OF Penn
sylvania, Curtis Of Kansas, Hooker OF
New York, Herman OF oregon and Hen
ry of Indiana today waited on Speaker
Reed and presented petition OF Zos
members of the house asking that time
be given for the consideration of twenty
two bills on the house calendar, provid-
ing for public buildings in various parts
of the country. This committee pointed
out the necessity of these buildings, and
said that it was evident that a majority
of the house desired their consideration.
Speaker Reed asked them if they We're
aware that the government was running
behind in the matter of revenue at the
rate of $5S, 600. 600 a year. 1t was ques-
ton of the ability of the government to
meet and pay its obligations The COM
mittee replied that the bills did not ap-
propriate a dollar. but only fixed the
maximum cost of the buildings the ap
propriations being left i'll the hands of
future congresses. MI. Reed said he did
not believe in this method of mortgag-
ing the revenues of the government, to
which the committee replied that they
could not mortgage what did not exist,
and thought that the subject of making
future congresses. The committee came
away feeling that 1t was not a cheerful
outlook.
TWO resolutions looking to closer trade
relations between the United States and
the Pacific ocean ports as well other
countries were introduced today by
Representative Beach Of Ohio. One Of
them requests the president to enter into
negotiations with the governments of
China, Japan. the republics and colonies
of the American hemisphere, the HaWa-
ilan islands and the Dominion of Cana
da, with a View to securing uniform
standard of value in trade and COM
merce.
The other resolution is to instruct the
house committee on commerce TO report
whether any good reason exists for con-
tinunS the bonded privileges between
the great lakes and the Pacific ocean
1t recltes that bonded privileges for the
transportation of through freight was
granted to Canadian railways on the
theory of reciprocity convenience and
that no reciprocal advantages are en-
joyed by the United States on the Pa
cific coast and that by the subsidies
granted the Canadian Pacific and other
steamship companies they are enabled
to transport tea, silk and other goods
from China and Japan at lower rates
than American companies. so that they
are given monopoly OF tfafllc between
the orient and New York. Boston. Chi
cago and other points in the United
States.
Senator Sherman who is to be the
next secretary of state, called today
at the state department upon Secretary
Olney and had a short talk with him
1t Is gathered that the interview was
respecting the appearance Of the secre-
tary before the senate foreign relations
committee to answer the inquiries of
the committee respecting the Anglo
American arbitration treaty
A bill providing for taking the twelfth
census of the United States under the
direction of Carroll d. Wright, the chief
of the bureau of labor. has been intro
duced in the house of representatives
by Mr.. Sayers of Texas
Representative Scranton of Pennsyl-
vania, has introduced bill providing
for the naturalization as United States
citizens of Alaskans living in the An
nett islands. who can prove five years
residence.