Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-16
TO RELIEVE MINERS
Bills Promptly Passed by Both Houses
Of Congress.
SENATOR WOLC0rrS FOREIGN TRIP
Prohibition Of PeIagic Sealing Taken
Up in the House.
AN ATED DEBATE

Mr.. Hanna of Ohio. after an illness Of
week. appeared in the Senate today and
was cordially greeted by his colleagues
Mr.. Frye Of the commerce committee
favorably reported a bill directing the Sec
rotary of the Treasury to purchase or con-
struct suitable vessel for revenue cutter
service on the Yukon river, Alaska, the
cost not to exceed $4,000. Mr.. Frye asked
for immediate consideration of the BILL as
the necessity for it's enactment was i'm
perative. The bill was passed.
Mr.. Morgan of the foreign relations COM
mittee favorably reported bill for the re-
lief Of the heirs of Pom K. Sob, the late
corean minister. Mr.. Morgan said in ex-
PLANTATION that the bill simply enabled the
heirs of the late minister to acquire title
to certain prorert in the District Of Co.
lunibia. The bill was passed
Mr. Allison of the appropriations commit
tee reported faVorably the House Joint res
olution providing for a recess of Congress
from December 49, 1897, to January s. 1898.
The resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Hawley of the military affairs COM
mittee reported the resolution of Mr. Nc
Bride (OreD for the relief of American
miners and other sufferers in the Yukon
valley. Alaska. The committee struck out
all out the enacting clause and amended
the resolution by appropriatng S25O,oOO,
which is to be used by the Secretary of
War for the purchase of subsistence and
supplies and for their transportation and
distribution, the consent of the Canadian
government first to be obtained to pass over
the Canadian territory. The resolution
further provides that the supplies are to be
distributed among the needy miners, as the
Secretary Of War may determine. and that
the supplies are to be transported by means
OF reindeer. the reindeer to be sold after
they have performed their service.
Mr.. Hawley asked for immediate consid-
Grafton of the resolution and it was then
adopted.
Mr.. Pettigrew secured the adoption of a
resolution directing the Secretary of the
Interior to furnish the Senate an itemized
statement of the receipts and expenditures
of the Central Pacific railroad for each
year from 1871 to 1897. the statement also
to show the subsidies paid to steamboat
companies
Mr.. Cannon CUtah offered and had
passed resolution directing the Secre-
tary of the Treasury to furnish the Sem
ate the names of the revenue cutters en-
ployed on the coast of Florida to pre-
vent fibustering; how many such expedi-
lions were thwarted what vessels were
captured; what armed expeditions were
taken. and by what authority OF law the
Secretary of the Treasury acted in the
matter.
The BimetalIic Commission.
Mr.. Aliens resolution calling upon the
President for information about the in
structions given to the international none
tary commission and the report made to
him by the commission then came up.
Mr.. Wolcott (Col). chairman of the COM
mission, said that the commission had not
made report to the President. The Eng
lish government, he added. has published
a resume of the proceedings of the COM
mission in Great Britain. That document
will soon be here, and as it covers the sub
ject fully it will be valuable to senators
and to others.
Il hope SOON" said Mr.. Wolcott, ito
make a statement concerning the work
of the monetary commission. Quite natur-
ally the statement l shall make Will be
unofficial, but it will contain some infor-
nation that may be Of interest and value
to the Senate.
LAS 1 have been absent from the coun-
try about nine months l have not, since
my return, on account of an accumulation
of business been able to prepare such a
statement as / should like to make to the
Senate. If the senator from Nebraska
tAllen) will permit the question might go
over until after the recess. when. about
the middle of next month, l shall be able
to discuss the subject"
MIR. Wolcott asked that a speech deliver
ed by NJ. Meline in the French chamber
of deputies on the Doth of November last,
in which he dealt at considerable length
with all subjects bearing upon bimetallism.
be printed.
m. Meine shows" said Mr. Wolcott,
that the steady depreciation of prices OF
agricultural products Is due solely to COM
petition between gold and silver coun-
tries" The translation was ordered print
ed.
Mr.. Stewart (Nev) said that he had
been satisfied from the first that the eff
forts of the commission would fail.
In the course of his remarks Mr.: Stewart
said that the utterances of the President
and Secretary of the Treasury proved that
this was a gold standard administration.
This statement brought Mr.. Chandler to
his feet. He said that Secretary Gage had
never announced that the present admin
istraton was in favor of gold standard,
and he did not believe that the senator
from Nevada desired to misrepresent the
administration
Mr.. Stewart disclaimed any intent to mis-
represent President Mckinley or Secretary
Gage, but he insisted that the words and
actions of the Secretary had established
the truthfuness of his statement.
Mr.. Allen (Neb.). the author of the reso-
luton, said he was not disposed to press it
at this time if the senator from Colorado
(WolcotD desired to speak upon it at
later date, but he thought that the matter
ought to be cleared away.
In response to an inquiry. Mr.. Wolcott
said that he did not think the commission
had any intention of making a report at
this time, and. matter of fact. he did
not know when the report would be made.
There is no desire upon the part of any
BODY" said Mr.. Wolcott. ito prolong the
negotiations after all hope of success has
Disappeared. NO HeHlDeT OF the commission
would delay for an hour the announcement
of its decision, after a decision, one way or
The other, shall have been reached"
Mr.. Allen said he had always been salts
fled that international bimeta!lism was a
dream-an ideality that would never be at
tanned, but he was willing to afford the
commission all reasonable latitude He
asked that the resolution go over until the
10Th of next month, and it was agreed.
The Census Force.
Mr.. Gallinger called up the census bill for
the purpose of replying briefly to a state
ment by Carroll D. Wright incorporated in
Mr.. Lodges speech Of yesterday, in which
Mr.. Wright was reported to have said So
6OO.00O would have been saved IL the las
census had been taken by 4 force under the
classified service. Mr.. Galinger stated
that Mr.. Wright's calculation was based
largely upon the printed space occupied by
the census reports as compared with the re-
ports of the labor bureau. He expressed
surprise that so reckless a statement shouId
have been made by a man usually SO care
full Mr.. Wright.
Mr.. Pritchard IN. c.. chairman of the
committee on civil service, which is en-
gagged In general investigation of the
civil service system. followed in a speech