Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-16
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.
SENATE.

Mr.. Hanna, of Ohio, after an illness
of week, appeared in the Senate to-
| day and was cordially greeted by his
colleagues.
A bill was reported providing for
revenue cutter on the Yukon river,
Alaska, and it was passed.
The foreign relations committee re-
ported bill to enable the heirs of the
late Corean minister to acquire title to
certain property in the District of &C.
lumbia and it was passed.
The appropriations committee re-
ported favorably the House resolution
providing for recess of Congress from
December IS, 1897 to January 5, 1898.
The resolution was adopted.
The military affairs committee re.
ported the resolution for the appropria-
zion of Sl75, 900 for relief OF American
miners and other sufferers in the Yukon
valley, Alaska, and providing that the
supplies are to be transported by means
of reindeer, the reindeer to be cold after
they have performed their service, and
it was adopted.
| A resolution was adopted asking the
names and salaries of any supernume-
rary employees in the treasury and, if
any, employees have been retired from
the service of the department what if
any pension or salaries they are now
receiving.
| A resolution was adopted directing
the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish
| the Senate the names of the revenue
cutters employed on the coast of Florida
| to prevent hlibustering; how many such
expeditions were thwarted; what yes
sels were captured; what armed expe-
ditions were taken; and by what au-
thority of law the Secretary of the
Treasury acted in the matter.
| Mr.. Aliens resolution calling upon
the President for information about the
instructions given to the international
monetary commission and the report
made to him by the commission then
came up.
Mr.. Wolcott, chairman of the COM
mission, said that the commission had
not made q report to the President.
The English government, he added, has
published a resume of the proceedings
of the commission in Great Britain.
That document will soon be here, and
as it covers the subject fully, it will be
valuable to Sera'or and to others.
II hope soon," said Mr.. Walcott, "to
make statement concerning the work
of the monetary commission. Quite
naturally the statement l shall make
will be unofficial, but it will contain
some information that may be of inter
est and value to the Senate. If the
Senator from Nebraska (Allep) will
permit the question might 90 over until
after the recess, when, about the mid
die of next month, shall be able to
discuss the subject
Mr.. Wolcott asked that speech de-
livered By M. Meline in the French
Chamber of Deputies on the subject be
printed, which Mr.Wolcott said "shows
that the steady depreciation of agricul-
tural products is due solely to compe-
titiou between gold and silver coun.
tries" The translation was ordered
printed.
Mr.. Stewart said that he had been
satisfied from the first that efforts OF
the commission would fail; the utter
ances OF the President and Secretary of
the Treasury proved that this was
gold standard administration.
Mr.. Chandler said that Secretary
Gage had never announced that the
present administration was in favor of q
gold standard and he did not believe
that the Senator from Nevada desired
to misrepresent the administration.
Mr.. Stewart discaimed any intention
to misrepressnt anybody but he insisted
that the words and actions of the secre-
tary established the truthfulness of his
statement.
Mr.. Allen, the author of the resolu.
ton, said he had always been satisfied
that international bimetalism was
dream, en- ideality that would never be
attained, but he YVES willing to afford
the commission all reasonable latitude.
He asked that the resolution 60 over
until the 18th of next month and it was
so agreed.
Mr.. Challenger called up the census
bill, for the purpose of replying to
statement by Hon. Carroll D. Wright
incorporated in Mr.. Lodges speech OF
yesterday, in which Mr.. Wright was
reported to have said that 100000
would have been saved if the last census
had been taken by force under the
classified service. He expressed sur
prise that so reckless statement should
have been made by man usually so
careful as Mr.. Wright.
Mr.. Kritchard, chairman of the COM
mittee on civil service, followed in q
speech dealing with the general fea-
lures of the civil service law. "There
can be-" he continued, "no such thing
as az honest enforcement of the law if
we are To permit the classification as
made by Mr.. Cleveland to remain in
| force"
The bill went over to future day
and the Senate went into executive
session.
HOUSE.
In the House today Mr.. Cannon
asked unanimous consent for the con-
sideration of the bill appropriatiDg $175,.
600 for the purchase of subsistence stores
for the relief of miners in the Yukon
river district and for their transporta-
ton and distribution. Mr.. Cannon said
the bill had not been technically con-
sidered by the appropriations commit
tee, but the members of the committee
had consulted about the matter.
Mr. Sayers testified to the urgent
necessity for the passage of the bill
owing to the absolute impossibility of