The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-16
DOinss Of Congress

DOtngs or Congress
WASHINGTON, FEB. i5.-The house
today completed 2e Of the i2l pages OF the
legislative, executive and judicial appro-
priat'on bill without amendment.
Mr.. Gillett replying briefly to Mr. Cros-
venor, pointed out that the inefficlcncy
OF the departments according to the state
ment OF Mr. Hemenay was due not to the
civil service law but because political in
huence was used to protect incompetents.
Mr.. Myers filed the minority Views in
the contested election case OF Pearson,
versus Crawford. A bill to authorize the
Nnion railroad company to construct a
bridge across the Monongahela river. AL
legheny county, Pennsylvania, was pass
Ell
In the matter OF suffrage. said Mr. I'm
derwood. public safety should be the gov
eminent test People morally and intel
lectually disqualified should not be al
lowed to exercise the high privilege OF
suffrage. The Indian and the Mongolian
could not vote. why the negro? The
conditions which obtained when the 18th
amendment was no longer existed. No one
in the south desired slavery. The experl-
ment of giving the negroes suffrage had
failed. Instead OF proving a strength to
the republican party It had proved a
weakness
lie did not believe the negro would ev-
er become the equal Of the white man Ed
ucational qualifications would no. meet
the situation in the south.
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Philippine question involving as IL did
the traditional policy OF Amerca should
rise above party. The Philippines were
either entitled to admission into the Unit
cd States upon an equality with other ter
ritories or they were entitled to freedom
and independence A colonial policy, he
predicted. would disrupt the nation
Mr. Grosvenor, OF Ohio. denounced the
civil service law, baslng his remarks up
on the statements of Mr.. Hemeway yes
terday that the departments were full OF
incompetnets whereas in 1885 the civil
service was a model of efficiency.
"The gentleman, / believe was one OF
the trainers of the st. Louis platform"
interrupted Mr. Richardson. OF Tennessee.
"That platform declared for an extension
OF the civil service law"
At 5 o'clock the house adjourned.
CURRENCY BILL PASSED.
WASHINGTON, FEB. i5.-The senate
substitute for the house currency bill was
passed by the senate today by the de-
cislve majority OF 46 TO 20. Prior to the
final passage OF the bill amendments were
considered under the ten minute rule. on
ly two Of these amendments were adopt
ed, viz:
one offered by the finance committee
keeping the door open to international
bi-metallism. and one by Mr.. Nelson pro-
viding for national banks with $4,000 cap
ttai in towns Of not moro than 1000 inhab-
itants.
ments offered were practically along the
The vote take on the various amend
party lines. Mr.. Chandler, republican, Of
New Hampshire. voted for the bimetallic
amendment. but against the bill. Mr.
Caffrey, democrat. OF Louisiana, and Mr..
Lindsay, democrat of Kentucky. voted
against the committee amendment but for
the bill Mr.. Kyle. OF South Dakota, was
the ony senator who did not vote. and
was not paired. The free silver substitute
offered by Mr.. Jones. the leader Of the
democratic side, was defeated by ma
iority Of 10.
The bill as passed consists of ten sec-
tions.
1t provides that the dollar Of % s-lt
grains OF gold, nine-tenths fine shall be
the standard unit OF value and that ol
forms OF United States money shall be
maintained at parity with It and that
treasury notes and greenbacks shall be
redeemable gold,
IT shall be the duty Of the secretary Of
the treasury as fast as standard dollars
arc coined TO retire an equal amount o
the treasury notes and TO issue silver
certificates against the silver 50 coined.
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