Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-03-22
THE WASHINGTON NEWS
WHAT OUR NATIONAL LAW MAX.
ERs ARE CONSIDERING.

Some Of the More important Work OF
the National con9ress-eilis That
the Committees Report FaverabIy
Observation-Disclosures Topics.
The session of the United States
Senate March Is was enlivened by q
sharp passage between Messrs. Gal.
lingcr and Penrose, in which the New
Hampshire Senator declared that the
member from Pennsylvania did not
speak the truth when he said that
he (Gallinger) had told him that he
would not speak on the Quay case.
The dispute arose over a proposition
to fix the time for vote.
The Senate Committee on Inter-
state Commerce has decided to give
three more hearings on the bill to
regulate commerce, on Friday the 23d,
and the succeeding Fridays.
Senator Proctor, of Vermont, has
introduced bill providing for the
prevention of the adulteration Of food,
and authorizing the creation of a
Bureau Of Chemistry In the Agricul-
tural Department.
The House Committee on Naval AZ
fairs decided to ask the insertion
of provision in the Naval Appropri-
alton bill for two battle ships, three
armored cruisers and three protected
cruisers.
Secretary Gage has sent to Con-
gress recommendation by Auditor
Morris, of the War Department,
against the further allowance by law
of the small extra allowance to subor.
dinate officers when acting in the alb
sence of their superiors for few
days.
The Republican Senators in caucus
have reached a partial agreement on
Porto Rico legislation. The House
bill appropriating 100000 is to be
taken up and passed Immediately, and
q committee is to be appointed to try
to reconcile the differences as to the
civil government and tariff measures.
Secretary Gage has made the fol-
lowing statement in explanation Of
the provisions of the Financial bill:
The bill transfers from the general
fund Of the Treasury's cash $3.50 O,000,.
900 in gold coin and bullion to redemp-
ton of United States notes and Treas.
ury notes. That fund henceforth Is
absolutely cut out of and separated
from the cash balance in the Treas.
ury, and the available cash balance
will hereafter show a reduction Of
$50. 100000 from the figures that
have heretofore prevailed. If the re.
demption go on so that the gold in
this reserve Is reduced below $780,.
100000. and the Secretary is unable
to build 1t up to the $3.50, 900, 900 mark.
he Is given power to sell bonds, and
1t Is made his duty to replenish the
gold to the $150, ,000, 900 mark by such
means. "The endless chain" is broken
by q provision which prohibits the
use Of notes so redeemed to meet de-
ficiencies in the current revenues. The
act provides for the ultimate retire.
ment of all the Treasury notes issued
in payment for silver bullion under
the Sherman act. AS fast as that
bullion is coined into silver dollars,
Treasury notes are to be retired and
replaced with an equal amount of sill.
yer certificates.
The argument in the case Of Sena-
tor Clark, Of Montana, before the Com.
mittee ON Privileges and Elections.
has been postponed from the 18th to
the 26th instant.
Senator HOar has introduced an
amendment to the Porto Rican bill
nrovidinv fOr tho froo admission fntO
Porto Rico of fish, leather and agri-
cultural implements from the United
States.