Word: billing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Yesterday Senator Hill's amendment to the House appropriation bill authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to detail revenue cutters to protect passengers on excursion steamers at regattas was lost. This will bring up again the question as to where the boat race shall be rowed...
...order of business. The party platform was submitted by the Committee on Resolutions, read and accepted. Its essential features were: first, adherence to the gold standard; second, no disturbance of the tariff; revenue to be increased if necessary by excise taxes; denunciation of the present Southern Pacific Railroad bill; endorsement of Pres. Cleveland's foreign policy, and the extension of civil service reform. A minority resolution favoring free silver at a ratio of 16 to 1, offered by K. Stone, L. S., of Missouri, was lost after a spirited debate. The nominating speeches were then in order. Wirt Howe...
This satisfactory arrangement is due almost entirely to the energy of Mr. Richards who has secured the introduction and partial passage in Congress of the bill providing for a clear course on the days of such regattas...
...Gregory '97, "Irish Disturbance Bill," O'Connell...
...regular meeting of the Freshman Debating Club was held last evening, the question for debate being, "Resolved, That the Raines Liquor Bill is for the best interests of the people of New York." M. Hyman and E. E. Wakefield spoke for the affirmative, while G. H. Foster and D. D. Lloyd supported the negative. The debate was won by the negative, and after the decision H. L. Belisle of the Union criticised the principal speakers...