The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-04-16
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-

finally was defeated-l0 TO 81. Inc
yeas were ali republicans, save Senator
Payne of Ohio, The nays all dem.
ocratic, save Bowen, Chase, Hale, Ingalls,,
Jones. (Nev.) Plumb, Sherman, Teller,
Van Wyck, Wilson, Qowa).
HoUsE.-The debate on the liver bill was
resumed.
Mr.. Bland entered a motion to recommit
the bill. He proceeded with an argument
in favor OF the free coinage OF silver and
gave u resume Of the circumstances attend.
ing the demonstration of silver in 1873. He
said:
Ii he did not believe in free coinage
he would not believe in any coin.
age and no man could support him
self before the county on the pres
ent law. He had never advocated it. He
had taken it simply as a compromise and
as being better than no law at all. The
idea OF making a metallic money Of full
legal tender qualities, and Their limiting it's
coinage, was an Anomaly. 1t was an out.
rage on the creditors and q disturbance to
the business interests OF the country.
Laughter.
SENATE.-The bill granting the Kansas &
Arkansas railroad company the right OF
way through the Indian Territory passed,
as did also the congressional library bill.
AlOUller SlUb WAS OElSludlIy pIOpOsSu, DuV
Mr.. Morrill, opposed it, and now has sue
ceeded in securing one according to his lik-
ing. The bill passed the house and went
through the senate with a rush. Afterits pas
sage two dignitied members OF that body,
Morrill, and VOORHEES,, were detected in
throwing kisses at each other, and embracing
Mr.. SpOfford, the librarian OF congress, who
has been cooperating with them. The bill
~appropriates $3.50, 600 for the purchase OF
a site including the private property Of
100000 for the commencement OF the
work.
The bill for the admission OF Washington
Territory was defeated. Mr.. Voorhees,
amendment, for the admission OF Montana
also, was rejected by a party vote.
HoUsE.-The silver bill was called up.
which proposes free coinage Of silver. An
amendment was offered in these words,
practically suspending silver coinage: "Un-
less in the meantime, through concurrent
action OF the nations Of Europe with the
United States, silver be remOnetized, prior
to July l, 1880, then and thereafter so
much OF the act of Feb. %, 1878, as au-
thorized and directs the secretary OF the
treasury to purchase silver bullion and
cause the same to be coined, shall be sus-
pended until further action by congress-"
This amendment was rejected by q vote ofS4
t. 20. The question then required on the
engrossment and third reading of the bill,
and it was decided in the negatiye-126 to
1880 the bill was killed.
SENATE.-Mr. Ingalls, (by r%equest) intro
duced a bill to provide for the appointment
of a board Of arbitration to examine and
settle differences between railroad compa-
MES and their employees.
The Washington Territory admission bill
was placed before the senate, the pending
question being on Mr.. Eustis' proposed
amendment, limiting right of the suffragein
the proposed new state to qualified mail
electors only. The Eustis amendment was
reiected-yeas II, nays %. The yeas were
Messrs. Beck, Berry, Coke, Eustis, German,
Gray, Ingalls,, Jackson, Maxey, Pugh,
Salisbury and Walthall. A number OF
pairs were announced, Mr.. Morgan among
them. Among the senators voting against
Mr.. Eustis' amendment was Mr.. Edmunds.
HoUsE.-Mr. O'Neil (Mo.) asked unani-
nous consent forthep present consideration
Of the following:
Resolved, That the house OF representa-
tives of the United States earnestly SYM
pathizes with the Right Hon. William e.
Gladstone and his associates in their eff
forts to secure a free parliament for the
De ople OF Ireland, and congratulates the
people OF that hitherto unhappy country
on the prospect Of an early and successful
termination OF their long and patriotic
struggle fer the rights of local ~seff-govern.
ment.
Resolved, That the speaker OF the house
be directed to communicate a copy ofthese
resolutions to Mr.. Gladstone.
Mr.. Cox objected, and the resolutions
we're not received.
SEEATE.-The senate passed q bill forthe
aIp,.aasnx IS lVaab.-vEo - Hyo,r.41.x, -
vote OF 80 to 13. The bill admits the ter
ritory upon the same basis as Dakota, and
it's provisions are:
1t authorizes the inhabitants OF the Ter
ritory OF Washington and the adjacent
part OF the Territory of Idaho to form a
state government with the name OF the
State OF Washington. 1t provides for a
convention to formulate and adopt n con-
stitution, which shall be republican in form
and not ~repugnant to the constitution OF the
United States or the principles of the decla-
ration OF independence. The persons who
hall be entitled to vote for the members OF
the convention are described by the bill to
be "the qualified electors resident within
said boundaries. . The conventionis tn meet
at Walla Walla at such time as the gov
ernor OF the territory shall designate, and
when the new constitution shall be COM
pleted it shall be submitted to the people
for ratification. ii ratified it hal be cer-
titled by the president OF the United States,
who, ii the constitution conforms to the
requirements OF this bill, shall by public
proclamation declare the state admitted
to the Union on an equal footing with the
original states, without further action by
congress.
HoUsE.-Bills were passed authorizing
the construction of bridges as follows:
Across the Mississippi river near Alton;
the west channel of Detroit river to con-
meet Belle Isle Park with main land; the
Tennessee river by the Nashville, Jackson
& Memphis Railroad company; the Mis-
sissippi river, near Keithsburg, H.; the
Illinois and Des Moines rivers by the New
York a. Council Bluff Railroad
over Bayou Barnard, Mississippi; across
the Red river, near Browns Ferry, Tex:
the st. Croix river at some