The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-07-17
THE NATIONAL SOLONS.
SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRE-
SENTATIVES.

Dur National Lawmakers and What Thew
Are Doing for the Good of the Country.
Various Measures Proposed, Discussed.
and Acted Upon.
In the Senate, on the sth inst, the conference
report on the silver bill was taken up and Mr..
Vest gave the reasons why he should vote
against it. After Mr. Vest had finished Mr..
Coke followed in the strain. He proposed
20 vote against the conference bill because he
preferred the law it stands TO which he
believed provided definitely for the cessation Of
the further coinage of silver. Mr.. Sherman de-
Tended the conference report. Mr.. Teller and:
MIR. Stewart followed and the debate continued
10 three O'Clock, when the bill went over without
action. the Senate passing from that subject
70 the memorial exercises in memory of the
late Representative s. S. Cox OF New York,
After addresses by Senators Voorhees,, Sher-
man, Vest, Dixon, and Evarts, tho Senate adj
Iourned. In the House, the Senate amend
ments TO the House bill for the admission OF
the State OF Wyoming were concurred in. On
motion OF Mr. Carr tWyo. IT, the Senate
amendments were concurred in to the House
'sry reservations in Wyoming. Mr.. Can
non Qnl, from the Committee on Rules,
reported resolution providing that
Immediately after the adoption of the resolu-
Eion it shall be in order for the Committee
Judiciary to cali up for consideration the "orig-
NAL packa ge" bin aud afterward the bank
ruptcy bill this order to continue from day to
day for four days successfully. Saturday
the 18th inst was made private bill day.
Mr. Paysoh raised the question of consideration
in favor of the Immigrant forfeiture bill. The
House reftsed-yeas. SO; nays 97-to consider
the resolutio from the Committee on Rules.
Adjournment then took place.
WHEN Il e Senate met on the 9th inst. Mr..
ingalls, announced that as presiding officer he
had signed the bill for the admission of Wyom-
Ing as State The bill now goes to the Presi-
dent for his signature. The silver bill dis
cussed until o'clock, when Mr.. Morgan, rising,
obtained the floor, aud an adjournment was
taken. The House passed a resolution calling
On the State Department for information on tho
negotiations between the Government of
Great Britain and the United States on the
Behring Sea question. The conference report
from the diplomatic and consular appropria-
lion bill was then discussed, until the House,
finding itself without quorum, adjourned.
Senator's On both sides stated most emphat-
Slly that NO arrangement had been made look
ing to the postponemen5 of the federal election
bill and the speedy disposal of the tariff bill
with view TO an early adjournment of Com
yress Senator Hiscock expressed the opinion
hat the sc ssiOn would not close before Oct. /.
IN the Senate, on the 10th inst, Mr.. Stewart
offered a resolution (which was agreed to- call
ing on the Secretary of the Interior for in-
formation as TO the selection of sites for reser-
The Senate resumed consideration of the con-
terence report on the silver bill, and was
report. MIR. Morgan spoke for three hours and
was followed by Mr.. Call, who also argued
against the conference bill Mr.. Plumb
next took the floor ear, and defended o, the
The vote was taken and the con-
ference report agreed to-yeGs, SO !;
nays, Is. The Senate then adjourned. In the
House dilaItory tactics were INDUCED in on the
part of the Democrats, and several hours were
spent before approval of the journal could be
had. The conference report on the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill was adopted
yeas, ia nays, g.. Mr.. Funston (Kan.) sub
nitted and the House passed the conference re-
port on the agricultural appropriation bill. The
House then went into committee OF the whole,
Mr.. Peters (Kan.) in the chair, on the land-grant
forfeiture BILL A short debate took place, and,
pending further discussion, the committee arose
and the House adjourned.
IN the Senate, on the 18th inst, Mr.. Teller In
troduced Joint resolution declaring it to be the
determined policy of the United States Govern
ment to u Sc both gold and silver as full legal
tender money instructing the President to IN
wife the Governments of the Latin Union coun-
tries and of such other nations as he may deem
advisable ito join the United States IN confer
ence TO adopt common ratio between gold and
silver for the purpose OF establishing inter-
nationally the of bimetallic money and
securing fxity of relative value between those
metals. The Senate then proceeded to the con-
sideration of the Senate bill to establish g.
United States land court and to provide for the
settlement of private land cl aims IN New Mexl-
sou Wvorhing Arizona, Utah, Nevada, and
Colorado such claims being by virtue of Span
lsh or Mexican rights. In the House Mr..
report on the bill granting the right OF way
across the Mile Laos Indian reservation to the
Little Falls Mile Laos and Lake Superior
Railroad, which was adopted.
In the Senate remonstrance of the Board Of
Trade of JACKSON, Tenn, against the Federal
election bill was presented by Mr. Harris on
the 18th inst The Senate resumed cGnsidera-
ton of the two shipping bills and was addressed
bv Mr. Vest The tonnage subsidy bill was then
passed-yeas, %; nays. IL. The only eXcepI1Hhs
TO a strict party vote were that MIR. Payne
voted with the Republicans for the bill and
Messrs. Edmunds ana Plumb with the Demo-
Gratis against it. The vote WAS then taken on
The postal subsidy bill and it was passed-yeas,
23; nays, IL. The Senate confirmed tne IolloW-
ing nominations Col Alexander McD. McCookt
Sixth Infantry to Brigadier- General 3. Bowser,
TO be United States Consul at Sierra Leone
Postmasters Charles 1. Rathbone Fremont
Mich. David d. HerriOdd. LenoX, Iowa; John
B. Hunter, Webster City, Iowa; Otis S, Lyman,
La Grange ILL., Frank NJ. Charlesworth South
Kaukauna. Wis; William w. HayZer, Guthrie
Center, Iowa George M. Fowler, WGuwatosa,
Wis., and Henry Gieber, Clintonville, Wis. The
compromise silver bill went through the House
this afternoon, as through the Senate, by 81
strict party Vote-122 Republicans for and 80
Massachu setts presented petition OF the
National Division of the Sons Of Temperance
adopted at it's forty-sixth annual session III
avOr of the Original package" bill The House
Committee on Appropriations reported an ur-
gent bill making q gross appropriation OF
b636 200 I'd defray the expense Of employing 463
additional clerks in the pension bureau, 163 III
the record and pension division OF the war De-
partmentI and ten in the Second Auditor
office The object of increasing the force is 10
provide Tor the speedy adjudication OF Claims tc
be fled under the dependent pension act. The
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