The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-06-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
CONGRESS.

WHEN the Senate met On the l6th nes-
sage from the House asking further confer
ence on the Trust bill was assented to. The
Deficiency Appropriation bill for pensions
and the census was reported and passed.
Debate on the Silver bal was then resumed
and continued until adjourn ment The
House agreed TO several conference reports,
among them that for public bulioinS al
salina, Kan The limit OF the cost is S1o,' ~
The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was
then considered in Committee OF the Hc.e
until the House adjourned.
SOON after assembling on the lItn the zen.
ate resumed consideration Of the Silver bili
and Senator Wolcott Coli made an argu-
ment in fav or OF silver The Senate ma ~
proceeded to vote on the amendments 10 the
House bill. The amendment to strike OUT
the clause that the treasury notes issued LOT
the purchase of silver shall be legal zen
der for all debts was lost. The bullion re-
demption clause was stricken out by Vooe
of 5. TO :. and the amendment. TO strike out
the free coinage section was lost The
amendment limiting the act 10 ten
years was defeated and an amendment by
Senator Blair, limiting the coinage to 5000, :
900 monthly, failed. After a long debate and
several amendments the bill was reported
to the senate and passed-ayes, AZ; nays. Is.
The House had under consideration
most of thu day. in Committee of the Whole.
the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill which
was finally reported to the House and
passed and then the Indian Appropriation
bill was considered until adjournment
WHEN the Senate met on the 18th Mr..
Morrill, from the Finance Committee, re-
ported back the Tariff bill. and it vas placed
on the calendar. After an executive session
the Senate took up the Legislative, Execu-
tive and Judicial Appropriation bill. An
amendment was agreed to increasing the
salary of twentysiX committee clerks
from $500 to $500, and the salary OF
clerks to Senators from 1880 to s., 500.
Adjourned. Soon after the House met a
message was received from the senate an
nouncing the passage of the Free Coinage
Silver bill, which was received with applause
on the part of the Democrats. The House
being in Committee OF the Whole on the In
dian Appropriation bill, Mr.. Bland (Mo)
moved that the committee rise in order to
take action On the Silver BILL which motion
was defeated and the Indian Appropriation
bill was completed and passed. Adjourned
AFTER committees reported in the Senate
on the 18th the House bill extending for one
year the time for commencing and con
structing a bridge across the Missouri river
at or near Kansas City passed. The Legisla-
tive, Executive and Judicial! Appropriation
bill was considered for time and laid aside.
\ message was received from the PRESIDENT
in relation to reciprocal commercial treaties
with the Latin American nations, in con-
nection with which Senator Hale presented
an amendment to be offered to the Tariff
bill authorizing the President to de-
clare the ports of this country open
and free to all products of the American
hemisphere upon which no export duty is
imposed so long as such nations shall ad
NIT free the products of this country. After
eulOgies on Messrs. Nutting and WILDER, Of
New York. the Senate adjourned. After
the journal had been read in the House Mr..
Mills (Texas) objected to its approval on the
ground that it had not been read in full
The objection was that the reference of the
Senate Free Coinage bill was surreptitious
and was by the Speaker and not or
dered by the House. The Speaker
refused to r,cognize Mr.. Nils but
recognized Mr.. Mckinley, who moved the
approval of the journal and demanded the
previous question. This brought on lone
wrangle and Mr.. Mckinley's motion was
finally defeated by a small majority. A mo-
tion to reconsider was lost. Pending mo-
ton to approve the journal as corrected,
striking out the clause by which the silver
bill was referred to the Comm ttee on Coin :
age, Weights and Measures, the House ad-
jOurned
SOON after the Senate met on the 20th
Senator Stewart rose to a question of privi-
lege and denied the special sent out from
Washington as to a conflict between himself
and Senator Reagan in the marble room,
and .enator Reagan said that there never
had been any controversy or i'll feeling be-
tween himself and Senator Stewart and tn It
the dispatch was false. The Legislative,
Executive and Diplomatic bill was then
completed and passed. Adjourned. The
controversy was renewed in the House over
the approval of the journal of Wednesday
as to the reference of the Free Coinage bill,
the question being on Mr.. Mills motion for
the previous question upon the approval of
the journal as amended. The previous
question was ordered by a vote of 123 to 122
and the journal as amended, approved by
q vote OF l3l to l29 long wrangle was then
induldged in, and without finally disposing
Of the question as to the status Of the bill
the House adjourned