The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-09-24
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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CONGRESS.

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| TUE Senate IN the 18th disposed of siXteeI
! bridge bills Among other bills passed WA:
| the bill to crea.e the office of auditor o.
railroad accounts, which requires all sub
! sid lied roads TO send reports to that omcer
| also the Senate bill for the relief OF certain
| officers and enlisted mea Of the First h tnsas
co!ored volunteers The conference report
| on the Railroad Forfeiture bill was ther
considered until adjournment. When the
| House met Mr. Mckinley reported back
| the Tariff bill, with the Senate amend
| ments. with the recommendation that the
! amendments be non concurred IN. Re
ferred to the Committee of the Whole. MI.
Mckinley also reported a resolution for the
inmed late consideration of the bill. which
was adopted. The resolution, however, was
the occasion of long debate The Senate
amendments were no1 -concurred in and O
conference appointed. Mr.. Enloe (Tenn
offered a resolution reprobating and con-
demninY the u;teranceS Of Mr.. Kennedy
(Ohio) in his late speech in which the Sen
ate was severely criticised. Pending action
the House adjourned.
AFTER passing several bills Of minor i'm
pOrtance on the 18th the Senate resumed
consideration of the conference report on
the Land Forfeiture bill. and after some de.
bate il was agreed to. The House Anti-Lot-
terry bill was then taken up and passed with
out discussion. The bill to repeal the tim
Der culture laws was discussed at some
length, passed with several amend
ments and conference asked.
After passing several local bills the
House proceeded to consider tire
Enloe resolution in regard to the speech Of
Mr.. Kennedy. of Ohio. in which he Is charged
with using tary language, the
question being on point OF order raised
~ Mr.. Grosvener against the resolution.
The Speaker overruIed the point of order,
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feIr-d to the Judiciary Committee to exim-
inc into the matter and report Alter pass.
ing several local bills and the appointment
of "A conference On the Tariff bill the House
adjourned.
AN hour was devoted TO the passage of
bins in the Senate on the 17th most OF the
bills being of n local nature. Senator Blair
addressed the Senate on the joint resolution
giving the District of Columbia representa-
tion in Congress and the Electoral College.
After disposng of unimpor;ant business
eighty private pension bills were passed in
thir minutes ami the Senate adjourned....
The House spent thr entire day on the Vir-
ginia coote ted eiec. ion case of LangstOn
We. Fenablc and adjourned without final
action.
IN the Senate on the 18th Senator Plumb
offered a resolution calling for information
rs to the rule of the Treasury Department
in paying checks for silver bullion, which
in pay ing out notes of large denomi-
nations instead of those intended for cir
culation, and in his remarks criticised
the action of the Department in its
financial policy. number of bills
passed, among them one to revive
the rank of Lieut. .nant- General of
the army. Resolutions were presented
relative to the death of Representative
Laird OF Nebraska, and the Senate ad-
The House got into an uproar
over the Virginia Langston- Venahle con
tested el ctiOn case. and in the effort to hold
a quorum the Speaker ordered the doors
locked. whereupon Messrs. HI gore (Texas)
and others forced the doors open, and,
pending the rumpus. the House adjourned
for want of quorum.
IN the Senate on the 18th Senator Pumb's
resolution to rec mmit the Bankruptcy bill
to the Judici ry Committee with instructions
to amend by making it apply to voluntary
was taken up and after some
debate placed on the calendar. After a
brief * cutive session the Senate took up
the calendar AMI passed several bills to
which there were no objections Adjourned
The ii use spent the entire day in trying
10 secure a quorum in OrJer ( dis Osc of
he Langston- Venable contested case. but
he quorum melted away as fast as it ap-
pear, d and the House adjourned without
action.