The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-07-04
NATIONAL LEGISLATURE.
The Weeks Proceedings I'm Both Houses
of Congress.


fered a resolution in the senate Wednes-
day instructing the secretary to compile
table showing the effective work done by
each senator, but Edmunds spiked the
gun yesterday by having the resolution
laid on the table. The rest of the day was
devoted to the discussion of the Wyoming
statehood bill, the Democrats opposing
and Republicans advocating. Several bills
Of no particular public interest were
passed, short executive session was held
and the senate adjourned.
In the house several bills were passed,
one of them being bill to allow first and
second class postoaice clerks fifteen days
leave of absence each year. Then the great
debate on the national election bill began,
Lodge of Massachusetts, having charge of
the bill and opening the debate. He said
the bill was only an extension of the law
already on the statute books; declared that
its constitutionality was unassailable and
gave figures to show that elections for
members OF congress were VIGOROUSLY cor
rupt in the south. Hemphill of South
Carolina said the bill was unconstitu-
tional, and gave figures to show that the
north was unfair in its apportionment for
members of congress- Rowell spoke for
the bill, and Lehlbach of New Jersey and
Tucker of Virginia in opposition, and the
house adjourned.
WASHINGTON CITY, June 2s.-The SEN
ate yesterday continued the discussion of
the Wyoming statehood bill, after attend
ing to some routine business. The Demo-
Gratis generally favored an omnibus en-
abling act, moved as substitute for the
original bill, but after long debate the
original bill was passed, the vote being
party one-29 to IS. The bill declares Wy
oming admitted to the Union, and enti-
tied to one member of the house in the
Fifty-frst congress-. The bill goes back to
the house, and a conference was asked on
senate amendments The Idaho statehood
bill next came up, went over as unfinished
business, and the senate after brief Sc
cret session adjourned.
Dockery entered motion in the house
to reconsider the postal clerks leave of alb
sence bill. He explained that he had I'M
derstood that the bill carried no appro-
priation, when in fact it would cost $780,
600 per annum. The debate on the cleo
ton law wasresumed and the bill was adj
vocated by Haugen of Wisconsin and Smy-
ser and Kennedy of Ohio and opposed by
Covert and Flower of New York and
Vaux of Pennsylvania. The conference
report on the legislative appropriation was
presented acceding to the senate increase
of the salaries of commissioner and assis-
tant commissioner of the land Office and
disagreeing with the increase OF salaries
of senate employees. The report was
adopted and another conference ordered.
The conference committee on the silver
bill was appointed and recess taken to s
p. m, at which session 10a private pension
bills were passed end at 1920 the house
adjourned.
WASHINGTON CITY, June 30-The SEN
ate Saturday agreed to a conference on
the silver bill and committee was ap-
pointed. Bill were passed: Extending
for year the time for filing claims under
the French spoliation act; for public
buildings at Muskegon, Mich, (s75, 0OO)
and Jacksonville, Ills, $4,000; to re-
classify and fix salaries Of railway clerks,
rating them at from $500 to $3.50 per
year in seven classes; to provide penalty
for giving fee to census enumerators or
supervisors or for receiving the same. A
bill giving a pension of 81 200 per year to
the widow of Gen. Crook was reported, as
was the agricultural appropriation bill.
The conference report on the postoffice
appropriation was agreed to and the SEN
ate adjourned.
The house adopted the conference re-
port on the postoffice bill. Enloe wanted
the record of the passage of private PEN
sion bills Friday night stricken from
the record, because. as he said, they
were subject to consideration in COM
mittee of the whole. Enloe was the only
man who voted aye on the motion. The
conference report on the legislative bill
was presented, the house conferrees reced-
ing on the subject of increase of salaries of
senate employees, because the senate in
sisted that they were necessary, but the
house refused to adopt the report The
debate on the election bill was resumed
and continued-with q recess-until 11:30
p. m. when the house adjourned.
WASHINGTON CITY, July 1.-The senate
yesterday again postponed the eulogies on
the late S. S. Cox, because of the absence
of Voorhees,. There was some talk about
precedence in business, and Morrill, said
he would call up the tariff bill at the earl
lest opportunity, but would not interfere
W it'll appropriation bills. The agricul-
tural bill was passed, after amendments
appropriating $4,000 for sorghum sugar
culture and $4,000 for investigating the
habits of insects had been agreed to. The
Idaho admission bill was then taken up
and Cullom advocated its passage. The
bill was then laid aside and the house
joint resolution continuing the annual ap.
for thirty days where appro-
priation bills have not been passed was
agreed to. The senate adjourned.
In the house Dickerson, successor to
Carlisle, presented his credentials and
took his seat. The debate on tire election
bill was resumed, and general debate
closed, Burrough of Michigan making the
closing speech. Consideration of the bill
was then suspended and joint resolution
extending the appropriations for thirty
days, to provide for the failure of appro-
priations to pass in time, was adopted.
The election bill was again taken up and
Lehlback offered an amendment to make
the law, as he said, uniform all over the
country. Before a vote was taken the
house took recess to 8 p. m. At the night
session the time up to adjournment at
lbs was taken up with speeches for and
against the bill.
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