The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-07-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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CONGRESS.

AFTER some preliminary sparring between
members the Senate on the 2lst took mp tn
! bill to transfer the revenue marine service
| from the Treasury to the Navy Department
which was laid aside at two o'clock and the
Tariff bill taken up and Senator VOORHEES,
addressed the Senate in opposition to the
! bill When Mr.. Voorhees, concluded Senator
! Cockre!l announced the death OF Represent
atiye Walker of Missouri Resolutions
were agreed to, a committee appointed
attend the funeral and the Senate adjourned
go Soon after the House met the death Of
Representative Walker was announced and
resolutions Of respect offered and adopted.
committee was appointed to atteno she
funeral and the House adjourned
In the Senate on the ga a bill was re-
ported and placed on the calendar giving
the widow of General Fremont pension OF
5000 year. The Indian Appropriation bill
was then considered at length, about half OF
IL being disposed of, and after passing the
bill for the disposal Of the Fort Ellis mill.
tary reservation and another local bill the
Senate adjourned. Immediately after the
journal was read in the House voting began
on the Original Package bill The Adams
substitute. defining original packages.
was lost by vote Of 81 yeas to lis nays
When a vote was taken on the House sub
stitute for the Senate Tor WILSON, bill it was
very close. having but one majority on the
final vote was ll3 yeas to IS nays. and the bill
as amended passed by vote of lie yeas to
3snays. party lines being entirely ignored.
A conference was asked, and the House con-
sidered the Bankruptcy bill until adjourn
ment The Original Package bill as passed
provides that whenever any article of CON-
merce is imported into any Stat, from any
other State. Territory or foreign nation, and
there held or offered for sale, the same shall
then be subject to the laws of such State
Provided, that no discrimination shall be
made by any State il favor its citizens
against those OF other States and Territories
in re pect to the sale Of any article of COM
merce, nor in favor Of its own products.
against those of like character produced in
other States or Territories. Nor shall the
transportation of commerce through any
State be obstructed. except for the neces-
sary enforcement of the heath laws of such
state.
The session of the Senate on the 23d was
devoted entirely to further consideration Of
the Indian Appropriation bill. .. The Bank
ruptcy bill occupied the attention of the
House and it was not completed at adjourn
ment
WHEN the senate met or the Path Senator
Morgan introduced bill to fix the limit of
value and to provide for the free coinage of
silver, which was referred. 1t provides that
the unit of valne in the United States shall
be the dollar of 412l2 grains of standard sill
yer or rs $40 e. aims of gold. which shall be
a legal tender for all debts, and that any
owner of gold or silver bullion may deposit
it at any mint to be coined
for his benefit free of charge
The Indian Appropriati on bill was further
debated and finally passed. Senator Voor-
hecs introduced bill by request of the La
Dor Alliance, TO secure freedom of trade.
speech and the press and asked that it be
printed in the Record, to which Senator
Sherman objected, as being unusual The
Tariff bill then came up as unfinished bust
ness and the Senate adjourned. :. The House
spent the day in further considering the
Bankruptcy bill. When a vote was reached
the substitute known as the Voluntary Bank
ruptcy bill was rejected and the Torrey bill
passed by III yeas to 81 nays, and the House
adjourned.
WHEN the Senate met on the 25th petitions
were presented from various pa Is Of the
protesting against the passage of
the Federal Election bill Senator Blair pre-.
sented memorial from G. A. Il post ex-
pressing abnOrrence at the action OF Con-
gress in allowing agents a fee of $40 under
the Dependent Pension bill. motion to
proceed with the Tariff bill was antay onized
W tn motion to proceed wi h the Marine
bill, which prevailed. and that bill was con-
sidered until one O clock when the Tariff bill
was taken up and debated until adjourn
ment- In the House the Sundry Civil bill
with Senate amendments was reported ami
after some sparring was taken up and de-
bated until adjournment