Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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CONGRESS.

AFTER the disposition OF fOutiuo business
In the Senate ON the 21st Senator Reagan IN
troduced bill to repeal all laws Tor the re,
tirement of army and navy omcefs nom
active service on pay. senator fiumD M
troduced q concurrent resolution directing
the 6ecretaryf of the Treasury 70 increese
the treasury purchase and coinage of silver
to the maximum amount authorized BY law
The Senate then took up the House
Woflds Fair bill which was deoased
at length. amended aaa psssed By q
House NJ Dorsey (Neb.) introduced a
bill for the coinage of silver TO the maximum
allowed by law. A bill passed providing that
soldiers who lost their limbs during the war
shall be entitled to receive an artificial limb
every three years The bill to pension ex-
prisoners of war was called mp when Mr.
Tarsney (Mo.), who had been q prisoner OF
war, vigorously opposed the BILL Ihe mo
ton to suspend the rules and pass the Dill
failed and the House adjourned.
AFTER disposing of unimportant routine
business in tho Senate ON the 22d Senator
P1umb's resolution for the increase Of the
treasury purchase and coinage Of silver Was
presented and Senator Eustis offered an ad-
dition to it that the free coinage of silver is
essential to q sound financial policy, ana ali
laws limiting its coinage ought to be re-
pealed. The subject went over and Senator
Mitchell addressed the Senate in favor Of his
Senators by the people. The District OF CO.
lumbia Appropriation bill was passed and
the Senate adjourned. -. In the House the
Ways and Means Committee presented bill
for the classification of wOrsted cloths as
wooden. The Senate amendments to the
Worlds Fair bill were cOncurred In. The
Legislative Appropriation bill was then con-
sidered ID COMMITTEES Of the Whole until adj
In the Senate on the I'D q concurrent reso-
luton was adopted requesting the President
to enter into negotiations with Mexico in re-
latfon to the irrigation OF arid lands in the
valley Of the Rio Grande The conference
report on the Oklahoma Territory bill was
agreed TO. After passing several bills
of a local or private character the
Land Forfeiture bill was taken mp
and became "unhnished business and the
Senate adjourned Soon after assembling
the House went into Committee of the Whole
on the Legislative Appropriation bill and
the debate that followed had but little refer
ence to the bill under consideration. Ad-
journed.
from. the Elections sConmittee, reported q
bill to supplement the election laws Of the
United States. which was placed on the
calendar. Senator Pugh. in behalf of the
vigorous remarks. The bill to transfer the
revenue cutter service from the Treasury
Department to the Navy Department
was considered n some length. The
until adjomnment. - Soon after assembling
the House went fnte Committee of the Whole
on the Legislative Appropriation BILL The
clause in the bill making appropriations for
the Civil Service Dom mission ELECTED asp5cy
debate In which the Commission and the law
were severely attacked, and pending debate
on the motion to strike out the apprOpria-
ton for the Civil Service Commission the
House adjourned.
Soon after meeting on the 25th the Senate
took up and passed the House joint ,resolu-
ton appropriating $l5oOOOto be used by the
Secretary of War for the relief of sufferers
by the Mississippi floods. The Railroad Land
Forfeiture bill was then further debated at
length. Eulogies were then delivered upon
the late Representative Gay. OF Louisiana,
and the Senate adjourned. In the House q
petition was presented from Philadelphia
business men asking the aid of Congress
in the promotion of the building of Ameri-
can ships to trade with foreign ports, ana
also one from merchants of New York ask
Ing for the classification ofworsted goods as
woolens. Mr.. Cannon I'LL. }, from the Appro-
priations Committee, reported joint reso-
luton appropriating SIS, 600 for the sufferers
by the Mississippi floods, which was imme-
diately adopted. The House then further
considered the Legislative Appropriation
bill. Pension bills were considered at the
evening session. -t sf4tf