Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-06-28
FIFTY FIRST CONGRESS.
SILVER.

The senate spent much time discussing and
voting upon amendments framed by its judi
ciary committee.
The first was to strike out the provision
that the treasury notes issued for the pur-
chase of silver ''shall be a legal tender in
payment of all debts public and private
The amendment was relected-yeas, Il,
nays, so, and the provision remains in the
bill.
Other amendments were rapidly acted
upon; the silver men carrying every point.
At last Senator Plumb offered substitute
for the first section of the house bill, winch
embraced nearly every point in controversy,
and st was agreed to by a vote of 43 to "A. It
Is Sc on of the bill as passed by the SEN
ate. lSee dispatches for the complete bill.l
IT, discussion showed division not upon
party lines strictly.
While the forty-two votes for The bill upon
its passage were largely, they we're not al
republicans. and of the twenty-five votes
against the bill there were several repubh-
cans.
Senator Edmunds spoke at length against
the bill. The nays were: Alrich. Allen, Ali
son, Blair, Casey, Chandler, Collum, Dawes,
Edmunds, Evarts, Frye, Gray, Hale, Hawley,
Hiscock, Hoar, Mcpherson, Morrill,, Plat,
Sawyer, Sherman, Spooner, Stockbridge,
Washburn, Wilson. Md.-25.
CLERK HIRE INCREASED.
The senate agreed to an amendment to an
appropriation bill increasing the salary o:
twenty-six committee clerks from s., 800
81 800, and the salary of clerks to senator's
from 81, 500 to 81 800.
CERTAIN INDIAN MONIES STRUCK OUT.
The house while considering the Indian
appropriation bill in spite of the strenuous
efforts of Mr.. Perkins, of Kansas, and Mr..
Peet, of Arkansas, appropriations of $12, 200
for the Greek Indians and S4S,SOO for the
Pottawatomie Indians were stricken from
the bill.
MISSOURI RIVER BRIDGE.
The senate passed the house bill to extend
the time one year for the commencement
and construction of a bridge over the Mis-
souri, river near Kansas City, Kansas.
PARLIAMENTARY RULES.
When the silver bill was returned to the
house by the senate the speaker referred it
to The appropriate committee, as is the
cour-o under the rules, the house having no
knoy. edge of the reference until the reading
of tn journal the next day. When the jour
nal was read an entire session was spent in
quarrelling, first, whether the speakers act
was according to the rules; and second,
whether the house approve the act by ap--
proving the journal The house adjourned
before fully settling these points.
SALARY INCREASE DEFEATED.
The senate, on motion of Senator Allison,
refused to increase the salary of the commits
sioner of Indian affairs from $4,000 to
$1,000.
THE SILVER BILL AGAIN.
The house spent another entire session in
discussing the status of the silver bill. 1t
had been received from the senate and by
the speaker referred to the committee on
coinage. The house, upon reading OF the
journal, showing such reference, had voted to
strIF out of the journal the record of such
reference of the bill. This left the bill in
the hands of that committee, but whether
rightfully or not was the matter of conten-
ton in this debate. 1t was not settled be-
fore adjournment.
INDIAN COURTS.
On the senate calendar is a bill to extend
the jurisdiction of the supreme court of the
United States so as to include the judgments
and DEGREES of the highest courts of the Cher
okee, Greek, Seminole, Choctaw and Chick
asaw tribes of Indians, respectively.
MORMON CHURCH PROPERTY.
The senate considered the house bill which
provides that all funds or property lately be-
longing to the Mormon church shall be de-;
voted to the use and benefit of the common
schools IN that state.
Senator Butler offered an amendment to-
turn over the funds in question to the gen.
eral board of education of the Mormon
church. This was defeated by party vote:
democrats voting for it, and republicans.
against it.
THE BILL STANDS REFERRED.
The trouble about the reference of the Sill
yer bill with senate amendments was finally
settled by the house voting IA to III to table.
an appeal from the action of the speaker in
referring it to the committee on coinage.
CONFERENCE OF PENSIONS AGREED TO.
The conference report on the dependent,
pension bill was agreed to by the senate, "a
to Is. Senators Berry, Gorham, Vest opposed
it in speeches; while it was supported by Sena-
tor Davis, chairman of the committee on,
pensions; Senators.Ingalls, Teller, Turpie and
Hawley.
Senator Ingalls, said that this was an obi
cation just as sacred as that under which the
soldier was paid, and yet the senate was ask
ed to postpone it, to higgle and Maggie about
it, to take out slate and pencil and compute
how much could be pared and scraped
and saved from the expenses of the govern
ment in order to meet that sacred obligation.
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