Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-02-22
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
summary OF the Daily News
CONGRESSIONAL

TIM Senate on tho 18th resumed consldera-
zion OF tho Oklahoma bill. After q lengthy
debate Mr.. Plumb's- amendment including
No. Mans Land within the jurisdiction OF the
now Territory was finally adopted by vote
Of n TO l6 An amendment by Senator Plumb
90 attach the Cherokee Outlet to the new
Ierrltory for judicial purposes was rejected.
An amendment prohibiting the issuing OF
bonds 70 railroads AZ adopted and the bill
passed as amended. =. The House unani-
mously passed the Senate joint resolution
congratulating tho people Of the United
States OF Brazil upon the adoption OF re-
publican form Of government The rules
were then debated until adjournment.
AT the expiration Of tho morning hour the
Senate on the 18th proceeded to the
consideration OF bills on the calendar
and passed sixty bills. Among the
bills passed was that for the relief
~ s0ldiers and sailors who enlisted I'M
der assumed names, and the bill to prevent
che introduction OF contagious diseases from
one State to another. Most OF the bills
passed were local In their nature. After an
executive session the Senate ndjourned.... -.
The House continued the debate on the new
rules and at i've o'clock the question was
ordered and the rules adopted by a strict
party vote, 16l to l45, and the House ad-
1ourned.
THE Senate was not In session on the 18th.
1.-The House concurred in the Senate
amendment to the bill fixing the duty on
ribbons. The Senate bill to provide for the
ascertainment Of the mortgage indebtedness
of the country was reported. It was amend
cd and passed. Public business was then
Suspended and the House proceeded to lis
ten to appropriate eulogies to the memory
OF the late Richard w. Townshend, Of ILL
nols at the conclusion OF which the House
adjourned
PETITIONS were presented In the Senate on
the nth to forbid the importation OF liquors
60 Africa; complaining Of the suppression OF
the Republican vote In Mississippi; favoring
the pensioning Of army nurses; favoring the
Educational bill, and several other pension
petitiona After the report OF committees
q bill to authorize the President to confer
brevet rank upon army officers for gallant
services In Indian campaigns passed Mr..
Blair spoke three hours on his Educational
bill and tho Senate non concurred In the
House amendment to the bill to have stats.
6Ics Of mortgage indebtedness included In
the next census. Adjourned. The House got
into wrangle over the power Of the Speaker
20 count q quorum without the report OF
tellers, the question being upon the consid-
GRAFTON of the Worlds Fair resolution. The
motion to suspend the rules and make the
Worlds Fair bills q special order finally pre-
vailed. The bill to provide for the appoint
ment Of thirty additional medical examiners
IN the Pension ONCE was then called up and
debate ON It continued until adjournment.
THE morning hour of the Senate on the
1eth was devo,e ed to routine business and
1hen the Senate went into executive ssion.
The doors wero reopened ut 8:SJ and the
Educational bill was taken up and SEN
ator Blair continued his remarks, speak
ing nearly two hours, In which he
attacked the press Of the country for
Keeping from the people facts that he had
laid before the Senate. The conference re-
port, recommending that the House amend
ment to the bill requiring the census report
90 show the mortgage indebtedness OF the
country was agreed to. Senator Blair an
nOunced that he would talk two more days
on his bill and the Senate adjourned. In
the House the Pension bill was reported and
placed on the calendar After considering
for time the Senate bill for the appoint
ment OF an Assistant Secretary OF War, the
Oklahoma bill was taken up and debated
until adjournment