The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-09-26
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
s Summary of the Daily News.
CONGRESSIONAL.

TEE Senate on the 18th disposed OF sixteen
bridge bills. Among other bills passed was
the bill to create the Office of auditor OF
railroad accounts, which requires all sub.
sidized roads to send reports 70 that officer;
also the Senate bill for the relief OF certain
oficers and enlisted men of the First Kansas
colored volunteers 1he conference report
on the Railroad Forfeiture bill was then
considered until adjournment. -. When the
House met Mr.. Mckinley reported back
the Tariff bill, with the Senate amend
ments, with the recommendation that the
amendments be non -concurred In. Re-
ferred to the Committee of the Whole. Mr.
Mckinley also reported a resolution for the
Immediate consideration of the bill, which
was adopted. The resolution, however, was
the occasion of long debate. The Senate
amendments were non .concurred In and
conference appointed. Mr.. Enloe (Tenn)
offered a resolution reprobating and con-
dennnfnR the utterances of Mr.. Kennedy
(ohio) in his late speech In which the Sen
ate was severely criticised. Pending action
the House adjourned.
AFTER passing several bills of minor i'm
portance on the 18th the Senate resumed
consideration OF the conference report on
the Land Forfeiture bill, and after some de-
bate It was agreed to. The House Anti-Lot-
terry bill was then taken up and passed with
out discuss on. The bill to repeal the tim
Der culture laws was discussed at some
length, passed with several amend
ments and conference Asked.
After passing several local bills the
House proceeded to consider the
Enloe resolution in regard to the speech of
Mr.. Kennedy, of Ohio In which he is charged
with using supplementary language, the
question being on a point of order raised
by Mr. Grosveuer against the resolution. The
Speaker overuled the point of order, and
after a long talk the resolution was referred
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the matter and report After passing sew
ersl local bills and the appointment Of a
conference on the Tariff bill the House ad.
iourned.
AN hour was devoted to the passage of
bills In the Senate on the 18th, most Of the
bills being of a local nature Senator Blair
addressed the Senate on the Joint resolution
giving the Di strict of Columbia representa-
tion in Congress and the Electoral College.
After dlsposing of unimportant business
eighty private pension bills were passed in
thirty minutes and the Senate adjourned.
The House spent the entire day on the Vir-
glnia contested election case OF Langston
VS.. Venable and adjourned without final
action. sfNH
In the Senate on the 18th Senator Plumb
offered a resolution calling for Information
as to the rule of the Treasury par tment
in paying checks for silver bullion, which
resulted In paying out notes of large denomi-
nations instead OF those intended for cir
culation. and in his remarks criticised
the action of the Department in its
financial policy. A number of bills
passed. among them one to revive
the rank of Lieutenant. General of
the army. Resolutions were presented
relative to the death of Representative
Laird, of Nebraska and the Senate ad-
iourned... The House got into an uproar
over the Virginia Langston -venable con-
tested election case, and in the effort to hold
quorum the Speaker ordered the doors
locked, whereupon Messrs. Kilgore (Texas)
and others forced the doors open, and.
pending the rumpus, the House adjourned
for want OF quorum
IL the Senate on the 18th Senator Plumb's
resolution 70 recommit the Bankruptcy bill
to the Judiciary Committee with instruc.
tions to amend by making It apply to vol
untary bankruptcy. was taken up and after
some debate placed on the calendar. After
brief executive session the Senate took up
the calendar and passed several bills to
which there were no objections. Adjourned.
1.-THE House spent the entire day In trying
20 secure a quorum In order to dispose of
the Langston- Venable contested case, but
the quorum melted away as fast as il ap.
peared, and the House adjourned without
action.