The Red Cloud chief., 1890-09-26
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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Tn Senate On tho lsth disposed Of slxteen
bridge b1llA Among other bills passed vas
lho bin 20 create the oSsee Of auditor 0e
railroad ~oooounts, which requires all sub.
ot010od fOodo 20 oend rOporto to that Omcer,
aloo The 0eoate bin for the relief a certain
o0oers and ealis:ed men Of the Yirst Kansas
ooo0eo0 V~oluuteorA. Tho c~oaferouce report
q the Railroad Forfeiture bin vas thea
ooos6defed uat1 adjournme1t....Wh when the
H0ase net ne Mckinley reported back
~ Tariff bin, with the eeeaae amend
Doot4 With the recommendatloo that the
oDoodDouts b noa~-coaeusreA h. Re-
lssred - the Committee q the Whole. Mr..
McKinley also reported . resolution for the
Immediate eoasIderstioa Of tho bill, which
Was adopted. Thu resolutioo, however. was
he oocasioa Of Q long debate. The Senate
am0od0ents were o ~.concurred In and q
eosferenee app0lnted AE. EnI0e (Tenn }
offered . resoluti00 r~epr0battns and Con-
aomnlng the uiterances Of Mr.. Kense0y
(Ohlol In his lats speech In which the SEN
ate was severely criticised. Pending action
the House adjourned.
AYYIR pa00ing several bills OF min0r In
p~ortance on the 18th the Senate resumed
e0nsideratioa Of the conference report on
the Land Forfeiture bill. and after some de-
bate it vas agreed to The House INIT LIT
terry bin Vas then taken mp and passed With.
O0S OWVA ~ " 1CtSa sssO ss~s
Der culture laws was discussed ct some
Iength, passed with several ameod-
nsots and conference asked....
Amer passing several local bills the
House proceeded TO consider &c
Enloe resolution In regard to tho speech OF
1lr. Kennedy. Of Ohio. In which he II charged
With using unparliamcotary language. the
question being on q point Of order raised
y Mr.. Grosvener against the resolution.
Thu Speaker OverruIed tho point Of order.
and after Q long talk the resolution was 70
ferred 20 the Judiciary Committee to exam
Inc into the matter and report. Alter pass.
Ing several local bills and tho appointment
Of conference On tho Tariff LIN the HOG -
adjourned.
An hour VA devoted 10 the passage OF
bills In the { enate on the 18th. most OF tho
bills being Of q local nature Senator Blair
addressed the Senate on tho joint resolution
giving the District OF Columbia representa-
ton in Congress and the Electoral College.
After dIspOsing OF ~unimportant business
eighty private pension bills were passed in
thirty minutes AMI the senate ad~journcd....
The House spent the entire day on the Viz
ginia contested election case Of LangstOn
". Venable and adjourned without naal
action.
II the Senate on the 18th Senator Plumb
offered q resolution calling for information
- to the rule Of the Treasury Department
In paying checks t0r silver OuiIoOns which
resulted In paying out notes OF largedcnomi.
nations instead Of those Intended for cir
culatiOu. and In his remarks criticised
the action OF the Department In It's
Ananeiai V0aiey. A number OF bills
pasoed. among . one to revive
She rank Of Lieutenant- General of
the army. Resolutions were presented
relative 20 the death Of Representative
Laird. OF Nebraska, and the Senate ad-
journed.. Tho Hous got into an uprOar
over the Virginia LangstOn. venable con
tested el. ctiOn case, and In the effort 20 hold
. quorum the Speaker ordered the doors
locked, whereupOn Aessra. ki!gOrc (Tcxas)
and others forced the doors open, and,
pending the rumpus. tho House adjourned
for want OF Q quorum.
In the Senate on the 18th Senator Piumb's
resolution to rccommit the Bankruptcy bill
to the judiciary Committee with instructions
to amend by making It apply to voluntary
bankruptcy, was taken up and after sOme
debate placed on the calendar. After q
brief OK cutivc session the Senate tool up
the calendar n passed several bills to
which there were no objections Adjourned
The House spent the entire day Ia trying
10 secure q quorum In or Ter {, dis Ose Of
the LangstOn. venabIe contested case. but
the quorum melted away rs fast as it ap.
pearcd. and the House adjourned without
action.