Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-03-28
BUSINESS DONE IN CONGRESS.

The House Passes the Wyoming Admis-
sion Bill-Transactionsi In the Senate.
WASHINGTON CITY, March 2S-The house
bill to amend the census act so as to give
special agents 50 per day for travelling ex-
penses was passed by the senate yesterday:
also house bill appropriating So. 900 to sup
ply tents for the Mississippi river food suf-
ferers. Without making any headway on il
the antitrust bill was referred to the judici-
airy committee, with orders to report back
within twenty days The pension ap-
priatiOn was then take IN, and
after rejecting an amendment pensioning
at Sl2 per month all veterans of ninety DAYS
or more service, who are physically or men
tally incapacitated for labor it was laid
aside A rule was adopted to meet at IL a.
m. from and after Monday next, and the
senate ad journed. Bills were favorably
reported constituting Cairo, HIS, pJrt Of
delivery, and authorizing the construction
OF a bridge across the Mississippi river be
tween the mouths of the Illinois and Mis-
souri, rivers bill was introduced appro-
priating 800, 900 for a public building at
Rock Island, Ills
In the house a bill was introduced reauir-
ing the interstate commerce commission to
establish rules with the object OF securing
the safety of persons employed on railway
freight trains The bill for the admission of
Wyoming was taken up and after some Wig
orcus opposition by the Democrats and the
defeat of an amendment requiring a vote TO
be taken on the female suffrage clause of the
wyoming constitution, aud another striking
out that clause entirely-both by Springer
the bill was passed. The house then went in
committee on the army and navy approp ri
att add trafi, !
Thinks 1t Is Too Rough on All Sin
WASHINGTON CRY, March Is Hon. J.w.
Foster appeared yesterday before the SEN
ate committee, as the represent alive
of the Chinese IN rchants in the Unitad
States, to oppose the bill which passed the
house on the 18th instant requiring the su-
perintendent of the census to give To every
ChinamaE In the country a certificate which
after ninety days from the date of beginning
of the enumeration, shall Toe the sole evidence
OF his right to remain in the United States
Mr.. Foster asserted that the enactment of
the bill into n law would result in the shut
ting out of this country of every Chinaman,
except the minister at Washington City and
the conSuls at San Francisco and New York
Report Against the Window Bill.
WASHINGTON CITY, March 2s.-Bland of
Missouri and Williams of Illinois Yesterday
submitted Il minority report on the Window
silver coinage bill protesting against its
passage. In their report they say the bill is a
very dangerous experiment, for if il fails to
restore the parity of The two metals and
fail it must beyond any shadow of doubt,
then silver VIII lie IN "a worse plight than
now. The bill, in their opinion. is very
adroitiy drawn to suspend silver coinage, to
totally demonetize this metal, ami 10 per-
manently establish the single standard of
gold payments, but all the SAM, it does
these things elfectually, though cunningly."
'Twixt TweedIe-Dum aud TweedIe-Dee.
WASHINGTON CITY, March - Hawley.
in the senate yesterday, advocated the ap-
preparation of SIS 900 for the Mississippi
river flood sufferers, whereupon Edmuuds
calle'. the attention of the senators who were
troubled about the constitution in the sppro-
priation Of money for objects not specifically
named in that instrument. Hawley had
opposed the Blair educational bill, and as
Stunning that the remarks we're aimed at
him, said he considered that this bill, and
not the Blair bill, came within the clause of
general welfare"