The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-03-28
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News
CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate on the 18th Senator Voorhees,
offered a resolution that IL is the highest
duty Of Congress to lay aside all discussion
and consideration of mere party issues and
to give prompt and immediate attention to
measures for the relief OF overtaXed farmers
and underpaid laborers, and gave notice
that he wished to submit remarks at
a future time. When the Educa-
tional bill was taken up Sena-
tor Daniel spoke in favor of IT. and
Senator Morgan against The Urgency De-
ficiency bill was then considered until adj
journment. The business transacted in the
House was unimportant Several bills for
public buildings and other bills of local
nature passed. Also bill creating the OFF,
ces of assistant general superintendent and
chief clerk of the railway mail service. Ad-
tourned.
In the Senate on the 18th Senator Sherman,
from the Finance Committee, reported
substitute for the bill against trusts. and the
Urgency Deficiency bill was taken up,
amended and passed. The Blair Educa-
tional bill came up rs unfinished busi-
ness, and Senator Hawley spoke against
it while Senators Moody and Chand-
Ter favored it The House amend
ments to the Oklahoma bill were
non -concurred in and a conference ordered
After rushing through many public build
ings bills the Senate adjourned. After dis
posing of petitions resolutions and reports
of committees the House, in Committee OF
the Whole, considered the Pension Appro-
priation bill, debate on which continued I'M
I'll adjournment
In the Senate on the 18th the resolution
formerly offered by Senator Voorhees, as to
the cause of agricultural depression was
taken up and that Senator addressed the
Senate at length on the condition of the
country and the depression In the farming
interest The remedies to be applied were,
hn fiat
a full supply of legal tender money;
third, the free coinage Of silver;
fourth. the suppression, by law, of the
gampIing in futures; fifth, liberal policy
of pensions. The Educational bill then came
mp and Senator Pierce spoke in opposition
and Senators Evarts and Call in favor. The
bill went over and the Senate soon ad
tourned.. The House devoted the entire
sitting to debate on the Mudd- Compton con-
tested election case from the Fifth Maryland
district.
In the Senate on the 10Th Senator Cockrell
presented protest of the Pork Pnckers' As
sociation of st Louis against the bill for the
inspection of meats. After disposing of sew
eral private bills the Blair Educational bill
came up on third reading, and after several
amendments had been agreed to a vote was
reached and the bill defeated by a vote of 81
yeas to 81 nays, % Republicans and Demo
Gratis voting for and II Republicans and
~ Democrats against it senator blair en-
tered a motion to reconsider and the Senate
adjourned. After passing several public
buildings bills the House again took up the
Mudd Compton contested case from Mary
land and by a strict party vote Sfudd, the
contestant, was awarded the seat and sworn
in. The Pension Appropriation bill was
then considered in Committee of the Whole
until adjournment
NUMEROUS petitions were presented in the
Senate on the 2lst against the employment
of aliens on Government works. After sew
eral committees reported the bill to declare
unlawful trusts and combinations in re-
straint of trade was taken up and Senator
Sherman spoke in favor of its passage and
strongly against such combinations. SEN
ator Vest also addressed the Senate in de-
nunciation of trusts and characterized the
trust as an outgrowth of protective
tariff Other Senators took Part in the
debate which drifteS into tariff talk. The
bill went over. No vote was reached on
Senator Blair's motion to reconsider the
vote on the Educational bill. :. As soon as
the House met IL went into Committee of
the Whole on the Pension Appropriation
bill The debate that followed took wide
range and embraced every phase of the pen
sion question. The bill finally passed. At
the evening session private pension bills
were conlidered and a number passed.