The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-24
CONGRESSIONAL.
THURSDAY, May Is.

tinued his argument and criticism Of !,
/ There were two features OF the bill white
/ should be amended, he said, IL the hill ~
| 70 perform two things which his fricnSs
4 proposed 10 accomplish by it. That wa +,
| raise the price of silver, and 70 give H.
country an increased money circaiatIou,
He claimed that everyone admitted tb,,
this was a tenn porary measure.
Il HousE.-sir. Mckinley from tue eor
mittec on rules reported a resolution ~,
viding that the debate on the iarid h.
| shall close on next Wednesday -
objections from Democrats the resalut
| carried. 4
The reading OF the bill consumed ibe =,
mainder OF the day. and at Its eonciusis-
the committee rose aud the House took !
| recess
Tho House at its evening session pa..-s
lSa private pens-on bills.
| FRIDAY. MAY l6.
| SIS.rr.-Mr. Edmunds from the indie
| IA. y committee reported back the Houte
an, ndmenf TO the anti trust bill with ~
/ au,a dmcnt thereto, striking out certaf,
word, and inserting the words 80 that
| the rat. OF such transportation may not
| he rg,i.,.s. above what Is lust and houar
Kble-n A. reed 10 aud conference con
mittee was appointed
| The .ilvrr bill was then taken IN ana
1 Mr.. Plumb on erred an amendment 70 HEr
tho smount o. rnoasy reserved in TIE
/ TREASURY 10 siiO, n9.poo After long ar4
xsnderiug discuss ion the bill went over.
uorsr the louise The senate hHI
| wa. passed aathorfxi1 = the registration q
| the census mail matte.
The House thea wont into COMMITTEES %
the tariff bill. A number 90 scSs4i amsat-
ments were, on motion "a ar mckinley,
made 10 the bill Mr. Aich 'nley oAered a.
amendment increasing tho arlh o. lazF
chimpeys which precipa,siad. 10Y discus
sion. Tho amendment carried bai several
Republicans voisS against a.
SArUKnAY. MAY IL.
SHN.rE-The bills on the caicoda. wers
taken up The following. among g. ecr
passed To pay the sssirnces Of Aoaz
Roach -. so for extra WORK on the MAJ
itor Puritan And ssn.e54 for tho care Of II,
| monitor Roanoke. senate bill 20 uay So
uu to the daughters Of Joseph Hcury. late
| sesFotAry Of the Smiihsoaizn iusti;uiias
| in ccnpcusa alton OF his public services
| Senate bill releasing 70 Harvard Cailegc
/ -nd the University OF California the ri<hi
| of the Cuitcd States to forty acres o. izai
| for observatory purposes al the summit e
/ Wilson's peak. near Pa.adcaa, Callforlia
The Senate bill ApProPrisiing $40 90 To-
q statue 10 the memory Of Gcncral Grant
was passed.
HOusE-Mr Baync. OF Pcnusyiyzny
while speaking upon an Amendment, rcza
/ a letter from James Campbell. OF pittS5ars
| wherein tho writer dcnird several state
| rasuts made a few days ago bY Ny ~
| nun. Of Indiana, and ir. Wilsoa. Of We
/ Virginia. which reflected on his char1stef
| ThcPcnnsyirsnl2c correspondent co1eirtea
/ his letter with = met bitter and vutFar -
| tack upon Mr.. Bynun- This procipitaief
/ . hot controversy during which Mr.. BIZ
| nun intimA;cd that MIR Bayn- was lar
\ For this be was ordered ecforu ihn bar q
/ the House and formally ccnsurrd By -
Speaker. Daring this procrettng iheFr
Was = grca; uproAr.
| MONDAY. MAY -.
sIxA4r-The silver bill was iakcu =
/ and Mr.. polph. of prrgou, agreed IN fAyor
/ OF the bill and against free oulnAgc Nj
! Mitchell opposed Mir, Dclph's views al
| arsca the desirzblii;y % FREQ coinage.
| On motion of Mir Wilson, Of lows, Il va
/ or'ys, ed that the Senate bill sublectirg N
| ported .tguors 10 the provisions OF the law
/ ~ ~. SEE, raj States shall be takee up 70
morrow AFT. routine morning basiness
Hotr-Tr,, House went into ooumittos
i of the whole "a the tariff ball, al Nf
Funston Of kAnsa. moved to place inP9r
ed lead oro on the ~ e llst ,.,-., -.
Mr. Hopkins OF Iils o. eVnt 's 80. -
the importation Of MesS "a lp''a ot - =.
a blessing 10 American nj, ers 4, -
70 the workingrnen engage ~ s1 ,ls.,,..,
| In tho name Of American lAbdn hS Its.,..I
| cd asains; the prpvlso which wcA ~
the output OF American miners. ,,,b,
| Ar Du bots OF idaho obiccted ~
gentleman from Illinois posing - a re- "
sentative OF the miner. Tnis was simie
a question between the miners q ms
| Rocky Mountains and the smeiiers o. %
| United States No word In iaVur CT ire
lead was heard from the Representatives o.
| the miner. The amendment struck q einN
| no; only at the miner, but Al tue silver ~
| ducers, There was hardly anyone On the
| roor who would speak for free lead anle's
he had smeltsrs In his district
Mr.. Townsend. OF Colorado. said the
amendment was in the interest Of the Me-
| lean miner. IL would ruin the mining 20
| dustry Of the West There was not a DEB
| ocrat or Republican in the West who va
/ not In favor OF the provision OF the DILL
| The amendment was rejected ~ 70 70
This tax on tobacco was discussed A.
some length.
TUESDAY, MAY 20.
SESArE-Mr. Stanford introduced BIZ
for loans on public lands, and announces
| that he wosld hereafter address the SEP
ate on the subject The Senate then pro
eeeded TO consider the original pacAAs'
bill introduced by Mr.. Wilson OF Iowa;
Mr.. Vest strongly opposed the ulil IN
the ground that Congress had no power 20
grant such privileges TO State.
MIR. Edmunds remarked upon II a ~
| ffous and interest ting circumstance that the
condition OF things had been reached when,
| according To the debate and according Y
| the judgment of the supreme Court tu-'
States rad no power to deal with the ~,
| lect, and Congress had no power 70 aes
with it The result was there was ID
every man Ia one State an inherent md
| Yidual personal right TO carry into anothei
state what that State might consider ~
| furious to its safety, and there TO SCI II
that Congress had no power to stop 1t, au1
that the States could not stop II uuIt7
Congress gave them that power. IL We
only necessary TO state such proposlt.o'
| TO show that some where, either in the ~
| preme Court or the Senate. there was
fault in the logic Of somebody.
HousE.-The House went into commit
| tee OF the whole on the tariff bill.
Mr.. Cowles, of North Carolina, oheret