The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-07-18
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary OF the Daily News.
CONGRESSIONAL.

AFTER agreeing to the conference report
on the Diplomatic bill and the disposition oi
unimportant business, the Senate on the 7tt
further considered the two shipping bills
A conference report on the Silver bin was
presented and the Senate adjourned. The
House had a spicy debate upon q resolution
offered by Mr.. Dorsey requesting the Presi-
dent to~retarn the bill extending the time
for the payment for certain lands in Ne
braska, when the resolution was Withdrawn
and the House, In Committee Of the Whole
considered the Senate bil for the forfeiture
of certain railroad Land grants until ad'
tournament
WHEN the Senate met on the eth the con-
ference report on the silver bill was taken
up and Senators Vest and Coke spoke against
il as not in harmony with the views OF the
Senate and tending to degrade silver. Sen
ator Sherman defended the report Senator
Voorhees, opposed the report because IL gave
too much discretion to the Secretary OF the
Treasury who was opposed to free
coinage and therefore stood in the
relation OF packed Jury" In enforc-
ing the bill At three O'Clock the
bill went over and resolutions were
presented and eulogies delivered upon the
late Representative Cox and the Senate ad
3ourned. q. The House concurred in the Sen
ate amendments to the bill admitting Wy
oming. The Senate bill passed to adopt reg
ulations to prevent collisions at sea, and the
Committee on Rules attempted to bring up
the "Original Package" bill, but after a
squabble the House refused to consider the
resolution from the committee and ad-
3ourned.
SOON after meeting on the eth debate on
the conference report on the Silver bill was
resumed in tie Senate. Senator Cockrell
argued strongly against agreeing to the re-
port, to adopt which, he declared, would be
a complete surrender on the part of the ad-
vocates Of free coinage when on the verge
of victory. Senator Daniel (Va) also spoke
earnestly against the report Without
reaching a vote the Senate adjourned.
In the House Mr.. Hit, CnL) from the
Foreign Affairs Committee, reported a
resolution requesting the President to
furnish the correspondence between the
United States and Great Britain touching
the subjects in dispute in the Behring sea
since March T. 1885, which after some debate
was adopted. The conference report on the
Diplomatic bill was the occasion of a tilt be-
tween Mr.. McMillin (Tenn.) and McCreary
(Ky.) on the Samoan question and recent
events in that country. Upon call for the
previous question on agreeing to the report
Mr.. McMiilin raised the point of no quorum.
The Speaker counted a quorum present,
which was challenged, and pending action
the House adjourned.
WHEN the Senate met on the 10th consid-
GRAFTON OF the conference report on the Sll-
yer bill was resumed and Senator Morgan
spoke against It. When debate closed
vote was taken and the report agreed to by
SO yeas to 26 nays. Adjourned. :. A large
part of the time of the House was occupied
in attempts to approve the journal, the
Democrats making the point of no quorum
present The journal was finally approved
and the conference reports on the Dip
lomatic bill and the Agricultural bill agreed
to. The Land Grant Forfeiture bill was
then considered in Committee of the Whole
until adjournment
IN the Senate on the 18th Senator Teller
introduced joint resolution declaring it to
be the determined policy of the United
States to use both gold and silver as full
legal tender and instructing the Pres dent
to invite the Governments of the Latin
Union countries and such other nations as
he may deem advisable to join the United
States in conference to adopt a common
ratio between gold and silver. etc, which
was referred. The Shipping bill was then
discussed until adiournment....T The House
spent considerable time in counting a
quorum on several questions, and finally
received the conference report on the Silver
bill, which went over by agreement one
day. When the House met at the evening
session no quorum was present and the
House adjourned.