Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-26
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CONGRESS,

CONGRESS.
WHEN the Senate met on the 10th mes
sage from the House asking further confer
ence on the Trust bill was assented to. Tit
Deficiency Appropriation bill for pension
and the census was reported ana passed
Debate on the Silver bill was then resumed
and continued until adjournment. The
House agreed to several conference reports
among them that for a public building a.
ealina, Kan. The limit of the cost IL So, GOO
then considered in Committee Of the Whole
until the House adjourned.
SOON after assembling on the 18th the Sen.
ate resumed consideration of the Silver Dill
and Senator Wolcott (Col.) made an argu
ment In favor of silver. The Senate finally
proceeded to vote on the amendments to the
House bill. The amendment to strike out
the clause that the treasury notes issued ioi
the purchase of silver shall be legal ten
der for all debts was lost. The bullion re-
demption clause was stricken ont by a vote
of 50 to z, and the amendment to strike out
the free coinage section was lost. The
amendment limiting the act to ten
years was defeated and amendment by
Senator Blair, limiting the coinage to S. ,O00, :
600 monthly, failed. After long debate ano
several amendments the bill was reported
to the senate and passed-ayes, AZ; nays 70.
80. The House had under consideration
most of the day, in Committee of the Whole,
the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill. which
was finally reported to the House and
passed, and then the Indian Appropriation
bill was considered until adjournment
WHEN the Senate met on the 18th MI.
Morrill, from the Finance Committee. re-
ported back the Tariff bill, and it was placed
on the calendar. After an executive session
the Senate took up the Legislative, Execu-
tive and Judicial Appropriation bill. An
amendment was agreed to increasing the
salary of twenty -six committee clerks
from $500 to $500, and the salary OF
clerks to Senators from 81 800 to $l,SO0
Adjourned. Soon after the House met a
message was received from the Senate an
nouncing the passage of the Free Coinage
Silver bill, which was received with applause
on the part of the Democrats. The House
being in Committee of the Whole on the In
dian Appropriation bill, Mr.. Bland (Mo)
moved that the committee rise in order to
take action on the Silver bill, which motion
was defeated and the Indian Appropriation
bill was completed and passed. Adjourned
AFTER committees reported in the Senate
on the 18th the House bill extending for one
year the time for commencing and con-
stIucting a bridge across the Missouri river
at or near Kansas City passed. The Legisla-
tive, Executive and Judicial Appropriation
bill was considered for time and laid aside.
A message was received from the President
in relation to reciprocal commercial treaties
with the Latin American nations, in con-
nection with which Senator Hale presented
an amendment to be offered to the Tarln
bill authorizing the President to de-
q
and free to all products of the American
hemisphere upon which no export duty Is
imposed so long as such nations shall ad
NIT free the products of this country. After
eulOgies on Messrs. Nutting and WILDER, OF
New York, the Senate adjourne led. After
the journal had been read in the House Mr..
Mills (Texas) objected to it's approval on the
ground that it had not been read in full.
The objection was that the reference of the
Senate Free Coinage bill was surreptitious
dered by the House. The Speaker
refused to recognize MI. Mills but
recognized Mr.. Mckinley. who moved the
approval of the journal and demanded the
previous question. This brought on long
wrangle and Mr.. McKinley's motion was
finally defeated by a small majority. mo-
tion to reconsider was lost. Pending mo-
tion to approve the journal as corrected,
striking out the clause by which the Silver
bill vas referred to the Committee on Coin
age, Weights and Measures, the House adj
journed.
Soon after the Senate met on the Goth
Senator Stewart rose to question of privi-
lege and denied the special sent out from
Washington as to a conflict between himself
and Senator Reagan in the marble room,
and Senator Reagan said that there never
had been any controversy or ill feeling be-
tween himself and Senator Stewart and that
the dispatch was false. The Legislative,
Executive and Diplomatic bill was then
was renewed in the House over
the approval of the journal of Wednesday
as to the reference of the Free Coinage bill,
the question being on Mr.. Mills motion for
the previous question upon the approval of
the journal amended. The previous
question was ordered by a vote of 1913 to 122
and the journal as amended, approved by
a vote of 131 to 129 A long wrangle was then
induldged in, and without finally disposing
of the question as to the status of the bill
the House adjourned.