Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-23
THE SENATE AND HOUSE.
NATIONAL LAWMAKERS AND WHAT
THEY ARE DOING.

Proceedings Of the Senate and House of
Representative Important Measures
Discussed and Acted On GIst Of the
Business.
In the Senate on the 18th inst the Finance
Committee reported fAvorably Mr.. shermans
antitrust bin The morning hour was con-
sumed in the introduction Of unimportant
measures, most OF them relating to pensions
At the close Of the morning hour Senator Call
called up his resolution with reference to tho
Florida swamp-land frauds, upon which be pro-
ceeded TO speak at some length His remarks
caused something OF . sensation. Re assailed tho
Senate Committee on Public Lands, and claimed
that thousands OF acres had been patented as
swamp lands that were capable Of cultivation.
His attack on the committee aroused Senator
Plumb, who made O scathing reply. He said
that Congress had given these lands to Florida
as trust, and that il there were any frauds
the state alone was responsible for them, and
every word spoken by Mr.. Call was in
denuntiation OF his own State. At some
length he answered the charges against the
committee and In round terms denounced
Mr.. Calls action In placing his own State in
such Light before the Senate. Mr.. Call re-
piled in equally bitter terms, styling Mr..
ances OF the gentleman from Kansas. Mr.. Dolph
also replied in few words to the charges
against the Senate subcommittee. The Senate
then went into executive session and adjourned
at o'clock. The House spent the day in dis
cussing the bill to refund to members the
amount stolen from them by Silcott. At4:9
the House adjourned without action.
IN the Senate on the 18th Mr. Sherman intro
duced O concurrent resolution providing for the
settlement of disputes between nations by ar
bitration. After the introduction of a few
measures the resolution to recognize the repub-
lie of Brazil was read. Mr.. Turpie proceeded to
make few remarks on the subject Mr..
Turpie criticised severely the tardiness
OF the administration in recognizing the
republic. He quoted the action of former
Presidents in similar cases, especially that
of Grant in regard to France, and closed by
saying -The delay of our recognition has al
ready been m1sconstrued hope 1t may come
soon enough to prevent further mistakes" The
Senate went into executive session at 40, and
adjourned at 80. In the House, consideration
OF the bill providing for an appropriation Of
$4,000 to cover the individual losses sustained
by members by Silcotts defaication was
sumed, and the debate continued throughout
the afternoon. On Mr.. Hemphills substitute
which proposed sending the entire question to
the Court OF Claims, the vote was 1876 yeas and
1873 nays On Mr.. Adams bill, which appropri-
ates the money for the repayment to members
OF the amount stolen, the vote was 1876 yeas and
142 nays. The bill being thus defeated a mo-
tion was made to reconsider. Pending a vote on
this the House adjourned. At the opening of
he session Mr.. Hit, of Illinois, rising to O ques
tion OF privilege, denied the charge that he in
troduced bill for the abolition Of the tax on
IN the Senate, on the 10th, after the intro
duction of miscellaneous business, Mr..
Butler began a speech on his bill to
provide for the emigration of the negroes
OF the South, at Government expense, un-
der the direction Of the Quartormaster Gen.
eral OF the army, and appropriating IS 600 900 to
carry out the purpose of the bill. At the conclu-
sion OF Senator Butler remarks, Senator Pasco
gave notice that he would at an early day address
SenafA the 0uaatiOn Of
OF Presidential elections, and then Senator
Hoar addressed the Senate in response to Mr..
Butler. The Senate on the conclusion OF Mr..
Hoars speech went into executive session and
adjourned In the House, Mr.. Mckinley, of
Ohio, from the Committee on Rules, reported O
resolution for the appointment of committee
on the worlds fair, to consist of thirteen men,
bers, which committee shall within three days
report a plan by which the House can deter
mine the site Of tho proposed fair, and SUBJ
sequently report a bill providing for the fair.
MIR. Cannon OF Illinois, as the minority OF
the committee, reported substitute resolution
thai the Committee Foreign Affairs be in
structed to report a resolution providing
method of selecting the locality of me Worlds
Fair OF 1892, by vote of the House of Repre-
tatives. An exciting discussion ensued in which
Messrs. Hit, of Illinois; Morrow, of California;
Springer, of Illinois; McCreary, Of Kentucky;
Chapman, of Michigan and Hooker, of Missis-
sippi spoke in favor of Mr.. Cannon's
amendment, while Messrs Hatch, of Mis-
souri,; Frank, Of Maine and Payne, of New
orh, spoke III IhVOr OF the majority report. MI.
ltterworth, of Ohio, sided with Chicago. At
10 p. m. Mr. Cannon, having modified his
resolution, offered it substitute for the
resolution reported by Mr.. Mckinley, and it was
adopted by 1877 yeas to 1874 nays. On the main
question, whether the substitute should pass
the vote stood 134 to 1874, when Mr.. Springer of
Illinois changed his vote to no for the purpose
OF moving for reconsideration, which motion
was pending when the House adjourned.
IN the House, on the 18th, Mr.. Mckinley called
up his motion to table Mr.. Springer's motion to
reconsider the vote by which the House the pre-
vious day refused to substitute the resolution
reported by the Committee on Rules las amend
ed by the adoption of the Cannon resolution
for the original resolution referred to the COM
mittee. The motion to table the motion to re-
consider was agreed to-yeas, IA; nays, 142.
The question then recurred on the adoption OF
the original res lution as follows "ReSolUed,
That committee of nine members be appoint
ed by the Speaker, to be called the worlds fair
committee, to which shall be referred all mat
ters relating to the proposed celebration of
the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery
OF America, or the Worlds Fair of 1892" The
resolution was adopted-yeas 141 nays, 1885,
Mr.. Flower, of New York, introduced the New
the special committee appointed. Mr. Raines,
OF New York, offered resolution increasing the
membership Of that committee from nine to
thirteen. Referred to Committee on Rules. The
House then went into committee of whole, Mr.
Burrows, CT Michigan, in tho chair, on the bill
to provide for town-site entries of land in
Oklahoma. The bill was debated throughout
the afternoon and the House adjourned without
action. The Senate was not in session.