Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-25
THE WORLD All LARGE.
Summary OF the Daily News.
CONVERSATIONAL.

IN the Senate ON the 18th Senator Hale
reported adversely the bin requiring the
superintendent Of the Census to ascertain
what percentage Of the people owned their
farms, the number OF farms under mortgage
and amount Senator Buffers bill to provide
for the emigration Of colored people then
came up and Senator Butler addressed the
Senate In support ~ It and was replied to by
Senator Hoar. Adjourned until Monday.
The whole session OF the House wasoocupied
IN talk upon &resoiutIon In regard to locat'
ing the Worlds Fair In 1892, the fight being
virtually one between the East and the West.
The friends OF each section were so near equal
that the House reached no definite result be.
fore adjournment
THE Senate was not in session on the nth.
-. The house again took up the pending
question at adjournment the motion to re-
consider the vote on the substitute for the re-
port on the Worlds Fairlocatlon. The motion
t0tablo prevailedby II to ll2 and the original
motion for select committee to be called the
Worlds Fair Committee prevailed. The
House then considered In Committee Of the
Whole the Oklahoma Townsite bill until ad.
iournment
THE Senate was not In session on the 18th
when the House met Mr.. Frank (Mo.) In.
troduced bill locating the Worlds Fair ut
81. Louis and creating corporation TO carry
&c on. The House, in Committee OF the
Whole, further considered the Oklahoma
Townslte bill. On motion Of Mr.. Dockery
(Mo.) an amendment was adopted prohibits
ing any United States marshal, deputy or
agent to prove title or hold any lot In Okla.
homa. Pending consideration of the bill the
committee rose and the House adjourned.
WHEN the Senate met on the 10Th petitions
were presented and committees reported
Several bills, local in their character,
passed and Senator Pasco, Of Florida, ad-
dressed the Senate on tho paragraph In the
Presidents message relating 70 federal con-
troll Of elections, and was replied to BY sena.
Cor Chandler. When the House met the
Speaker appointed the Worlds Fair com.
mlttee a. follows: Messrs. Gambler Mass J,
Hit (IL), Bowden (Va.), Belden IN. ",
Frank (Mo.)s Springer (Ill.), Hatch (Mo.),
Wilson ~. Ya.) and Flower IN. ~. After
The introduction Of q large number Of bills
she House, In Committee OF the Whole, re.
Bumed consideration Of the Oklahoma Town.
site bill. When the committee rose several
bills were reported from committees and the
House adjourned.
In the Senate on the 2lst Senator Blair pre-.
sented q petition from the African American
Episcopal Zion Church of America In favor
of the Blair Educational bill and asked to
have Il pr inted In full in the Record, but rs his
was the only vote In favor Of the motion the
request was refused The bill In regard to
requiring the next census to show the num-
Der Of mortgaged farms, etc, which had been
reported adversely, was called up in order
that Senator Berry might speak upon the
subject. After a lengthy discussion the bill
went over. Several bills then passed and
che Senate adjourned. The House con.
sumed three hours in debating a ruling by
the Speaker and then further considered the
Oklahoma Townslte bill until adjournment.