The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-27
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News
CONGRESSIONAL.

CONGRESSIONAL
WBEN the Senate met on the 18th mes
sage from the House asking further confer
ence on the Trust bill was assented to- Tn,
Deficiency Appropriation bill for pension
and the census was reported and passed
Debate on the Silver bill was then resumed
and continued until adjournment. TIT
House agreed to several conference reports
among them that for a public building a
sslina, Kan. The limit Of the cost is 5000
The sundry Civil Appropriation bill wa,
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 bill
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 fol
the purchase of silver shall be legal ten
der for all debts was lost The bullion re-
demption clause was stricken out by vote
of 81 10 :, and the amendment to strike out
the free coinage section was lost. The
amendment limiting the act TO ten
years was defeated and an amendment by
Senator Blair. limiting the coinage TO $500
900 monthly, failed. After long debate and
several amendments the bill was reported
TO the Senate and passed-ayes, AZ; nays. Is.
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 Mr..
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 vas agreed to increasing the
salary of tweuty-six committee clerks
from $500 to $500, and the salary of
clerks to Senators from $500 to 81, 500
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-
structing bridge across the Missouri river
at or near Kansas City passed. The Legisla-
tive, Executive and Judicial Appropriation
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 Tariff
bill authorizing the President to de-
declare the ports of this country open
and free to all products of the American
hemisphere upon which no export duty is
imposed so long as such nations shall ad-
init free the products of this country. After
eulogies on Messrs. Nutting and WILDER, of
New York, the Senate adjourned. After
the Journal had been read in the House Mr..
Mills (Texas) objected to its 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 surrepttious
and was by the Speaker and not or
dered by the House. The Speaker
refused to recognize Mr.. Mills but
recognized Mr.. Mckinley, who moved the
approval of the journal and demanded the
previous question. This brought on a long
wrangle and Mr.. McKinleys motion was
finally defeated by a small majority. mo-
ton to reconsider was lost Pending mo-
ton to approve the journal as corrected,
striking out the clause by which the Silver
bill was referred to the Committee on Coin
age. Weights and Measures, the House ad-
journed.
Soon after the Senate met on the 10Th
Senator Stewart rose to a 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 there never had
been any controversy or i'll feeling between
himself and Senator Stewart and that the
dispatch was false. The Legislative Ex-
ecutive and Diplomatic bill was then COM
pleted and passed. Adjourned. The con-
troversy was resumed in the House over
oil of