The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-02-13
CONGRESS.

! hher short discussion on the question OF
} providing more rooms for the committees
/ the Senate, Wednesday, took up the bill To
provide temporary government for the
! Territory of Oklahoma he clerk COM
/ menced 10 read the bill, but he had not com
pleted the reading when. mt o'clock. the
bill To aid in the estao ishment and tempOr-
airy support of common schools was taken
I up as the unfinished business, and Mr.. Blair
4 proceeded to address the Senate in advocacy
oft.
+ alter speaking few minutes Mr. Blair
! temporarily yielded the floor to Mr.. Sher-
| man. who, from the Committee on Foreign
! Relations, reported the following Joint rcso-
luton, which was placed ON tue calendar:
ReSotr,d, That the United states of Amer
lea cong.atuates the people of Brazil on
their just and peaceful assumption of the
powers, duties and responsibilities of self
government. based upon the free consent of
the governed and on their recent adoption of
republican form OF government.
There being tao understanding between
the Republicans and Democrats of the house
! that no effort wouli he made for the trans
action Of business wednesday, a large num-
Der ot members having gone To attcud the
funerals OF Mrs. and Miss Tracy, the clerk
was permitted to read the journal in its
abridged form. The Democrats did not wish
to 20 on record Us approving the journal, and
consequently demanded the yeas
and nays Oh that motion.
The journal was approved-yeas,
10 nays U: the constitutional nnnruuI being
counted by the speaker. The house then, at
l2:4o o'clock, on motion of Mr.. Mckinley Of
Ohio. adjourned.
A Republican caucus was announced to be
held immediately and Democratic caucus
to be held III III" evening at 7:3 O'clock
The purpose Ofthe Republican house can.
Gus was to consider the new code of rules
which was competeJ by the committee on
rules. The caucus was called together i'm.
Inta int al hks lln,,
Thursday in the Sera ate bills for the erec
tion of public building at Lewiston, Maine
and for the construction of u bridge at Bur
lington, Iowa, were passed. The Oklahoma
bill was then taken up for further consid>
cred.
When the House met Thursday the Jour,
nal was read and declared approved by a
vote of 3 to none, the Speaker declaring n
quorum present. Mr.. Common, from
ported the new code Of rules,
which was ordered printed and recommitted,
and resolution was adopted providing for
printing 900 copies of the n W code. The
Senate Direct Tax bill was laid before the
House and referred TO the Committee on
Judiciary The call of States for intrJduc.
tion of bills and resolutions was then pro.
ceeded with and an attack was made on the
immense mass of executive documents and
communications that have accumulated on
the Speakers table during the past week
In the House, after PRAYER Friday morn.
lhS, the Speaker stated that the journal
CLERK had been busy in preparing the new
code OF rules for publication aud tnat cunse- !
quently the Journal of THURSDAYS proceed |
lngs was not ready to be presented to the |
House, but would he ready subsequently, |
Therefore the usual contest over the approval |
OF the journal did not take place.
Among the petitions presented and re
ferred in the Senate Monday was one from
the indianapolis Board of rade asking for /
the total repeal of the Interstate Commerce /
act. Also petitions from Mississippi and
Georgia praying for the passage of Natio.
nal law to securc the right OF suffrage and |
for the enforcement ofthe Fifteenth Amend
mcnt to the Constitution. The Senate re-
sumed consideration of the bill to provide
temporary government for the Territory of
Oklahoma. Mr.. Plumb offered an amends
ment to include within the boundaries of the
Territory all that tract of land known as
No Mans 's-Land
Mr.. Ingalls-l believe that it is not contig.
uous to the territory TO provide for in the
bill.
Mr.. Platt--It is tract of land l?5 miles
from the oklahoma Territory.
Mr.. Plumb admitted that that was one of
the difficulties of the situation. but he ar
gued, nevertheless, that it should be foun ied
ON No an Land.
Mr., Pratt argued against the amendment
The organization OF No Man 5. Land should
be left until the Cherokee outlet (Which in
terYenes) should be open to settlement and
should be attached to Oklahoma. Finally
the question was taken on MIR. Plumb's
and the vote was: Yeas IT., !
nays lS-no quorum. After "A call of the roll
and the ascertanment of the presence OF "A
quorum the bill was laid aside without final
action on MIR Plumb's amendment.
he bill TO aid in the establishment and
temporary support of common schools was
taken upaS unfinished business. Mr.. lar
resumed his argument in favor of the bill
After Mr., Blair had been speaking two
hours the bill was laid aside till uesday and
the Vice Pneslnent laid before the Senate
message from the President on the subject of
the recent negotiations with the Sioux In
iians and recommending an imme tiate APP
TO carry out the recommenda,
lions of the commission Referred
The Journal of Thursdays proceedings
II the House was read Monday, and although
he Democrats did not demand detailed |
reading or that account, they insisted upon
yea and nay vote upon It's approval, IL |
was approved; Yeas, l50 nays, CHR Buck
ilew); the Speaker counting quorum. The
Journal ON Fridays proceedings, containing |
40 ruling by the Speaker on the point OF |
aquorum was approved without |
iemur. Mr.. Cannon. of Illinois, from the |
Committee on Rules reported back the new
ode of rules and the House proceeded 10 |
Pending discussion the House
adjourned.