The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-01-23
THE SENATE AND HOUSE
NATIONAL LAWMAKERS AND WHAT
THEY ARE DOING.

Proceedings of the Senate and House OF
Representatives - Important Measures
Discussed and Acted On Gist oS the
Business.
In the Senate the 14th inst. the Finance
Committee reported favorably Mr.. Sherman's
antitrust BILL 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 the
Florida swamp-land frauds, upon which he pro-
ceeded 70 speak at some length. His remarks
caused something of g sensation. He assailed the
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 a scathing reply. He said
that Congress had given these lands to FloridR
as trust, and that if there were any frauds
the State alone was responsible for them. and
every word spoken by Mr. Call was in
denunciation OF his 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 clock The House spent the day in dis
GUESSING the bill to refund to members the
amount stolen from them by Silcott. At 80
the House adjourned without action.
IN the Senate on the 18th Mr. Sherman intro
duced 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 hardness
of the administration in recognizing the
republic. He quoted the action of former
Presidents in similar cases, especially that
n arH fO Eran and oil cnl INV
saying "The delay of our recognition has al
ready been misconstrued / hope it NAV come,
soon enough to prevent further mistakes. The
Senate went into executive session at 2 40 and
adjourned at 30 In the House. consideration
OF the bill providing for an appropriation of
$50, 900 to cover the individual losses sustained
by members by Silcotts defalcation was re-
sumed, and the debate continued throughout
the afternoon On Mr.. Hemphilrs 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 126 yeas and
142 nays. The bill being thus defeated, a mo-
ton was made to reconsider Pending q vote on
this the House adjourned. At the opening OF
the session M HIT of Illinois, rising to a dues-
ton 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
4ucsion 81 miscellaneous business, Mr..
Butler began speech on his bin to
provide for the emigration of the negroes
of the South at Government expense I'M
der the direction of the Quartermaster Gen
eral of the army, and appropriating So 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
the Senate upon the question of Federal control
of Presidential elections, and then Senator
Hoar addressed the Senate in response TO Mr..
Butler. The Senate on the conclusion of Mr..
Hoar's speech went into executive session and
adjourned. In the House, Mr. Mckinley, OF
a.,
for the appointment of committee
on the worlds fair, to consist of thirteen men,
bers, which committee shall within three days
report plan by which the House deter
mine the site of the proposed fair, and sub
sequently report @ bill providing for the fair.
MI. Cannon of Illinois, the minority of
the committee, reported q substitute resolution
thai the Committee Foreign Affairs be in
structed to report a resolution providing a.
method of selecting the locality of the Worlds
Fair OF 1899, 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 M1ss1s-
sippi spoke in favor of Mr.. Cannon's
souri, Frank, of Maine and Payne, Of New
York, spoke in favor of the majority report Mr..
Butterworth of Ohio, sided with Chicago. At
10 p. m. Mr.. Cannon, having modified his
offered it as O. substitute for the
resolution reported by Mr.. Mckinley, and it was
adopted by 1877 yeas TO 134 nays. On the main
question, whether the substitute should pass
the vote stood 1874 to 134, when Mr.. Springer Of
illinois changed his vote to no for the purpose
II 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-
7ious day refused to substitute the resolution
exported by the Committee on Rules las amend
I'd by the adoption Of the Cannon resolution
or the original resolution referred to the COM
nittee. The motion to table the motion to re-
consider was agreed to-yeas, IA; nays, 49,
The question then required on the adoption OF
he original resolution, 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 celebra ion OF
the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery
Of America, or the Worlds Fair of 1872" The
resolution adopted-yeas, 141 nays, 1856.
Mr.. Flower, of New York, introduced the New
York Worlds Fair bill and it was referred to
he special committee appointed. Mr. Raines,
II 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, of Michigan, in the chair, on the bill
% provide for town-site entries of land in
Oklahoma. The bill was debated throughout
he afternoon and the House adjourned without
lction. The Senate was not in session.