Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-04-03
DOINGS OF CONGRESS.
nPoRrANF MEASURES CONSIDERED
AND ACTED UPON.

At the Nations capitol-WhAt Il Being
Done by the Senate and House Old
Matters Disposed or and Nov Ones Con-
sidered.
IN the Senate on the 05th after the transae-
tion Of some routine business the trust bill was
taken up. Senator ReagAn's amendment de6n-
ing trusts and providing : penalty Of $1,000
WAS adopted. In the House the Worlds Fair
bill was called up by Mr.. Gambler Immediately
after the reading Of the Journal. After It had
was adopted, providing that tho COM
mission shall appoint q board OF lady
managers OF such number and to perform
such duties as may be prescribed by the
commission; and the board may appoint one or
more members OF all committees authorized to
award prizes for exhibits which may be pro-
an amendment, which was adopted providing
that one of the members Of the board created 10
be charged with the selection Of the government
exhibits e. shan BE- chosen % By the Fish Commits
the bill by assuring the House that Chicago
which had been selected as the site for the
fair. had proved herself equal to the un-
dertaking She had satisfied the committee
that she had bona fde subscription OF $780,
900 and had gone further than was demanded Of
any competing city In agreeing that the sub
scription should be raised TO 100000 600. Mr..
Gambler spoke In praiae Of the aotiye and ener-
getic spirit Of the city. which he said was Q
guarantee OF success He then concluded his re-
marks with strong appeal In behalf of the bill,
In which he said he believed that the fair would
be OF great advantage to every section OF the
country. The debate continued till 4 o'clock.
The pending amendments were then adopted.
| and on vote the bill was passed by
vote OF 20e yeas TO 90 nays. The bill passed is
IN the form already published except that it
provides for the dedication OF the buildings Oct.
| u, 1892, and the opening Of the fair not later
than May /, 1898, and its closing not later than
Oct. 30, 1893. Also, that the Government build
ings shall be of such material that they can be
readily taken down and sold at the close Of the
lair, preference to be given to the city where
the fair is held After some unsuccessful efforts
to take up other business the House adjourned.
In the Senate. on the 9eth. Messrs. Hawley
and Gray were appointed by the Vice President
members Of the Roara Of Visitors to attend the
annual examination Of cadets at West Point
On motion OF Mr.. Sherman the antitrust bill
was taken up and various formal amendments
were made. The amendment offered the pre-
vious day by Mr.. Stewart to insert the words:
-or q the value Of money by which such cost
A number OF important amendments were
adopted, but as they were added the Senate grew
more dissatisfied with the bill, and Senator
HAwiey moved that it be referred TO the Judiciary
Committee, with instructions to prepare new
bill This Was opposed by Senator Sherman and
others. An effort was also made to refer II back
as was also the motion to refer to the Judciary
Committee. The Senate went into executive
session without action on the bill and shortly
after adjourned. The House spent the entire
day In the discussion OF the bill for the admis-
sion Of Wyoming into the Union as State Mr.
Carey, OF Wyoming made strong plea for the
sented. MIR. Dockery, OF Missouri opposed the
bill. Mr.. Oates, OF Alabama, OPPOSED tic
measure because it proposed to give
women the right to vote and made at
tendance at schools compulsory. Mr..
Dnnnen, OF Minnesota, said he was In
clined to vote against the bill ON account OF the
woman suffrage clause. Mr.. Washington, Of
Tennessee, attacked the woman suffrage clause,
and held that the people OF Wyoming had vio-
lated the provisions OF the act OF organization
limiting suffrage to white male suffrage. Wom-
MIR. Morey Of Ohio favored the BILL and adyo-
Gated the civil and legal enfranchisalnent OF
women in all the States Of the Union After
further debate. the House took recess until IL
o'clock Of tho 27tn.
AMONG the bills reported from committees
and placed ON the calendar of the Senate on the
97th were the hsfollowing: The House bill consti-
tuting Cairo, Ill, port of delivery; this Senate
bill to authorize the construction OF a bridge
across the Mississippi River, between the
mouth OF the Illinois and the mouth of the
Missouri River the House bill authorizing the
purchase OF 500 TENTS by the Secretary Of War
for the use Of the people driven from their
homes In Arkansas Mississippi and Louisiana
by the present foods and appropriating s25.eOO
Tor the purpose was passed The antitrust bill
was then taken up and the amendments to It.
as reported from the committee of the whole
We're brought before the Senate. Mr.. WalthaIl
moved to refer thesbill and amendments to the
Judiciary Committee with instructions to re-
port back within twenty days. The motion was
agreed to--yeas 81, nays 2S. The House bill to
amend the census act Of March 5, 1850, was
reported from the Census Committee
tthe effect Of it being to allow spe-
cial agents 90 day for subsistenca
when travelling, and, after explanation by Mr..
mission OF Wyoming as q State was laid before
the Senate and ordered printed. The order fixing
the daily hour of meeting at IL a. m. from Mon
o'clock in continuation Of the previous days
session, and the Wyoming admission bill was
again taken up for consideration. At I
SSlocs 81 M tne l2r previous .a question was order
providing for another convention, called
under the authority of an act OF Congress.
Lostlyeas, l3 nays. lss M. Springer then
election in Wyoming the Tuesday after the first
Monday in November next for q Representative
70 the FIfty-frst and Fifty-second Congresses
tuition shall be voted upon, and II the vote is
against female suffrage that feature shall be
eliminated from the Cons tuition. This was
also lost-yeas, 1873, nays, 1s9. Mr.. springer
then offered his last amendment, which strikes
out the clause OF the Wyoming Constitution
providing for female suffrage. Defeated--yeas,
1872; nays, 1873. The bill was then passed by the
following vote Yeas. 139: nays. 128.
IN the nenate, on the 2Sth, MIR. Wilson, Of
lows, offered resolution, which was agreed
to, calling on the Secretary Of the Treasury for
Information as to the arrival and departure Of
Chinese at and from the port of San Francisco,
and as to the evasion or failure of the anti
Chinese laws. The Senate then went into execu-
tive session to consider the Florida judicial
nominations, and, when the doors were re-
opened. adjourned. In executive session
long and exciting debate took
place upon the Florida cases, but
when vote was called for thsre was no quorum
present and the matter went over without &C.
tion. In the House Mfr. Bingham pal, from
the Committee on Postoffces and Postroads,
reported back resolution calling on the POST
master General for information relative to the
employment Of inspectors or special agents in
investigating the claims Of contending appli-
cants for postmasterships. Adopted. Inc
House then went into committee of the whole
on the private calendar. without action Of any
kind the committee rose and the House took q
recess, and at the evening session passed
Twenty-Five private pension bills.
Things That Are Good Form.
1t is good form to pay your bills.