The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-02-27
THE SENATE AND HOUSE.
NATIONAL LAWMAKERS AND WHAT
THEY ARE DOING.

Proceeding of the Senate and House of
Repl esentatives - Important Measures
Discussed and Acted On-Gist of the
Bushes
AMONG the bill reported TO lthe Senate on the
18th from committees and placed on the calen-
dar were the following; Appropriating $780,
600 for public building at Grand Forks n u.
To provide for the admission of the State OF
Idaho into the Union. Senator Blair continued
his speech In favor of his educational bill. On
motion OF Senator Cullom, the Senate proceed
ed to the consideration of executive business
and after a session of five minutes adjourned.
The Senh ate in executive session, confirmed
the extraPi ton treaty with Great Britain. In
the House there no objection from the
minority side to the approval of the journal of
the previous days proceedings. Upon motion
of Mr.. O'Neill of Pennsylvania, Saturday after
noon, March 10, was set apart for the delivery
of eEldgies upon the late Represen-
tative Kelley, of Pennsylvania. Mr.
Morrow OF California, from the APP
propriatip ns Committee reported the pension
appropriation bill Referred to the committee
of the whole. A conference committee was
ordered upon the bill to direct the superintend-
ing of the census to collect the staff sites farm
mortgages and indebtedness. The House spent
the entire afternoon on the bill to organize the
territory of Oklahoma aud establish courts in
Indian Territory.
TEE Senate passed the following bills the
10Th: ARpropriating 100000 for public build
ing at Fort Dodge, Iowa, and $4,000 for one at
authorized on bills introduced in the House
making appropriations for the erection of pub
lie buildings as follows: Baton Rouge 800, GOO /;
Fremont, Neb 500 600; New London, Conn.,,
ST., COO; Allegheny City. Pa, SIS ,00J; Hudson,
n. Y, $75D0O0; Lafayette Ind, S00)0; Burling
ton, Ia q nd Maukato, Mimi $4,000 each. The
bill increasing the appropriation for the building
at Milwaukee by $200,000 and that for the build
ing at Scdanton by S175,GJ0 wer9 ais , favorably
reported The Secretary of the Treasury sent
to the Senate detailed report of the ne
a
Buffalo, n. Y, saying the appropriation OF
$3.50 0,Oi$ not adequate, and suggesting that
the site be purchased by condemnation to
avoid difficulty over the question of value.
The bill appropriating $95 0 o for q build
ing at Fargo, n D., VIII be reported
fatorablJ to the Senate. Bills were passed by
the House as follows: Dividing the judicial
district of North Dakota into tour divisions,
the sessions Of the courts to be held al Bis
lnarck, Grand Forks Fargo, and Devils Lake,
with anne hdments providing 1or tue division of
South Dakota into three divisions, sessions OF
the courts TO be held at Sioux Fails Pierre, and
Deadwood authorizing the President TO con-
fer breVetI rank upon army Ollie rs Tor gallant
services l4 Indian campaign since 1857.
AFTER some routine business had been dis
posed of On the goth inst, tho Senate took up
Mr. Chandeliers resolution calling on the Attor-
ney General for information as to the assassi-
nation a5IQuincy, Fla. of United States Deputy
Marshal Saunders Mr.. Pasco concluded his
remarks and Mr.. Hale replied to him, after
which the resolution was adopted. Mr. Blair
then took the floor aud closed his romarks on
the educational bill. In conc uding his
acyumenH he said the measure had
ueen part of thu National Republican
pla form since 1884. 1t had been Incorporated
IN the platforms of several States. 1t had been
approved by the action of S ate Legislatures
in quite number of the Northern States and
i'll some of the Southern States. It ha been
approved 10y President Harrison, who had voted
twice for it almost exactly as il now stood) in
1854 and 1S36. In fact, the Presidents hand
had been conspicuous in fashi ming many Of it's
Gnfu lie Nty1a fl1n
oil opposition he believed that the
sense of self-preservation would cause
the bill to be enacted into law. The House on
the 10th inst. devoted the day to the discussion
of the WOIld's Fair bills Chicagos claims
pres4 nted by Messrs Hit, Adams, Taylor
and Lawler, of Illinois; Messrs Cutcheon aud
Chapman of MichigGn Mr. Perkins, Of Kansas,
and Mr.. McCreary, of Kentucky Messrs.
Frank, Niedringhaus. and Dockery of Missouri
Mr.. Breckenridge, OF Arkansas aud Mr.. Caruth.
of kentucky, spoke for St. Louis. McComas Of
Indiana, Lee of Virginia, Coleman of Louisiana,
Compton of Maryland and Stockbridge OF New
Jersey represented Westinghouse interests.
Messrs Flower, Covert, Cummings, Tracy and
Quinn, of New York, and Mr.. Moore of New
Hampshire, advocated New York's claims, after
which the House adjourned.
The House, on the 21st again discussed The
Worlds Fair bill Each city having had al
hour since the beginning of the debate for the
presentm$nt of it's claims, The Speaker allowed
the anti-World's Fair an hour for giving
their reasons why government subsidy should
not be given for fair in any city. Mr. Mills OF
Texas was the principal exponent of this view
Mr.. Nj is yielded ten minutes to Elijah j. Morse
the rising sun" statesman of Boston, who was
opposed I'd a fair anywhere constitutional
grounds. Mr.. Peters, of Kansas. said we were
patriotic people. but that q Worlds Fair
Il lu Xury, and before we bought it
We. should examine into finances and
see neither we could afford it. The estimates
of revenue Tor the coming fiscal year $780,
000, 600. He presented g. itemized statement Of
the needs of the Government, amounting to
$407 001, 900. which, with the miscellaneous ap-
preparations of $10G00,000 and the deficiency
bill of $25 200 900, made in ill grand aggregate
of $442, 009, 000 In the Senate Mr.. Cullom in
PRODUCED the Cowdon bill to make the Lake
BOrgne outlet and improve the low water chan
mel of the lower Mississippi River. This bill
has been pending in Congress for many years.
1t rovidea that when CoWdon shall have opened
the Lake Borgne outlet and established low
water channel of eight feet between Cairo and
New Orleans he shall be paid 81 $50 900, and that
he shall receive 81, 500 coo for each additional
foot which the river is dePpened within FIVE
years from the time of the completion of the
outlet. The following bills were passed In
creasing limits for cost of public building at
San Fancisco (site) to $780, 600; Sacramento to
100000 Ell Paso Texas, to $500, co. OnaIa,
Neb., So, ,000 For public buildings at Annap-
oils, Md, $4,000; Kansas City, u, 900; Los
Angeles; Gal (additionaD, $4,000; Allegheny,
Pa, $25J, 0qJ Beaver Falls, Pa, $50 900 Atchi-
son, KAN, $4,000 MartInsburg, w. Va, $125.-
600; Selma Kan, $3.50, 000: GAINESVILLE, o., EN-
poria, Kan, Danbury, Conn., and Waterbury,
Conn.,, $l0q 600 each; New London, Conn. $780,
900; Youngstown, o., $100,0JO