The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1890-05-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
CONGRESS.

| IN the Senate on the 18th a petition was
presented from Philadelphia business men
| demonstrating against the Increase of duty
| on dress goods made wholly or partly from
| wool After reports OF committees sena-
| tor Davis from the Pensions Committee.
| reported back the House substitute for the
| Dependent Pension bill, and moved a nom
| concurrence and conference. which WAS
| agreed TO. The Senate then re-
sumed consideration OF the 81 yer bill
| and Senator Jones (Nev) continued his
| remarks in favor OF the bill, ut the conclu-
| sion OF which Senator Jones tArk-) addressed
! the Senate in opposition--Af the dis
| position OF routine business In the House
| debate on the Tariff bill was resumed, and
MI Butterworth (Ohio) created somewhat OF
sensation by his peculiar remarks and
views on the tariff question But little pro-
| eress was made before the House adjourned.
| WHEN the Senate met on the 18th Senator
| Wilson (iowa) reported bill from the Judi
| c airy Committee subjecting Imported liquors
| TO the provisions of the laws OF the several
States. The bill is Intended to meet the late
| decision of the Supreme Court After sew
eral Senators had expressed their views on
| the subject. the regular order was demand
and the Silver bill was taken up and Senator
Teller spoke in its favor. several bills, OF a
local or private nature, passed and the Sen
ate adjourned. when the House met. on
motion OF Mr.. Morrill,. of Kansas. the House
ms lsted on It's amendments to the Depend
ent Pension bill and asked for a conference
The Tariff bill then came up as unfinished
business and was debated until adjourn
ment
AFTER the reporting of bills in the Sen
ate on the 18th the Silver bill again came
up as unfinished business and Senator
Teller continued his remarks In favor
of the free coinage Of silver. Senator
Coke also spoke In favor of the free
and unlimited coinage of silver and against
the bill as reported The debate occu-
pied the entire session.. When the House
met Mr.. Mckinley, from the Committee on
Rules, reported a resolution providing for
the cons Iteration OF the Tariff bill each day
until "Wednesday noon, in Committee OF the
Whole, when the bill and all pending amend
ments shat. be reported to the House This
was antagonized by the minority but the
previous question was ordered and the
resolution adopted. A Conference Com
mittee on the Dependent Pension bill was APP
pointed, and debate on the Tariff b II con-
tinued. Pension bills were considered at
the evening session.
The Senate on the 18th further considered
the Silver bill, the question being on Sena' or
Plumb's amendment that no funds available
for the payment of the public debt shall be
retained in the treasury in excess of $ll0. 0O0-
900 Senator Pl NIB in a vigorous speech ad-
vocatcd the amendment, and Senator Sher-
man opposed it. After a long discussion the
bill went over and the Senate rdjourncd.--.
After passing the Senate bill authorizing the
registration OF census mail matter the IL use
resumed the Tariff bill and a lively discus
sion was kept up during the entire sitting
At the evening session seventy one private
pension bills passed.
TIE Senate on the 18th passed. several
bills, among them the bills to pay to the
assignee OF John Roach sss, $40 for extra work
on the monitor Puritin and ,2T4 for care
of the monitor Roanoke. Tho bill appropri-
ating 500 900 for n bronze equestrian statue
of General Grant at Washington was, on
motion OF Senator Edmunds, amended
so rs to provide for a statue and monu-
ment. The appropriation was made $4,000
and the bill passed. Adjourned. When
the House met the Tariff bill was taken up
and after some amendments proposed by
Mr. Mckinley had been adopted. a wild
scene was enacted when Mr.. Bayne (Pa.)
sent to the Clerks desk and had read letter
from James Campbell, n Pennsylvania
manufacturer, denying certain statements
previously made in the IL use by Messrs.
Bynum. OF Indiana, and Wilson. of West
Virginia, and denounclng them. This
brought Mr.. BynuEn to his feet who de-
clared Campbell to be a liar and a perju-er
and when the Speaker dec ded that the
letter could not b, ruled out as Mr.
Bayne, " no had 1t read. was responsible for
1t, Mr.. Bynum used language that caused
Mr.. C1tcheon {Mich) to offer a resolution
eensuring Mr.. Bynum for parliamentary
language which was adopted. after bitter
fight, by party vote and the offender, at
tended by all the Democratic members, was
called to the bar of he House and censured
by the sp 'aker amid an uproar. he House
immediately adjourned