The Iola register., 1891-02-13

| at issue. 1t was agreed that the oil
should be voted on tomorrow. Ad
journed.
House. Feb. 2.-J. A. Owenby wa
brought before the bar OF the house ant
purged himself of contempt by express
ing his willingness to testify before tn,
silver pool" committee. He was how
ever. not released from the custody o
the sergeant-at-arms. On motion O
Mr.. Snyder OF Minnesota, the senate bill
was passed, with an amendment striking
out the appropriation clause, proyidin.
for the erection of public building a
st. Paul, Mimi, at a cost of $500, 200
The house then adjourned.
| Feb. 3.-The senate bill to prohibi
the sale of tobacco to minors, under II
years of age, in the District of Colum
bia, was passed. Bill passed pensiolins
the widow of General Moves. The dip
| lOmatic and consular bill was discussed
in committee of the whole after which
the house adjourned.
Feb. 4.-The house went into com
mittee on the whole on the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bills. Dur
ing the debate Mr.. McAdOo Of New Jer
sey, gave his hearty assent to the posi-
in his letter to Representative Baker o
New York, relative to n ciprocity with
Canada. The senate bill was passed fol
the retirement of Lieutenant John H.
McBlair. Mr.. Dingley of Maine, re
ported from the silver pool committee q
resolution discharging j. A. Owenby
from the custody of the sergeant-at'
arms. Adopted. The house then went
into committee of the whole on the dip
lomatic and consular appropriation bill.
After discussion the bill was laid aside
with favorable recommendation, and
the committee proceeded to the consid-
Grafton of the sundry civil appropria-
tion bill. After some discussion, the
committee rose and the diplomatic ap-
preparation bill was passed. The house
TIM adjourned.
Feb.5-The house went into committee
of the whole (Payson in the chairlon the
sundry civil appropriation bill. When
paragraph providing for the Interstate
Commerce Commission was reached
Mr.. Anderson of Kansas offered an
amendment directing the commission to
inquire into the facts relating to the
Western Railroad Traffic Association.
After some discussion point of order
raised against the amendment was sus-
tanned. Mr.. Bland of Missouri offered
q free coinage amendment to the para
graph providing for the re-coinage o.
gold and silver coins. The amendment
is as follows: THAT all holders of sill
yer bullion of standard weight and fine
ness shall be entitled to have the same
coined into silver dollars on the same
20,
vided for holders of gold bullion" Mr..
Dingley of Maine raised point OF order
against the amendment, and the debate
which followed was entirely technical
in its character. Pending discussion
the committe rose and the house ad-
jOurned.
Feb. 6.-The speaker laid before the
house senate bill to: amend the land for
feiture act of September l9, 1890, so that
the period within which settlers, pur-
chasers and others under the provision
of said act, may make application to
purchase lands forfeited thereby when
such period begins to run from the
passage of the act. shall begin to run
from the date of PRONUNCIATION by the
commissioner of the general land office
of the instructions to the officers of the
local land offices, for their dispositions
of said lands. The bill was passed
with verbal amendments. Mr.. Bing-
han of Pennsylvania, from the commit
tee on postofficeS and post roads, report
the postoffice appropriation bin and it
was placed on the calender. The house
then went into committee of the whole
(Mr. Payson of Illinois in the chair on
the sundry civil appropriation bill.
The pending question was the decision
of the chair upon the point of order
against Mr.. Bland's free coinage
amendment. The speaker proceeded to
deliver his decision, sustaining the
point of order Mr. Bland appealed
from the discussion and the decision
was sustained l34 to 127. Mr.. Dockery
moved to strike out the appropriation
of S20,O 900 for re-coinage and insert the
words land SO much as may be necessary
to meet the expenses of such recOinage
is hereby appropriated out of the silver
profit fund" Adopted. An amend
ment to the world ; fair paragraph
was discussed at length and pending a
point of order raised against it the
house adjourned.