The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-02-26
DOINGS OF CONGRESS.
MEASURES CONSIDERED AND
ACTED UPON.

! At the Nations Capital-What Is Being
Done by the Senate and Household
Matters Disposed or and New Ones Con-
sidered.
| In the Senate. on the 18th, the credentials
| OF William A. PETER, Senator elect from the
State of Kansas for the term beginning
| March next treplacing Mr.. Ingalls). were
presented by Mr.. Ingalls, and placed on file.
| Also by Mr.. Turpe the credentials of Mr..
| Voorhees,. Mr.. Morrill, from the finance
| committee, reported back adversely Mr..
! Stanford's bill to "provide the government
! with means sufficient to supply the national
| want Of a sound circulating medium and
| 1t was placed on the calendar. The Cnnfer-
| ence report on the bill granting right OF way
| to the Junction City& Fort Riley Street Rail-
| wayCofnpany through the Fort Riley military
| reservation in Kansas was presented and
| agreed to. In the House Mr.. Thompson
ported a resolution for the impeachment OF
| Alex. Boerman, Judge of the United States
| District Court for the western district OF
| Louisiana, for high crimes and misdemean-
! ors. Ordered printed and recommttcd.
| The diplomatic and consular appropriation
| bill was then taken up, the pending ques-
| tion being on Mr. Dolph's amendment to in
| crease the salary of the Minister to Portu-
| gal from $4,000 to $4,000.
THE Senate. on the 18th passed the copy
| right bill, by 3G TO II, after accepting the
| Sherman amendment to admit copyrighted
| foreign books after payment of duty. AS
! the bill now stands. only newspapers and
| periodicals are exempted from import du
| ties The Custer pension bill is 4 bone Of
| contention, many congressman con
tending that the $50 per month
| now paid the family is sufficient. The
| appropriate ion of .on0 for seven Congress
men to visit Alaska to assist in settling
| boundary lines. and Yellowstone Park t.
| decide W on necessary improvements, eN
| cites general merriment. as it is known to
| be only Il junketing trip. In the House
| Mr. Payson, of Illinois. was elected Speaker
| pro TEN. The Indian appropriation bill was
| passed and the House went into committee
| of the whole on the postoflice appropri;it ion
| bill.
| SPEAKER REED was again in the chair in
| the House the 10th, having recovered from
| his illness. The House passed the Senate
bill for the relief of settlers on certain
lands in Southern Iowa. In the Senate the
credentials OF Mr.. Vance, of North Caro-
lia for his new senatorial term were filed.
| Several bills were passed, after which the
Senate resumed consideration of the Indian
depredations bill. There seems to be very
general belief that eN-Gov. Foster of Ohio
will be called TO succeed the late Secretary
Window. The President is said to have IA
very high opinion of Mr.. Fosters financial
| ability, and close friends OF the latter
| claim that the appointment has been offered
| him. The executive branch OF the govern
| ment has al out abandoned Washington.
| The President and his cabinet. with most OF
the department heads, are in New York at
tending the obsequics of Conceal sherman.
THE Senate after transaction of routine
| morning business on the Goth proceeded To
the consideration OF pension bills unoh
| jected to. There were 100 pension bills
| passed in forty-fite minutes. Among them
, was one increasing the pension Of Brigadier
General Landrem. OF kentucky, to $50 The
| Senate then proceeded To the consideration
| of the Nicaragua Canal bill (giv ing the
| guarantee of the United States Government
, | to the company's per cent. bonds to the
| amount of 500, 600 .000}. The house commit
| tee on coinage, weights and measures de-
the senate free coinage bill MeSsrs. Wick
| ham. Walker, Comstock, Knapp, Taylor,
Tracy, Wilcox and Naux voted against the
| bill and Carter, Bartine, Bland and Will
, liams for it.
BOTH branches of Congress got down to
work On tl,s 2lst. The sundry civil appro-
prfation was completed by the Senate Com
| nittee on Appropriations and reported to
the Senate, to be considered the 23d. A
House bill correcting an error in the act for
the construction of Il bridge at South St
Paul. Mimi, was passed, The Ncaragu qua
: Canal bill received considerable attention
and correction was made giving the eSti-
} mated cost at 81 Loco. 600. instead of sl0O.
0o0,00o The bill went over without action
Senate bill authorizing the building OF {
railroad and wagon bridge across the Ar
kansas River at Little Rock was passed
9 The conference report on the navy appro-
I rriatfon bill was presented and agreed to
In the House. the Senate bill, FIXING the
I salaries Of the United States Distrc,
Judges. was passed. 1t provides that the
salaries of the several Judges of the Dis
trict Courts of the United States shall b.
1 at the rate OF $1,000 per annum The
j. House then began consideration of the
$ postofce appropriation bill.