The Iola register., 1891-01-23
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News.
CONGRESS

SONOhEcS
AFTER, routine business in the Senate on
the 18th Nebate on the financial bill was re-
sumed and Senator Allen {Wash.) spoke in
favor of fee coinage. ar Piatt gave notice
that at ltke, earliest moment possible after
disposine of the financial bill hewould ask
consideration of the copyright bill, and Mr..
Paddock gave the same notice ss,to the pure
food bill YIessrs. Berry and CaoArell spoke
in favor of free coinage asnd Mr..
Allison rfook the floor, and the
Senate adjourned. In the House'fr Dock
cry on question of privilege, offered reso-
luton in regard TO the committee on rules
refusing toneport his "silver pooh resolu-
:tion, and directing the committee TO report,
which brought on a long politics. wrangle.
The resolution was amended by appointing a
committee IL five to investigate the silver
pool and adopted. The army appropriation
hill was then considered until adjournment
IN the Senate cntthe 18th Mr.. Morgas gave
notice of an amendment TO the financisaIbill,
abolishing the tax on State banks. The
financial bill tsen came up and Mr.. Sherman
spoke for four hours against the bill He
argued that according TO all historical paral-
lels under the free coinage provision
gole would go practically out of the country
or would be held az its value abroad, COM
pared with the yalHe0f silver bullion abroad
Mr.. Aldrich also opposed the bill Ad-
3ourned.... After disposing of several public
buildings bills the House resumed consider
alton of the army appropriation bill, which
occupied much time with but little accom-
plished. The report OF the ballot box com
mittee was laid before the House and the
House adjourned.
WHEN the Senate met on the 18th consid-
Grafton of the financial bill was resumed and
Mr.. ingalls, argued at length in favor of the
bill as amended favorable to free coinage.
The debate on Mr.. Stewards amendment (the
free silver coinage feature) having closed,
vote was taken and II was adopted by ~ yeas
to 30 nays; rs Democrats and le Republicans
voting in the affirmative and 27 Republicans
and Democrats in the negative. The
amendment TO strike out the provision for
issuing $500, 900, 900 in two per cent. bonds
to buy outstanding bonds was struck out.
Mr.. Vest then offered es a substitute for the
bill O purely free coinage bill, which was
agreed to and the bill then passed by 80 yeas
TO 27 nays. A motion to take up the elections
bill resulted in tie, 80 to S3, and the Vice
President voted in the affirmative. Ad-
sourned. The army appropriation bill was
further considered in the House and passed,
and after considering for time the District
of Columbia bill the House adjourned.
IN the Senate on the 18th Mr.. Henderson
introduced bill to establish a branch mint
at Omaha. Mr.. Morgan offered a concurrent
resolution on the su bjcct OF the info, nation
or suggestion for writ of prohibition in the
Supreme Court in connection with the
Behring sea dispute, which was referred.
The elections bill was then taken up and Mr.
EvArts spoke in tavor of it, Mr.. Pasco OBJ
tanned the floor and the Senate adjourned.
In the House the free coinage bill was re-
ceived from the Senate and Mr.. Bland (Mo)
expressed the hope that early action would
be taken. The Speaker appointed Messrs.
Dingley, Payne, Rowell, Dockery and Oates
q committee to investigate the silver pool.
Mr.. Dockery was excused and Mr.. Poole
(Ark.) appointed in his place. Adjourned.
PETITIONS were presented in the Senate on
the 10th, among them petitions from fourteen
different States against the passage of the
elections bill. About a dozen private pen
sion bills passed and the elections bill was
taken up as unfinished business. Mr.. Pasco
spoke against the bill at much length, and at
$40 O'Clock Mr.. Wolcott CCol) moved to ad-
iourn, which motion was defeated by a vote
of q yeas to 80 rays. Then the fight COM
menced in earnest and was continued un-
til 2 o'clock in the morning, at which hour
there was no quorum and the Senate was
still in session. In the House the District
of Columbia bill was taken up, but all the
speeches v ere on different subjects than the
bill under consideration. At the evening
session seventy-twO private pension bills