The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-01-23
THE NATIONAL LEGISLATURE.

senate devoted the entire day yes
ter0ay, from 10 o'clock until adjourn
ment, discussing the financial bill In
gals and Jones delivered set speeches. At
3O',lock debate under six minute rule be
gan, and ut 5:45 p. m. a vote was taken on
the adoption of Stewards free coinage
amendment, resulting: Yeas, ~; nays,
30. Then about everything in the
bill except Stewards amendment was
struck out and as general free silver
windup Vest offered simple free silver
substitute which was agreed to-39 to 2I
The election bill was then declared the
next business by the vice presidents cast
ing vote and the senate adjourned, 1t
being 1915 a. m.
The house passed the army appropria-
ton bill, amended so as to provide that
land grant railroads shall receive for army
transportation but so per cent of the price
paid to them by private parties for similar
services. The District Of Columbia appro-
priation bill was carried into the commit
tee of the whole and debate agreed upon.
WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 16.-After rou-
tine business in the senate yesterday the
elections bill was considered, and Evarts
addressed the senate in its support. Hoar
gave notice that at noon to-day he would
ask the senate to remain in session until
the disposal of the bill. The senate then
went into executive session and soon after
wards adjourned.
The house devoted most of its session to
a discussion of conference reports on pub
lie building bills. The reports for build
ings at Portland, Ore; Sioux Falls, 5. d.;
Mankato, Mimi, and st. Adams, VT,
were agreed to. The speaker appointed
Dingley, Payne, Rowell, Oates, and Peel a
committee TO investigate the alleged silver
pool. The free coinage silver bill was re-
ceived by the house and sent to the speak
er's table, and subsequently referred to
the committee on coinage, weights and
measures. The District of Columbia ap-
preparation bill was taken up in commit
tee of the whole and further debated with
out action.
WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 1.-THE senate
yesterday after routine business proceeded
with the consideration of the federal cleo
ton bill. Pasco made a speech lasting I'M
til s p. m, the senate having refused to
adjourn, and Reagan ard others kept up
the debate until 1915. Two Democratic
amendments were tabled, and then a
| quorum disappeared. Up to 4 II. m. it had
not reappeared, and prospects were good
| for continuation of the fight all night
and all Saturday.
The house went into committee of the
whole on the District of Columbia appro
priation bill. The day was devoted to
| speeches by Rogers on the free coinage
bill, by Shively on the subsidy bill, and by
| Langston on the elections bill. No action
on the District bill. A night session was
held, at which seventy private pension
bills were passed. among them one for
| Gen. n. Z. Banks, Shopper month, and one
for $50 per month to Gen. Franz Sigel.
WASHINGTON CITY, JAN 10-The senate
| Saturday, after n continuous session of
| thirty hours in debate on the federal cleo
| tions bill, at q p. m. adjourned until Mon
| day. A resolution was agreed to calling
on the secretary of the treasury for state
ment of accounts of John j. Davenport,
circuit court commissioner
The house went into committee of the
whole on the District of Columbia appro-
priation bill Immediately after the reading
of the journal The day was devoted to
speeches of a political nature by Richard
son, Grosvenor, Evans, Springer, and 9TH
ers. Without action on the bill the house
at 5 o'clock adjourned.
WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 20-In the sem
ate yesterday an hour and half was con-
sumed discussing APPOINT of order raised
by German, taking issue with the vice
presidents ruling last Friday to the effect
that an appeal from decision of the chair
on a non-debatable question was itself not
| debatable. The matter was finally
dropped, and after the introduction of a
| number of bills, the elections bill was taken
| up and George addressed the senate in Op-
| position to the bill.
Most of the session of the house was
| taken up by political speeches and assaults
| upon the speaker by the Democrats for
| past rulings Only one bill of minor i'm
| portance was passed, and Mt o'clock the
house adjourned.
WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 21.-The house
yesterday was the scene of wild confusion,
precipitated by the refusal of the speaker
to allow debate on the question of the ap-
proval of the journal. Mills in very ex-
cited manner, ran down the aisle, and
shaking his fist at the speaker denounced
him as practcng q fraud upon the house.
But the speaker was immovable, and
called upon those opposed to approving
the journal to rise, and declared the mo
| ton TO approve the journal carried. Fur
ther demonstrations were made by Mills,
and the time was consumed until /
o'clock, when the journal was finally ap.
proved. The district of Columbia appro-
priation bill was then carried into COM
mittee, but beyond number of political
speeches no action was taken on the bill
proper, and the house adjourned. During
the Mills demonstration the sergeant-at-
arms had to carry the mace down the aisle
| to restore order.
In the senate Aldrich at 150 asked for
the consideration of his resolution for
change of the rules. The question was
discussed until 2 o'clock, when the cleo
tions bill was laid before the senate, and
| George who had the floor, declined to
| yield to anybody, and continued his speech
against the bill. He finally became so
weary that he yielded to Aldrich, who
moved that the cloture resolution be taken
up. The motion was declared carried. al
| though Ransom insisted that it had not
been. A motion to adjourn was also car
ried, with the cloture resolution the next
| thing for consideration as the record