Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-02-14
,FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
sA1xor TOBACCO TO MINORS.

SALE OF TOBACCO TO MINORS.
The house passed the senate bill to prohibit the
sale of tobacco to minors under 16 years OF age II
| the District of Columbia
DEEP WATER IN TEXTS.
The house concurred in senate amendments tc
| house bill to promote the construction of SAFE
| deep water harbor on the coast OF Texas.
oroE LANDS.
| The senate passed its bill to confirm certain en-.
| tries on the Otoe reservation In Kansas and Ne
braska-
The senate passed the fertilization bill and the
military academy bill
THE REGULAR APPROPRIATIONS
are being considered and acted upon in both
| houses with pretty fair speed.
INGALLS, EXPLAINS.
Senator ingalls, arose to question of privilege
and replied to the censure which has been In cir
culation relating to his attitude on cloture rule
and on the elections bill.
He had made arrangements to be paired IN his
absence with this direction. Il should vote
against the proposed change Of rules and should
vote for motion to proceed to the consideration
of any other than the election bill, and am paired
accordingly with Mr. Allison, who is at ibery to
vote to make quorum.
He was unalterabiy opposed to the cloture
rule he has now, and always had been, in favor
OF Just and inn tial election law directed alike
against force and fraud, non-partisan and appli-
cable equally to all parts of the nation. The
measure under consideration, however, did not in
many OF its details receive the sanction of his
Judgment.
PENSION APPROPRIATIONS.
The pension appropriation bill was taken up,
1t appropriates for pensions for the year $3S 49,,
OS5; for fees and expenses of examining surgeons
$lS0OO; for salaries of els hteen pension agents,
$I2,cOO, and for clerk hire, $SO0,0C0 The latter
item Is increased by an amendment of the COM
mlttee on app OPERATIONS to 100000,
LAND FORFEITURE.
The speaker laid before the house the senate bill
amending the land forfeiture act of Septem Der
49, 1890, so that the period within which settlers.
purchasers and Others, under the PROVISIONS OF
said act may make application to purchase lands
forfeited thereby, when such period begiGs, TO
run from the passage of the act, shall begin to
run from the date of promul gatiCn by the COM
missioner of the general land Office of the Instruc
tons TO the officers of the local land offices, for
their direction in the disposition of said lands.
The bill was passed with verbal amendments.
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT.
Private pension bills are passed by the house
every Friday night; the last batch was LIS of
them.
ANOTHER ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
In the senate conference report on the bill to
provide for an additional associate Justice of the
supreme court of the United States was presented
and agreed to.
RAILROAD LANDS.
The house amendments to the senate bill to
amend the act FORGETTING certaing railroad lands
were presented and concurred in, and the bill now
goes to the president.
SINCE JUNE, 1868.
In June, 1863 congress passed an eight hour
labor bill. There Is now before the senate an
appropriation bill to pay to all government en-
ployes for their time in excess of eight hours day
since June '68. The amount required is estimated
at $50, 100000.
ADJUSTING LABoRERs' ACCOUNTS.
The senate continued consideration of the
house appropriation bill to pay laborers for the
government for time over eight hours since the
passage OF the labor law in '6S, and recommitted
TO the committee on educatfon-yeas q, nays 24i
Plumb voting aye and Ingalls, nay.
SAC AND FOX, AND IowAs.
The house adopted the conference report TO
ratify the agreement with the Sac and Fox nations
of Indians and the Iowa tribe in Oklahoma
WORLDS FAIR.
The house, in committee of the whole, COM
pleted the section of the sundry civil appropria-
ton bill relating to the worlds fa1r.
A DEATH ANNOUNCED.
The death of james Phelan, member from Ten
nessee, was announce&.
COPYRIGHT,
The senate reviewed the house international
copyright bill made some amendments to it and
then left 1T unfinished,
APPROPRIATION BILLS.
The house in committee of the whole finished its
work on the sundry civil appropriation bill and
then took the Legislative appropriation bill.
An amendment was agreed to which gives men,
bers of'congress session clerks at 500 month
Mr.. Kelley, of Aansas, tined to make their ap-
come under the civil service rules, but
this was defeated.
In the house the senate amendments to the for
appropriation bill was non-concUred
In; and a conference was ordered