The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-01-22

istaCtiOn to all interested.
Mr.. Demo of Houston moved that q COM
mittee of five on mileage be appointed, and
the motion being carried, the speaker APP
pointed MeSsrs. Greer of Wabasha, Bjorge
of Otter Tail, Sikorski of Winona, Chesley
If Norman and Currier of Blue Earth.
Wednesday, Jan. Ia.
SENATE.
The senate received one of the greatest
surprises it has ever had. At nearly II
o'clock, after long tedious discussion dur
ing the day, after voting on the various
amendments to the financial bill and after
the bill as amended had been reported to
the senate and agreed to, Mr.. Vest present
ed free coinage bill pure and simple, as
substitute, and it was passed-29 to p.
Both Senator Davis and Senator Wash
burn voted in the negative. Before the
senate had fairly recovered from the sur
prise Mr.. HOar called up the elections
bill in order to make it the unfinished
business for tomorrow. The vote
on this was tie, and the vice
president cast his vote in its favor. Sena-
tor Davis voted in the affirmative and Sena-
tor Washburn in the negative.
HOUSE.
The house passed the army appropriation
bill amended so as to provide that land
great railroads shall receive for army trans
to them by private parties for similar SER
vices. The District of Columbia appropri
alton bill was carried into the committee
of the whole and debate agreed upon, pend
ing which the house adjourned.
Thursday, Jan. s.
SENATE.
The silver bill as passed by the senate is
free coinage measure pure end simple
free from all the national bank and bond
legislation contained in the financial bill.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Milliken, of Maine, submitted re-
ports on the bills providing for the erection
land Oregon, which were agreed to.
The speaker announced the appointment
of the special committee to investigate the
"silver pool" question as follows: Messrs.
Dingley, Paine, Rowell, Dockery and Oates.
Mr.. Dockery, however, has resigned, and
Mr.. Peel, of Arkansas, has been appointed
in his place.
Mimi, bill was after debate agreed to. A
message from the senate was received an
nouncing the passage of the financial bill
with free coinage substitute. The recep-
ton Of this message by the Democratic side
was cordial and ELUSIVE, and Mr.. Bland, OF
Missouri, expressed the hope that early &C
ton would be had upon the measure.
rlOays Jan. ..
SENATE.
After miscellaneous business the senate
took up the consideration of the elections
bill, and Mr.. Pasco addressed the Senate in
opposition to it.
Mr.; Raglan spoke against the bill, and
concluded by declaring with a show of
strong feeling, that, dear as his life was to
him, he would as God was his judge, if he
could save the American people from the
pending measure by giving up his life, sur
render it as freely as he had ever performed
any act in his life.
All night was spent in vain endeavor to
secure quorum.
The house went into committee of the
whole on the District of Columbia appro-
priation bill. The day was devoted to
speeches by Mr.. Rogers on the free coinage
bill by Mr.. Shivery on the subsidy bill and
by Mr.. Langston on the elections bill.
Without action on the District bill the
house took recess until s o'clock. The
house, at its evening session, passed bill
granting a pension Of $50 month to Gen.
Franz Sigel, and one granting pension OF
500 a month to Gen. n. P. Banks. The
passage of the latter bill was greeted with
general applause on both sides of the house.
Satur lay Jan. 10.
SENATE.
The senate adjourned at 6 o'clock to-
night, after a continuous session of thirty
hours, the longest session in late years
The senate found itself no further advanced
to final action upon the elections bill than
when it entered upon its consideration at
the beginning of the second session of the
Fitty-tirSt congress, now rapidly drawing to
a close. The hours between 2 a. m. and
$50 were spent in the senate in idly waiting
for quorum which did not come.
HOUSE.
An effort will be made Monday to secure
the passage of an omnibus bill covering
four separate Indian bills now on the
house calendar.
This includes the bill for the payment O.
the Sisseton and Wahpeton, Sioux and the
Couer d'Alene bills. Speaker Reed ha;
agreed to recognize some member for the
purpose of calling it up. The aggregate O.
appropriation is more than 5000, 900, anC
it is doubtful if so large a bill will &c
through. The separate bills on the calen
dar will be in precisely the same stage i
the omnibus fails.
Monday Jan. 19.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 In the senate to-
day Mr.. German argued against ruling o
the vice president during Fridays session
that an appeal from decision was not de
batable, and then spoke against the election
bill. He was interrupted a number O
times, and had not concluded his remarks
when the senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-Mr. Langston o.
Virginia introduced in the house to-day
joint resolution to amend the federal con.
stitution by providing that no elector shall
be allowed to vote at any federal election
who cannot read and write the Englisl
language, and the basis of representation
in each state shall be reduced in the pro
portion which the number of those allowed
to vote shall be to the whole number O
male citizens twenty-one years of age il
such state.
Plan of Procedure.
WASH fNGToN, Jan. 1.-THE silver boo
investigating committee held preliminary
session this morning for the purpose of ar
ranging plan of procedure. The session
to-day was secret, but future meetings will
)e with open doors. The committee ad
journed alter directing subpenas to issue
tor Messrs. Stevens and Apperson, the two
Washington correspondents of the st. Louis
Globe Democrat, which paper made tn,
original charge. The committee decides
that it has the power to compel the attend
ance and testimony of witnesses.
Standards of Time.