The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-02-05
THE SENATE AND HOUSE.
WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAW
MAKERS.

Proceedings of the Senate and House of
representatives Important Measures
Discussed and Acted UpOn-Gtst of the
Business.
IN the Senate on the 27th. House bill pro-
viding for the payment Of Indian depreda-
tions claims was considered until o'clock,
when the apportiOnment bill was taken up
as the unfinished business, the question
being on Mr.. Davis amendment to increase
the total number of Representatives from
1856 Gas proposed in the House bilD to 800,
and giving an additional member to each of
the States of Arkansas. Minnesota, Missouri
and New York. Mr.. Davis explained and
advocated the amendment In the House a.
Dill passed for a railway bridge over the
Missouri between Council Bluffs and Omaha
The House then went into committee on the
military academy appropriation bill In the
course of the general debate, Mr.. Rogers of
Arkansas, referred to the recent Indian war
as unprovoked and indefensible. If the re-
port of the massacre at Wounded Knee were
correct, the massacre was the most shameful
murder in the annals OF our national history.
If they were true, the committee to whom
the resolution of inquiry had been referred
should lose no time in providing for thor
ough investigation.
THERE remain but twenty nine days Of
the session and the two houses will be req
quired to work with industry to properly
complC@e the necessary legislation within
that period. In order to make up some of
the time lost the Senate will hereafter meet
at IL O'Clock and as the Senate, when it
does settle down to work, proceeds with COM
mendable earnestness, ignoring trihes and
technicalities, the belated appropriation.
bills and other measures that are con-
sidered urgent will be speedily disposed
of. The Senate has five of the thirteen
general appropriation bills, of which three
are on the calendar, namely, pension, forti-
fP md ORR In o6A IN hoe
the Senate Committee has in course of eX-
animation and will soon he ready to report
the navy and District of Columbia bills.
Before these are reported the House will
have completed several others of the sup
ply bills that are now on the calendar of
that body.
SENATORS GORMAN, Gibson and Faulkner,
on the goth, informed the Democratic
leaders in the House that they had been
formally notified by the Republican Sena-
tors in charge of the elections bill that no
further effort would be made to bring up
either the bill or the closure resolutions.
The death of the bill is certain to be fol-
lowed by the demise of free coinage. 1t is
now doubtful if the free coinage measure
will get out of the Coinage Committee I'M
less the House takes it out The Senate, by
a strict party vote passed the appOrtiOn-
ment bill just as it came from the House.
Four amendments were introduced to in
Congress from Arkanas, Minnesota, Mis-
souri, and New York. All were defeated
The solemn and impressive duty of an
nouncing the death of Secretary Window to
the Senate was performed by Mr.. Morrill,,
the venerable "Father of the Senate"
When the Senate was called to order on the
morning of the Both, nearly every Senator
was in his seat, and it was obvious from the
air of sOlemnity that pervaded the cham
Der that something out of the ordinary had
occurred There was also an air of sadness
in the House, and unusual attention was
paid to the prayer of the Chaplain ResO-
lutiOns of respect were adopted and a COM
mittee appointed to attend the funeral.
Both houses then adjourned until after the
interment.
IN the Senate on the 31st, number Of
bill were reported from committees and in
troduced. Mr. CullOm presented the resolu-
tions .of the House of Representatives Of
Illinois instructing the Senators from that
State to vote against the Lodge bill and for
the free coinage bill. He said he regarded
the resolutions in the nature of petitions
and asked that they be fled in the records
of the Senate. So ordered Mr.. Morrill,
offered a resolution for the appoint
ment of committee of seven Senators to
join the House in attending the funeral OF
Secretary Window. The resolution was
agreed to and MesSrS. Morrill,, Washburn,
Allison, Harris, Payne and German were
appointed. The army appropriation bill
was then taken up and passed. The House,
on the same date, passed the military acad-
envy appropriation bill and Immediately
went into committee of the whole on the
diplomatic and consular appropriation bill