Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1891-01-22
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
r,KuR1Sa PUBLIC LAND LAWS.

TINYKRISa PUBLIC LAND LAWS.
Senator Dolph, from the committee on public
)ande, reported senate bill to amend the railroad
land bill Of last session 10 make the period
Gf SIX months for the assertion OF the rights OF
settlers to not from the time OF the passage
ii the act but from the date Of the restoration of
such lands to settlement and sale and after ex-
PLANTATION it was passed
TIE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.
Senator Morgan, while speaking in favor Of the
hi coinage Of silver said: i niay be permitted
been struggling for years and yes.- together to
lhave their will and voice obeyed on tbs question:
AID if sbe congress Of the United States should
even make a mistake in yielding to their demand,
The people will have themselves TO blame and not
MS Tor they have certainly, and IN tbe most dsih:
iefaie and distinct way, pronounced In favor OF
the restoration of silver money as money OF legal
Gender rlas and quality TO the circulation Of the
country. We can no longer resist (t we would
do SOY the demands of the people.
ANoKLAHoMA RAILROAD.
The senate passed the house bill authorizing
Oklahoma City and Oklahoma territory to issue
bomb in aid of the Choctaw Railway company.
SILVER POOL INVESTIGATION.
The house created committee Of five to en-
a auire into all the facts and circumstances con-
Y nected with the silver pool, IN which senators
and representatives are alleged TO he interested
BLAND AND COLLEGES.
Mr. Bland Of Missouri. offered an amendment
to the army appropriation bill providing that
nothing of the appropriation for the pay of the
army shall be paid to officers detailed TO state COX
leyes and institutions. This amendment did not
then reach vote
STATE BASEs.
Senator Morgan gave notice of an amendment
to the financial bill abolishing to tax on state
banks.
SILVER SPECULATION.
Senator Sherman in discussing the financial bill
} said that the free coinage amendment offered by
Senator Stewart wsl-. IN effect, a mandate to the
treasury TO pay II cents an ounce more d an mar
t-af lusaf for al Il n he VIII
might be brought in. Silver i now worth Sl.05
an ounce, and this amendment would compel the
treasury to pay Sl.2g ounce to all who
offered If for sale wherever it might come from.
This would. instead of making parity between
gold and silver. destroy any chance for parity by
making gold the cheaper of the two and forcing
II out OF the country; other nations would
quickly exchange their silver, at tie high Price,
our gold
Senator Allison regarded the last section Of the
bill the vital one II authorized the president,
when sufficient number Of commercial nations
had agreed upon n common ratio, u make procIa-
nation TO that effect and to open our minis for
free coinage. That statement to the ma
tons of the word that the United States was
ready, when they We're, TO Use silver as money.
CUTTING OFF DOUBLE PAY.
The house continued consideration of the army
appropriation bill. An amendment offered by
Mr.. Williams, Of ONO, to prohibit the drawing of
pay by an officer on the retired list while in re-
ceipt of any other salary from the government,
was adopted without Il division
FREE COINAGE.
The senate agreed TO Senator Stewards amend
ment to the financial bill providing for free coin
age of silver by vote Of ~ TO 30; both Kansas
senators among the prty-two.
THE PER CENT. BONDS.
Senator SherInan's section of the bill for Issue
stricken out; Mr.. Sh rman remarking u a. since
the vote on free coinage II was useless to leave
this section in as, now, the per cents could not
lie sold at par.
THE 12GO0,cO OUNCES.
On motion of Senator Plumb the section pro-
viding for the purchase Of 4. $1,000 ounces of
silver in addition to the 4,5GJ, % ounces per
month WAS stricken out.
GREESBACKs.
Senator Plumb moved an amendment TO the
retired national bank currency with treasury
notes.
ARMY APPROPRIATIONS.
The house finished lis work M on the army ap-
preparation bill and passed IL.
ENGLaND's IMPUDESCE.
In both houses of congress resolutions have
been introduced rebuklng the English foreign
Office for suggesting writ of prohibition in the
supreme court of the tniteC. States in connection
with the BehrIng sea dispute; and the attitude of
the English press. which argue that should our
courts decision b. against British rights in the
seal fisheries such decision would not be binding
upon England while a decision favoring such
night would forever set aside Mr.. Blaine.
ELECTIONS BILL.
Ser Evarts spoke three honrs and three
quart in advocacy of the elections bill. His
pursuance of il would be sooner or later main
tanned. There could he middle ground be-
tween obedience and resistance e. law. One or the
other would baye Ia go to the wall.
SILVER BILL REACHES THE HOUSE.
In the house message from the senate was re-
ceiyed announcing the Passage of the financial
bill with free coinage substitute The reception
of this message 10y the democratic side cordial
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pressed the hope that early action would be taken
upon the motion. The bill went to the speakers
table.
SLEEPY SENATOR'S.
The elections bill debate was protracted nearly
all night the determination of it, opponents be-
ing to talk quorum ont of the chamber, and of
ats friends TO force a vote. Several amendments
were voted down. Late in the night il was sug-
eested that a quorum was not present, but a roll
call brought senators in from the cloak rooms and
committee rooms. Still later n roll call showed
only thirty-siX senators present, only five of
whom were democrats.
SENATE BILLS IL THE HOUSE
The house spent a day in Committee of the
whole on the state of the union
Mr.. Rogers of Arkansas, discussed the free
coinage bill, claiming that lngalls last speech
placed him on democratic platforms in force
since the demonetlZlng act Df 1873.
Mr.. Langston- of Virginia talked in favor of
The elections bill advocating its passage in the
interest of white republicans more than for the
benefit of bis own race. Abuse the negroes" he
said. IF necessary but for Gods sake stop abus-
ing the white man. Stop insulting white women
because their fathers OF husbands voted the re-
publican ticket
PENSIONS FOR sIGEL AND RANKS.
The house has passed bill granting pensions
Of $50 month to General Franz Sigsl. and one
granting pension of $40 month To General y.
Z. Banks The passage Of the latter bill
greeted with general applause ON both sides of
the house