Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-12
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CONGREssIoNAI.

CONGRESSIONAL.
In the Senate on February Mr.. Turpie in.
| troduced a joint resolution for an amend
ment to the Constitution providing for the
election of United States Senators by direct
vote of the people. Referred. The fortified
| tiOns bill was then considered until adjourn
ment. The House met in the afternoon and
transacted little business j. A. OWenby
who had been arrested for contempt in re.
fusing to testify before the silver pool inves-
tigation. was brought before the House and
purged himself of contempt by expressing
his willingness to testify. The other proceed.
ings were unimportant.
THE Senate on the Sd passed the House bill
to amend the statutes in regard to temporary
designations to I'LL vacancies occasioned by
death, etc of heads of departments, extend
ing the time from ten to thirty days. The
Notifications bill was then considered at
length but not finally disposed Of Several
bills of a local nature passed. the military
academy bill was reported and the Senate ad-
Journed. The House passed the Senate bill
to prohibit the sale of tobacco to children
under 16 years of age in the District
of Columbia After disposing OF several
local bills the House, in Committee
of the Whole, considered the diplomatic and
consular bill until adjournment. During the
debate the Barrundia killing was the subject
of lively tilt between Messrs McKenna
(Cal), DalZen (Pa-) and Hit QlL), the two
former defending Minister Miner and criti-
cfsing the censure of Commander Reiter and
the latter gentleman defending the action of
the department..
AFTER routine business in the Senate on
the 4th and colloquy between Senators
Cockreil and Dawes as to the source from
which petitions on the Congo ar lard bill en-
anated, the Notifications bill was considered
at length and finally passed. Pending con-
sfderation of the military academy bill,
which was next taken up, the Senate ad-
journed. Soon after the House met it went
into Committee of the Whole on the sundry
civil bill. When the Committe rose the
diplomatic appropriation bill was passed
The conference report was adopted on a bill
to provide an additional justice of the Su-
preme Court of Arizona and the House adj
jOurned.
WHEN the Senate met on the 9Th Mr. In
gals, rising to a question of privilege said
that as his action of pairing with Senator
Allison during the late contest in the Senate
and his attitude on the cloture rule and cleo
tions bill had been the subject of censure and
animadverson, he wished to say that
he was and ever had been opposed to
the cloture rule: that he favored an impair
tial elections bill, but not the bill before the
Senate, unless it could be properly amended
and that he paired on the cloture rule giving
Mr.. Allison the right to vote to secure a quo
rum, but he had not given thesmost remote
idea or intention that his vote should be
counted against the passage of the elections
bill. The pension bill was then discussed at
length and passed. 1t appropriates s13s, 49,
OS5 for pensions, and for examining surgeons
and clerk hire 81 81, 600 A number of bills, of
merely local interest, passed, and the bill for
adjustment of accounts of mechanics, etc.. to
the eight-hOur law was taken up. The
House was occupied all day in considering
the sundry civil bill, to which Mr.. Bland of
fered an amendment providing for free coin
age and which was under debate at adjourn
ment
IN the Senate on the 9Th Mr.. Paddock pre-
sented the resolutions of the Nebraska
against the Conger lard bill. The
naval appropriation bill was reported. Mr..
Morgan addressed the Senate in favor of the
bill to aid in construction of the Nicaragua
canal The bill to adjust the accounts of
mechanics and laborers to the eight hour
law was then taken up and considered at
length. The House amendments to the bill
FORGETTING certain railroad lands were agreed
to-. The House passed the Senate bill
the land forfeiture act of Septem-
Der 10. 1890. The post office appropriation
bill was reported and the House proceeded
to the further consideration of the sundry
civil bill, the pending question being the
ruling on Mr.. BANDS amendment lacking on
the free coinage bill. After a long debate
the chairman (Payson, of Illinois,) ruled
against the silver amendment and upon an
appeal the chair was sustained by vote of
l34 to 127 and free coinage was ruled out.
Without completing the bill the House took
a recess until evening when pension bills
were considered.