The farmers' union., 1891-02-05
DOINGS OF CONGRESS.
MEASURES CONSIDERED AND
ACTED UPON.
At the Sation's Capital-What Is Being
Done by the Senate and Household
Matters Disposed OF and New Ones Con-

AT the Nations Capital-what Is Being
Done by the Senate and Household
Matters Disposed OF and New Ones Con-
sidercd.
N the Senate, on the 9th, House bill pro-
vidtns fer the payment Of Indian depreda-
tions claims wa considered until = o'clock,
when the apporIiunmcnt bill was taken up
the unfinished business. the question
being on Mr.. Davis amendment to increase
the total number OF Representatives from
jIG las proposed in the House bill to SEQ,
aud @isin" ait additional member To each of
tn" states Of Arkansas. Minnesota. Missouri
aud New York. Mr.. Davis explained and
advocated tn" amendment. In the House
bill passed for railway bridge over the
Missouri between Council Bluffs and Omaha.
The House then went into committee on the
military academy appropri:tt ION bill. LII the
course of the general debate, Mr.. Rogers of
Arkansas, referred to the recent Indian war
a- unproVoked ana indcf.nsibic. If the
port Hf the massacre at Wounded Knee wtr"
correct. the tnassacrc was the most shameful
murder in the annals of our nat i0nal history.
If they were true. the committee II wiinul
the resolution OF inquiry had been referred
ShouId lose no time in providing for a thor
uu-h invest igatiun.
THERE remain but twenty nine days of
the session and the two houses viii De re-
uuircd tu work with industry to properly
complete the necessary legiSlat ion within
that pcripd. In order to ma <c up some Of
the time lost the Senate will hereafter meet
ut II o'clock and rs the Senate, when it
does settle down to work. proceeds with COM
Ineuda bic earnC~tncSS. Ignoring tr1fitS and
ter!nirHlitics, the Eclated nppropria ton
bills and other measures that are con-
sidcrcd urgent will be speedily disposed
of The Senate has five of the thirteen
general appropriation bills of which three
are uu tie calendar, nIiheIE. pension, fprEi-
iirHti'7n, and army. IL addition I" these
the Srratc Committee has in course of rN-
animation and will ,onn be ready t" report
th.. navy and District Of Columbia bills
Before tht>. are reported III" ll"u-e will
have completed several others of the sup
rv bills that are now Oh the calendar of
that hpdy.
>C~ATDltS GURuAS. t:ihson and fauikner
rt the 2!rh. informed the Democratic
Leaders in the House that they had te"n
formally notified 10y the Republican >..i;.-
tors in charge of the elect lions hill that no
further effort would he made To bring up
cit h.t the bill ur the closure resolutions
1i, dentl, of the hill Is certain io he fol-
lowed by the deuiSe of free coinage. 1t i
,nw doubtful If the free coinage measure
ri got out Of the Coinage COMMITTEES I'M
ic-, the House takes il out. The senate hy
It strict party vote passed the apportinn-
ntunt bi! Just aS il came from the House.
-Four amendments were Introduced u in
crease by one each the Representatives in
Congress from ArkanaS, Minnesota. Mis-
,ourj and New York. Ali were defeated.
TIIE ,l,tnn and impressive duty of an
uouuring the death of Secretary Window t"
til" senate was performed by Mr. Morrill,.
the Venerable "Fath"r OF the senate"
When thu senate was called IL order on the
morning Of iii" seth nearly every Senator
va, ia hi~ seat. and II W:tI obvious fT.n The
air nf - l"iuuity thHt l"rNadrd the ch:tn-
irr that iuething out uf the ordinary had
occurred There was also an air Of sadness
fl ia" linn~,.. and unusual attention was
paid 10 the PRAYER of the Cha apiain. R.So
iglt.o If Respect were. adopted and
| Both hon-"~ then adjourned untl after the
| int"tmcnt.
| IL the Senate. on th, 3i~t, Il number "f
! bill! were reported from committees and in
| trnduced. Mr.. Gallon presented the reSolu
| lion, OF the House II Representatives of
| Illinois in~iructuC the Senators from that
! state To vote against the LOdg" biz and for
| She free coinage bill. lie said hc regarded
| tit. +, buttons in the nature Of petitions
and :i~iict! that they be filed in the rernrd>
| of tn" senate - ordered. Mr. Morrill,
| uerrrd q resolution for the appoint
/ n..U1 IF Il committee of seven Srua,uG- to
| join t!i,. iiuuSt, in attending the funeral OF
| agreed l.. and Mes~t~. Morrill,. Wa~hturn,
| AIlj~ II. iiarIi~, Payne and Grrn.tn },.rt'
| appointed. The nImk appropriation bIii
! wa~ Ihtu taken np and ra~~rc. The ii"ti"'.,
| un rhr ,.t.H" date. passed th' military a.at-
| .n.r appropriation hli and iruncaiatri:
| v,h; into t.ufuuitiro of the Who'll" Ia,
| diplp".'tt' aud consular appropriation hl'i.