Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-05-06
SENATE AND HOUSE.

SENATE.-Mr Coke and Mr.. Daniel ad-
dressed the Senate Ia favor of the free
coinage Of. silver, on the Goth. After
they had finished long debate was held
on the army appropriation bill but no ac-
tiop was taken. A communication was
received from the President in response to
Mr.. Teller's resolution as 10 the interna-
tional con ference on the silver question.
The communication was ordered printed
and laid on the table. Adjourned. HOUSE.
In committee Of the whole on the diplo-
matte and consular appropriation bill Mr..
Blount explained the provisions of the
measure. 1t appropriated s1,5S4, 925, be-
ing SIS, 900 less than the current law and
$3.50, 541 less than the estimates
The reduction on missions was
$4,000; on consuls, s37, 900; on the
Bureau of American Republics. $40, 900.
The number OF missions had been red uced
by placing Denmark. Sweden and Norway
under one mission, Colombia and Ecuador
under one mission and Peru and Bolivia
under one mission. Without action the
committee arose and the House agreed to
the request Of the Senate for a conference
on the amendments made by the Senate TO
the Chinese exclusion bill passed by the
House. Messrs. Geary, Chapman and
Hill were appointed conferrees. Ad-
journed.
SENATOR the 27th, after routine
business, the army appropriation bill was
taken up th3 question being on striking
out the House proviso which prohibits
payment for transportation OF troops and
supplies of tn army over any of the I'M
bonded lines owned, controlled or operated
w no oil
Gncluding the lines of the Oregon Short
Line and the Utah Northern Railway
Company, or by the Southern Pacific
Company over lines embraced in its
Pacific system. After long speech by
Senator Morgan the House pro so was
struck out-yeas 26, nays 90. The bill
was then passed and the Senate ad-
iourned. HoUsE.-Minor matters occu-
pied a great deal OF time. The House
went into committee Of the whole on the
diplomatic consular appropriation Till.
MIR. Hit made several efforts to prevent
the consolidation of missions and the re-
duction OF the salaries of ministers to
South American republics but his efforts
were Of no avail. He then offered an
amendment to restore to 81, 500 the salary
of the minister TO Venezeula, the commit
tee having cut it to $1,000. No quorum
voting on the amendment. the committee
rose and the House adjourned.
SENATE. THE Indian question was be-
fore the Senate on the 2Sth, but the only
progress made WAS in discussion and no
action was taken. Adjourned. HOUSE,
The diplomatic and consular bill blocked
the whole of business completely. The
reductions in tie salaries of several of the
important missions was not satisfactory to-
many and it was impossible to get voting
quorum; therefore the House adjourned.
SENATE. - No session on the Goth.
HoUsE.-More waste Of time is today's
record of the House of Representatives.
No business of Importance was transacted
and ex-Speaker Reed, during a colloquy
with Representative Bailey, of Texas, de-
clared the present House laughing stock
for gods and men. Speaker Crisp acted as
police justice and the dignified representa-
tives of the people served in the capacity
of jurors. Before this august tribunal ~
offenders were arranged by the sergeant
alarms charged with having been absent
without leave yesterday and thereby being
in contempt of court They looked upon
their trial as farce and ioked with the
jurors while awaiting the verdict Nor
were they in error as to the outcome. The
jurors were lenient and the prisoners were
all acquitted. The charges against the
members was absenting themselves with
out leave, and the trials were worse than
farcial. The Walker expunging resolution
was postponed. The House then went into
committee of the whole on the private cal
endar.
SENATE.-Numerous petitions were pre-
sented TO the Senate on the I'd, for closing
the Worlds Fair on Sunday and one from
a New Hampshire Methodist church
against the Chinese exclusion bill.
Senator Vest said that the petitions for
the Sunday closing of the Worlds Fair
would not influence him and that he re-
garded them as blackmail as many OF them
contained threats to withdraw support
from members of Congress who voted in
opposition to the petition. The calendar
was taken up and several minor bills dis
poseA Of. The Senate then went into ex-
ecutive session on the Russian and
French extradition treaties. Adjourned.
HoUsE.-The free binding Irvine bill was
brought up-much to the surprise OF the
Republicans-by the suspension Of the
rules and it passed; yeas 1873, nays AZ.
Among the other measures passed were:
A bill to encourage American shpbuilding,
which authorizes register to vessels OF
the United States to such foreign built
steamships Of 5000 tons and over, sailing
in an established line from a port within
the United States. of which not less than
90 per cent of the foreign capital was
owned by citizens of the United States;
granting pension Of IS per month to the
survivors of the Black Hawk Creek,
Cherokee and Seminole wars APP
propriatng $3.50, 900 to carry out the slip
ulations regarding the Behring Sea treaty;
appropriating 100000 to establish
military post at or near Hell
ena; to provide for the perma-
nent preservation and custody of the
records of the volunteer armies, and
authorizing the President to appoint
proper person as chief of the record pen
sion di vision with rank OF colonel.
The House then continued the discussion
Of the diplomatic and consular bill, and
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