Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-12-29
IN CONGRESS.

OAa motion to adjourn over Sunday in the
senate. opposed IN the interest of the ant-opt1on
bill, the vote was tie and the vice president
The McGarrahan veto and the anticipation bill
were both the subject of speeches IN the senate,
The house has passed bill making it unlaw-
full for any common carrier to insert in any bill
of lading or shipping document any clause, COW
enant agreement whereby 1T should be re-
heVed from liability for loss or damage arising
from negligence, fault or failure in proper load
ing, stoWage. custody, care in transportation or
proper delivery OF any merchandise committed
A bill wass passed in the house to ratify and
confirm an agreement with the hickaPoo In
dams IN Oklahoma territory. similar bill
committee will likely make short work in har-
moniZing the two satisfactorily so nothing but
politics is likely TO delay opening. The date
may be put off to prevent the present admins
tration from appointing officers to carry out the
The house passed a resolution in response to
the presidents message, which asked for in
of the house that the Withheld S. 900 900 be paid
to the Choctaws and Ch1ckasaws
Senator Sawyer introduced bill TO punish at
tempts to wreck trains or rob passengers.
The McGarahan claim bill veto holds posses
sion of the senate during morning hour there
are several to speak on it yet.
The anti-option bill still hangs over the heads
of the senators as the unfinished business and
viii come up for further discussion after the
morning hour on each working day remain
ing before the recess but it is not expected that
a vote can be reached in that time.
Mr.. Butler. of Colorado, introduced in the
house a bill to establish a national floral en-
blem for the United States. The bill names the
Pansy as the national floral embIem The sem
timent to be expressed in connection with this
emblem is 20 be Justice, liberty, union, culture
and peace, the last three words TO constitute
the motto.
It was suspension day in the house and Mr..
Wilson (Missouri) called up the senate bill in
creasing the pension of the pensioners of the
Mexican war from s. to So per month. 1t was
passed.
A number of bills were passed. care being
taken to avoid action or a motion on anything
Wnlen Wou1d nave opPosllohi as there vas NOT
developed the situation.
Mr.. CulbersOn moved to suspend the rules and
pass a bill limiting the jurisdiction of the cir
cult and district courts of the United States.
The bill prohibits suits in United States courts
by or against corporations except to the courts
of the legal domicile of the corporation in cases
where jurisdiction depends upon the citizenship
of the parties The motion was agreed to.
The senate voted Al TO 13 not to sidetrack the
anti-OPtion bill by giving right of way to an
other bill which Senator Blackburn wanted to
consider.
In the opinion of Senator Perkins the anti
option bill is strong in the senate, and, if it ever
reaches vote, will pass by ten or fifteen major
ary. The plain difficulty, however, is to get it to
a vote. There is a determined opposition from
the grain gamblers over the country, and all
sorts OF devices are being resOrted TO to embar-
rass and defeat the measure. 1t is probable
that an all night session will be INDUCED in
only annoy the opposition, but will emphasize
their positiOntto the country at large.
Ihe mouse committee IN appropriations have
ton bill, and as it will be reported to the house
the bill for the coming fiscal year carries an
aggregate of about 80 per cent. less than the
total present fiscal year.
Representative Funston is on the special COM
mittee to go down to Cuba and Key West and
investigate the cholera question and its bearing
on the immigration question, which is en-
gaglng the attention of the committee inmi-
grafton.
In the senate Mr.. Perkins, of Kansas, spoke
favoring an extension of the state, territorial
government, over the territory, with or without
the consent of the five civilized tribes. Mr.
Perkins had no doubt, he said, of the authority
OF congress to confer statehood or territorial
government on the people of the Indian terri
tory, and he hoped soon after the holidays the
cherokee outlet bill would be taken up for con-
slderatlOn, and through it some legislation
looking to the purpose which it had in view
might be secured.
SSenator Palmer in speaking on the anti-option
bill denied that the farmers and planters de-
manded the bill.
Senator PETER wished to emphasize the i'm
the BILL Ninety per cent. of the American
farmers favored the passage of the bill, or of
another having the. same object in view. The
farmers did not object to buying and selling for
future delivery. That was often convenient
ana at some times necessary. But the farmers
insisted that the fictitious, pretended and false
commerce IN purely imaginary articles, which
continually interfered with their business to
their injury, ought to be suppressed. They did
not EXPECT the pending measure would rid them
wholly of the evil complained of, but il would
open the way to more successful legislation,
after the methods of evading it had been dis
covered. He doubted whether a hundred votes
could be obtained among the farmers of Kansas
IN opposition to the bill. So that, in urging its
passage, he was doing their bidding.