The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-05-21
CONGRESSIONAL.
Eplsoae oF the PrOcssdinRs 81 Bosh
Houses tho Past week.

HOUSES the Pa16 week.
TEE senate was not ID session on the TIN and
the house transacted but iittis business The
bill passed donating to Oklahoma City the
Reservation near there for school purposes
The house then won't into committee OF the
Wh8ls Oh tHe ftvef and haFbor bill After
some time consideration the bill was reported
to the house, and Mr.. Richardson Tenn }
moved to lay It, on the table, which was re-
iected The amendments were then all agreed
70 but the hUuae adjourned without finally
passing the bill
AFTER routine business in the senate on the
9th Mr.. Frye reported the house bill to enoour
age American ship building and moved its i'm.
mediate consideration, which was agreed to.
After soEne debate the bill passed as IL came
from the house by 4l yeas to 10 nays. The res.
olution to pay g O00,O0) to the Choctaw and
ChiclIasaw nations for their part Of the Chey-
eniis and Arapahoe reservation was agreed TO-
and after an executive session the senate ad.
i0urned. After considering unimportant re
ports the house took up the river and harhoT
bill, which, after several amendments had been
rejected, was passed-yeas, 1856: nays 65 Dis.
trict OF Columbia business was then considered
until adjournment
THE senate on the 10th occupied considerable
time in the discussion Of the bill to enlarge the
Yellowstone park. Mr.. Vest said that he
would submit TO the passage OF the bill. not be
cause his judgment approved OF 1t, but because
he could not help himself American tourists
spent t15O0OO,oN a year in European travel,
and II the Yellowstone park were among the
italian or Swiss Alps every American who
went abroad would visit II and would cross the
ocean for that purpose, but as it is an Ameri-
can wonder, Americans went away from it
Mr.. Berry spoke against It, but the bill finally
passed and after an executive session the SEN
ate adjourned. .. In the house the sundr9 civil
appropriation bill was considered in committee
| Of the WhOlA Tho ~ hrg
bill is Se5 lS77B7. against an estimate OF SS5 1885,
e0S Pending debate the committee rose and
the house adjourned
In the senate on the 1ith the resolutions Of
the Methodist quadrennial conference in re.
gard to closing the worlds fair on Sunday we're
received. Among the bills passed were: The
bill for the construction Of bridge over the
Missouri river at st Charles; the bill authoriz.
ing the secretary Of war to cause survey for o
ship canal connecting Lake Erie and the Ohio
| river from Conneaut harbor or Pittsburgh and
many local bills. After on executive session
the senate adjourned. :. There were two sur.
prises in the house The first was the striking
from the sundry civil bill the appropriation of
$50, ,0OJ for the purchase OF site and the com
| mencement OF now building for new mint at
Philadelphia, and the second the sudden spring
| ing Of the silver question by Mr.. Bland in the
| shape Of an amendment to the same bill requir
ing the coinage and issue and payment of appro
l pEiuIOuB OL the SllV6f DuluOn now IN Lno LEcaS-
| ury. The amendment was ruled out, but Mr.,
Bland said he would renew the amendment.
The sundry civil bill was considered IN commit
| tee Of the whole until adjournment.
In the senate on the 18th Mr.. Dawes intro.
duced bill authorizing the president to pro
| claim the 4 9th anniversary Of the discovery Of
America October ~ 1927 general holiday
Mr.. Call offered q resolution, which was referred
requesting the president TO open negotiations
with Spain for the the establishing of an inde
/ pendent republic for Cuba. The presidents
message on ths subject Of an international bi
metallic conference was taken up and Senator
Peffer spoke in favor Of free coinage. The nava
appropriation bill was then considered until ad
| iournment.. In the house Mr.. Oates (Ala re
ported back a substitute for the Watson Pinker
/ ton investigation resolution. 1t provides for ar
| Investigation of the Pinkerton detective system
especially the action of detectives in late rail
road strikes. A long debate followed and the
resolution was adopted. The sundry civil bil
was then debated until adjournment
TIE the river and harbor bill was reported
back to the senate on the 18th with amend
ments, which made net increase of q, 1928 ~
In appropriations The naval appropriation bill
| was then considered at length. The bill as 1
/ came from the house provides for one armeC
cruiser about 1900 displacement to cost lex
| clu sive Of armamenD not more than $1,000 zoo
| The amendment as received from the senat
| committee on appropriations provides, in ad
dition, for one sea going coast line battle shiI
Of about 9C00 tons and to cost not exceeding
"A, 10000, one harbor defense double turret shi
Of the monitor type OF about 1850 tons and d
cost not exceeding 5000 900, light draft gun
boats Of 5000 tons displacement and to cost no
| exceeding $50, COO each, and six torpedo boats q
| cost not exceeding s11,OO0 each. Adiourne'
until monday -. The house got into a squabbls
over the Sibley tent bill and pending fillibus
tering motions adjourned.