The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-03-31
FIFTY : SECOND CONGRESS.
MR.. MILLS ANNOUNCES HIS REGIGNA.
TON FROM THE HOUSE.
Behring Sea Treaty Ratified by the Senate
Effort to Bring the Free Wool Bill to
Final vote-Third Party Congress
men Jubilant.
SENATE.

bill to provide for the free coinage OF
gold and silver, now on the calendar
reported adversely.
A resolution was offered by Senator
Walcott requesting the president to
refrain from allotting in severalty the
lands of the present reservation of the
Southern Ute Indians, pending legis-
lation in the present congress respect
ing the removal of the Indians to an
other reservation. Agreed to.
The Senate proceeded to executive
business. When the doors were re-
opened the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, March 30. = The
Speaker laid before the House a COM
munication from r. @. Mills, stating
that he had sent to the governor of
Texas his resignation as representa-
tive from the Ninth district of Texas,
to take effect today. The communi-
cation was spread upon the journal.
The House then went into commit.
lee of the whole on the free wool bill.
Mr.. Harter of Ohio spoke in favor Of
the bill, and was followed by Mr.. Nc
Creary of Kentucky, who made gen.
eral attack upon the protective system
all along the line.
Mr.. Deliver of Iowa opposed the
measure, also criticising the Mills bill.
The committee then rose and the
House adjourned.
BEHRING SEA TREATY RATIFIED.
The two hours spent in executive
session by the Senate this afternoon
sufficed to complete the consideration
of the Behring Sea arbitration today
and it was ratified by a unanimous
vote.
CABINET MEETING.
WASHINGTON, March 29.-There
was full attendance o: members at
the regular meeting of the cabinet to-
day. The session was mainly devoted
to the consideration of the character
of the response to be made to Sails
bury's latest propositions for the sus-
pension of pelagic sealing in Behring
Sea pending arbitration proceedings.
1t is understood the cabinet practic-
ally agreed to accept Salisbury's
proposition for the renewal of last
years. modus vivendi, with certain
limitations with the character of dam
ages to be left to arbitration.
WORLDS FAIR INVESTIGATION
WASHINGTON, d. c., March 29.-
The sub b-committee of the house appro
priations committee charged with the
investigation of the worlds fair ex-
penditures, left Washington for
Chicago this morning.
FREE WOOL BILL.
WASHINGTON, d. c., March 29.-
The free wool bill will probably be
passed by the house and sent to the
senate within a week. This pro-
gram was discussed in q series of
consultations today between, Crisp,
Mcmillan and the Democratic mem
bers of the ways and means committee
and later approved by Mr.. Springer;
1t will prabably receive the formal
endorsement of the Democ-
ratio majority Of the ways
and means committee tomorrow
The committee on rules will report
rule fixing day and hour for the
final vote on the passage of the bill.
Up to the hour of adjournment be-
tween 80 and 100 names were secured
to the petition asking the committee
on rules to bring in report for the
further consideration and final vote on
the bill. The total number of sigma
lures required is 118, or majority of
the Democratic members of the
House, and many believe it will be
impossible to secure more than 100
names to the petition.
THIRD PARTY JUBILANT.
WASHINGTON, March 29.-Perhaps
the most jubilant members in the
House now are the nine Peoples
party congressman, who rejoice in the
discontinue of the Democratic major
ity, and proclaim the failure of
the Democratic House to pass the free
coinage bill means that the Peoples
party will carry six to eight states in
the coming campaign.
SILVER BILL.
WASHINGTON, March 29.-The free
COludS6 duNOcdG0S nave nOU YET given
up the fight in the House. Mr.. Bland
announces that he will make no fur
ther attempt to secure decree of
cloture from the committee on rules,
but they have again taken courage
and will make a supreme attempt for
tomorrow and the House wilPthen at
the proper time give it's concurrence
by agreeing to the suspension of the
rules for the passage of the bill. Mr..
Springer, who is rapidly recovering
from his severe illness, will appear in
the House and himself make a de-
cisive motion for the passage of the
bill. Within the past two or three
days Crisp, Mcmillan and the Dem
ocratic members of the committee
of ways and means have been discuss
ing the advisability of passing the
several tariff bills without delay, in
order that the appropriation bill may
be promptly disposed of, and resolu-
tion passed by the house for adjourn
mems on the first of June. A further
necessity for the prompt passage of
one or more tariff bills arises from the
desire Of the Democratic leaders to
give the senate ample time to discuss
them before final adjournment, that
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