The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-05-06
CONGRESSIONAL
Epitome OF the Proceedings OF Both
Houses the Past Week.

IN the senate OF the 23d Mr.. Teller offered a
| resolution requesting the president to inform
| the senate what steps, If any, have been taken
| toward securing an international conference on
| free coinage Of silver. The resolution was
/ adopted. and the Chinese bill taken up and Mr..
! Teller addressed the senate In support of it
| Pending further debate the senate adjourned.
LIN the house conference was ordered on
| the District of Columbia bill and a motion to
| expunge from the Record certain unpariament-
airy remarks of Mr.. Walker (Mass) developed
no quorum and the house adjourned.
THE senate on the 18th resumed consideration
Of the Chinese exclusion bill and the debate
continued until 4 o'clock, when a vote was taken
on the substitute to the house bill reported by
the foreign relations committee and it was
adopted by vote of 43 to IA and the bill as
amended passed and a conference asked. The
bill continues ten years all laws prohibiting
Chinese coming TO this country All Chinese or
descendants of Chinese Illegally found in this
country are to be returned to China or TO the
countries OF which they are citizens. -. When
the house met the resolution (pendng at ad-
tornment Saturday expunging certain re-
marks Of Mr.. Walker (Mass.) from the record
was taken up, the pending question being the
motion of Mr.. Reed (Ie.) to table the resolu-
ton No quorum appeared, as the republicans
refrained from voting. The motion 20 table
was finally rejected and in attempting to pass
the resolution the quorum again disappeared by
members declining to vote and the house ad-
iourned.
AFTER routine business in the senate on the
26th Mr.. Coke spoke in favor of free coinage
Mr.. Morgan's resolution being before the sen
ate. Mr.. Daniel also spoke in favor of free sill
yer. The army appropriation bill was then dis
cussed No acrOn was reached. A communi-
cation was received from the president in
response to Mr.. Tellers resolution as to an in
ternational silver conference. The president
stated no ippO ma wit no
public interest to furnish the information at
present 1t was ordered printed and laid on the
table for debate After the passage of several
private bills the house took up the regular or
der, the expunging from the Record Of remarks
not uttered but printed by Mr.. Walker (Mass.),
but the house went into committee on the con-
sular and diplomatic bill After consideration
some time the committee rose. conference
was appointed on the Chinese bill and the house
adjourned
The army appropriation bill was further con-
sidered in the senate on the 9th and after
long speech by Senator Morgan the house pro-
viso which profits payment for the transporta-
ton of troops over any of the unbOnded lines
owned or controlled by the Union Pacific rail-
way was stricken out The bill was then passed.
Adjourned. =. When the house met the Walker
expunging resolution still had the right of way
but by unanimous consent the house went
into committee of the whole on the diplomatic
blll, Dut lne absence OF q quorum soon became
apparent and the house adjourned
In the senate on the 2sth the resolution to
pay the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians their
interest on the lands in the Indian territory
(the Cheyenne and ATapahoe Teservation) was
taken up and Mr.. Allison spoke against Il. He
wanted the whole matter recommitted. After
considerable debate the matter went over and
the senate adjourned until Monday . The
house, after doing nothing for awhile, went into
committee OF the whole on the diplomatic bill
but upon the first vote no quorum appeared and
the house soon adjourned
THE senate was not in session on the 29th
and when the house met members who had
been sent for, who were absent without leave,
were excused. The house then went into com
mittee of the whole on the private calendar.
The Sibley tent bill, which has been clogzing
the private calendar for tYo months, was laid
aside after being favorably recommended, but
without final action. The house then took a re.
cess until evening for the consideration of
private pension bills.