Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-07-28
FROM WASHINGTON.
Work of the Lawmakers at the
National Capital
A Daily Summary OF the Proceedings In
the Senate and House Bulls
Passed and New Meas
ures Introduced.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, July ala bill was
reported to the senate yesterday re-
quiring the use of automatic couplers
on cars and power brakes on locomo-
tives engaged in interstate traffic. The
anti-option bill was discussed, Mr..
Vest assailing the measure as an undue
stretch of the constitution, and Mr..
Washburne defending the measure.
WASHINGTON, July 22.-In the senate
yesterday the house bill for the admis-
sion of New Mexico as state was re-
ported and placed on the calendar. The
house bill to enforce reciprocal COM
mercial relations with Canada was re-
ceivcd and the anti-option bill was
further discussed.
WASHINGTON, July 23. = Tie house
bill authorizing commercial retaliation
on Canada was passed in the senate
yesterday. A resolution concerning
the relations of capital and labor was
discussed and the anti-option bill was
further considered. The nominations
of Andrew d. White. of New York. as
minister TO Russia; A. L. Snowden, of
Pennsylvania, as minister to Spain,
and Truxtam Beale, OF California, as
minister to Greece, were confirmed.
WASHINGTON, July 25..-In the senate
on Saturday a bin was introduced au-
thorizing the president to negotiate
with other nations for the creation of
an international arbitration tribunal.
The anti-option bill was further dis
cussed.
WASHINGTON, July 26.-The report of
the conference committee on the sun
dry civil bill was presented to the
senate yesterday. A resolution was in
troduced requesting the president to
open negotiations to secure and main
tain the uniform value of silver as a
money metal throughout the world.
HOUSE
| WASHINGTON. July 21.-In the house
Yesterday a favorable report was made
on the bill to enforce reciprocal COM
mercial relations between the United
| States and Canada. A bill was passed
inc. casing the pay of life-saving service
men.
WASHINGTON. July 22.-The bill for
enforcing reciprocal commercial rela-
tions with Canada was passed in the
house Yesterday without division.
Other bills were passed to promote en-
listed men in the army to the grade of
second lieutenant; to provide for the
collection, custody and arrangement of
the military records of the war of the
American revolution and the war of
1912, and to authorize the secretary of
war to lease for five years lands for
public purposes The conference re-
port on the deficiency appropriation bill
was presented and agreed to.
WASHINGTON, July 90 in the house
yesterday the time was occupied in the
discussion of the conference report on
the de ficiency bill.
! WASHINGTON, July 25.-In the house
on Saturday resolution was passed
calling on the president for information
regarding the transportation of inn
/ ported merchandise in bond or du !
from one portion of the United States
over Canadian territory into another
| The senate amendments to the general
deficiency bill were nonconcurred in
and sent to a further conference.
WASHINGTON, July 26. In the house
yesterday the conference report on the
general deficiency bill was noncon-
CURED IN and new conference was
ordered