Connecticut western news., 1892-07-28
THE NEWS OF CONGRESS.
Proceedings of the Senate and House a
 Washington.


 WASHINGTON, July 20-If the people of the United States are in favor of a Worlds fair to the extent of giving the exposition an appropriation of &, 900, 900 they have not expressed their views through their repre- sentatives in congress. The advocates of this appropriation had hard sailing in the house, and the result of the days work may be summed up as follows;
 The appropriation item was voted down no to 122-and the Sunday closing para graph inserted by the senate was sustained by a vote of 14T to 6l. The appropriations ts made by the senate for the geological turvey were concurred in. An amendment was inserted forbidding the letting of any contract by any government officer to any one employing the Pinkerton detective agency or other organizations employing armed forces, and prohibiting their employ ment by the government or the District of Columbia. The sundry civil bill was then passed as amended, and the speaker ap- pointed Messrs. Holman, Sayers and Bing- ham as conferees.
 WASHINGTON, July 2l.-Strong speeches against the antioption bill were made in the senate by Mir. Vest, of Missouri, and Mir. Daniel, of Virginia, the latter senator still having the floor when the senate ad- journed. Additional notices of motions to amend were piled upon the bill.
 The hall of the house was intensely warm, but this was no Encouragement to the dis play of activity in promoting legislation It is usual at the close of every session for a violent spurt to be made to dispose of bills on the calendar and resolution was adopt ed giving one hour to each committee to call up reported bills.
 A resolution was passed providing for the investigation of the Reading railroad com bination by a special committed.
 WASHINGTON, July 22.-In the senate Mir. Daniel, of Virginia, concluded his speech against the antioption bill, and Mir. White, of Louisiana, followed on the same side and held the attention of the senate for nearly two hours by forceful and impressive arg ament. Mir. Washburn, of Minnesota, early in the day announced his intention of moving 10 strike out the section requiring dealers in options to take out an internal revenue license, and Mir. White declared that this removed from the bill the last vestige of pretext of being tax bill with in the meaning of the constitution. The senate adjourned with the antioption bill still the unfinished business" Mir. White holding the floor.
 The rapidity with which the wheels of legislation revolved shows that the house has pulled the throttle open and put on its greatest force power. Among the measures passed was bill to promote commercial relations with Canada
 WASHINGTON, July 23-After some inef- fective talk on the Homestead matter the senate continued the debate on the anti option bill, Mir. White, of Louisiana, con cluding his speech against the measure. He directed his attention especially to the ef- feet of the bill on the cotton interests, and his remarks and stastistics stirred up the senators from the other cotton states, some of whom intimated an intention of reply. ing at some future day.
 The house bill providing for retaliation against Canada in the matter of the Vel land canal was taken up and unanimously passed.
 WASHINGTON, July 26.-Mr. Allison chairman of the senate committee on ap propriations, lifted the veil from the con ference proceedings of the two houses or the sundry civil bill. He stated that con sessions made by the senate conferees amounting to between $4, ,000, 900 and $5, ,000 900, were apparent rather than real Sis hundred thousand dollars of one item, ht said, was included in the pending general deficiency bill by some process not visible to the naked eye, and most of the other items, he asserted, had been "halved" on the distinct understanding that the balance would have to be appropriated in a def ciency bill during the next short session of congress.
 The house devoted two hours to debating the report from the committee to investi gate the pension office recommending the dismissal of Commissioner Raum, two speeches being made in favor of the resolu MN- Little, of New York. Mir. Lind, of Minne sota, made the only speech in his defense The discussion was cut of abruptly by the disagreeing conference report on the de. ficiency bill and new conference was or. dered