People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-06-10
CONGRESSIONAL.
me Weeks Proceedings Condensed For
Convenience OF the Reader.

Convenience OF the Reader.
THE senate was not in session on the aSth
In the house the legislative appropriation bill
was reported by Mr.. Forney, Of Arkansas. anil
referred 10 the committee Of the whole Thu
post ONCE appropriation bill was then taken w
and discussed until adjournment.
The day In the senate on the 3lst was de.
voted TO the silver question, Mr.. Sherman hav.
ing the floor in opposition 10 free coinage :
The post once appropriation bill was beiori
the house The free delivery clause gave ris
TO good deal Of discussion and vote on
motion 70 increase the appropriation for n 4
purpose disclosed the fact that there was lesi
than majority Of members attending the bust
ness OF the house. The committee on Indian
snairs reported favorably substitute for Cul
oerson's bill to punish intruders in the Eve civ
ilized tribes in the Indian territory The bill
reported gives ninety days after passage Of tbs
bill for intruders to get out and all ntruders ard
subject to fine Of from 500 TO 81, 0O0 one.thir
TO 60 TO the tribe in which the intruder is 70 md
one-third TO the informant and the remaindc'
70 the treasury Of the United States. TIL
court is also empowered 10 sentence 10 the peni,
teniiary for one year The bill has been urged
by the Indian agents from the tribes, who in;
sist that they are being imposed upon By the
trespaSsers, and the nsmber OF intruders has
recently been increasing quite rapidly.
THERE is 10 be no vote on the free silver coin
age bill or on any amendment 10 il until aftel
the Minneapolis convention shall have closed.
and in all probability will be none until af,el
the Chicago convention shall also come to an
end-the senate having voted on the LIST on the
sugges ton Of Mr. Aldrich, and without a single
dissent from either side Of the chamber. that no
vote should be taken on that bill until after the
l4th OF June An apparently innocent looking
house bill TO regulate the manner in which prOpl
erty shall be sold under DEGREES OF United
States courts had been taken from the calenda
and was about TO be passed without question,
when Mr.. Teller offered an amendment reQuir-
ing officials to receive legal tender money in
satisfaction Of judgments Mr. Sherman was
prompt TO notice as an effect Of the amendment
That II might be violation Of possible condi-
tons in note or mortgage that the debt should
be paid in gold. But Mr. Morgan moved to pro
coed to its consideration, notwithstanding Mr.
Shermans objection, and il was on that motion
that Mr. Hin voted with the free silver men.
The post Office appropriation bill was before
The house. Almost the entire day was con-
sumed in discussion OF points OF order
IL the senate on the "a Mr. Turner's resolu-
lion calling for the correspondence with Haytii
Colombia and Venezuela regarding reciprocityI
vas taken up and when the mover had spoken
ct length 1t was adopted Ate p m. the free
coinage bill was taken up and Mr.. Stewart re-
slmed his argument Senate bill to provide for
Two additional associate judges Of the supreme
court OF the territory Of Oklahoma was passed.
In the house Mr. Hatch, OF Missouri, re-
ported the agricultural appropriation bill and It
was ordered printed and recOmmitted On mo-
ton Of Mr.. Ken the senate bill was passed
granting twenty acres Of the Fort Sydney milf
tary reservation TO the City Of Sydney Neb.i
Tor cemetery purposes The house went into
committee OF the whole on the post Office APP
preparation bill Mr.. Livingston, Of Georgia
moved TO increase by 500, 900 the appropriation
for star route service Agreed to, lOl 10 200
adjourned
THE senate was not IN session on the Sd go.
After some morning business the house went
into committee OF the whole on the post office
appropriation bill The pending amendment
was that offered by Mr.. Blount OF Georgia, re-
ducing by S9,3i9,0OO the appropriation for trans.
portatlon by railroad routes and providing that
the postmaster-general be authorized 10 re.
adjust the compensation to be paid after July /,
1893, for transportation Of the mail on railroad
routes by reducing the compensation to all rail
roads for the transportation Of mail ten pei
cent from the rate established on the basis Of
the average weight fixed and allowed BY the act
Of June H. ls7S Rejected-57 to ~ Pending
action the committee rose and the house ad
jOurned.