Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
Senate.

taken. Among the blllS acteu upuI VIZ ~
the following: Senate DgI gransln Gon "
pany right of way acress the Fond au
f,ac Indian reservation. Passed. Senate
bill apDropriatlng SS0O,0Oo Tor puolc
building at Oakland, Cal. Passed. sen
ate bill appropriating S5oO, ooo LOT a puTri ho
building at San Diego, Cal. Passed. Inc
calendar was laid aside at II. NJ ana Tue
bill TO provide tor the punishment OF .lola,
tons of treaty rights or ailens WAS l.'heu
ND. Mr.. Morgan moved with tne assent oI
the committee on foreign relations that Tue
bill should 60 over until next n Zee
WASHINGTON, May 25.-The. resoiutlon
offered by MIR. Morgan on March3l. direct
ING the committee on finance TO nuke al
examination and report IN relatloli "
currency and coinage ana as 70 .lie eileo ~
silver bullion, was taken up in the Senate
to-day. Mr.. Morgan called for the yeas
and NAYS on the adoption OF the IeSo-
luton. Mr.. Morrill, moved that the resolu-
ton be referred to the commlttee on
finance. MIR. Morgan demanded the yeas
and nays The motion was defeated
yeas. II: 2ays, Is. After debate the reSo-
luton went over without action, ana Tue
bill to provide for the punishment OF Vlola-
tions of treaty rights OF aliens was theh
taken up. Without diSposlns OF the MEAS
ure the Senate adjourned.
WASHINGTON. May 26.-Shortly attcr
the baoinnino OF the session Mr. Morgan's
silver Resolution, which had led to the de-
bate Yesterday, was again taken up, aHu
Mr.. Morgan resumed his argument. NJ
Tended the finance committee from the
charge made OF neglect or lnactlon., When
he was still speaking the morning hour eN-
pired. and Mr.. Morgan's amendment went
over without action. Ir Stewart, noWeV-
er, promptly arose, and remarNng tha1 ne
Il 3otn
tunity Of having q test vote ON the queS-
ton. moved to take up the bill tintroduced
by him and reported adversely from tlie
finance commlttee) to provide Tor the Tree
coinage Of gold and silver bullion, ana TOT
other purposes The yeas and nays were
called for by Mr.. Morgan. The vote was
thereupon taken; and the result was an
nounced as yeas, 2S; nays. 90 The debate
on the bill was opened by MIR. Stewart,
who was followed by Mr.. Teller:
WASHINGTON, May 27.-At2 CLOCK the
presiding officer of the Senate, Mr.. Pad
dock, announced that the morning hour
had expired and that the Senate would now
take up the unfinished business, beng Sen
ator Stewards bill to provide for the tree
coinage of gold and silver, As a;n no sea aaor
stated that the bill was sill
open for amendment No amend
ments being offered, he announced tnaG
the committee of the whole was discharged
from its further consideration and that tue
bill was now before the Senate. After
some debate Mr.. Stewart asked and OF
tanned unanimous consent that the bill be
taken ND as the unfinished business on
Tuesday next at o'clock. That matter
having been definitely arranged there was
brief executive session ana then the SEN
ate adjourned till Tuesday next.
she House
WASHINGTON, May 24-Mr. Stewart
no to
harbOrs, reported back the river and har-
Dor Appropriation blll with the Senate
amendments thereto. and it was referred
to the committee Of the whole. The
House then went into the COMMITTEES
of the whole, Mr.. Lester (Ga.) in the
bill. The amendment offered by MI. Tay-
lor Ill.). appropriating ST.. 1000 for the
construction of steam vessel to be used
in boarding vessels at the port of Chicago,
in addition to the sum of $4,000 appropri-
ated BY the last sund1y cyil act = was vas
coast and geodetic survey We're then taken
up. Mr.. Dingley (Me.) offered a sub
stitute for the provision with refer
ence to the Alaska boundary sur
yey, the substitute being to provide
treaty between Great Britain and the
United States to settle the boundary line
dispute. The amendment was agreed to
after the appropriation, as proposed by
NJ. l Dingley, was reduced from $55, 600 to
ment providing that the positions OF all
persons employed in field WORK or in the
office whose services can be dispensed
with shall he vacated. Agreed to. With
out disDosing OF the bill the committee
rose. The Senate bill was passed making
Laredo, Tex. a SUPPORT of entry. The
House then adjourned.
WAsHlNGToN. ID. c., May 25.-After
some routine business the House went into
committee IF the whole. Mr.. Lester ga
IN the . char on the snndry civil bill The
preparation for the government ex-
hibit at the Worlds Columbian ex-
position. Mr.. Houk CO., offered an
amendment appropriatlng 100000 to
pay the expense OF collecting, preparing
and publishing facts and statistics per-
tanning to the Industrial advance OF United
States citizens of African descent from
January l, 1868, to January l. 1898, to con-
stitute part of the government exhibit.
Mr.. Holman made point of order against
Mr.. Houk's amendment which was sus-
ON behalf of the subcommittee OF the
committee on appropriatlons-otfe an
amendment reducing the salary OF the
director general of the Worlds Col
umbian Commission to $4,000 and
of the secretary to $4,000 1t
also provinces CnaG not more than one meet
ing Of the commission or of the board of
lady managers shall be held during the
year 1898. After debate the amendment
was agreed to. Mr.. Johnston rs. c. offer
ed an amendment providing that no part Of
the amount appropriated for the Worlds
Cb'umbian Commission shall be available
unless the doors of the exposition shall be
closed on Sunday. This was variously
amended, and was still penang when the
committee rose and the House adjourned.
WASHINGTON, D. c., May l6.-'rhe
House went into committee OF the whole.
Mr. Lester ga. in the chair, on the sun
dry civil appropriation bill. The question
was Oh the subject of the Sunday closing
of the Worlds Fair. A number Of amend
ments were offered and rejected Mr..
Dockery (Mo.) then offered as a
substitute the following: s:Prov1ding
that the government exhibit at the
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