Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-06-09
FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS

Debate on the silver bill was opsned IN the
senate BIZ sherman, Stewart and Teller. $40
SheTTasn who IVES having information com
piled at the treasury, and PETER, who desired 70
s q. Hatch tel was beaten by tie vote in the
HOUSE IN Ms motion to consider his ant-option
bill However, Whenever the house process 70
fha eonsideration of revenue bills, this bill wili
first be taken up. IT holds nrst position on tne
calendar among that class Of bills-
The house passed several bills; among them
tha hill 70 classify and prescribe the salaries OF
railway postal elers and ne ne K Rnas r 5la TO
IN further consideration OF the sundry ciyL
bill an amendment was agreed 20 lmitlng tne
NAV s. printed By the heads of bureaus without
express authority of congress, the depar tnenS q
Agriculture being expressly e1eepoeo TON lnis
This Concluded the work of the committee Of
tie whole house on the sundry civil epproprlA-
| ton bill
The house then commenced consideration Of
| the postoffice appropria tion bill
Mr.. Stevens, of Massachusetts, introduced q
bill to place iron ore and scrap iron on the tree
list and to reduce the duties on manufactures OF
iron and other metals.
A bill fixing the rate OF postage on seIni-NeeAiiy
/ and tri-weeEly publications mailed at certain
/ free delivery Offices was authorized to be favor
ably reported by the house committee on post
Offices II provides that me IA OF Posts 5 IN
/ not exceeding two ounces IN weight Mhen os-
posted for hee delivery by carrier shall De IN
/ form at cent each. Periodicals weighing more
| than two ounces shall be subject when dellVered
/ by Garner to postage of cents each. In el5ies
of less than 1000 population, having Tree de!IV-
/ cry Offices, seri-weekly and tri-weekly pubhea-
| tions may be delivered by carrier upon payment
| by the publisher OF the pound rate postage as
provided for weekly publications at carriers
/ offices.
/ pleted by the house committee on agrlcuIture
| and will be reported to the house. 1t appropn-
| million dollars is appropriated TO carry out the
provisions Of the meat Inspection law, which Is
| half million dollars in excess OF the approprla-
| ton of the current year for this purpose.
The senate got to WORK on the calendar eno
passed thirty bills, none OF them OF general pub
| The free coinage bill YVES taken up and Senator
san or political measure, on which parties, were
likely TO dividei still there was no question -
tects on the business interests OF the conntr1y'
/ He defended the financial action OF the repuoll-
can party and denounced the bill under eonsle lI
Grafton as wrong IN principal wrong IN osoa5l
and wrong IN every respect: fraud 70 the ereo-
itor, a deception 70 the debtor, and the demon
| etlzation of gold. The very threat OF the tree
/ coinage of silver he said, was doing more tna11
anything else to disturb the business interests OF
Senator Hiseoek presented memorial signed
BY prominent men of all political parties ASKING
the system of naturalization in New York City,
to the end that some remedial legislation De De
Vised and enacted with reference thereto. Ihey
set forth that Just prior to the last election In
| New York city the naturalization OF foreigners
was attended by great irIegularity and eItensiYe
frauds, there being in the first twenty days OF
October, 1891, no less than GIL natuIa1lzAt1ons
of which $3.50 were by a single judge, who a.
each session OF court manufactured new citizens
at the rate of about one per minute.
The senate agreed, without dissent, &c take nc
vote en- the silver coinage bill until after J une
Il. This agreement was arrived at arter SHERMAN
had closed his two days argument against the
bill which his last words characterized as g
| "frightful demon 10 be restricted and opposed
Senator Stewart has the floor to reply to Sher-
man when the bill is again up.
A house bill to regulate the manner IN Wnich
property shall be sold under decree OF Sni lte
was about to be passed without question wher
Teller offered an amendment requiring otilciali
| n i've anralt anRQ m
Judgment. Sherman OBJ eeted TO the consld e
ton of such an important Dill under the I'VE %
It's consideration. Notwithstanding the objection
and 1t was that motion that Hill voted witt
The house is still considering the postoffice ap
preparation bill with slow progress.
In the senate the Joint resolution passed
authorizing and directing the president TO pro
claim general holiday cOmmemorahng the AOJtl
anniyersary OF the discovery OF america on 1i
The senate APPROPRIATIONS committee eomplet
total appropriation OF SI4e. g o 600 making abou
SEQ coo less than estimated, and little over sll
10000 more than the house bill. The increase
for the army and navy pensions and rent.
The senate committee on appropriations e
ported the house diplomatic and consular olti
The bill now carries many items appearing IN "a
original bill and which the house had change
The missions to Colombia and Ecuador and {
Peru and Bolivia, which We're conso1a .. =
the house, restored to their present status. I
were also the missions to Venezuela, GuateInal
and Honduras. Salaries of consul generals
, | London, Paris, Havana and Rio De Janelro weI
reduced from IS 900 to 5000 each by the hous
/ | but have been restored by the senate committe'
The indications are that there VIII be a pTa'
: | teal suspension of business in congress Tor
| week on account of the absence of so man
| members at the conventions.
| The house committee on territories reporte
! favorably a bill making cents per mile 4
| maximum rate for carrying passengers IN the II
| dion territory The Missouri, Kansas d Iexi
| and St Louis & San Francisco roads have bee
| charging 3 cents, and a number of peunoI
| from wholesale houses doing business IN thu
country nave asked congress for relief. Appea
| of this sort have come fl ON some OF the CONNIE
| cial interests of Kansas City.
| Tho senate agreed to let a minority adioul
from day to day until members should return
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