The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1892-04-20
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Condensed Report Of Proceedings In
Senate and House.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE greater part Of
the day was passed by the senate in cepsidera-
ton Of bills on the calendar, quite number
Of which were passed. By way OF interlude
the Geary Chinese exclusion biIlwas adversely
reported. the senate insisting upon its Own
measure concerning existing laws. Mr.. Nor
gan also delivered another speech on the silver
question. The house embarked upon sea Of
legtslatian, and at times was without rud-
der. The first snag was q bill proposed by Mr..
Bailey fTex.), who has objected upon all oc-
casions to transaction Of business without
quorum, and when he moved to pass bill
granting the right Of way to the Gainesville.
Oklohoma and Gulf railroad through the In
dian Territory, no quorum voting, the point
was made against him, but finally the bill was
passed. The remainder Of the session was
devoted to the consideration Of the naval APP
preparation bill, several hours being con-
sumedin the discussion Of point of order on
the item providing for new battle ship.
Pending action the matter went over.
WASHINGTON. April 15.-The senate had o
long and interesting dekSte on bill to In
crease the number OF judges of the court Of
claims, which brought up the question Of The
expediency of giving salaries 10 retiring
judges, and also brought out spicy reference
- the increase In the nurnhor Of judges OF the
supreme court Just before the legal tender act
Was sustained. The discussion was still in pro-
gress when the senate adjourned till Monday.
In the early part Of the day senate bill was
passed extending the free delivery mail system
TO towns OF 5000 population. The incident in
the House was the debate on the resolution of
Mr.. Burrows to expunge from the Congress-
lonal Record the extracts from the book of
Henry George, Protection and Free Trade
interjected by several democratic members.
The discussion was at times quite spicy, and
especially the verbal passage between Mr.,
Blount (Ga.) and Mr. Ffthian ulls), the latter
accusing Mr.. Blount Of being too partial to-
wards the Republicans. Mr.. Blount resented
this criticism, and finally the colloquy ended
by mutual apology. The remainder of the
session was devoted to the naval appropriation
bill
WAsHINGToN, April e.--The house accom-
plished nothing whatever In the way of legis-
lation- Numberless bills were reported for the
erection of public buildings, and the house
then went into committee Of the whole on the
private calendar. The bill before the commit
tee was the well-known relief bill for the heirs
Of Henry II. and Charlotte X. Sibley, which
has been before the house for the last three
weeks on private bill day. Not being able to
make any Roadway, after repeated calls for
adjournment, and two calls of the house, it
was finally decided to take recess until s p.
NJ. for the consideration of private pension
bills.
WAsHrNoToN. April ls.-Tho senate passed
the two court bills laid over from Thursday,
and spent most of the remainder of the day In
ex6cutifo SESSION over the m0uu5 NlVenu1 IN
Behring sea and other matters. The session
of the house was without interest or incident.
the entire day being devoted to the considera-
ton of the naval appropriation bill, which
WAS finally passed as 1t came from the COM
mittee, with the exception of the dry dock at
| Algiers Na.), which was stricken out on q
| point OF order. This afternoon the contested
| election case of Noyes vs. Rockwell comes up
WASHINGTON, April 20.The feature of the
| open session of the senate was the short but
which by indirection brought up the sill
| vote on the question of striking out the
| words gold coin' and inserting lawful
money OF the United Statesn in the interest
| bearing provision Of the bill. This amend.
ment twas carried by % to "a. but Mr.. Gray
| (Del.), who voted In the negative, took occa.
sion to deny that the vote had any bearing or
the free coinage question. Mr.. Palmer Qlls)
| who voted the same way, explained that he
| did so In recognition of the right of Arizons
| to manage her own affairs in her own way and
| to pay In gold Il she wanted to. Mr.. Hill IN
| " voted for the amendment without com
rnents In executive session the Behfing se'
| modus vivendf was ratified. The house passes
| resolution to vacate the order Of genera
leave to printn to members who desired I,
submit remarks on the tariff and silver ques
| lions. A resolution was also adopted author
| i1ing the civil service committee to invest
| gate the alleged violation of the civil ser vice
| law by certain officials In Baltimore. The re
| mainder of the session was devoted to the con
| sideration of the contested election cases Of
| Noyes VS.. Rockwell, from the Twenty-eightI
district of New York.