The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-06-30
CONGRESS-
An Abstract of the More Important
Proceedings in Both Houses.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE %.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE -.
In tho Senate. Mr. Sherman asked that :hc
printing of the Presidents message and accom-
| panying documents concerning recpro' II
| trade with Canada be FASTENED, so THAI the
| Finance Committee might bs able to consider
| tho question without delay. 1t was so ordered.
| The PostoHice and Agriculture appropriation
bills we're reported from the Committee on APP
preparations and placed on the calendar.
The conference report on the Military Acad-
| envy bill was presented and agreed TO, after u
| statement by Mr.. Cullom that the conferecs
| had no serious difficulty in arriving Mt an
| agreement that the Senate item as to enlarging
the gas plant was retained, and that the bill rs
| it passed the House appropriated S396,G65. and
rs agreed to i'll conference appropriated SIPS
| OFT.
The calendar was taken up and the following
| bills were passed:
Senate bill concerning the rank and pay of
certain officers of the Navy. 1t provides that
any officer Of the Navy now on the Retired List
who shall have been retired after completing
40 years of service or having attained the age
of go, as now provided by law, shall receive the
rank and pay Of Commodore; provided he ms
served creditably full term of four years as
Chief Of Bureau in the Navy Department.
Senate joint resolution to authorize Lieut..
Jordan, 5th Art, aud Capt. Carter, Assistant
Surgeon, to accept medals from the British
Government for their humane services to the
shipwrecked crew of the British ship Strath-
blame.
The bill to provide for free coinage of gold
and silver was taken up, and Mr.. Perkins adj
dressed the Senate in opposition TO tho bill.
speaking over an hour. He was replied to by
Mr.. Stewart; after which the bill went over
without action.
The Senate then went into Executive ses-
sion. and when the doors were opened adj
journed.
rba intn Cnr, I'm nj
Whole on the general deficiency bill. The bill
was read by paragraph for amendment After
considerable debate the Committee rose, the
question then being on the passage OF the bill.
The point of no quorum was raised, which
roll call proved to be the case, and the House
adjourned.
THURSDAY. JUNE23.
In the Senate, the credentials of Mr.. Aldrich
for his new Senatorial term, beginning March
a. 1893 were presented and placed on file.
The House bill appropriating 900 for the
erection of pedestal for statue to Gen. W.
Il. Sherman was reported by Mr.. Hawley from
the Committee on Military Affairs, and passed.
Mr.. Morgan offered resolution to print
Ii, 600 copies Of the report of the Committee on
Foreign Relations regarding the Nicaragua
Canal; which was referred to the Committee on
Printing after debate
The Agricultural appropriation bill was then
taken up.
The committee amendment having been
reached which strikes out of the provso as to
the monthly crop report the words that con-
fine it ''strictly" to a statement of the percent
age without comment or argument" Mr.
Vest opposed the amendment striking out the
words in quotation marks and argued that the
language of the provision as it came from the
House was absolutely proper, and was called for
by the fact that Mr.. Dodge. the statistician,
has been in the habit of injecting political and
other cxtraneons matter into the reports.
Mr.. Allison lin charge of the bill defended
the amendment After much discussion, the
paragraph was passed over without action.
The question of rainfall! experiments having
been taken up, Mr.. Coke said that from inform.
alton which he had received the experiments
in Texas had been failure.
Mr.. Allison made a similar statement but
expressed the opinion that there was still
enough probability in their success to justify
pursuing them further For that reason the
Committee on Appropriations had not recon-
mended the striking out of the appropriation
of $4,000.
The appropriation was retained.
Theamendment AS to the monthly crop reports
was again taken up. Another long discussion
ensued in the course of which Mr.. Vest made
further structures Oh the statistician of the
Agricultural Department, Mr. Dodge, specifying
particularly remark in ono of the monthly
100000 bales Of cotton year. statement
(Mr. Vest said) which could not fail to have
the effect of reducing the price of cotton.
Mr. Allison replied with much warmth to an
allusion made by Mr.. Vest as to his (Mr. Alli-
sons posing as the especial friend of the
farmer. He made no such pretension, he said,
but would allow that monopoly to belong to the
Senator from Missouri.
Mr. Washburn expressed his belief that all
the Agricultural reports for the last two or
three years with but few exceptions) had had
the effect OF depreciating the prices OF the great
products of the country. These reports were
of no value to the producer, but were used by
the grain and cotton gamblers.
The bill was reported back to the Senate, and
ali the amendments concurred in, except that
as to the monthly crop reports, which still re-
mains to he acted upon.
Mr. Allison suggested that as there was no
quorum present to day, or likely to be present
tomorrow, and as the Postoffice appropriation
bill contained provision that would demand
O yea and nay vote THAT as to mail contracts
on ships the Senate might as well adjourn to
Monday.
The suggestion met with no opposition, and
the Senate, at sis, adjourned till Monday,
June 81.
Tho House met at Ii o'clock, but adjourned
immed lately. without transacting any business,
there being no quorum present.
FRIDAY, JUNE "a.
The Senate was not in session to-day.
The Third Party was in full force in the
House this morning, and voted sOlidly against
motion made by Mr.. McMiliin Tenn, d.
that when the House adjourn to-day it be to
meet On Monday next. When the vote showed
q majority for the motion, Mr. Watson (Ga.,
Peoples Party raised the point of no quo
rum.
Mr. McMillin then asked unanimous con-
sent that a recess be taken until o'clock this
evening, but Mr.. Kilgore (Texas d. object
ing. the House adjourned till Saturday, June
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SATURDAY, JUNE g.
The Senate was not in session to- day.
The House met at II o'clock. After prayer
by the Chaplain, the clerk began to read the
Journal and interrupted by Mr.. Watson
(Ga., Peoples Party) who suggested that a
quorum was not present.
Mr.. McMillin (Tenn., d. moved a call of the
House.