Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-12-31
IN CONGRESS

1t was suspension day in the house and Mr..
Wilson (Missouri) called up the senate BIZ m
Mexican war from s. to sl2 per month. twas
passed.
a number of bills were passed; care being
taken to avoid action or motion on anything
which would have opposition. as there was not
a quorum present and opposition would have
developed the situation.
pass bill limiting the jurisdiction OF the cir
cult and district courts OF the United Sates.
The bill prohibits suits in United States courts
by or against corporations, except to the courts
of the legal domicile of the corporation In cases
where jurisdiction depends upon the citizenship
of the parties. The motion was asreed to: thu
anti-option bill by giving right OF way to an
other bill which Senator Blackburn wanted to
consider.
option bill is strong in the senate and if it ever
reaches a vote, will pass by ten or hfteen MAJOR
y The plain difficulty hGwever is t. get 1 Il To
the grain gamblers over the country, and all
sorts of devices are being resorted to to embar-
and defeat the 1t t.
soon. in order to force the fight This will not
only annoy the opposition but will emphasize
their position to the country at large.
The house committee IN appropriations have
vigorously slashed the Notifications appropria-
ton bill, and as it will be reported to the house
the bill for the coming hsca! year carries an
aggregate Of about 50 per cent less than the
total present fiscal year.
Representative Funston 10 on the special com.
mittee to go down to Cuba and Key West and
on the Immigration question, which Is now en-
gaging the attention OF the comHlttee on inni-
grafton.
In the senate Mr. Perkins of Kansas, spoke
favoring an extension of the state, or territorial
government, over the territory, with or without
the consent of the five civilized tribes: Mr..
Perkins had on, ne Cd ne
government on the people OF the lndian ter5i-
tory, and he hoped soon after the holidays the
Cherokee outlet bill would 6e taken up ;Gt fGn
looking to the purpose which 1t had In vie"
might be secured
bill denied thot the farmers and planters de-
Senator PETER wished to emphasize the i'm
portance of an early and favorable action on
fas neS tb Rer ss Of
another having the same object In vleW. Inc
farmers did not object to buyn5 ana selling Iot
and at some times necessary. But the farmers
insisted that the fictitious, pretended and raise
commerce in purely imaginary articles, whlcn
continually interfered with their business 70
their injury. ought to be suppressed; They did
not expect the pending measure would rio them
wholly of the evil complained OF, but It would
after the methods OF evading it had been dis
covered. He doubted whether a hundred votes
could be obtained among the farmers OF Kansas
In GppOSltlOn 10 Cne Oil. % lldl, III oiS AVG
passage, he was doing their bidding.
Senator Chandler, of New Hampshire, read
the bill with the amendments to suspend and
prohibit immigration for year from the LIST OF
March, 1893 and he said he hoped the bill would
receive immediate consideration on the reas-
sembling of the senate in January; IL,
Senator Hill. of New York, thought bill!
could be framed that would meet the views OF
the country better than the one Just reported,
and reserved the right to submit a minority re-
PORT at som, future time. .,
Senator Perkins introduced a bill to enable
the people of Oklahoma and the Indian terri
tory to form a constitution and state government
and to be admitted into the Union. This bill
includes the Five Nations in with Oklahoma
territory. :.
Senator Mitchell introduced bill to make it
a crime to be punished by death to practice mes
merizing and hypnotising.
In the appropriations for the ordnance de-
partment the house has seemed to have dealt
generously, and has allowed even more than the
estimates called for. this being due to the ur-
gent appeals made by the chief of that depart
ment to tho house committee. 1t was shown
that the ordnance department has been sub
sisting for years upon the left over stock from
the late war. and that surplus has been entirely
used up. The force of the argument was seen IN
the action of the committee, which: while 1T
scaled other appropriations pretty close to the
bone, gave the ordnance department an increase
of several thousand dollars