Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-07-27
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
Senate,

very unusual deviation from the ordinary
| smooth course Of legislation in the Senate
was witnessed to-day in a resort to the
mode OF opposition known at this
After the deficiency bill had passed
the Senate, the antl-optiOn bill was,
on motion of Mr.. Washburn,
taken up and thus became the
regular order. The opponents of that
measure then interpoSed a series of mo-
lions which had the character of dilatOry
| motions; and which were also designed to
| GUST the anti-OptiOn bill from It's position
OF precedence. The friends of the meas
ure were strong enough, however, to re-
Sist all these efforts, and when the Senate
| adjourned the anti-Option bill was the
unfinished business" to come up at 2
| o'clock tomorrow
| WASHINGTON, July 19.-The resolution
| offered by Mr.. Morgan last week, instruct
ing the committee on finance to report a
| bill, with all convenient dispatch, giving
| to all paper money issued by the govern
ment and to standard silver dollars the
| full legal tender effect that is given by law
! to gold coin, was taken up and discussed
for an hour and half. Before the hour Of
2 O'Clock arrived there had been no action
on the resolution and it was relegated to
| the calendar. Then the anti-OptlOn bill
| was taken up and It's consideration pro-
| ceeded with. A large number of amend
mentS that had been offered by Mr.. Wash
| burn were agreed to without question;
| and a substitute was offered for the whole
| bill by Mr. George, on behalf of himself
| and NleSSrS. Coke and Pugh. A reprint Of
| the bill was ordered and it went oyer till
| tomorrow. A message announcing the
| action of the House on the sundry civil
| bill was laid before the Senate including
| the House provision in relation to the
| PinkertOn detective force. Mr. Allison
| said in regard to the latter that he had no
doubt as to its meeting the approval OF the
| Senate, but that it should be in its appro-
pirate place. On his motion, therefore,
that amendment was disagreed to- and
! conference agreed TO on the whole bill
Messrs. Allison, Hale and German were
appointed conferees on the part of the
| Senate.
WASHINGTON, July 2O.-The first two
| hours OF the Senate were occupied to-day
in the discussion of a bill to permit the
Puyallup Indians IN the state of " ash
lngton to ALLEVIATE portion of the lands in
the neighborhood of Tacoma. The matter
was still under discussion when, at
O'Clock, the anti-OptiOn bill came up as the
unfinished business. No action had been
taken when the Senate adjourned.
WASHINGTON, July 21.-The anti-op-
ton bill was debated for three hours
IN the Senate to-day, after which time
1t went over till tomorrow without
action. The House bill to enforce recip.
rOcal commercial relations with Can
ada was laid before the Senate and was, on
motion OF Mr.. Frye, placed on the calen-
dar, taking the place OF the Senate bill on
the same subject. House Joint resolutions
as to sending from the patent office to the
Worlds Columbian Exposition models and
drawings OF Inventions by women; and as
to requesting from the queen regent of
Spain, the municipal government of
Genoa and others, the loan of artI-
cles, books, papers. maps, and other
relics OF CHRISTOPHER Columbus were
port on the deficiency bill was presented
and agreed to and another conference
asked. The House joint resolutions as to
the affiXing of the great seal Of the United
States to certain documents showing the
administration and administrators of the
United States government at the begin
ming OF the 40Oth anniversary Of the diScOv-
cry OF America, were laid before the Sem
ate and passed; also the Senate joint reSo>
luton directing the secretary of the Senate
to affiX the seal OF the Senate to the same
documents.
WASHINGTON, July 22.-The relations of
capital and labor were brought to the at
tentlon of the Senate to-day in two speech
es. The first of them was made by Mr..
PETER, and was based on a resolution pre-
YlOuSly offered by him inStructing the jul
dietary committee to inquire into that sub
ject, and as to what legislation was neces-
sary to protect the right of employees to
tar rates of wages; The other
and was directed chiefly against
the Pinkerton detective force as an un-
authorized armed organization. Mr.. PET
fer's resolution was referred to the COM
mittee on education and labor. The
House bill to enforce reciprocal com
mercial arrangements between the United
States and Canada, was taken up, read
and passed without any explanation and
without "a division. The anti-opGlon bill
occupied. the attention Of the Senate for.
the remainder Of the days session.
WASHINGTON, ID. EC.,o9 July 23.AThe
anti-option bill occupied the attention Of
the Senate during most Of the afternoon.
Mr.. Hansbrough made ian argument in IA
vor OF It, and Mr.. Hlseock an argument in
opposition. circumstances against the
passage of the bill were presented by Mr.
oCulIom, from Springfield and Rock Islandi
all. The bill went over till Monday So
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WASHINGTON, July 16.-This was isus-
pension day in the House. but. unlike its