Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-05-07
FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS

The senate concluded its innings on the Chi
nese exclusion bill. which had passed the house,
BY substituting for it e bill to extend existing
laws on that subject ten years.
After this was done several amendments offered
to the substitute were voted down. The bill now
goes to Q conference committee. -.
The house spent another day without any
action. There were many more present than re-
Quifed for q quorum, but calls OF the roll failed
to chow quorum present, except when the roll
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rect the record of soldiers who are shown TO
have been desertefs, and new ones of the Same
,ort are continually. making their appearance.
t seems to be prevailing sentiment that but q
email percentage of these cases have merit In
that the records should be changed to do justice
10 the Individual the belief being prevalent that
such as have no moral right to them.
Jessie Benton Fremont will make another
trial before thi: congress to get back the home
paid $4,000 in gold just before the war. and
which ie now part of the site of military works,
having been, with other property, occupied BY
The house took up the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill. Mr.. Blount explained the
provisions of the measure. 1t appropriated ST.
sSd ss1s sss Fac the ss estimate aa the
The minority of the house committee on for
eign affairs have reported to the house a set OF
resolutions in place of what they regarded as q
cuted Russian Hebrews, already reported BY the
majority of the committee. These resolutions
assert thar the time has now come when the
the persecution of Hebrews in Russia, and di-
reefs the American minister to Russia to COM
municate with the Russian government and re-
Of the May laws, Of the laws limiting the places
of residence of Jews and the character of their
occupations, and prohibiting foreign Jews from
general is also instructed to report on the facts
ascertained by the minister whether or not these
Russian statutes and ordinances do not consti-
tQte violation OF existing treaties between this
Mr.. Frederick has bill before the house
which is intended to expedite the building of a
bridge over the Missouri river at Leavenworth.
He is pushing il.
4Another debate occurred in the senate over the
amendment to the army appropriation bill pro-
hibiting payment for transportation over branch
lines operated by the Union Pacific.
When the senate reached a vote on the proviso
in the army APPROXIMATION bill forbidding pay
ment to the Union Pacific for service done the
army by its branch lines, the proviso was strick-
en- out-yeas 26 nays 20. This gives the Union
Pacific, as usual, payment for a part of its ser
vices to the army. while that part of its services
to its credit on its debt to the government.
The house spent some time discussing the dip
lomatic and consular appropriation bill. In the
debate Mr.. Simpson. OF Kansas, said there was
no need Of foreign ministers and consuls and the
entire system should be abolished.
Mr.. Bland introduced a resolution in the house
report bill imposing an income tax sufficient
to meet all expenditures for pensions, and also
bill to repeal all taxes imposed upon currency
by the Of the states rssn
ton for the payment of the Choctaws and Chic
asaws for their interest in the Cheyenne and
Arapahoe reservations Senator Allison argued
would create q precedent which would cause fu-
ture payments to other Indians of 81, 900 ,OOO He
wanted the whole matter re-referred to the
k0nn Vv,1y roffo DIV
The house, still having the diplomatic and
consular appropriation bills under considera-
ton, spent another day in oil calls votes on
mated with roll calls or an order for call of
the house which invariably showed quorum
present.
passed by the senate within "a hours from its in
PRODUCTION. 1t was the bill wanted for the
Leavenworth bridge.
The house committee on public buildings re-
ported in favor of raising the amount for the
federal building at Kansas City, Kansas, from
ESQ 600 to S200.OO0.
under arrest for being so often absent They
we're all excused by roll call vote. This was
made the occasion of the introduction of reso-
luton offered by Mr. Bailey OF Texas to cut oh
1t was referred to the committee on rules.
The New Orleans-Italy imbroglio presented |
Itself in the house through the diplomatic
subjected to much adverse criticism for his |
action IN paying the Italian idemnity out of the
emergency fund; but as the emergency fund is |
n the nature of secret service appropriation 1t
;annot be definitely stated how it is expended.
An amendment made by Chapman, of Michi- |
yan. prohibiting the use of this money in the |
settlement of claims of foreign countries, was |
passed over.
blount's amendment reduced this approprla-
ion from $4,000 to $4,000 No action was taken |
N the Chapman amendment.
Delegate Harvey, of Oklahoma, Is working |
lpon congress to pass general election law for |
hat territory, the territorial legislature having
allied to do so. With no legislation present off,
ers throughout the territory hold over.
The house committee on agriculture has de-
divided among five agricultural colleges in as
many states, for experiments in silk culture.
Kansas is counted as certain to be one of the five