Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-02-11
CONGRESSIONAL.


Epitome OF the Proceedings Of Both
Houses the Past Week.
WHEN the house met on the 3Oth Mr.. Oates,
from the judiciary committee, reported reso-
luton on the charges against Judge Boardman,
Of Louisiana, with instructions to investigate
and report, which was adopted. Mr.. Reed (Me.)
asked consent to have bills presented to the
speaker and properly referred by him, pending
the adoption Of rules. Objected to and passed
over. Consideration of the rules was postponed
until Monday after some slight attempt at fill
clustering. Public business was then suspended
and eulogies delivered upon the death of the late
Leonidas Houck, of Tennessee, and the house
adjourned until Monday.
AT the conclusion of the morning business
(routine work. in the senate on February 1 the
calendar was taken up and several public build
ing bills passed, among them bill appropriate
ing 200, 900 for public building Kansas City,
Kan The senate then considered the Mexican
award bill (the La Arbra claim. The bill was
amended and passed. It directs suit to be
brought in the name of the United States court
of claims against the La Abra Mining Co. and
all persons making claim to any part of the
award to determine whether that award was
obtained by fraud efectuated by means Of false
swearing When the house met Mr. HOar
(Mass) and Mr.. Morse (Mass.) had tilt as to
speech the latter had made and changed in pub
fishing it in the Record. Numerous bills and
resolutions were referred, the most important
being resolution by Mr.. Arnold (Mo.) request
ing the recall of Patrick Egan, minister to Chilli,
which was referred to the committee ON foreign
affairs. The house then considered the report
of the committee on rules at considerable length
Pending the debate Mr.. Bryan CNeb) offered an
amendment which gave him the opportunity 70
deity announce that the supreme court had de-
cided the Nebraska contest in favor Of Boyd
During the debate on rules number Of speak
ers criticised the rules Of the last congress and
the action of the speaker in counting quorum
Pending debate the house adjourned
THERE was a small attendance OF members
when the senate met on the I'd Petitions were
worlds fair on Sundays. Mr.. Mitchell made q
report on the ClaggettDubois case from Idaho.
the committee deciding in favor of Dubois.
Mr.. Vance gave notice Of a minority report
Mr.. Palmer introduced resolution for the
election Of United States senators by popular
vote A bill passed appropriating 100000 for a
public building at Grand Forks, N. D., and also
bill to increase the endowment of the Louisi.
ana university. etc. The printing bill was de
bated for nearly three hours, and after an exec
utive session the senate adjourned. -. When the
, house met another tilt took place between
Messrs Morse and Hoar, OF Massachusetts,.
Mr.. Hoar is son Of the encouragement in
Grants cabinet and nephew of Senator Hoar,
but is democrat and Mr.. Morse is a leading re-
publican The gentlemen take advantage OF
every opportunity to pitch in to each other.
The report of the committee on rules was then
debated until the house adjourned
In the senate on the Sd Mr.. Dolph from the
foreign relations committee reported adj
versely various anti-Chinese bills and In lieu
IQer0O1 reported q Dill COnt1nu1Qy IN force lot
ten years all laws now in force regula ting and
prohibiting the coming OF Chinese to this coun.
try. Mr.. Kyle addressed the senate in favor Of
his bill regulating marriage aud divorce The
bill creating a new judicial district in Utah
passed, also several public building bills. The
printing bill then debated until adjourn
| ment. The house spent the entire day in de-
bate upon the report Of the committee rules.
Various amendments were offered and a great
amount of talking INDUCED in Pending debate
the house adjourned.
WHEN the senate met on the 4th Mr.. Mander-
son presided Mr.. Brice introduced bill for
the erection Of a monument at Put-in-Bay to
commemorate the battle Of Lake Erie. Referred.
A resolution by Mr.. PETER was agreed to chang.
ing the day for holding memorial services for
Senator Plumb to February Is. After a brief
executive session the report of the elections
committee in the Florida case was taken up,
debated at length and adopted, confirming
Senator Call in his seat. Adjourned until
Monday The continuation Of the debate on
! the rules in the house brought out some spicy
remarks upon the practice of setting apart a
day to make set speeches on the death of q
member. Mr.. Enloe (Tenn) thought the GUS
tom had become perfunctory and was regarded
too much in the light of holiday. He there
fore favored a rule making memorial day on
Sunday the services were of religious
tendency. Mr. Morse (Mass.) favored it: so did
Mr. Stout (Mich) The resolution was defeated
on roll call. After a longer debate the code OF
rules finally adopted. census deficiency
Dill was tnen reported ana resolution direct
ing inquiry as to whether congress had the
power to make appropriation for the worlds
fair adopted. Adjourned.
THE house was in session only about two
hours on the 5th. the census deficiency bill be-
ing under consideration in committee of the
| whole. An amendment by Mr.. Savers (Tex.)
| making appropriation of S115 514 for sub
siStence of Sioux Indians and calling on the
secretary of the interior tor information as tic
the number of employees under direction of the
Indian bureau was adopted. When the com
mittee the bill passed. The private cal.
| endar was taken up and the house soon ad-
| jOurned.