The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-29

Dolngs Of Congress.
The attendance of Senators.in the Senate
monday was very small. not more than
forty BEING in the chandler when the open
Ing prayer was offered by haplain Butler
The desk ana chair recently occupied by
Nr Gibson. of Louisiana. were drapca In
black As soon as Thursdays journal was
read Mr. German. OF Mary land, pronounced
eulogy OF Senator Gibson and 81 sed by
Offering the usual re solutions expressive of
the senafeS profound sOrr3w ut the death
OF Mr. Glib On and for III" appointment OF Il
committee (: attend the funeral 1T LcNin:-
ton. Ky. The re olntons we're adopted
and the Senate. as Il further rfmar!,
OF respect. adjourned In the House
the unoccup;ci seats far ouinnmLered
those that were occupied There came
up from last session the bill for the
relief OF William l. Ninans OF Bal
tmore. the inventor of the srinsl. e. shaped
ship: the motion TO pass the bill was lest
Mr. Wilson dem Missouri called up the
Senate bill increasing The pension Of pen
sioncrs OF The Mexican war from IS TO ST. Il
month: the bill was passed. Mr. Culierson
tDem.l Texas. moved TO suspend the rules
aud pass Il bill limiting the jurisdiction OF
the Circuit and D~tr ct Courts OF the Uni
ted States he bill Iroiiib.ts suits in
United States courts by or against corpora
tiuns except t. the C ,urts o. the legal dom-
irite of the corporation in cases where iu-
rlsdlctlOn He ends upon the citizenship or
the parties. he motion was agreed to,
and he House then ad iourne l.
After the routine morning business was
dispose! OF in tie Senate Tuesday the
army appropriation I'LL fr, III the House
was presented and referred 20 TIE Commit
tee on Appropriations. \ bill for the re-
appoint mtnt OF james Il. Angel. Of Nic:,i-
gan, on he Board Of Regents Of the Smith
sonian Institution WAS re .or:rd and passed
Mr. S.}erman introG IIcei bill to extend t.
the North Pacific Ocean the provisions OF
the statutes for the prnt2 ion OF fur seals
and other tu--i caring animals, and il was
!c!errcl l to the Committee On fOrri-n Re-
lation- He bill Introduced by Mr. Bate
democrat. Tenn 40 repeal all statutes
relating to supervision Of elections and spe-
Cal deputics,r was taken W; but went over
without actiua. The anti-nption bill was
then taken up and Mr.. Palmer democrat.
1ll.) addressed the Senate. explaining AMI
defending his objection t, the bill After
considerable argument. but without
ronc.udn. his speech, Mr.. Palmer
yielded the Hoor-thc anti-option bill
guin- over with ut act ion ind the Senate
adiournel. In the House on motion OF
Mr. Lind rep, Mimi, a resolution was
adopted calling on the Secretary OF the
Interior for Information relative TO the
action taken by the state Of Minnesota -
annui the charter of the Hastings and pa
kota Railroad Company. Under the Spe-
cial order the floor was then accorded u
Inc NoEifulLtcc Oh IHbih: Lands, which.
through its chairH1ln. Mr.. MrRae. allied
up the bill adjusting the ella inns of Arlsan-
saS and ether States under the swamp land
ac:. No action was taken on The III. 10
quorum being sc 'nrel to vote uEcn l.. and
the HCu-e ADJOURNED
In the Senate Wednesday. Mr.. Morgan
tAla.l presented the joint memorial of the
Senate and He use of Ala bama urging such
measures adopted by Congress as to secure
the speedy construction OF the Nicaragua
Canal and It's control by the Trited States.
The resolution recently offered by Mr..
Vest MO- directing the Committee On the
Census to investigate charges Of partisan
action against certain census enunerator>
was reported favorahly and agreed to. The
anti-option bill was then. taken up and Mr..
Palmer t1il. continued his argument de-
gun Tuesday, in opposition to 1t. Mr..
PETER Okan.) said that lie would not be
quite satisfied with his own conduct if be
did not at least openly before the Senate
express his approval of The pending meas
ure. Adjourned. lii the House. on motion
OF Mr.. Smith tArA J. Il bill was passed re-
storing To the public domain certain por-
ton o. the White Mouni:tin Apache Indian
reservation in Arizona. The floor was thea
accorded to the Committee On Commerce.
In committee Of the whole the House pro-
&c de / to the cons liberation q The first bill
called up. being one provi ling for sundry
Eighth 1uses and other aids to navigation.
MIR. Brirkncr wis. in a short speech add
vocated the Iassage Of the measure and
then moved that il be favora bly, reported
to the House. MIR. Antony iTexasl WAS II
strong opponent of the measure. and al
though he permitted it to be reported to
the House with a favorable recommcnda-
t:oa he then resumed his an:a-cnism. aud
the House, ing without q quorum, was
obliged to adjourn.
The Mct;arrahan bill had the attention
o. the Senate for half the time Thursdays
session lasted. and Nr. llun,on VA closed
his three day, speech in its favor. In
pre- 'cnfing batch OF petitions asking
postponement OF the anticipation bill. Mr..
Cochrell Mo- spoke Of them as stcreotyped
petitions. marked with fraud and hardly
entitled to be rccocnH ID As the kind Of
petitions that ought to be presented to the
Senate. Al! petitions on the same subject
were referred to the Committe. on A-ri-
culture. Mr. Perkins (Nan) introduced
bill to snabi" the people OF
Oklahoma and of the Indian Territory
to form Il constitutional and State
government and to he admitted into the
Union on an equal footing with the original
States Referred 30 the Committee on
Territories. The McGarrahan bill was
thea taken up ana Mr. lIunton VA con-
tinued his argument in favor Of its passage
over the Presidents veto Tine an i-op,ion
bill was then taken up. and Mr.. PETER
ikan.) continued his s. czech in favor of it.
At the conclusion Of Mr. PETERS speech
Mr.. Washhurn (Minn1 remarked that il
was Impossible to have a vote On the bill
that day After a short executive session
the senate adjourned until afte: the Holt
days. Immediately after the reading and
approval of the journal in the House, Mr..
McMilln tTenni moved an adjournment
This was defeated-42 to IS. The commit
tees we're called fer reports. but without
i'm portant results. and. as thcr, vas evil
IDENTIFY no GU rum present. the House also
adjourned until after the hol dry season