Connecticut western news., 1892-03-31
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A Digest of the Proceedings in the Senate
 and House-

A Digest of the Proceedings in the Senate
 and House.
 WASHINGTON, March 23-The senate was in a river improvement mood. Anticipating the house river and harbor bill, it passed an order sppropriating SIS, ,750,OO0 for the improvement of the Mississippi river from its mouth to St. Paul, not more than $3, ,75O,- 900 to be expended in any one year.
 The long anticipated debate on the Biand free coinage silver b9l was begun in the house. There was a large attendance in the galleries and on the floor. After the reading of the journal the bill was imme- diately taken up, MT. Bland, of Missouri, opening the debate in favor of the measure He was followed by Mir Williams Dem ], of Massachusetts, who represented the anti silver element of the Democratic party. WASHINGTON, March 4-For nearly four hours the senate discussed the question whether Indian agents should be army off, cers or civilians.
 The house continued the discussion of the silver bill.
 WASHINGTON, March 25.-For an hour the senate did business for the public eye and ear and then retired behind closed doors for the rest of the session. In that time they considered the Behring sea matter.
 The session of the house was devoted to tue ulSCuSSlOu Ol UI6 SlNeT Dlll, WHICH ClOS6u at 5 o'clock. The features of the debate were the speech of Mir. Hatch, of Missouri, repudiating the mugwumps of Massachu- setts CWilliams and Hoar) and that of Burke Cochran, of New York, who is supposed to represent Senator Hills views on the ques- tion. He opposed the bill.
 MT. Burrows moved to lay the bill on the table, and giSatly to every one's surprise the motion failed only by.a tie vote-14s to 14S.
 A motion to reconsider was made by MT. Johnson, of Ohio, and the house refused 149 to 145-to adopt MT. Bland's motion to lay Mir. Johnson's motion on the table.
 The Republicans and anti free silver Dem ocrats then successfully filibustered till after midnight when MT. Bland was forced to move an adjournment without coming to a direct vote on the measure. The mo- ton to adjourn was carried, and this kills the bill for the present.
 WASHINGTON, March 28.-The senate in secret session reached a practical agreement to ratify the Behring sea arbitration treaty. The house, wearied from its labors on the silver bill since Tuesday last, devoted three hours to the consideration of bills on the private calendar, and, not securing a quo rum, adjourned.
  ing the morning hour discussed, with some slight incidental reference to the Behring sea matter, the proposition to transfer the revenue marine service to the navy, and subsequently, recommitted @ bill to give gov ernment employees in the bureau of engrav- ing and printing and navy yard thirty days leave of absence with pay, after amending the bill out of sight by tacking onto it a stipulation that its provisions should apply to every other person employed by the gov ernment, whether hired by the year, the month, the week or the day. Secret session on the Behring sea question and the alleged violation of executive condolences occupied the balance of the day.
 The house consumed the entire day in considering bills reported from the commit tee on the District of Columbia, several of which were passed and the house then ad-