Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-03-05
FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS

Ths senate passed q b1l TO protect foreisn e:
elh1tors at the worlds Golnmoian e1pooooda
~ American patents and trade marn. 3.
neesase was received from the president =
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eratify1ne Congress ought not, the message
~, II think, to withhold a just and reasonable
ssuts to tie proper conditions. Liberaity on
the part Of the United States is due to foreign
nations that have responded In a friendly way 10
in the exposition, and viii, 1 am sure, meet The
approval of our people. The exposition vii! be
ono Of the most iiustrious incidents in our civic
history"
The senate judiciary committee is still hearing
arguments upon the bills to prevent dealing In
options and futures.
Senator Hale's resolution calling upon the sec
Rotary of the treasury for copies Of reciprocity
agreements made was taken up and Senator vest
moved an amendment asking what had been
done, and what was the status OF reciprocity ne
The matter was debated by Senators Hale and
Vest during an entire session, and was not DIS
posed of.
The house spent day on the election contest
case of Craig against Stewart Of the Ath district
of Pennsylvania, with no practical results.
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ON the calendar, but laid it over without action
The senate agreed to the conference report on
the census deficiency bill.
ate from Idaho. was given hearing and talked
for several hours. He was attentively listened
to and replied to many quertions asked OF hum
The house settled the Pennsylvania contested
case by removing Stewart republican, and seat
ing Craig, democrat.
On the final vote a few democrats voted for the
republican, and the alliance members from Kan
M. PendIeton. of West Virginia, presided dur
ing this contest. He is the same Pendleton who
was unseated by the Fifty first congress and re-
publican given his place:
ence committee on the urgent deficiency Dill.
The bill appropriates s!2S 664.
Hearings in the Utah local government and
tories are begun. Rev. J. P. Smith Republican
In politics. argued in favor Of absolute stateh0od
for Utah. He opposed the local government Pill
because it implied distrust OF the people OF the
In the senate Mr.. Teller presented memorial
signed by B. C. Burney and Overton Love, from
the Chickasaw nation delegates. relative to the
presidents message of the 18th instant. In re-
gard to the payment to the Chickasaw and Choc-
taw Indians for certain OF the lands now occu-
ial SAYS: 'If the Choctaws and Ch1ckasaws are
to choose whether to be robbed of Is per cent OF
the United States, they would rather take the
risks ut the spiggot than at the bung.
In conclusion they say if the United states
of the United States the Chickasaws will regard
the action forfeiture of the trust of the estate
now held by the United States, and will assert
sumo full ownership and active possession OF
eaid lands and to resort to measures to test the
validity of transfers of said lands to white men,
made or attempted by the executive department
of the government. .
The members of the ways and means commit
tee of the house have decided that the wool bill
will be the first of the tariff bills to be taken up
IN the bouse II will be followed by the binding
Irvine bill, and then will come the cotton bag
Secretary Rusk, in answer to the senate resolu..
ton. communicated to the senate the report OF
the special agent of the department OF agrlcul-
ture upon the experiments in the producuOn OF
rainfall. General Dyrenforth says: The few
experiments which have been made do not fur
nish sufficient data from which to form definite
conclusions upon which to uphold or condemn
the theories of artificial production of increased
rainfall by conclusion. What has been done SO
far is altogether preliminary, but with the bene-
fit of the experience gained, hopes the subject
will be pursued"
The house adopted an amendment to the In
dian appropriation bill providing that the presl-
dent may appoint officers of the army to act as
Indian agents when vacancies occur and that
such army officers, while acting as Indian AGENTS
shall be under the orders and directions OF the
Mr.. Reed, of Maine, offered an amendment IN
creasing from 81 600 600 to $,120,O00 the appro,
priation for the support of the Indian day and
The anti-option bill will probably be allowed
to rest month SO before consideration is re-
sumed by the house committee. The committee
by the agricultural department to carry out
the provisions of the recent meat inspection
law pure food bill and silk culture bill. Be,
agricultural appropriation bill, 80 that the COM
mite has considerable work to do before 1T can
very we'll again devote its time exclusively to the
ant-options bill.