Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-03-19
FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS

Senator PETER introduced bill providing that
holders of bonds may exchange for legal tender
notes when they may desire to DO 60.
The house BY large vote finally liked upon
March y as the date to open the debate on the
several silver bills before It The vote lndlcates
that tho house will pass the Bland bill
The house took up the pension appropriation
bill. voted down an amendment to increase the
aggregate by 10000 and then passed the bill.
Senator Sawyer put in a bill to authorize the
postmaster general to contract WIN any teie-
graph company for the transmission OF private
business, at rates not to exceed those now
charged. .
the secretary of agriculture, has been pressing
upon the house committee on agriculture a bill
to provide school for training experts IN the
manufacture of sugar So far he has not mace
progress with the committee.
The senate finished the pure food bill, amend
ing it in many points and to such an extent that
it was decided to reprint it before putting it upon
The senate confirmed John b. BufOrd to be As
sociate justice OF the supreme court OF Okla-
homa. .
See other dispasches for executive considera-
ton of the Behring arbitration treaty by the
The senate considered the Behring Sea seal
fishery question. On the conclusion OF the read
ing of the correspondence on the subject debate
was begun. 1t appeared from the discussion that
large majority of the senators were OF the opn-
ION that the treaty should be amended by the ad-
the modus vivendi, or that the resolution of rat-
fcation should be accompanied by direction to
the president to withhold the exchange OF ratlh-
cations until Great Britain had consented to a
renewal. -
Senator Sherman urged that the treaty should
be ratified-by the senate taking the ground that
BY doing SO the United States would give evil
dence to the world of its Willingness to arbitrate
the questions involved. Tie president might be
relied upon to execute the laws and seize all Of
Tending vessels.
Tariff reform was discussed by Mr.. Millin and
Mr.. Dingley in the house, both gentlemen being
eiose attention. They Proceeded to thresh out
old straw with great eloQuence and to the ad-
miration of partisans on either side OF the Free
in sad evil PREDICTION to
the Mckinley tariff has been disproved by the
march of events. Every prediction Of its benefits
has been made good iTEte ss 9 more tna IN
make this country the largest manufacturing,
the largest mining and the most prosperous
country on the face of the earth is here to stay"
The senate passed the deficiency appropriation
bill to enable the department OF agriculture to
continue through the fiscal year the inspection
of meats for export.
buildings for all towns wherein postOttice re-
ceipts exceed 5000, but took no action,
The house continued in debate on the ffe
wool bill Mr.. Dlngley, of Maine. continued his
argument against it. In his remarks he asserted
that the appropriations by the Fifty-irst con-
gress for the expenses of the government were
billion q year, as is SO often stated.
The house committee appointed to investigate
the pension bureau is daily at work. The letter
of resignation of one Edward Howard was given
to the committee. In this letter Mr.. Howard
says that over one month before he wrote it he
had made certain grave charges against the ad- :;
minstration and had offered proof positive OF
the truth of the charges. He had patiently wait
ed to be called upon to establish the truth OF his
charges.
Mr.. Ray, of New York, in speech on the tariff
denounced demagogues and shysters for attempt.
ing to mslead the people. In his speech he read
Mr.. Simpsons sub-treasury bill and asked that
it might be printed In the Congressional Record
as curiosity.
Continuing, Mr.. Ray made reference to the
deb and Mr. Simpson s d with the
question:
"Does not the gentleman know that after col
Letting from the people in taxes nearly double I3l
more pounds of cotton, more bushels OF wheat,
more bushels of cCrn to pay that debt to-day
than it would have taken at the close of the war,
To this Mr.. Ray replied: 81 do not know any
such thing and no sensible. well-informed per-
statement"
The house held its third evening session which.
under the rul es, are due to be held Friday for
action on private pension bills. Not bill of
that character has as yet passed the house, and
the evenings set apart for their consideration are
spent In uprOar.
TIE senate reached the bill to provide federal
buildings in towns of certain classes. The appro-
priation section for SSC00tO for this purpose was
stricken out so as to leave that question to the
jurisdiction of the appropriations committee.
The senate passed the urgent deficiency appro-
priation bill.
In the house the senate amendments to the
urgent deficiency bill were nOn-concurred in and
q conference committee was appointed.
The house passed another batch of appropria-
lions for southern individual war claims.