Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-12-22
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dee. >.
SENATE.


city for the holidays and among those
was Vice President Morton, in whose
absence the chair was occupied by Ar.
Henderson Gep.,) OF Nebraska. rre.i-
dent pro TEN of the Senate.
Among the papers presented and re-
ferred were Joint resolutions Of the
Vermont Legislature requesting Con
sress to enact laws establishing 4 uni
form policy ofimmgration from foreign
nations and of migration from State
to State.
In presenting batch of petitions
asking the postponement Of the anti
option bill Mr.. Cockrell dem of Mis-
souri,. spoke of them rs stcreoptyped
petitions, marked with fraud and hard
" entitled to be recognized rs the kind
ofpetitions that ought to be presented
to the Senate. Numerous other pcti-
tions Of the same kind were presented
bv other Senator's and were all rele!
red to the committee on agriculture.
Mr.. Chandler Gep) Of New iiamp
shire. from the committee on immigra
ton, reported back withamendmeats
bill to suspend and prohibit immisra
ton for one year from tie first Of
March, 1898, and asked that j, be read
in full. After it was read and placed
on the calendar Mr.. Chandler said that
the matter was ofsuch Importance that
there ought to be, at the reassembiins
of Congress in January, an immediate
consideration Of it. He should there
fore ask the Senate, on the first day OF
the re-assembling. to take up the bill
for consideration and action.
Mr.. Hill, democrat, OF New York,
member of the committee on immisia-
ton, said that he had not concurred in
the report. There was one feature of
the bill which he thought he should OBJ
iect to. He though that bill could be
framed that would meet the views Of
the country better than the one report
ed and he reserved the right nj some
future time to submit 4 minority re-
port.
Senate bill to amend existing lawste-
lating to mineral lands and mining re-
-o,,rca- ,vnc nocScd
Mr.. Perkins, republican, of Kansas,
introduceda bill to enable the people of
Oklahoma and of the Indian Territory
to form constitutional and State GOV
eminent, and to be admitted into the
Union on an equal footing with the
original States. Referred to the com
mittee on territories.
The McGarrahan bill was then taken
up, and Mr.. Hunton, democrat, of Iir-
ginia, continued his argument i'll favor
Gifts passage over the Presidents veto
The bill, he said, had passed the Senate
without single vote being recorded
against it and it had passed The House
under a Suspension of the rules with
seven votes more thau the necessary
two-thirds 1t was fair to assume that
it had received full consideration in the
judiciary committee of the Senate
which had reported iD and in the
House committee on mines and mining,
and the only effect of tie bill Of it
should become a law) was TO turn Nc
Garrahan back to the beginning Of the
to file his application be-
fore a United States court, and to ostab-
ish, step By step, his right to the prop
erty.
At the close of Mr.. Hmton's speech
IN effort was made by Mr.. Teller, re-
publican, of Colorado, to have a day
liked (the 18th of january for taking
tote on the BILL but Mr.. Morrill,, re-
publican, of Vermont, aud other Scna-
ors objected and the bill went over
without action. retaining its privileged
position in the morning hour. The
bill was then taken up, and
Mr. PETER, populist, of Kansas, con-
inued his speech in favor oft.
After Mr. PETER concluded his speech
IL favor of the anti-option bill Mr..
Washburn tried. but failed, to have
| day fixed, after the holidays,
or taking vote and then he announced
lis purpose of keeping the bill before
he Senate until disposed of. The Sen
tie went into executive session.
HOUSE.
Immediately after the reading and
approval ofthe journal Mr.. McMillen,
DEM Of Tenn, moved an adjourn
nent. This was defeated u to 10.
The committees were called for re-
ports, but without important results;
md as there was evidently no quorum
present the House If I2.15 adjourned