The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-05-27
WORK IN CONGRESS.
What the Wise Men Are Doing at TIT
National Capital.

What the Wise Men Are Doing at the
National Capital.
WASHINGTON, May l9.-The naval appro-
priation ILL, with all the senate amend
ments intact-battleship, double turreted
monitor four light draft cruisers and six
torpedo boats-passed the senate yesterday
by vote of 33 to Is. Germans recent
speech was discussed and brought on a
sharp and somewhat personal debate be-
tween the Maryland senator and the sena-
tor from Wisconsin, Villas as to the
policy of the Democratic party.
WASHINGTON, May 20.-The senate by
three hours rapid work yesterday got
through with every item in the eighty
two printed pages Of the river and harbor
bill, and adopted all the committees
amendments and then adjourned further
discussion till today
In the house there was an attempt made
by the free silver men to rally to the sup
port of Bland, who desired to have the sill
yer bullion purchased and that now in
the treasury coined into silver dollars, the
cost to be paid for out of the seigniorage
10 the government, which the chair ruled
out of order, Bland taking an appeal,
which the house refused to sustain, the sill
yer men mastering only seventy-fve votes.
An amendment appropriating Sl,016, 145 for
the eleventh census was rejected.
WASHINGTON, May 21.-After two hours
of further discussion to which Hale gave
a strong political twist the senate yester-
day passed the amended river and harbor.
bill. The senate spent the remainder of
the day passing unopposed bills on the
calendar.
The house made better progress with the
sundry civil BILL covering twenty pages of
the bill. A point of order was raised by
Kilgore of Texas against the proposed Sc
lection of a site for statue of General
Sherman in Washington. The chair de-
cided the point of order we'll taken, and
mis- paragraph was ruled out. The house
then took recess until o'clock for the
consideration of private pension bills, but
the session was taken up with talk and no
bills were passed.
WASHINGTON, May 24-The senate dis
cussed all yesterday without taking final
action thereon the bill introduced in re-
Spouse to the suggestion of the presidents
annual message to punish in United
States courts offenses committed against
the treaty rights of aliens. There was
only very slim attendance on the floor,
most of the senators being engaged in
their committee rooms on appropriation
bills and other pressing matters.
Yesterday was District day in the house,
and the sundry civil bill was laid aside
and business affecting the capital of the
nation were considered, and number of
measures of purely local interest were
passed.
WASHINGTON, May 25.-All yesterday
the senate was occupied in a further dis
cussion of the bill to confer jurisdiction
upon the United States courts to try Of
lenses committed in the states against
alien residents of this country. The sem
ate adjourned pending a motion to recon-
NIT the bill to the committee on foreign
relations.
The house devoted another day to the
sundry civil bill without concluding it.
An attempt was made by Enloe to re-
duce the appropriations for the United
States coast and geodetic survey by cut
ting down certain estimates for field
work and salary. This, however, was I'M
successful.