Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-14
IN CONGRESS TODAY.
SENATE.


At the close of the routine morning business
In the course Of which resolutions of Boston
merchants fsvoring the repeal OF the silver
aw Of 1880 were presented-the calendar was
taken up and bills we're disposed Of as follows:
To ratify an agreement with the Tonkawa
tribe of Indians in Oklahoma territory and
sppropriating SO, 600 to carry 1t into effect
Passed.
To ratify an agreement with the Kickapoo
Indians in Oklahoma territory; laid aside with
out action.
Chamberlain ~ agen. of the state Of New
Hampshire to care for sick and wounded
soldiers in the Army of the Potomac.
The bill was passed after q short discussion,
in which it was objected to, as the beneficiary
had not been in the army, but had been the
caused a laugh by the remark that
he had supposed the pension was for John
Chamberlain of Washington city and tbat-al-
though he was not enthusiastic on the subject
Of pensions-he WAS fully prepared to vote
pension for John Chamberlain Of Washington.
Appropria.ipg $500. 900 for tho erection of an
additional freproof building for the National
Museum on the grounds west of the Smith
sonian Institution Passed
For the purchase Of a site for building for
the u s. Supreme Court in Washington city.
Laid aside without action on account of the
absence Of Mr.. Morrill,.
Appropriating $4,000 for the foundation
and pedestal for q bronze statue OF Christie
Pher Columbus at the west entrance OF the
Capitol grounds on Pennsylvania avenue
(whero the Peace monument now stands.
Passed
Granting to the Topeka Water and Electric
Company of Kansas the right to erect and
maintain dams across the Kansas river In
Shawnee county. Passed.
Authorizing the Quincy Pontoon Bridge
Company to construct and maintain pontoon
bridge across the Mississippi river at Quincy,
Ill. Passed.
Granting authority to the Mexican Gulf,
Pacific and Puget Sound Railroad Company
to build bridges over the Alabama, the War
rior, the Sipsey and the Tennessee rivers in
Alabama Passed
HOUSE.
The Speaker laid before the House letter
from Representative Morse of Massachusetts,
stating that Boston paper had stated that he
was unaceounted for on the vote on the free
silver bill. He was absen: account of sick
ness and was paired with Mr.. Catchings, Missis-
siPpi. The letter. which was written from
Fortress Monroe, was spread upon the journal.
ATTENTION TO THE RECORD.
Mr.. Burrows mich. J. rising to question Of
privilege, called the chairs attention TO a
speech published in the Record this morning
purporting to have been delivered by Vim. ].
Stone of Kentucky. To five lines of his own
remarks Mr.. stone appended five chapters
from Henry Georges book on Protection or
Free Trade" These chapters run from II to
&c There seemed to be something preeon-
certed about this, continued Mr.. Burrows. One
gentleman had quoted chapters from 16 to 20,
inclusive: another (Mr. Washington had
quoted chapters from IL to Is.
Another gentleman Mr.. Fithisn), had quoted
from chapters 6 to 10; another gentleman had
a fro ncho fpE In fhar rds
der leave to print, there had been published
the entire volume OF a copyright book, except
three chapters. These, he presumed, would
be forthcoming tomorrow. ILaughter.1
When one member left off at one
chapter it was taken up by the next
And they had succeeded in getting in the
record the entire volume of copyrighted
book. to be distributed at the public expense.
His point of order was that under leave
granted to members to print remarks in
the Record it was not IN order to
say simply Il desire to submit certain
volume as expressing my views and then
publish printed book in the Record.
Ii that was in order, the Republicans
had several volumes they desired to publish.
TheSpeaker said that as the chair understood
the practice this had always been question
determined by the House itself. The House
must decide whether member had VIC
lated the privileges granted him under
leave to print Leave to print ALWAYS covered
extracts How extensive they should be
the Speaker could not determine. The House
must decide it,
Mr. Burrows thought that the chair was per-
fectly right in his ruling. and in order to test
the sense Of the House he moved to strike out
of the remarks of Mr.. Stone all that Henry
George said in a copyrighted book.
Mr.. Stone said that he had inserted the chap
tiers from Mr.. Georges book for the purpose
Of sending il out to the voters of the
country in order to give them in
formation on the question Of tariff reform.
He endorsed the article in the Record In
publishing these chapters he had merely fol-
lowed the practice which had been In vogue
for many yearA