Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-09
FIFTY-SEOOND CONGRESS

iFTFTY-SEOOND CONGRESS
Speaker Crisp ays that ths.e e no yrobabi!it
of reaching public buildings bills at this session
Tho campaign seems to BE- pressing the mon
bsrs very strong all ut once. in bis estimation, q
si sess tic s ss.ns h q in
Saturday, Mr.. Watson, of Georgia. made th
| point that there WIS no quorum present and tn
ossna shs
Among numerous department communtcs
tions laid before the senate by Mr.. Handerson
so f es,o was v Gas nom ID. the Of
&s1 e. depreciation claims assresatins over IS
Senator Stewart offered . resolution which
Wis referred to the committee on contingent o.
| penaea. directing the committee ON mines ant
mining to inquire and report ae to the ayerag
production Of gold and silver bullion in tn
ssnstor Hale offered the following preamble
and resolution and said he would call 1t NJ
sWnrrrAs, At 10 time has so Largo . porto,
Of The American people been employed at x
| hiG1 wares and purchasing the necessities a1c
eeRfr1 Of life at % low prices - In the yea
WHKREAs, These conditions exist and an
largely due to the republican policy OF protsc
ton: therefore,
| n64Olv0O,
and Is hereby directed to inquire into the effec'
| of policy of tariff for revenue only. upon the
labor and the industries of the United States
| and to report the same to the senate"
The senate considered the legislative. e1ecu,
| tive and judiciary ar preparation ! i'll.
All the committee amendments were agreed to
without question except Iein s.tI the Utah
| The Presidents message in reply to the resoiu;
| lions of April 8, with copies of commercial
| agreements made with other countries, with
the reciprocal commercial agreement. was laid
before the senate and ordered printed.
Senator Stewart offered as substitute for his
free silver coinage bill one providing that the
owner of silver bullion may deposit the same at
any mint of the United States to be coined for
his benefit The coins are to be legal tender
Foreign silver coin. or bullion derived from it
by melting are excluded, and the silver act of
1880 is repealed. The substitute was laid on the
table and ordered to be printed.
bill 10 n'' '' p'@''' '''' N
The conference report on the military acade-
Upon the first round in discussing Senator
Hales resolution for inquiry into the effects on
American industry of tariff for revenue only.
Senators Vest and Hale aired the record of the
chairmen of party national committees, Vest
stat ing that Chairman Campbell was the attor
ney for the Armour packing trust and Hale re-
tort;ng about Mhitney's alleged connection with
The senate agreed to the conference report on
the Indian and army appropriation bills.
The house refused TO agree to the conference
report on the army appropriation.
1t Is tho general opinion among members OF
the house that the business will be closed up so
congress can adjourn July Is or 20.
The judiciary committee OF the house has 10.
ported substitute for bankruptcy bills before
it. There is prospect that it will pass:
Congress seems lending support 70 the plan to
prevent any legislative ses sion in Oklahoma pm:
FL the strip il opened and becomes part Of that
territory.
q tAs house the committee on rules Is at the
help and will direct the legislative craft tau the
end of the session. This is to be done by special
orders assigning days to various committees for
the consideration of bills reported by them. Tho
orders are subject to interruption by conference
buf In spite Of the urgent appeals Of the man
Is to absences this has not yet heen feegKed<
The senate a4d came e asd0sk on
ference commttecs the house hastily refusing
to agree to conference reports, giving them
no time to b considered. The feeling and
other to hold congress together on through the
sammer and fall. Some representatives have
SoHB 30 far as to declare that the customary ex
scfco n on regular appropriation bills is had VIII
81 withheld by the house.
TIP house sent te tho bottom Of the calendar
il Of great interest to western Kansas. 1t pro!
posed to give title to tinker claims to parties
who had tried to follow the requirements of the
law and failed from climatic causes The MEM
bers from the west whose Constituents were pray
ing for such relief were earnestly in favor OF the
bill, with the exception of Baker and Simpson.
Senator Perkins had the Indian appropriation
sustained at Chillocco by fire recently.
The senate spoiled the special order made to
take vote on the silver bill Friday BY getting it
It. This was accomplished BY members Of the
finance committee, all of whom were absent
when the order TO take a vote was made they
agreement that no vote would be taken until
after both national conventions, which they
claimed meant until senators had returned from
the conventions.
Conference reports on the naval. the district
and agricultural appropriation bills were agreed
to, the last being one of the three in which all
'ns ;e IN III t Scb ;s Ttbout
dent that not single general appropriation bill
has yet been sent to the president, although the
fiscal yea. expires to-day, Joint resolution to
the government for fifteen days from the end of
the fiscal year was passed by both houses and
In the house fiilbustering prevented taking up
the tin plate bill
It being apparent that no conclusion could be
reached, the friends of the measure yielded to
Mr.. Dockery, of Missouri, to call mp the confer
ence report On the district of Columbia appro-
priaticn bill. A fight ensued ON the proposition
making an appropriation for the entertainment
conference.
Objections 10 the order for voting on the silver
bill having been withdrawn. the senate at its
next session pass ed the bill, after it was amend
ed to read as follows: THAT the owner of silver
bullion may deposit the same at any mint of the
United States to BE- coined for his benefit; and it
shall be tho duty of the proper officers upon the
terms and conditions which are provided by law
for the deposit and coinage of gold. to coin such
bullion into silver dollars, authorized by the act
Of February q, 1873. entitled An act to author
ise the coinage of the standard silver dollar and
to restore it's legal tender character and such
coins shall be legal tender for all debts and dues
public snd private. The act of July II, $780, en-.
titled an act directing the purchase of silver
bullion and the issue of treasury notes thereon
and for other purposes, is hereby repealed pro-
vided, that the secretary of the treasury shall |
proceed 10 have coined all silver bullion in the
treasury purchased with silver coin certificates
Following is the vote in detail:
Yeas-Allen, Bate, Berry. Blackburn, Blodgett, |
Butler, Cameron. Cock ell. Dubois Faulkner,
George. Harris. Hill. Jones tNeyada). Kenna, |
Kyle, Mills, Mitchell, Morgan, PETER, Ransom, |
sanders, Shoup, Squires, Stewart, Teller, Turpie
Vest, Wolcott-N.