The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-02-17
CONGRESSIONAL
Summary of the Weeks Proceedings of
the Senate and House.

the Senate and House.
THE senate on the 4th passed eighteen bills
that we're on the calendar. After that the house
blu TO ratify the agreement with the Cherokees
for the cession Of their interest in the Chero.
kee outlet lands and appropriating IS $50 900 to
carry il out was passed in the nature OF Ia SUBJ
stitute. A resolution by Senator Morgan was
agreed to requesting the president to send to
the senate a draft of the annexation treaty
negotiated in 1884, but not completed, with the
kingdom of Hawaii. After tributes to the late
Representatives Gamble Is. d.. Ford (Wash)
and Stackhouse IS c. the senate adjourned ...
The house passed the diplomatic appropriation
bill and the military academy bill Mr. Hatch
reported back the anti-option bill and it was
referred TO the chmmittee OF the whole. Pub
lie business was then suspended and eulogies
delivered upon the late Representative Ken
dali. Of Kentucky, and the house adjourned.
WHEN the senate met on the Tth Senator Hill
moved to take up the bill to repeal the Sher-
man silver law and read a speech in favor Of
his motion When vote was reached il was
defeated by % yeas to ~ nays The quarantine
bill was then passed without division. also
bill for the payment of local taxes on lands held
by Indians in severalty. The automatic coup
Ter bill was then considered until adjournment
When the house met the whole time until
O'Clock was occupied in flibustering to prevent
approval of the journal Every effort TO reach
the anti-option bill failed, owing to flibuster-
ing tactics, and the house finally adjourned.
THE senate put IN most Of the day or the eth.
debating the automatic coupling bill, but did
not reach a vote. The Guthrie resolutions in
favor of opening the Cherokee strip were pre-
sented- The bill for the relief of the legal rep
resentatives OF John Roach was passed. 1 APP
propriates $3.50 TO paw balance due on the
Dolphin. -. The proceedings of the house were
of a routine character, the session being mostly
in committee of the whole on the legislative APP
msnrr
900 The debate was long and covered the
whole question OF revenue and the probable de-
ficiency.
THE morning hour in the senate on the Sth
was spent in passing bills on the calendar At
O'Clock the senator's headed By Vice Presi-
dent Merton, proceeded TO the hall of the house
of representatives and took part in the cere-
mony of counting the votes of presidential
electors. Afterwards the railway automatic
car coupler bill was taken up and debated until
adjournment. In the house The interesting
event was the counting of the electoral vote in
joint convention Cleveland and Stevenson
were formally declared elected president and
vice-president The speaker laid before the
house the quarantine bill with senate amend
mentS The house. in committee OF the whole,
then considered the legislative appropriation
bill until adjournment
THE senate on the 9Th was in executive scs-
sion nearly all dav considering the Hawaiian
case. 1t released the injunction of secrecy
upon the correspondence between the United
States and the British and French governments
from 1872 10 1914 respecting the seizure of the
Hawaiin islands by Lord Paulet for the British
government The correspondence ends with
the declaration by the British ana French gov
ernments of the independence of Hawaii and
their guarantee never to seek possession of the
Islands. 70. The house had lively debate ON the
silver question and the friends CT silver won a
decided victory over their opponents Mr.
Catchings called up the resolution setting apart
two days for debate on the bill repeating the
Sherman act and providing that no diaiory
motions should be entertained. After some
discussion voting commenced. The anti-silver
men aimed TO vote it down in order TO have a
chance on cioture. On the first roll call the
silver men we're ten votes ahead The anti
silver men got more votes on the democratic
side than had been expected. but the republic
ans spit up The final vote stood, yeas. 1913;
nays. TAI. In committee of the whole the legis-
latiyc appropriation bill was fayorably recon-
mcaded
THE senate did nothing on the 10th except to
continue debate on the automatic car coupling
bill Just the vote was about 70 be taken
en- the final passage of the bill n motion 70 print
as amended prevailed and the matter went
over. The house had under cOlsidera tion the
pension bilL The debate was dry and unin.
teresting and the bill was not finished at &C.