The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-02-04
FIFrY-sEcoNp CONGRESS.

Wednesday, Jan. p.
After the transaction OF unimportant routine
business the senate went into executive SEES
sion, and confirmed the nomination Of Lewis
McComas as associate justice OF the supreme
court OF the District of Columbia. A bill was
introduced 10 admit Utah as o state. Nothing
whatever was done by the house. Kilgore and
others hlibustering the whole day against the
TORY bankruptcy bill.
Thursday. Jan. 90.
In the senate Mills OF Texas and Hiscock OF
New York made constitutional arguments
against the anti-option bill. An effort TO pass
q bill creating u committee on the alcoholic
liquor trafic, gave Mr.. Vest an opportunity
OF ventilating his views on such
specimens Of crank legislation" and on these
pseudo hilanthrOpists who want TO use the
powers OF congress TO advance some hobby, to
which they are devoting their otherwise useless
lives" The house devoted the day to the sun
dry civil appropriation bill.
Friday, Jan. 90.
The death Of James G. Blaine was announced
In both houses, and adjournment was taken
out OF respect TO his memory.
Saturday, Jan %.
Practically the whole of the days session
was spent by the senate behind closed doors
the executive session lasting from 1910 to 4 80,
when the senate adjourned until 9 o'clock Mon
day, the change OF hour being fixed ia order to
give senators an opportunity to attend Mr..
Blaine's funeral.
new SouuLoF from west Virginia., MI.
camden, elected to I'LL the late Senator Ken.
mas unexpired term. appeared and took the
oath OF office.
The army appropriation bill was reported
from the on appropriations and was
placed on the calendar. Beyond the adoption
OF resolutions looking to the investigation OF
the Panama canal scandal and the whisky
trust, the proceedings OF the house we're de
void OF public interest. The sundry civil bill
made slow progress. It's consideration gave
rise to o good deal OF ~debate-mainly OF d
humorous though occasionally OF q personal,
character. No material change was made in
the measure.
Monday, Jan. 30.
In the senate to-day Mr.. Chandler stepped TO
the front as an avowed Hawaiian annexation
list, and II he had had his way the president
would have been instructed by both houses to
enter into negotiations with the representa-
tiVes OF the provisional government OF the late
kingdom OF Hawaii and to submit the conven-
tion to congress for ratification by legislation.
But his way was blocked by Mr.. White, who OBJ
jected to immediate action, and Mr.. Chandeliers
resolution was laid over till tomorrow. Hay-
ing thus brushed aside temporarily the prop.
osition Of the New Hampshire senator Mr..
White set to work to demolish, II possible. the
anttoptions bill and Mr.. Georges substitute
for 1t. He ridiculed the principle on which the
proposed legislation is based, the immortality
OF future" dealings, and declared that the
passage of such a bill would place senators In
the position OF 'antediluvians, " going back into
the ark andcoudemning the universally and an
tiQuity Of laws of Another Of his
metaphors was that senators voting for the
bill would be like the one obstinate juror, who
regarded the other eleven jurors as pig-headed.
The brief session Of the house was an ~uninter-
esting one. The sundry civil appropriation
bill was further considered, but was
not disposed Of Mr.. McRae, from
the committee on public lands, re-
ported a bill to punish crimes in the
Yellowstone national park Calendar. The
house then proceeded in committee OF the
whole, to further consider the sundry civil ap-
preparation bill The bill was considered I'M
til $50 o'clock, when the committee rose. The
speaker announced the appointment of the
following committee to investigate the Pana-
ma canal scandal: Messrs. Fellows, Geary,
Patterson, Powers and Storer. The house
then adjourned.
Tuesday, Jan. 81.
Mr.. Chambers Hawaiian annexation resolu.
tion was laid over without action for the pres
ent after considerable debate and the anti-op-
tion bill taken up. After debate by several
senators and the voting down OF various
amendments the bill was passed by the fol-
owing vote:
Carey, Chandler, Cockrell, Cullom, Davis,
Dubois, Faulkner, FELTON,, Frye, Gallinger,
Gordon, Hale, Hansbrough, Hawley, Higgins,
Hunton, Irby, Kyle, Mcmillan, Henderson,
Mitchell, Morgan. Morrill,, PETER, Perkins,
Pettlgrew. Proctor, Sherman, Shoup, Squire,
Stockbridge, Teller, Turpie, Voorhees,, Walt.
ham, Washburn and Wilson-40.
Nays-Messrs. Berry, Blodgett, Butler, CAT
fiery, Cameron, Cole, Daniel, Dawes, Dixon,
Gibson, German, Gray Harris, Hill, Hiscock,
Hoar, Jones, (Ark.) Mcpherson, Mills. Palmer,
Platt, Pugh, Ransom, Sawyer, Stewart, Vest,
Villas, White and Wolcott-29.
Pairs were announced between Messrs.
Carlisle and Paddock, Aldrich and Quay, Bates
and Allen, Jones New and Sanders, Pasco
and Casey, Vance and Warren.
Mr., Vest spoke OF the action OF the house of
representatives Of Missouri, instructing the
United States senators from that state TO vote
for the bill, and said he preferred his own self.
respect to personal or political applause. There
was sunshine In other places besides Washing
ton city, and the air OF the pralries was purer
than that Of the senate chamber He should,
therefore. with the greatest pleasure, vote
against the bill. In the house the day was de-
voted to the consideration OF the sundry civil
augmentation bill,