Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-01-14
CONGRESSIONAL.
10th Houses Resume Work After the
Holiday Heoess.

| Both Houses Resume WORK Aitor tne
Holiday He0ess.
| CONGRESS resumed its work on the ith. A
quorum showed up In the senate Mr.. Stewart
made speech in opposition TO the bill intro
duced by Mr.. Mcpherson to suspend the pur-
| chnsc OF silver bullion under tho Sherman bill
Some progress was made on tho nnt-opNon
| bill aud Mr.. Sherman took occasion 10 state AlE
views on the subject OF that measure. The GER
tiicntes OF the election OF presidential electors
| from the States Of Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
Mississippi Iowa Nevada, Vermont, Idaho,
| Virginia, Massachusetts and West Virginia
were presented by the vice president and were
placed on file. After the Introduction and refer
enco OF sundry bills and resolutions, Friday and
Saturday were set apart for the consideration
OF the immigration and quarantine bills The
senate then adjourned. 80. When the house met
Mr. Martin. OF Indiana, called up the private
pension bills on the calendar Of unfinished bus
mess but Mr. BLAND objected and the house
soon adjourned.
IN the senate on tho stu Mr. Villas spoke against
the nnti.option bill for nearly three hours.
Mr.. HUI offered resolution which went over
that copy OF the immigration bill no trans
mitted TO the secrot ary OF state Nr his opinion
Us 10 whether or no: IL absolutely suspends i'm
migration for one year The housr resolution
10 cover back into the treasury SisS0 OF the
appropriation 10 the Choctaw and Chckasuw
Indians for their interest In certain Cheyenne
reservation lands passed The senate bill cen.
corning the testimony In criminal eases or pro.
ccedings growing out NJ the interstate COM
merce law was, on motion OF Mr.. Wilson. taken
from The calendar and passed 1trrovides that
no person shall be excused from testifying on
the ground that his testimony might tend TO
cr!nina,c himself. e. The houss opened the
day considering private pension bills laid over
from tho last sussion as unfinished business.
There was bare quorum present ut first, but
the house was finally Obliged to await the
presence Of even quorum Tbs question was
finally waived in order TO enable the house TO
consider and pass the fertilization appropria'
ton bill
THE session OF the senate on the 9Th was
given up exclusively TO the discussion OF the
bill ON the subject OF quarantine regulations
and its corela,ivc measure, the bill 10 suspend
immigration FOR one year Mr. Chandler spoke
for three hours In iis favor. Arguments against
the quarantine bill were made By Senators Nc.
Pherson. Plat Mills and Dolph Many amend
ments were offered. some Of which were agreed
10, the others goin. ove. no senate then adj
iournei The session Of the house was an I'M
eventful ono. The attendance was small and
nothing but private business was considered,
with thu exception Of bin providing for the
muster and pay OF certain officers and men Of
the volunteer forces, which passed About
thirty private pension bills then passed and the
house adjourned.
Bur few members were In attendance when
the senate met on the It'll The electoral votes
OF Nebraska Kansas Minnesota Washington
ard Missouri were received and filed. Mr.
Platt introduced bill for the temporary gov
crnment OF Alaska. The quarantine bill came
up as the regular order and was considered at
length but finally went over The house bill
extending for FIVE years the act OF February
1891, for the construction OF deep water har-
Dor on the coast of Texas WAS amended 80 as
10 read two years and pass I'd -. The house was
engaged the entire day in considering the Dis
trct Of Columbia bill but did not complete 1t
before adjournment
THE senate was in session about five hours
on the 9th half OF which time was spent on Mr..
McPhcrson's Joint resolution authorizing and
directing the secretary OF the treasury 10 sus
pend oil purchases OF silver under the Sherman
act and the other half on the bill granting adj
ditional quarantine powers and imposing addi'
tiOnal duties upon the marine hospital service
The prospects Of the passage OF bill to repeal
the Sherman act may be JUDGED from IN en-
phatic declaration by Mr.. Teller that those
who desired its repeal might butt their heads
against the wall as much as they chose, but
that they had not got the vote In the senate or
the house 70 repeal that law; that IL was NOR
ally certain that 1t could not be repealed before
the 9TH OF March, and that In his judgment, IL
was no more likely after than before that time
The discussion Of the quarantine bill took place
on an amendment offered by Mr.. White limit
ing its operations to the LIST OF January. In
the house the District OF Columbia bill was
further debated and passed. Then an hour was
consumed in the consideration OF bill 10 pro-
mote the efficiency OF the militia The remain
der Of tho day was devoted 10 the consideration
OF bill permitting tho Norfolk & Western
Railway Co. TO enter the District OF Columbia.
THE senate on the 10th passed the bill grant
ing additional quarantine powers and imposing
additional duties upon the secretary Of the
treasury and the marine hospital service An
important amendment was adopted giving to
the president the power not only 10 suspend
immigration. but to prohibit the whole or In
part the introduction OF persons and property.
After the quarantine bill was passed the bill
prohibiting immigration for one year Was nj
lowed 10 lapse. The anticipation bill was then
taken up and Mr.. Villas completed his argument
against II Adjourned. The house met In
continuation Of the session OF the day before.
The bill admitting the Norfolk & Western road
into the District OF Columbia was passed. The
house then proceeded to consider the joint
resolution changing the time for the meeting
OF congress and for the Inauguration OF the
president and an interesting discussion fol-
lowed It was finally defeated and the house
I'D