Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-23
The House.

WASHINGTON, Sept. ll--There were less
thar 100 members present when the house
was called 10 order at noon today. lE his
prayer the chaplain prayed for the child
shich had ~gladdeEed the nation and the
home and the heart of the chief magis-
trate OF the country" He invoked the
divine protection on both mother and
child, ana prayed hat the little one would
grow up with every grace and womanly
virtue.
Mr.. Murray, rep, South Carolina,
sought to secure immediate consideration
Of a resolution appropriatlng $4,000 for
the relief Of cyclone sufferers in the south,
hut Mr.. kilgore, dem, Texas, objected
and it went to the committee on appro.
priations.
WASHINGTON. Sept. f2.-The house tran
sacted routine business. A letter from
the postmaster general relating to value.
less papers which have accumulated
was referred to a special committee.
Mr.. Hepburn, rep Iowa, attempted to
secure a second reading OF the resolution
calling on the secretary OF the treasury
for information as 10 the amount OF mer.
chandise transported from one United
States port to another over CaSadian ter
ritory. Mr.. Geary, dem, objected and
the resolution was referred.
WASHINGTON, Sept. l3.-The house Is
transacting routine business OF an unim-
portant character. An objection pre-
vented a resolution offered by Mr.. Tai
bert, dem, South Carolina, directing the
committee on banking and currency to
bring in Immediately q bill for the issue
of the Sl21. 00,t0Q of treasury notes from
being considered.
An attempt was made TO call up for
action the bill relative to public printing
and binding and the distribution of public
documents. but a strong resistance wa,
made by Mr.. Kilgore, dem, Texas, who
made the point of no quorum, and "a call
of the house was ordered, The call de-
veloped the presence of a quorum aud the
house went into committee of the whole
on the printing bill.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-THE struggle
over the federal election repeal bill began
In the house with the opening of tie ses-
sion. The republicans, under the leader
ship Of Mr.. Burrows. hlibusterSd to pre-
vent the reception OF the report from the
committee on election of president and
,ice president in favor of the Tucker bill.
On Mr.. Burrows motion to dispense with
the call of committee for reports, the re-
publicans refrained from voting, TINS
breaking a quorum. The vote resulted:
Yeas. q; nays, l0G. A call Of the house
was ordered.
WASHINGTON, Sept. l6-In the house
today the journal having been approved,
Mr.. English. democrat, New Jersey, asked
unanimous consent for the consideration
of a resolution r~eciting that the recent
train robberies on interstate railroad
lines showed that the United States mails
were in danger. and directing the com
mittee on interstate and foreign CON-
merce to investigat, these robberies.
Mr.. Kilgore, democrat, Texas, objected
n IL ven over.
The house then resumed the fight over
tAc federal elections repeal bill at ex-
sctly where IL left of yesterday and ex-
sctly where il was begun the day before.
Mr. Burrows moved to dispense with the
call Of committees, and on this motion
the yeas and nays were ordered.
The democrats could muster but l41
members, and rs this was not a quorum.
the house at ~ 40 adjourned to meet at
1:S5 Monday, upon which day the house
has accepted An invitation to be present
as a body at 2 o'clock to attend the cere-
monies relative to the centennial ami
versary OF the laying Of the corner stone
of h capitol.