The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-02-24
CONGRESS.
The Weeks Proceedings Of the Senate and
House Given in Condensed Form


House Given in Condensed Form
IL the senate On the 18th tho bill 70 promote
the safety Of employees and travellers upon rail-
roads by compelling railroad companies 10
equip their cars with automatic couplers and
continuous brakes and their locomotives with
driving wheel brakes was finally disposed OF
The subs itute for the house bill OF last session
was agreed 70 and the bill passed Il now goes
back 70 the house for concurrence. TIE house
had under cosideration the pension bill debate
on which occupied the day All attempts TO
limit debate we're defeated and this vas the
condition Of affairs At adiOurnmenL
TIE Nicaragua canal bill occupied the atten-
ton Of the senate on the 18th 1t provides that
the three-per cent bonds Of the COMPANY 10 an
amount not exceeding sloo Ooo oe1 principal and
interest shall BE- guaranteed b. the United
States government with certain limitations
An attempt 70 take up the -four states" bill
failed bT vote OF . 70 Il 100. The house after
pa=sing a railway bridge bill debated the Dis
trict 81 Columbia bill which with the exception
Of the passage OF a few Local bills. occupied the
attention OF The house the remainder OF the day
THE Nicaragua bIll was before the senate for
some tine on The i4th and Nessrs Sherman
ard Teller spoke the first for aud the latter
against NJ Holr offered a resolution that On
Washinzton's birthiay uhe 23dl Washington :
farewell address be read 70 the senate BY the
president PRO TEN This was slap at annex
alton The suntry civil bill was then discussed
until adjournment IN the house during de-
bate on the pension bill Mr.. Hatch Indirectly
gave notice q the course which be would puF-
sue ii reference 70 the anti-optiou bill He had.
he said, waited patiently for days in order that
the considers ton OF the approximation bills
shozld Re completed But he nov gave notice
that unless the appropriation bills were dis
POSED Of IN a reasonable tine. h would ask Tor
the consideration q = measure which being q
revenue BIZ had 4 right Of way He alluded 70
the arti-op1sn bill The debate on the pension
bill was prolonged, but interesting. and with
out disposins OF the measure the house ad-
iourEed-
IN tie senate on til 18th the conference re-
port O. the army appropriation bill was re
cei-ed ard went over Mr. Hoar'= resolution
that Er Marlerson president PRO TEN. read
Washinr-Ou-s farewell address 20 tze senate
OF Fe6-uar- - was adopted The diplomatic
and miIitarr academr bills were reported and
placed. On the calenIar. and the sUairv civil
biz was making good progress wher a message
was received from the president relating 10 the
Hawaiian matter and he senate went into eZ-
ecur-vs session WAea the doors were opened
eul1gies were delivered uE0n the late Repre-
sentative NcDCcaiL OF New JERSEY, and the
senate adjourned The invalid pension app-O-
r-iariou BIZ uo-or1- zsd The attention q the
house. Tbe general debate was euliveued bT
AIr. BOu,elie. of Maine. who made one % his
vigorous and Characteristic speeches Against
the ar1=ud--=uts Changing the existing pension
lavs points Of order we're made the d-lermina-
ton Of which was postponed and the house al
l5uraed-
TIE session Of tho senate OF the 18th vas oc-
cu-5ed il consideration Of the sun1-y civil bill
Al amendment involving the eCnulU1nce Of the
oHce OF supervisor OF elections gave rise 70 a
lorz and heated political discussion ..-. The
house resumed consideration OF The pension
appropriation bil in committee Of the whole
TIE amendments. Transferring the bureau 70
the way department requiring pensioners IN
der the act cf i-2i 20 shO= that they are dis
asled fer manual labor and have not an annual
income Of 49,. and providing that no widow
shall BE- granted pension II she was not mar
ried Vi hin five years after III close Of the var
n which her husband served were defea ted
without division During the debate q personal
collision took r.ace between Nsssrz- Turpin- OF
Alabama aUi Waugh, Of Indiana VI ID created
-reat confusion and caussi speedy adjourn
meuL
TEE sgndry civil appropriation hill occupied
he attention CT the senate on the 18th The
s1lecdr1=E, continuing in force the federal 81
revision q elections was adopted bF a party
vote Pending debate O. the question Of issU-
ing three percent binds 10 maintain The gold
reserve the senate adjourned - IN the house
the pension Appropriation BIZ was further con-
sidered and iualir passed TIE post ONCE ap-
preparation biI was CONSIDERED without final
action The car coupler = I'D vas postponed IN
I'll Tussiav. a senate tili was passed extend
tnc 70 the North Pacific ocean he provisions u
the statutes for the protection u fur seals. Mr.
johnson 81 Indiana, Il calling the attention %
ne speaker 70 what he thought vas a mis8p-
7reheusi1n on the part cfthe chair il one OF his
statements. vas aggressive IN his manner aui
in 81 speech ard Wa requested b. the chair
70 take hi- seat. buy M Johnson proceeded in
al iu1-a--io-e1 manner azt @utfre-- out Of or
Ger. p1eu The speaker uere-1prCrilv ordered
him 20 tax Ei- sea- whiCl wA- done amid
he