Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-04
CONGRESSIONAL pRocEeDiNos



| WASHINGTON. Jan. 23--Thc house THU
morning continued the consideration OF
| the quarantine bill and adopted an amend
mcnt bv Mr. Warner (dem.), New YorA,
extending the quarantine 20 land bound-
aries. An amendment prohibiting inter-
ference with immigration between states
was rejected. An amendment offered by
Mr.. Brosius, (rep.), Pennsylvania, giving
the national quarantine supremacy in
cases where 1t exists in the same place
with state quarantine was rejected.
The house IL now voting on n motion
made by Mr.. Reilly to rccommit the quar-
antine bill 10 the committee on commerce
with instructions TO report back In lieu OF
IL the senate bill as modified by the house
committee of the whole, with the exeep-
tion OF the Cochran amendment, for.
bidding national Interference with state
quarantine. The motion to recommis
was lost--yeas %, nays l57, and nhc house
Is now voting on the final gassagc of tho
bill.
The quarantine bill was passed on
vote by tellcrs which stood 13s To 20. No
effort will be made to secure the yeas ana
nays.
WASHINGTON Jan. 24.--The house re-
fused 10 agree to motion TO take up the
sundry civil bill. the fight against At be-
ing made by the friends OF the bankruptcy
bill. The vote stood-yeas, l01; nays,
memory of the late Justice Lamar the
house adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Jan 25.--In the house Mr..
Kilgorc filibustered to prevent the consid-
Grafton Of the bankruptcy bill with con-
siderable success. Finally the joint reso.
luton OF Mr.. Lockwood, OF New York, di-
recting the secretary Of war to investi-
gate the hject of raft towing on the
great lakes was passed. Then Kilgore's
flibustering was resumed against "A mo-
tion to go into committee OF the whole on
the sundry civil bill, and the mo-
tion was defeated--56 TO log. Kill
gore moved IA recess till o'clock,
The motion was defea lcd-l6S To L. Then
Mr.. Kilgore moved an adjournment, pend
ing which Mr.. Pierce moved that when
the house adjourn II be 10 meet on Friday.
Both were lost, but Mr.. Kilgore came for
ward with another motion for an adjourn
ment Till saturday, which was supple
mented by Mr.. Pierce with a motion for
\ recess until o'clock. Again both mp-
tions were lost, and so II continued with
motions, countcr-motions and amend
ments, until Mr.. j. ID. Taylor made "a
point OF order that the proceedings
were derogatory to the dignity OF the
body, and therefore not permissible.
Mr.. Oates gracefully yielded himself 10
the inevitable. The question, he said, was
one of physical endurance. While IL was
demonstrated that a large majority was
in favor of considering the bankruptcy
bill, he was opposed TO the house going on
on this question Of endurance, as IL the
matter involved was prize fight and he
therefore moved that the house adjourn.
Agreed to, and the house adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 5--The house has re-
sumed the consideration of the sundry
civil appropriation bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2s.--The house has
adopted a resolution for the investigation
of the whisky trust by tho judiciary COM
mttee.
The house has adopted resolution for
an investigation of the Panama scandal
by select committee of five members
which is also charged with an inquiry
into the contract between the Pacific
Steamship company and the Transconti-
uenta, Railroad company. T!:c house is
now considering the sundry civil appro-
priation bill.