The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-01-12
FROM WASHINGTON,
Daily Proceedings In the Fifty
Second Congress-
n Summary Of the Work Being Done ~
the National Lawmakers In Senate
aud House-Bills introduced



the National Lawmakers In Senate
and HOUSEHOLDS Introduced
and PaAAAd
WARRINGTON, Jan. s. LIN the senate
yesterday q joint resolution was re-
ported providing that the right Of citi-
zenship shall not be denied or abridged
by the United States or by any state
on account of sex. The quarantine
bill was discussed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-The feature of
yesterdays session of the senate was
the speech delivered by Senator Villas
Wis., against the anti-option bill. He
stated the constitutional objections
which, in his opinion, precluded
the possibility of its passage by
the senate and denounced it as
. fragrant advance to centraliza-
ton and as involving the characteris-
tics of the most odious favoritism. A
bill providing that no person shall be
excused from testifying in criminal
cases on the ground that his testimony
might tend to eliminate himself was
passed.
WARRINGTON, Jan. THE session OF
the senate yesterday was given up ex-
clusively to the discussion Of the bill
on the subject Of quarantine regnls-
tions and its co-relative MEASURE, the
bill to suspend immigration for one
year. Senator Chandler, the author
Of the bill, opened the debate.
He criticised the Gridiron club,
made up Of . number Of lead.
ing Washington correspondents;
criticised I the steamship .cotnpa-
mics for trying TO exert improper infu.
ences on the press and on congress;
criticised cabinet officials for subserv.
iency to the steamship companies influ-
ence, and finally criticised his senator
ial associates. He closed by saying
that the only radical, thorough and
complete preparation that the United
States can make TO keep out cholera Il
to break. up practically the carriage Of
Storage passengers and to keep out
alien immigration during the year lSosv
Senator Mills (Tex. said the bill was
mot intended to prevent the spread OF
the cholera, but to prevent the spread
Of the democratic party One of the
6rst things the foreigner does 10 to vote
the. democratic ticket. That is the
sssret of all this agitstaon.
After further argument the bill wa
modified in some particulars and or
dered printed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. SIN the house
yesterday resolution was introduced
to stop the purchase of silver bullion.
The private pension bi was discussed,
and bill was introduced providing
that the term of all persons appointed
to Offices under the United States shall
be for four years, whether under civil
service or otherwise, and no person is
to be eligible to hold Office for more
than eight years.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. BY unanimous
consent the house proceeded yesterday
in committee of the whole to the con-
sideration of the Notification appro-
priatiou bill. There was no general
debate. The bill was passed without
amendment 1t appropriates, $735, 055.
The consideration of priv>te pension
bills was resumed and p few of the
measures were passed without opposi-
ton.
WASH NaToN, Jan. THE attend
ance was small in the house yesterday
and private business ruled, except the
passing of the bill providing for the
muster and pay of certain officers and
men of volunteer forces. About thirty
pension bills were passed.