The Bessemer indicator., 1893-02-18
what cc,,rr,s. Is Doing.

the matter mp again for consideration ms soon
as the documents are printed.
what Congress Is Doing.
Fen. {. 9.-SENArE, The eutire day was oc-
cuplcd ln considering the ear rouplerb bill. An
amendment by Mr. Palmer was agreed To
which strikes out all section . except the first
sentence, which Is 10 the effect that railways
must not use cnrs not equipped with uniform
coupler-, coupling automatically by compact,
Nlr Butler offered two amendments. which
were agreed to changing the date In the first
section tNhcn power driving wheel brakes
must be used from january 1888, 10 Jauu-
AIRY /. 1885, and the date In the fourth section
tsrab-irons, or hand-hods, IN the onds and
sides Of ears must be provided from July l,
1893. TO July ], 1895, MIR. Nolcott resented
with much accrbiiy of manner a criticism
which Mr.. PETER made Of Somr things which
he Mr., NulcutD had said the previous day.
He utterly repuiiatcd the idea of hostility to
the farming c,asscs, The people tu whom
referred he said, were the fraud and scum
of the labor element men who are sometimes
walking delegates. men who arc specialists
and anarchist agitaturs, and men who on the
strength Of the labor movements sometimes
temporarily lind public Office" The I'LL was
not completed.
Housr.-Mr Caiehlngs called up the rcso-
| lulipn Tor the committee of rules setting apart
! this legislative DAY, and II necessary the next
| legislative day, for the consideration OF the
| bill repeating tile sherman ac, Mr., Bacon.
chairman Of the committee on banking and
currency. said II was understood that ii this
motion WAS adopted tho silver repeal bIll
would have no chance OF passage and The
| friends OF the hill wanted the bill postponed
until the committee on rules could pas 4
cloturc rule for It on some future day, Mt
| Bland said: There is nothing strong enough
to compel the repeal OF this law, the so-called
| silver law. until some other measure was ir-
| stiutel more satisfactory or better 10 take
| its place And he gave notice that the Demo
| cratic party might be disrupted and all re-
| forms uirht be defeated, but no proposition
solely In favor Of Wall street could pass Il
| Democratic House, No thought would deter
| the friends 5f silver from ho Performance Of
| theit duty on this question. He detcd the
| House to dcmonctizc silver and go back 10
! the Infamous legislation " 1873, The discus
| sion wns continued by McSsrs Bartine, Wat
| son, BRYAN, Walker Cox. Springer and Reed.
| When it came 10 Mr.. I0wnscnds time 10
| speak, ho yielded to Mr.. Taylor, who, In the
| few minutes nssigued him, made - speech In
which he declared against the wisdom Of re-
/ pcIing the sShcgmih act, and Undoubtedly
| won back some of those who had been wcanci
| away by the clOqucncc Of Mr. Reed. MIR.
| Iaylor's friends were surprised at his att.-
| tude, hut MIR Town end smiled as he saw the
| approving looks Of the silver men from the
| West who witnessed the effects of this
unlookcd-for champion. The vote was
! li2 ayes, li3 nays Then by a nearly unani-
nous vote the bill was referred back 10 Its
| committee. The House then went into com
miticc Of the whole for tue further considerI-
! tIon of the legislative appropriation bill.
| Amendments were adopted provided that
! hereafter no public building shall be drapcd
/ In mourning; that executive departments be
closed ont Of respect of deceased officials, and
prohbitiug the use Ui public funds for funeral
| expenses NJ government officials or employees.
FER i0-SrSATr,-Tbe vote by which the
| House bill to provide for srudty lighthouses
and other aids TO navigation was passed some
| Dag ago, was, oi! motion II MIR Dulph &c
considered, all the amendments rejected, aud
the bill was passed without amendment lust
| as 10 came from the House. The calendar
was Then taken up and these bills were
passed. Senate bill appropriatng $4,000 for
- public building at Laramie, Wyoming. Two
Senate bills 10 authorize the construction OF
dams across the Kansas river IN Kansas; Sen
ate bill to amend the Senate bill In relation
TO the transportation of merchandise. II pro-
hIhii7 the transportation Of merchandise from
one American port To another American port
through foreign port the railway auto
matte car coupler hlll was taken up and after
an uhinterc,ung debate II wa, agreed that the
vptp ON 10 shall be taken n' O'Clock to-inor-
lpv.
lIousr.-Thc day was occupied In discuss
ing the pension appropriation bill. 1t appru-
lr.alcs Sl6iG1J,Ob).
FEB. 1l.-sESsrE.-T bin to promote
the safety uf employees aud travellers npun
railroads by compelling railroad companies To
equip their cars with automatic coupiers and
air brakes, and their locomotives with driving
wheel brakes, was tiuIlly disposed Of. The
substitute for the House bill Of last session
WAS agreed 70 and the bill passed-yeas Is,
mag 10. The only other important piece Of
Legislation was the agreeing To the conference
report on the Qualifications biii, and making
thr Nicaragua canal bill unfinished business.
ilOu-E.-1'hc House resumed in committee
Of the whole the consideration Of the invalid
pension appropriation hil. iu attempt To
limit debate gave ri-c to iiiibustcring move
mcut led by Mr. Burrows aad The motion for
limitation was withdrawn and the debate CON
tlnupl for some time. The committee then
rose and public business having been sus-
pended the House paid It's due respects TO the
memory Of the late Edward T. Mcdonald Of
New Jersey and adjourned.
FEr. l3 .aSEE ATE,- An attempt was made
TO take up the New Mexico statehood bill lut
II was defeated hy a vote Of 80 to T. At the
close Of the morning hour the bill TO guaran
tee 500 O)O.OJD bonds Of the Nicaragua canal
company was taken up, 1t occupied the rest
OF the day.
Housr-rbo Senate bill was passed author.
ling the Union Railway Company of Penn
eylyau!a to construct bridge across the
Munopgahcla River in Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania. The District OF Columbia
committee. Notwithstanding the protest OF
{
llopr The rest Of the dag, Half DOZEN meas
ures OF entirely local Importance wcfe passed,
and the House adjourned.
FEB Ii SENATE,-Thc Nicaragua Canal
blll was before the Senate for couple OF
hours. but was then laid aside 20 that the sun.
dry elyl appropriation bll might he pro
cCclri with ihc canal bill was the suhject OF
| two speeches and of running discussion, In
| which Mr. sherman, who Is in charge of H.
| took leading pnft lie explained why it
4 N.N ~ Ill T..
| left outstanding. At one point In the discus
! sion Mr. Teller referred to statement ot
/ Mr. shcrman'- a. Misrepresentation, where
upon Mr. Sherman exclaimed that IL was
| false us he had mlsrcprcscntcd nothing.
Hor-E.-The day was occupied in discus
sion Of the pension appropriation bill.
| Fen. lj.-SESNTE. The suDdry civil ap
Precipitation bill occupied most OF the day. A
| number Of amendments were madc In cy
| ccutiyc session the Hawaiian annexation mat
| ter was discussed, rs u message was received
from the President recommending such an
| ncSHtlon
ilousE.-Thc Invalid pension appropriation
| bill was discussed nt length, with especial ref
crcncr 10 the radical changes in the pcnsior
laws. No action was taken on these points
! Colorado.
Governor Waltr visited the State Norma
School at Grcc.cy on the 18Th.
Heavy SNOW storm, ragged through th,
mountains on the sth md 9lh.
| General T. X. stimson, of Denver, has beer
acquitted Of the charge of forgery.
| A snow-lidc on the Virginus road ncal
| Ouray on the OH killed four mon.
! Henry b. BigIcy, an ore haucr, was rut
over aud Killed by hi, wagon near George
town, Tuesday.
John Grogau and John Morrisscy wcrt
| burned TO dcsth In small saloon in Besscmcl
| Tuesday night.
| Edward Il. Holden Is trying to secure u di
| yorco from his wife Oh the ground Of habi'ua
| drunkenness.
John Fisher Of Denver died from drinking
poison Friday. IT Is supposed that he did I
| through a mistake.
Pat McGuire. n miner WORKING M the Enlnl