The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-15
FIFTY.sBcoND CONGRESS
Procee dings of the Senate and the House
Tersely Told.
roRTy.sECOND DAY,

SENATE-Ihe creuentials OF mf. stewart OF
Nevada for his fourth term were presented.
Senate bill for the payment by the govern.
ment of local taxes on lands, held by In
dians in severaity, was passed.
The House bill granting additional quar-:
antine powers and imposing additional
duties upon the marine hospital service was
taken up. the question being on the substi'
tute reported from the Senate committee on
epidemic diseases. The Senate substitute
was agreed to and the bill as amended was
passed. After voting down Mr.. Hills mo
lion deferring the silver question, the Sen.
ate passed the Quarantine bill without q
division. The House car-coupler bill was
next taken up, Mr.. German asking that II
lie over until NJ xt Monday, and Mr.. Cullom
demanded present consideration. The bill
went over without action, and the Senate
after executive session, adjourned.
HousE.-Ihis was suspension day in the
house and Mr.. Kilgore, of Texas, early be
gan filibustering motions, his superficial
object being to prevent the consideration OF
the anti-option bill, but deeper than this
was his antagonism to the bankruptcy bill
After a number of roll calls tina house ad-
journed without having reached the anti
option or the bankruptcy bill.
FoRTY-TiIiRD DAY.
HousE.-The morning hour in the senate
10 day was spent for the most part in the
consideration and passage of bills on the
calendar and considerable progress was made
III tilUt UlFeGllOfls At ! u tlOCk tIt sciuNo
proceeded to the hall of the house Of rep
resentatives and there took part In the cere-
mony of counting the votes for presidential
electors. Afterwards the railroad automatic
car.coup,er was taken up and debated up to
the hour of adjournment without any de-
hnate action being taken.
The speaker laid before the house the
quarantine bill with senate amendment and
Mr.. Raynor moved concurrence.
The Senate resolution authorizing the
loan TO the Worlds Columbian exposition
of the picture, "The recall of Columbus
was agreed to.
in committee of the whole the legislative
appropriation bill was considered until ad-
jOurninent.
SENArE-When the Senate returned to its
chamber after the announcement OF the
electral vote in the house, the vice president
made n statement of the votes for president
and vice president of the United States. and
said that that announcement of the state OF
.he vote by the president of the senate was
by law, a sufficient declaration that Grover
Cleveland OF the state of New York was
elected President and Adlai f. Stevenson OF
| the state of Illinois was elected vice-pres-
| dent Of the United States, each for the term
! beginning March T. 1893, and that the fact
| would be entered, together with list of the
! votes on the journal of the senate.
The formal announcement of the results
| by states spread upon the journal, together
| 277; Harrison, lI5; Weaver, %.
| Among the bills passed was the senate
| bill TO exempt veterans from competitive
examination in the classical service OF the
| United Sta'cs.
ruHrr-rorurn pAr.
| SrNATr-Ihe who OF io-day's session OF
| the Senate was devoted 10 n discussion of the
| Railroad Automatic Car Coupler bill. The
| substitute reported by the Committee on
Interstate Comme ce was amended by max.
| ing the first section, requiring the use oi
| power driving wheel brakes 90 into force
| July /, 1898 insteik of 1885; aud the fourth
| section-requirins the use of grab.irnns o,
| hand. holds IN the ends and sides U. turs-et
into force July /. 1895, instead ui ISIS. 1t
was also amended by making il un.awtn! ir
use cars after January /, 1885, that are no
equipped with couplers, coupling auiJmat
icaily by compact and which can he un
coupled without the necessity OF men r"iut
between the ends of the carr Final actor
was not taken ON the bill.
HousE-The House to-day, in committee
of the whole for the consideration OF the
legislative appropriation bill adopted
amendments providing that hereafter nc
public building shall be draped ~ mourn
ing; that executive departments shall not b,
closed out of respect 10 deceased officials ant
prohibiting the use OF pubic funds 10
funeral expenses uf GOV eminent officials OF
employees. The commit ee then rose an'
|
passed.
! FORTY. FIFTH DAY.
SrNATE-The Senate voted the create
| norton of to-day session To a dreary de
bate on the Rqiroad Automatic Car Coup
Ter bill. No aclion was taken. A few bill
! of minor imporiauce were passed and til,
Senate adjourned
Housr-The Pension bill came up in tn
House to day and, contrary to general ex
| al M, "a hrp tnt a lnl
routine The bill carries with il sl66 0O0,
600, Mr.. ONeilI pre-, ented the resolution
of the Legislature OF Iennsy lvania, favor
ing the passage Oft the Service Pension bill
and protesting against legislation that will
prevent armless and legess veterans iron
| making exchange of their urtih,inl limb
1t was referred, The House then al
iourned.
FoRTY.sIXTu DAY.
SENATE,-The bill to promote the safet
OF employees and travellers upon railroads b
compelling rairoad companies 10 equi
their cars with automatic couplcrs and COZ
iinuous brakes aud their locomotives wit
, driving wheel brakes was finally disposed {
in the Senate today. The substitute fo
the House bill passed. The only other i'm
portant pi, ce of legislation done was til
agreeing to the conference report on th
Notifications bill and making the Nicaragu
Canal unfinished business. A conierenC
on the disagi eeiug portions of the car-couI
Ter bill was asked, and Messrs. Culon
Wilson and Harris were appointed confere'
on the part of the Senate After an execI
live session the Sena ad djourned.
HoUsE-The session Of the house to-da
was not without interest, but il was will
out result The attempt OF the Democrat
to limit the time Tor debate on the pensio
appropriation Dil was firmly Tesited b
the Repub leans, and the strong minorit
came ont victorious. The result was thi
without termination of general debate tn
house adjourned.