The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1893-02-09
CONGRESS.
The Weeks Proceedings Of the Senate and
House
WEDNESDAY


WEDNESDAY,.
WASHINGTON, Feb AIN the senate
yesterday, the Notifications bill was
the first business taken up, and II was
passed after q rather interesting discus
sion on the subject of coast fortifica-
tons The army appropriation bill was
passed with but q single amendment,
including the monthly pay Of sergeants
Of the army. All the committee amend
ments 10 the District of Columbia bill
were agreed 20, except one that was re-
served for action, looking to the cree
ton Of sS6o, 900 municipal building in
Washington city. The bill went over.
The attention of the house was CEN
tered upon one item Of the sundry civil
appropriation bill The item was one
appropriating s16, 900, 900 for carrying
on the contracts already entered into
for the improvement Of rivers and har-
horS The jurisdictional authority of
the committee on appropriations was
called into question The item was de-
cided TO be q proper one Pending con-
siderstion Of the bill the house ad-
journed
THURSDAY.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Sin the senate
yesterday the Chandler Hawaiian reso-
luton was referred TO the foreign rela-
tons committee Senators Hale and
Blackburn were appointed to assist in
counting the presidential vote and Mr..
Carlisle's resignation was presented as
senator from Kentucky. The District
Of Columbia bill was passed and the re-
nainder of the day was spent in execu-
tive session
In the house the anti-option bill was
the center of interest Mr.. Hatch
moved for a conference committee and
Mr.. Bynum raised the point that it
shorld be considered In committee of
the whole. The bill went over. The
federal election laws then occupied the
attention Of the house, brought for
ward by an amendment offered by Mr..
Fitch IN. Y. to the sundry civil bill,
providing that hereafter no part of any
money appropriated to pay any fees to
the United States commissioners, mar
shals or clerks shall be used for any
warrant issued or arrest made under
the laws relating to the election of
members of congress, unless the prose
cution has been commenced on q sworn
complaint setting forth the facts con-
stituting the offense The amendment
was adopted and the bill passed Ad-
journed
WASHINGTON, Feb Ain the senate
yesterday the question Of the repeal of
the Sherman act, or suspension of silver
bullion purchase, swas brought up by
Mr.. Teller who presented petitions on
the subject A spicy debate followed.
The bill to open the Cherokee outlet
then came up and after a speech by Mr..
Perkins went over. The Kickapoo bill
passed 1t opens 100, 600 acres of land
TO settlement The various amend
ments to the Cherokee bill open about
9. 600. 900 sores Of land to settlement
Aside from debate on the question, but
little other business was transacted by
the senate
When the anti-option bill came up in
the house Il was promptly assailed by
Kilgore, Boatner and others who are
opposed to it An attempt was made to
send il to the ways and means commit
tee After some heated oratory Hatch's
agriculture committee got the bill by
Isl TO s. This was considered q victory
for the friends of the bill After fur
ther consideration the house passed the
deficiency appropriation bill and ad-
journed
SATURDAY.
WASHINGTON, Feb 6-The senate on
Saturday passed eighteen bills that
were on the calendar. After that the
house bill TO ratify the agreement with
the Cherokees for the cessiou of their
interest in the Cherokee outlet lands
and apprcpriating o. 500. 900 to carry it
out was passed in the nature of sub
stituta A resolution by Senator Nor
gan was agreed 10 requesting the presi-
dent TO send to the senate draft Of the
annexation treaty negotiated in 1854,
but not completed with the kingdom
Of Hawaii After tributes to the late
Representatives Gamble Is d., Ford
Cwssh-l and Stackhouse IS C. the sem
ate sdjourned
The house passed the diplomatic ap-
propriation bill and the military acad-
emy bill Mr.. Hatch reported back the
.nti-optiou bill and Il was referred to
the committee of the whole. Public
business was then suspended and eulo-
gies delivered upon the late Repre-
sentative Kendall. of Kentucky, and
the house adjourned
MONDAY.
WASHINGTON, Feb. s-Wheu the SEN
ate met yesterday Senator Hill moved
20 take mp the bill to repeal the Sher-
man silver law and read . speech in
favor of his motion When o vote was
reached II was defeated by IS yeas to 80
nays The quarantine bill was then
passed without q division, also bill for
the payment of local taxes on lands
held by Indians in severAlty. The auto
matte coupler bill was then considered
until adjournment
When the house met the whole time
until o'clock was occupied in filibus-
tering 20 prevent approval Of the jour
nal Every effort to reach the anti
Option hill failed. owing to flibuster-
ing tactics and the house finally sd-
iourred.
wAsHISerox, Feb s-The senate
pat in most of the day yesterday debat-
ing the automatic coupling bill. but did
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