People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-17
CONGRESS.
The Weeks Proceedings of the Senate and
House.

MONDAY.

reached it was defeated by2S yeas to ~
nays. The quarantine bill was then
passed without 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 to prevent approval of the jour
nal Every effort to reach the anti
option bill failed, owing to filibuster-
ing tactics. and the house finally ad-
journed.
TUESDAY.
WASHINGTON, Feb S-The senate
put in most of the day yesterday debat-
ing the automatic coupling bill, but did
not reach a vote The Guthrie resolu-
tons in favor of opening the Cherokee
strip were presented. The bill for the
relief of the legal representatives OF
John Roach was passed. ltappropriates
sl6,5OO to pay balance due on the
Dolphin.
The proceedings of the house were of
a routine character, the session being
mostly in committee of the whole on
the legislative appropriation bill 1t
appropriates over SCI, 800 OOO The de-
bate was long and covered the whole
question of revenue and the probable
deficiency.
WEDNESDAY.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9-The morning
hour in the senate yesterday was spent
in passing bills on the calendar. At l
o'clock the senators, headed by Vice
President Morton, proceeded to the hall
of the house of Representatives and took
part in the ceremony of counting the
votes of presidential electors. After.
wards the railway automatic car
coupler bill was taken up and debated
until adjournment
In the house the interesting event
was the counting of the electoral vote
in joint convention. Cleveland and
Stevenson were formally declared
elected president and vice president
The speaker laid before the house the
quarantine bill with senate amend
ments. The house, in committee of
the whole, then considered the legisla.
tive appropriation bill until adjourn
ment
THURSDAY.
WASHINGTON, Feb 10.-The senate
yesterday was in executive session near
ly all day considering the Hawaiian
case. 1t released the injunction of Sc
crecy upon the correspondence between
the United States and the British and
French governments from 1912 to 1874
respecting the seizure of the Hawaiian
islands by Lord Paulet for the British
government The correspondence ends
with the declaration by the British and
French governments of the independ-
ence of Hawaii and their guarantee
never to seek possession of the islands.
The house had a lively debate on the
silver question and the friends of silver
won decided victory over their oppo-
nents. Mr. Catchings called up the res.
olution setting apart two days for de.
bate on the bill repeating the Sherman
act and providing that no dilatory mo-
tions should be entertained After
some discussion voting commenced
The anti-silver men aimed to vote it
down in order to have chance on clo-
ture. On the first roll call the silver
men were ten votes ahead. The anti
silver men got more votes on the demo-
cratic side than had been expected, but
the republicans split up The final
vote stood, yeas, 1853; nays, 14l. In
committee of the whole the legislative
appropriation bill was favorably recon-
mended.
FRIDAY.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE senate
did nothing yesterday except to con-
tinue debate on the automatic car coup
ling bill. Just as the vote was about
to be taken on the final passage of the
bill a motion to print as amended pre-
vailed and the matter went over.
The house had under consideration
the pension bill The debate was dry
and uninteresting and the bill was not
finished at adjournment.
SATURDAY.
/ WASHINGTON, Feb 13.-In the senate
Saturday the bill to promote the safety
of employees and travellers upon rail-
roads by compelling railroad companies
to equip their cars with automatic
couplers and continuous brakes and
their locomotives with driving wheel
brakes was finally disposed Of The
substitute for the house bill of last ses-
sion was agreed to and the bill passed.
1t now goes back to the house for con-
curence.
The house had under consideration the
pension bill, debate on which occupied
the day. All ATTEMPTS to limit debate