The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-16
FIFTY SECOND CONGRESS.
Second session.


WASHINGTON, Feb 7-SENATE-Senator Hill
called up the bill Introduced by Mr.. Sherman
to repeal the act OF July, 1890 providing for the
purchase OF 4,500,O00 ounces Of silver month
and the issue of treasury notes, known as the
Sherman law. Mr.. Hill addressed the senate,
after which vote was taken, which resulted as
follows: yeas, 23 nays, AZ.
HoUsE--A bill was introduced for the estab,
lishment in the District Of Columbia of a ma
tional university where instruction shall be
given in the higher branches Of all departments
OF knowledge, practical as well as literary and
scientific, and where facilities shall be fur
nished for research and investigation Repre-
sentative Caldwell introduced in the house
joint resolution appropriating az, 300 to enable
the secretary Of war to cause q preliminary ex-
animation and survey to be made of The south
Crawl h creek and the mouth of Mill creek, in
Cincinnati, for ascertaining The availability OF
either or both of these locations for the purpose
Of an ice harbor
WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-SENATE-Senator
Blackburn introduced Tuesday an amendment
which he prop ses to attach TO the sundry civil
appropriation bill 1t recalls q tragedy which
occurred here on Christmas day, 1889. On that
day Benjamin A. Jones, clerk who had been
in the employ of Maj Green Clay Goodloe, pay
master OF the marine corps, committed sui
eide Jones, while in Maj. Goodoe's employ,
embezzled SS,:35 and was under indictment for
the crime q. the time he took his life. Mr.
ment by the government to Maj. Goodloe the
amount stolen from him by Jones. Senator
Voorhees, introduced proposed amendment to
the sundry civil bill appropria ting $4,000 to be
paid to the heirs of Bayless w. Hanna, Of
Indiana
HoUsE-Little business transacted. Repre-
sentative Caldwell introduced in the house a
large number Of petitions signed by labor organ
izations of Cincinnati favoring the opening Of
the Worlds fair on Sunday.
WASHINGTON, Feb 9-SBNArE-The morn.
ing hour Wednesday was spent for the most
part in the consideration and passage OF bills on
the calendar, and considerable progress was
made in that direction. At 1 o'clock the SEN
ators headed by Vice-President Morton, and
accompanied by some Of its principal officers,
proceeded to the hall of the house of repre-
sentatives, and there took part in the ceremony
OF counting the votes for presidential electors.
Afterwards the railroad automatic car-coupler
bill was taken up and debated up to the hour Of
adjournment, without any definite action being
taken.
HoUsE-Representativ Bacon, chairman of
the committee on banking introduced Q
resolution suspending pension" night, on next
Friday by providing thatif no vote is taken on
the Gate bill by Friday, February 10, and the
bill is not disposed Of by o'clock that day, the
night session set aside for private pension mat
ter may be aprogated, and the Cate bill taken
up. The house agreed to the senate amend.
2, and the bill is now ready for the presidents
signature.
WASHINGTON Feb. 10.-SENATE-The bill
introduced by Senator Faulkner, of West Vir-
ginia, the other day, granting permission to
the c. & o. railroad to construct a bridge cross
the Big Sandy, joining with West Virginia ana
Kentucky, was favorably reported the the SEN
ate Thursday In the senate committee Of the
whole, which was considering the automatic
car-coupling bill, during the discussion Senator
Brice offered an amendment extending the time
and on the amendment made q short speech ex-
planning his reason for introducing it. This
was the junior senator from Ohio's first speech
in the senate, except the announcement of the
title Of some petition he introduced. Without
concluding the consideration of the bill the sen.
ate adjourned.
HousE-It was silver day In the honse, and
the friends of silver were victorious In tn e
fight by majority of nine. They sustained
the demand for the previous question on the
resolution setting apart Thursday and Friday
for the consideration Of the bill repeating the
Sherman act. An analysis OF the vote shows
that the motion was supported by 107 demo-
Gratis, S5 republicans and the 10 populist or inde
pendent members The opposition of cloture
and silver repeal party consists Of 1O4 demo-
Gratis and 80 republicans. Mr.. Harter introduc
ed bill to pay Seth H. Kellogg, of Lorain
county, O., S425, 533 SO, for cotton destroyed by
the U. S. authorities during the war
w FcD. ll-SENATE-Iue ue-
bate in The senate Friday on the railroad auto
matte coupler bill was not of an enlivening or
interesting character. The vice-president pre-
sented the memorial Of the Chicago chamber of
commerce favoring the annexation of the Ha-
waiian islands, and it was referred to the COM
mittee on foreign relations. The vote by which
the house bill 10 provide for sundry light.
houses and other aids to navigation was passed
some days ago was, on motion of Mr.. Dolph,
reconsidered: ali the amendments adopted by
the senate to il were rejected, and the bill was
passed without amendment, just as it came
from the house. Three unimportant senate bills
were passed.
HousE.-1he committee on invalid pensions
Friday made favorable report on bill grant
ing pensions to the survivors OF certain Ken
lucky state militia companies who rendered
service during the war Of the rebellion. The
bill was originally introduced by Mr.. Wilson, Of
Kentucky, but the committee have reported q
substitute. After the routine business had
been disposed Of the house proceeded in COM
mittee Of the whole, (Mr. Wilson, of West Vir-
ginis in the chair,) to the consideration of the
invalid pension appropriation bill