People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-10
CONGRESS.
The Weeks Proceedings OF the Senate and
House.
MnUnAV

into negotiations with the provisional
government of Hawaii for the annexa-
ton of the island to the United States.
Mr. White objected and the resolution
went over. The senate soon adjourned.
The brief session of the house was
uninteresting. The sundry civil bill
was further considered but not disposed
Of The senate bill referring to the
court of claims the claim of Mrs Jessie
Benton Fremont to certain lands in San
Francisco passed A committee to in
vestigate the Panama canal scandal was
appointed and the house adjourned.
TUESDAY.
WASHINGTON, Feb THE senate fur
Their considered the anti-option bill yes
terday and voting on the amendments
commenced soon after o'clock. Both
Mr. Georges substitute and the Villas
amendment to the substitute were re
jected and the bill finally passed by a
vote of 40 to 90. The bill is the one
passed by the house last June, but the
senate added several amendment The
Notifications bill was taken up and the
senate adjourned
The house had the sundry civil bill
under consideration in committee of the
whole during the entire day.
WEDNESDAY.
NJ ~, . L. he sn
yesterday, the Notifications bill was
the first business taken up, and it was
passed after a rather interesting discus
sion on the subject of coast fortifca-
tons. The army appropriation bill was
passed with but single amendment,
including the monthly pay of sergeants
of the army. All the committee amend
ments to the District of Columbia bill
were agreed to, except one that was re-
served for action, looking to the cree
ton of $500, 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,OOO,OOO for carrying
on the contracts already entered into
for the improvement of rivers and har-
bors The jurisdictional authority of |
the committee on appropriations was
called into question. The item was de-
cided to be a proper one. Pending con-
sideration of the bill the house ad-
journed.
THURSDAY.
WASHINGTON, Feb 3. In 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-
mainder 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. " 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 sworn
complaint setting forth the facts con-
stituting the offense. The amendment
was adopted and the bill passed AID
journed
FRIDAY.
WASHINGTON, Feb. An. the senate
yesterday the question of the repeal OF
the Sherman act, or suspension of silver
bullion purchase, was brought up By
Mr. Teller who presented petitions on
the subject A spicy debate followed.
The bill to open the Cherokee outlet
then came mp and after a speech by Mr.
Perkins went over. The kiekapoo bill
passed. 1t opens 100000 acres of land
to settlement The various amend
ments to the Cherokee bill open about
6,6OO,OOO acres of land to settlement
Aside from debate on the question, but
little other business was transacted by
the senate .t.
When the anti-option bill came up in
the house it was promptly assailed by
Kilgore, Boatner aud others who are
opposed to it An attempt was made &c
send it to the ways and means commit
tee. After some heated oratory Hatch's
agriculture committee got the bill by
Isl to 81 This was considered victory
for the friends of the bill. After fur
Their consideration the house passed the
deficiency appropriation bill. and adj
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 cession of their
interest in the Cherokee outlet lands
and appropriating IS, 500, 900 TO carry it
out was passed in the nature of sub
stitute A resolution by Senator Nor
gan was agreed to requesting the presi-
dent to send to the senate draft of the
annexation treaty negotiated in 1864,
but not completed, with the kingdom
OF Hawaii. After tributes to the late
Representatives Gamble Is. d.. Ford
Wash and Stackhouse Is c. the sem
ate adjourned