The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-12-21
TIE WORK OF CONGRESS.
RESUME OFF PROSEEDINGS OF. THE
SENATE AND HOUSE,

RESUME OFF PRosEEDINGs OF TIE
SENATE AND HOUSE,
! Condensed Record of the Important
transactions OF Our National Law
sn:al1ers-Tl,e Work Done, in Both
Branches.
Washington, Dec H. -- The Towers
amendment to the bill of the admission
If Utah prohibiting polygamy forever,
| has been agreed to by the house. The
! bill! was then passed without division.
! Just before adjournment the resolution
| by Mr.. Hit calling for the correspond
arce in the Hawaiian affair, amended so
as to include an extension of period to
be covered by the correspondence to
March, 1889, the beginning Of the HAIR
rison administration, was taken up anu
passed. 1t was expected that 4 lively
debate would occur when this resolution
was reported back to the house, but Mr..
Hit, the author, refrainel from criti-
cism, and there was no explosion. Mr..
Boutelle of Maine, who manifested Il
| disposition to speak, was taken off his
feet by the motion to order the previous
question.
The president pro *em. laid before the
| senate the resolution offered by Mr. GOAr
calling on the president for further in
formation on the Hawaiian matter, and
Mr.. Frye Rep. NIe.) addressed the SEN
ate thereon, and said that Mr.. Blount,
in his report, has not written one single
unvarnishcd line of TRUTH given one I'M
prejudiced opinion or rendered an i'm
partial Judgment Mr.. Vest followed Mr..
Frye. He said as he Understood the con-
diton Of affairs in Hawaii the provis-
iollal government was a defacto govern
ment AS he understoon international
law, a de facto government had all the
rights of a de jure government, whether
that government was established right
fully or wrongfully. 1t was to-day Il
dc facto government, and any assault
NJ ON it by armed force on the part Of
tie United States or any other country
must be an act of war, which can only
be brought about by the action Of Goa
gress. The resolution was referred to
the committee on foreign affairs.
Washington, Dc. 15.--Thc house was
dead-locked for two hours by the refusal
Of the Republicans to vote on the motion
to go into committee of the whole for
the consideration of the Arizona state
hood bill. The Democratic leaders had
decided to proceed with the consideration
Of the Arizona and Now Mexico bills
md dispose of them before the holidays.
The Republican leaders do lot relish the
idea of bringing these Democratic ter
ritories into the Union, and they at the
request of the leaders refrained from
voting, except those from the far West,
!. especially those from the newly admitted
States of Washington. Wyoming Mon
: ! ta'la, Idaho and the Dakotas, who could
, not with consistency place any obstacle
~ ~, ,...4n fN1.in
The Democrats expect to have their own
quorum Tomorrow The McGarrahall
till was called up during the morning
hour but was :ilbustered agairs by
Mr.. Sayres of Texas, chairman OF the
appropriations committee.
In the senate much bl siness of a mis-
cellaneOus character was transacted. The
, house bill repeating the federal election
laws, referred to the committee on priv
, ileges and elections few days ago, wa:
reported back favorably and placed OF
, the calendar Among the bills introduced
| the most important was one by Senator
Voorhees,. chairman of the comr,ittce OF
= finance, providing for the coinage of tn
silver seignorage III the treasury at tn
rate of $2,OOO.OOO per month, and whe;
n that is exhausted, for the purchase an,
t coinage of a similar amount of slve
n monthly. The senate bill to repeal
d clause in the last pension appropriation
Il bill which prohibited the payment o
} pensions to persons residing in forei 81
c. rntries WAS taken from The valenda
and passed.
Washington, Dec. 16-'rhe course O
events in the house resembled the halcyo
II days Of the Reed congress when legisa
ton was rushed through at gallopn
speed The bill for the admission @
Arizona was. put through under viii
and spur, and the bill for the admissio
of New Mexico was we'll under wa
when a wrangle over what was to b
done with Oklahoma interviewed. and tn
debate thus precipitated lasted until &C
is journment. The bulk Of the Easter
opposition to the territories as espresso
by Mr.. Bingham of Philadelphia, wa
: predicted on the theory that while IL,
III Eastern states, rich in wealth and stron
in population, would be able to hol
C. their own in the house where the bas
of representation was population, infi1
ence Of the real states of the Uuio
would be overbalanced by the greatly il
creased state representation in the sci
ate. Mr. Hepburn of Iowa in an in
i. passioncd speech precipitated very liv
S; ~ discussion of the merits of the bill
)h lie said the house ought to stop an
consider what it proposed to do when
ld passed this bill. 1t proposed to give
Arizona four sections in every range,
one-ninth of the total area of the stat
ld 73,OOO,OOO acres. In addition to that
gave a part of the sale of the proceed
g, of onc-tenth Of the land besides sever
H. other grants of 100000 acres The r
I'd rublicans Continued their filihusteril
tie cites and the ayes and r:yS were Il
n manded. AS on yesterday the Republi
he ans, except few from the West. refuse
TO vote, in order, if possible. to break
h. quorum. They We're unsuccessful, hoy
ever. as the motion was carried by 4 vo
Of 1872 to 5. AS soon as the vote VI:
aJ1.ounced Gen. Wheeler Moved that Il
70 house go into committee of the whole
~, the 1ill for the admission of New Mexic
'in The Republicans made no attempt
Ill flibuster against the motion, which w
ey carried without division, but when