The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-02-15
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gathered from All Quarters
CONGRESS.


TN ,he sennta ON the 9th Mr. Hill made the
motion Of which he had given notice, TO pro.
ceed TO the consideration OF the bill 70 repeai
the Sherman silver purchase act; and In sup |
mort of the motion delivered careiully pre-
pared speech but the motion was deieateu oy
nearly a two.thirds majority-lhe vote DehB'
Yeas o. nays ~ Afterwards the quarantine
bill was taken up and passed without q division;
also bill for the payment out OF tho treasury
Of local taxes on lands held by Indians In sever
alty. Finally the automatic coupler Dill was
taken up and discussed for a time, when y went
over until the fth !, In the house Mr., kilgore
began eariy nlbuqterirg motions, his object be-
ing to prevent consideration OF the antopuons
and the bankruptcy b.ns. Mr. kilgore was
finally Obliged 10 surrender and the journal was
auproved After several roll calls had peen
made, revealing ihe fact ofno quorum Voting'
the house adjourned
IN the senate on the Tth considerable
time was spent In discussing the auto
matte coupler bill, but no action was
taken upon It. Tho senate bill LOT tne
relief Of the legal representatives OF Jonn
Roach deceased, TO pay balance due on the
United Statcs steamship Dolphin slB5 was
tal,en from the calendar and passed The
senate then took up unobjectcd house bills ana
nassod tho following: To ratify and connrm
The agreement between the Puyalup Indians
and the Northern Pacihc railroad company, ior
right of way through the Puyallup Reservation
sixteen house pension bills were passed and the
senate adjourned . Fair progress was maze IN
the house with one Of the great appropriauon
bilis-thc legislative bill which appropriates
upwards Of ~ ,bO0l0Ol Aside from review Oh
the condition OF the treasury by Mossrs Ding
lev and pockery-divergent views and an at
tack on the.cvl service law by Mr. DeArmond'
5tha rroccedlnps were unintereSttng
on the sth the morning hour In the senate
was spent for the most part In the consideration
and passage OF bills on the calendar Az
O'Clock the senators, headed by vice Preslueht
Morton and accompanied by some OF It's princi-
ral officers proceeded ~ the hall OF the mousse
of representatives and there took part IN une
ceremony Of counting the votes Tor presluentn
electors Afterwards the railroad automane
car coupler b Il was taken up and debated until
Tho hoir Of adjournment without any definite
action being taken. The event In ihe mouse
was,of course, the counting OF the electora
vote ard this PASSED on without any incident o.
Importance The legislative appropriation Dill
consumed the remainder OF the day but no resul
was reached.
In the senate on the 9th the session after tho
morning hour was devoted 10 discussion o.
the railroad automatic car coupler bill The SUI
stitute reported by the committee on interstate
commerce was amended Dy making tne hIst ~
tion, recurring the use Of powerful drlUnl
wheel brakes-go into force On the LIST OF July
1895 instead OF Is93-and the fourth section Cre
.ouiring the use OF grab.irons or hand holds u
the ends and sides Of cars) go into enect on TN
lat OF July 1893 instead of 1893 Final acuoi
was not taken on the bill II was silver day y
the house and the friends OF silver were victor
.ous by majority OF nine They sustained IN
demand for the previous question on the resolu
tion setting apart Thursday and Friday for tn
consideration OF the bill repeating the Shorma
act The remainder OF the day was devoted !
the consideration OF the legislative approprli
tion bill. which WAS finally passed and The hous
adjourned
In the senate on the 10th the debate on IN
automatic car coupler bill was resumed and N
proceedings were uninteresting. Sever
amendments we're rejected aud when the roi
was about TO be taken on the passage OF the pi
motion was agreed to that the vote should
postponed until 4 o'clock on the lith A.
journed. . The pension bill came up In y
house and several lengthy speeches were mad
relative to the proposed revision Of the pensic
laws. Very little interest was manifesto
however and nothing transpired TO break u
dun routine. Al the evening session nothil
but.prlyate pension bills were considered