The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-01-28
FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS-.


| WASHINGTON, Jan. iG--Su NATG-After n
| quorum was procured 90 the result ~ n c0ii OF
| the senate some considerable progress was
made on the ant-option bill. An amendment
was agreed 20 fixing the jst Of July, 1893 as the
| time when the bill Is to 20 into effect Tho res.
olutlon offered on Saturday by Mr. Wolcott
| rep, COLI, instructing the committee on for.
eign relations to inquire as to the expenditures
in ana about the construction Of the Nicaragua
| canal since the accounts OF the expenditures
| rendered two years ago, was agreed to- At the
afternoon session the antl-opton bill again
| came up Mr. Call dem, Fla.) read an argu-
ment in favor Of the bill The question being
on the amendment offered by Mir. Villas Dem,
! Wis., intended TO coniine the penal provisions
| OF The bill TO purely speculative transactions, u
4hort argument was made in favor Of 1t by Mr.
/ White (Dcm, La.) and then the vote was taken,
! The amendment was eiected--Yeas, -; nays, ,33.
| Mr.. Hill Dom, N.G.) was paired with Mr.. Irby
| dem, s. c. Otherwise he would have voted
Tor the amendment The amendment offered
| by Mr. Daniel (Dem,, VH) to strike out Section
10 was defeated-yens, 10; nays, 81.
| HoUaE-For almost an hour this morning
| the time OF the house was consumed in the con-
| sideration OF q resolution to which there was
| not the slightest opposition in any quarter, and
| which was finally adopted without objection.
! I! was one calling upon the executive depart
| inents for information as 70 the number and
| amount of war claims allowed or disallowed by
| such departments. The motion TO suspend the
| rules and pass bill to settle the claims of
| Arkansas and other states, under the swamp
| land grants, failed TO secure the necessary two
thirds vote, and was therefore defeated.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-sENATE--Senator
| Sherman to-day reported from the senate f.
| nance committee, with amendments, his own
| bill introduced in July last providing for the
stoppage Of the purchase of silver The bill, as
| introduced, provides that the repeal should
| take effect on the 1st of January 1893 AS
| amended, the repeal is to take effect year
from that date. The bill, as amend
ed, also provides that upon the
| deposit of any U. s. bonds bearing
having made or making the same, shall be enti.
| tied to receive from the controller of the cur
rency notes not exceeding in value the par value
of the bonds deposited. These notes arc to be
of different denominations, in blank, registered
and countersigned, as provided by law and
Mt no tirno shall the actual amount of
such notes exceed the amount of such time
| paid in.
! HousE-Nothing of Importance
| WAsHGNGToN, Jan. 1S-SENATE-The pend.
| ing civil appropriation bill was reported to the
| senate to-day 1t amounts in round numbers to
| .i0O0O,0OO, which makes an uncommonly large
| bill The large amount is owing to the inclu-
| sion of continuing appropriations for rivers and
| harbors. There is not to be a regular river and
/
! amount applicable to river and harbor enter.
prses provided for in previous bills and now in
Guided in the sundry civil bill is about Sl6 OOO,-
CO., leaving the sundry civil proper at about the
| usual figure.
| HoUsE-Representative Fellows offered in
| the house for reference a resolution directing
| inquiry by congressional committee into the
! state Of affairs on the isthmus of Panama. the
| expenditures of money in America to secure
| acquiescence in the canal project and the pro-
| priety Of Gen. Newton's connection with the
! Panama canal company The house committee
on territories to-day without division, ordered
| favorably reported the bill enabling Utah TO
| form constitution and state government, and
| to be admitted to the union on an equal footing
with other states.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9-Senate-Senator
Platt, of Connecticut made q strong speech
to-day in opposition to the antioption bill. He
| took thorough states. rights ground He ad-
mltted that in discussions in which the power
Of the general government and the powers OF
| the states were in question he was generally
| found battling for the general power, but he re.
| garded this bill as dangerous violation of the
| rights which had been reserved TO the states.
| HoUsE-But little business was transactedin in
the house to-day. Owing to the condition of
| affairs in the house and senate it was impossi-
BILE for the Ohio delegation to attend the funeral
| ofEx-President Hayes. Representative Haynes
| DelnS the only one TO so 10 OHIO for that pur
| pose. Mr.. Haynes is from Mr.. Hayes town,
| Fremont, and knew him we'll. Gen. Enochs
| was member of the brigade which the ex
| president commanded and served with him dur
! ing the war
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-SENATE-Tne senate
adjourned to-day within q very few minutes az
ter assembling, in respect to the memory OF the
late eE-President Hayes, this being the day OF
his funeral. The resolution TO that effect
was drawn up by Senator Sherman, but owing
to the fact that it would, perhaps, look better
that they should come from democrat, Mr..
| Brice introduced them and the senate at once
adjourned.
HoUsE-The house committee on manufac.
| turers to-day adopted the report of the sub
committee detailed to inquire into the sweat
ing system of tenanent house labor. The com.
mittee favors the use of tags on articles of
clothing, by which they can be traced to their
place of manufacture, the prohibition Of inter
state commerce in such goods as are made
under unhealthy conditions, The general de-
fcency appropriation bill for the next fiscal
year was reported TO the house by Represents
tive Sayers. The total appropriation carried by
the bills is S20956,6l0, of which the largest item
is s!4, l49,4H for pensions, 1884, i37 being for
payment of pensions and s305,0O0 for fees and
expenses OF examining surgeons.