Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-02-25
CONGRESSIONAL.
Summary or the Weeks Proceedings o
the senate AVID House.

summary OF the WoGk'h HrOceeuinEa OF
the Sornte Rwd House.
IN the senate on tho 18TH Tho conference r0-
port on the urmv appropriation bill was re.
ceivcd and went over. Mr.. Holr'S resolution
| that Mr.. .Manderson president FRO tent, read
| Washingtons fare well address 10 tn senate
on Fcbruar; ~ was adopted Tho diplomatic
| ind military academy bills were reported und
| placed on the calendar. ana the iniry civil
bill was making good progress when message
was received from the president relating 10 ne
| Hawaiian matter and the senate went inio exc
ecutiye session. When the doors were oDened
culogies wcro delivered upon the late Repre-
| sentative Mcdonald, AZ New Jersey. AMI the
senate adjourned -. The invalid pension upp.o-
| prtation bill monopoizcd the attention 81 Tho
| house. Tho general debate was cnlivaa"l Nv
| Mr. Boutelle, Of Maine. who made one OF his
| vigorous and characteristic, speeches Against
| the amendments changing the existing pension
| laws points OF order were made. the deteririnar
tion Of which was postponed and the house i'd
| Iourned
| THE session OF the senate on the 18th was 90
cupicd In consideration Of the sundry civil bill.
| An amendment involving the on,inuance OF tho
ONCE OF supervisor OF elections gave rise 10 u
| long and heated political discussion go. Tho
house resumed consideration OF the pension
| appropriation bill in committee OF tho whole.
| The amendments, transferring the bureau 10
tuc WuT TfQulTiuB un
| der the act OF 1900 10 show that they ure dis
abled for manual labor and have not an annual
income OF $780, and providing that no widow
shall be granted pension II she was not mar
ried within five years after the close OF the war
| in which her husband served. were defeated
| without division During the debate persona.
collision took place between Messrs Turpin Of
Alabama and Waugh, OF Indiana which created
great confusion and caused speedy adjourn
menL
THE sundry civil appropriation bill occupied
the attention OF the senate on the nth The
amendment continuing In force the federal SUI
pervlsion OF elections was adopted BY q party
vote. Pending debate on the question OF issu.
ing three-per.cent bonds TO maintain tho gold
reserve the senate adjourned. =. In the house
the pension appropriation bill was further con.
sidered and finally passed The post office up
preparation bill was considered without final
action The car coupler bill was postponed un-
til Tuesday. senate bill was passed extend
ing 10 the North Pacific ocean the provisions Of
the statutes for the protection OF fur seals Mr..
JOhhson. of Indiana. in calling the attention Of
tine speaker TO what he thought was q misap-
prehcnsion on the part OF the chair In one OF his
statements. was aggressive In his manner and
in his speech. and was requested b. the chair
10 take his seat. but Mr. johnson proceeded in
an imnassioned manner and entirely out OF Or
ucr. Nncn the SDenKeF peTemptOTlly
him 10 take his seat, which was done Omid
some confusion and the house soon adjourned.
THE senate on the 18th further debated the
sundry civil bill. An amendment by Mr.. Drice
to the Sherman amendment, which virtually
made silver certificates payable in gold, gave
rise 10 long debate, but was finally with.
drawn. The Sherman amendment for the issue
OF three per cent. fvc-ycpr bonds was finally
agreed to by u vote OF ~ 10 49, In executive
hp ma nj .llCkgOn
associate justice Of the supreme court was con-
firmed without opposition. e. The house then
resumed in committee OF the whole, the con.
sidcration OF the post O;firc appropriation bill
Without making much progress with the bill
public business was suspended, and, after pay
ing proper tribute TO the memory OF the late
Representative Warwick, Of Ohio, the house
adjourned.
IN the senate on the Goth Mr.. German spoke
in opposition 10 appropriations for public build
incs and the sundry civil bill occupied the ut
tcntion OF the body the whole dav Tho
public buildings clause was retained -. The
house had u fliibuaiering session on the New
York and New Jersey bridge bill but II finally
passed The naval and agricultural bills and
two private bills passed anu the houSoeau"
journed
In the senate on the alst Judge Lindsay was
sworn in as the successor Of Senator Carlisle,
OF Kentucky. The credentials Of w. V. Allen,
Ms senator from Nebraska, were presented ana
filed The sundry civil bill was then proceeded
with. The item 10 purchase new public print.
ing ofice site was defeated. A motion TO In
crease the appropriation for the soldiers homo
q; Santa Monica, Cal, brought on another de-
bate on the pension question and without COM
pleting the bill the senate adjourned. In the
house the hours were mostly employed In I'LL.
clustering against the car coupler bill Some
time was devoted 10 the post Office appropria-
ton bill, the debate on which was confined TO
the special service provision, but the "car
coupler" was the one which met with deter.
mined opposition Mr. Richardson led the oppos.
ing forces and by parliamentary maneuverB
prevented any action being taken on II.