The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-02-18


FEE 7--sESA1s.-Thc Senate bill TOT the
relief Of the asslgnees or legal Representatives
Of John Roach, deceased, to pay the paiahce
.ue on the United States steamship Dolphin;
tI6.450, was taken from the calendar and
passed. The Senate. by a vote OF yeas
New Jersey bridge bill. The bill providing
for use of automatic couplers by railroads was
discussed. Mr.. Cullom said the brakemen
would be safer II they were enlisted IN .He
way employees. The bill provides that when
| IS per cent of the railroads shall agree upon
! 8 coupler the rest shall use the same. MT
wolcott opposed the bill II went over WITH
| out action.
Housg.-The Senate amendments TO the
Uarter bill of lading were coucurred IN lHe
House then proceeded in the committee OF
| the whole To the consideration OF the leslsla-
| tive appropriation Dill.
| FEB s.-SESArE-In the morning hour the
| following bills we're taken from the calendar
| and passed: House bill for the relief oil GER
! tain settlers on public lands ia the Tucson
| land district, Arizona. House bill 10 amend
| the act of March >, 1891, establishing cour,
| of private land claims, Senate blu TO exempt
veterans from competitive examination In Tue
| classified service OF the United states. lhe
| bill to amend the Chinese exclusion act WIS
| laid over.
At 80 the Vice President announced that
! the time had arrived for execution oil the or.
| der of the Senate. The Senators then fell
| Into line and preceded by the Vice President
| and secretary and attended by other oneefs,
| including Captain Bassett, the veteran door
] keeper, who carried the boxes containing the
| certificates OF presidential electors. moved to-
| wards the hall OF the House of Representa-
| tlves. The Senate returned at 2 10 aud took
| up the car coupler hlll again. Mr., German
| opposed and Mr.. Cullom supported the Dill
| Va-ious amendment. were offered, but,
| without action, the Senate, af.er executive
session, adjourned
HorsE.-In anticipation of .he counting OF
the vote for president and vice president tue
| galleries were crowded. The speaker laid be-
| fore the House the House quarantine BIZ,
| with the Senate amendment, and Mr.. Raynor
moved concurrence. Mr.. kilgore was pres
ent however, anu together with Mr.. Anthony
| resorted 10 dllatory tactics. They were I'm
| ally forced to subside and the bill passed Al
O'Clock the Senate appeared. Inc vice
| president took the chair assigned TO MIN, 10
| the right OF the speaker, and the senators oc-
| cupled the first four rows to the right OF the
| presiding officer The counting OF the cleo
| toral vote then proceeded with and NJ us
| completion, the Senate returned TO us own
| hall. The vote was announced as ioHoM-'
Cleveland and Stevenson 2if, Harrison 40,
| Weaver %. The legislative appropriation
| bill was considered but not acted upon.
| FEB, Q-sENArE.-The entire day was oc-
cupicd in considering the car coupler BILL An
| amendment by Mr.. Palmer was agreed TO
| which strikes out all section except inc nFst
| sentence, which is TO the effect that railways
| must no; use cars not equipped with UNIFORM
| couplcrs coupling automatically by compact.
| Mr. Butler offered two amendments, whlch
| we're agreed TO, changing the date in the nrst
| section (whcn power driving wheel brakes
must be usel) from January /, 1879, 10 Janu-
| arr l. 1895, and the date in the fourth section
J (grab-lrons. or hand-holds, in the ends and
| sides Of ears must be- provded) from july /;
| 1893. to July /, 1885. Mr.. Nolcott resented
| with much acerblty Of manner criticism
| oh NJ Potter fuatt. OF things which
! he (Mr Wo!cott had said the previous day.
| He utterly regulated the Idea of hostility TO
| the farming classes. The people to whom
| rcfcrred,u he said. ''wcre the fraud aud scum
| of the labor element, msb who are sometimes
| walking delegates, men who arc specialists
| and anarchist agtators, and men who on the
| strength of the labor movements sometimes
temporarily find public Office The bill was
not completed.
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tude. but Mr. Townscnd smiled as he saw the
approving looks of the silver men from tn
West who witnessed the effects OF this
unlooked-for champion. The vote was
l52 ayes, l43 nays Then by nearly unani-
nous vote the bill was referred back to its
committee. The House then went INTO com
mittee of the whole for the further con.idera-
ton of the legislative appropriation bill.
Amendments were adopted provided that
hereafter no public building shall be draped
in mourning: that executive departments be
closed out of respect of deceased officials, and
prohibiting the use OF public funds for funeral
| expenses of government officials or mploycs.