Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-02-04
CONGRESSIONAL.

| members they did so under protest, and the De-
lief that if they did otherwise the measure
would meet lingering death through hHbus-
tering.
many points from the bill which the senate has
| passed.
The bill requires all vessels clearing for the
| United States to obtain from the consul or vice
| consul at the port of departure bill OF health.
| The president is authorized to detail a medical
officer to in the Office of consulate at any
foreign port tor the PTrp9se OF furnishing shin Intor
| hospital service shall cooperate with the state
| and municipal boards of health in the enforce
| ment of the rules of such boards and the regula-
tons prescribed by the secretary of the treasury
| to prevent the introduction of contagious and
| infectious diseases into the United States from
| foreign countries and from one state into an
other, but nothing shall be construed to war
rant federal official from relaxing state rules.
On the arrival of an affected vessel at any port
| ment, the secretary of the treasury may remand
the vessel to the nearest national or other quar-
| antine.
| Favored by an unexpected opportunity Sena-
tor Platt secured consideration of the Cherokee
| strip bill by the senate. Senator Platt moved
| to substitute for the house bill the Dawes bill
| as amended. After long debate, covering the
| Cherokee intruder question and other perth
| nent matters, the bill went over for consldera-
| ton at the next opportunity.
There was but little business done In either
| house on the day that the death Of Justice La
! mar was officially announced.
| Senator Sawyer, from the committee on pen
! sions, reported bill authorizing the commits
sioner of pensions to accept as proof OF citizen
| ship of an applicant for pension under the act
of July a. 1890, the fact that at the date of his
| application he was an actual and bona hde resi-
| dent of the United States, and it passed.
| Both anti-options bill and the Cherokee outlet
bill, which together held right of way in the
| senate, had to give way for routine matters dur
| ing day session; excepting that half OF 1t was
| spent in executive session over the nomination
of McComas as one of the Judges of the supreme
| court of the District of Columbia. McComas
| was confirmed.
In the house flibusterIng against the bank
ruptcy bill was inaugurated by Mr.. Klgore, of
| Texas. In the first place he insisted upon the
| reading of the minutes IN full. Then he OBJ
| jected to an approval of the document, and an
hour was consumed before IT was th nnany agreed
| Pierce aided Mr.. Kngores every fibustering
| motion with another which was calculated to
prevent action.
| Another wasted day" was the comment of re-
| publicans and their comments were re-echoed
| by the majority of the democrats. But few OF
| the democrats, opposed to the bankruptcy meas
ure, held firm and the house adjourned without
action, thus eXhausting the two days assigned
| to the judiciary committee and the bankruptcy
| bill.
| Senator Mills made speech against the anti
options bill, being aimed against the exist
| ence of state governments. he thought the re-
| publican statesmen were mistaken IN regard to
| the states rights sentiment of the people. The
people of the United States loved their state
government. They chung to it with an instinct
| which told them that their liberties depended
| upon its preservation By an India rubber sys-
| tenn of construction, congress had the right to
| regulate the commerce in states. As proposed
| in the pending measure it could 60 farther and
regulate the production of specified articles.
Passing from the constitutional argument he
| declared he would not support the bill, because
it was not a regulation of commerce and be-
cause it could not affect the price on cotton
wheat, corn or other agricultural prodNct. Flu
ture sales, he declared, were part of the bust
ness system of the country. Contracts for the
| supply of corn had to be made even before the
corn was planted or the land ploughed. Every
one would admit that the system of future sales
was absolutely necessary and essential to the
facility of commercial transaction.
Senator Hiscock also opposed the bill. He
believed all legislation like that proposed was
vicious and he believed that if the bill was
crystalized into law it would become basis
of the most gigantic trust that ever existed in
the United States.
An effort to pass bill creating a committee
on the alcoholic liquor traffic gave Senator Vest
an opportunity of ventilating his views on such
specimens of crank legislation" and on these
O-philanthropists who want to use the
powers of congress to advance some hobby to
which they are devoting their otherwise useless
lives
The house considered the sundry civil appro-
priation bill. Mr.. Davis, of Kansas, moved to
increase the appropriation for the enlargement
OF military posts from $1O'gSO to 100000. In
the recent report of the secretary of the treasury
in regard to thetinancial situation.
There was persistent fight under the lead of
Mr.. Holman, against Increasing the item for
the survey of public lands.
The house passed the bill granting right of
way to the oklahoma Midland railroad. Its
passage had been Obstructed at previous ses-
sion by Mr.. Simpson, of Kansas; but upon this
occasion he announced that he had objec-
ton.
When the tidings of the death of Mr.. Blaine
reached the senate, Senator Hale rose and said,
in part;
from this earth. Hon. James g. Blaine died in
this city at IL o'clock this morning. His long
illness In some measure prepared us for that;
but the dreaded event will carry sadness and
mourning throughout the United States, and
will awaken interest and sorrow wherever civil
lied man lives. Mr.. Blaine's career was so re-
arkable and his public services so great, that
In all the histories which written of him he
will stand the central figure not only as to his
own country, but on the policies and sub ects
that have affected the other great nations.
He belonged not to any one state. but to the
whole country, and none could mourn more to-
day for his loss than do the jewellers on the
shores of the great gulf and in the cabins of the
far Sierras'
Senator Cockrell, of Missouri. then moved the
senate adjourn, and the motion was adopted.
The adjournment makes the sixth interruption
caused by death within the last few weeks.
The army bill has been reported to the senate;
being the first general appropriation bill to
reach the senate this session.
The senate held an extended executive ses-
sion, and although it was only informally con-
sidered long debate was had on the news from
Honolulu. Generally the speeches seemed to
favor annexation or establishment of a protec-
torate.
IN opposition to these views 1t was asserted
that the debt amounted TO more than S3090,O0O,
which was sufficient to cause this government
to halt before it assumed that load.
In the house of representatives there was
strong feeling expressed by leading democrats
against annexation. At the same time ere was
an equally unanimous opinion that no other ma
ton should be permitted to step in and control
the destinies of the island. The Monroe doc
trine was again upheld a cardinal principle in
our foreign policy and as demanding the exclu-
sion of European domination over territory so
near T own.
What could we do with it and what a lot of
trouble its affairs would give US" is perhaps |
fair summary of the statements made informally |
by members. 1t is said at the same time that |
the course Hawaii is adopting in seeking annex |
alton is practically the same as that taken by |
Texas when it became part of the United States.
The house committee rules presented res |
olution for the investigation of the whisky trust
by the judiciary committee and Panama scan
dad by select committee of five members, which |
is also charged with an inquiry into the contract
between the Pacific Mail Steamship company
and the trans-continental railways. Both reso-
lutions were at once adopted.