Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-11-09
SENATe's BUSY DAY.
several BilIs Passed. Among Them tho
Chinese Extension Act.

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several BIIi, Passed. Among Them tho
chinese Extension Act.
/ WhsHINoroN, Nov. "a resolution
having been submitted to the senate
/ providing for the publication Of
| pamphlet by an Austrian authority on
/ THE Future Of Silver" Mr. Hill took
occasion 10 jest at Senator Stewart as
one who had declared that silver had
no future.
Mr.. Stewart replied that there was
nothing In the few observations he had
heretofore made TO warrant such
conclusion and soon thereafter intro
duced a bill for the free and unlimited
coinage Of silver
Presently MIR. IIoars bill for the re-
! lief Of the food devastated people of
South Carolina came up for considera-
ton. Mr.. Stewart took the floor TO
debate 1t and promptly began the repe-
tition Of one Of his stock silver speeches
In consequence the days work of the
senate was hnmpered and delayed.
Tho house joint resolution amending
the act OF April %, 1882 relating to
the admission Of articles intended for
the worlds Columbian exposition
was taken up, advocated by MIR. Gull
lum, Of Illinois, and after the amend
ment OF the committee on finance, linn
tting the articles to be released from
all customs duties 10 those acquired
and purchased by the Columbian mu-
scum of Chicago for its own use had
been adopted was passed.
The senate bill To grant the right of
. a hn Ia a
a Southwestern Railway Co through
the Indian and Oklahoma territories
was passed
Mr. German (democrat), OF Mary
land, offered a resolution authorizing
the employment during recess" of
certain employees, and IL was referred
to the committee on contingent ex-
penscs. The reading of the words
during the recess" caused surprise, rs
II is generally expected that an adj
journment will soon follow
MIR. Gray moved to take up the
Chinese extension bill but yielded to
the appeals OF Mr.. lloar, upon whose
motion the bill to relieve the sufferers
from the recent cyclone on and near
the sea island, off the coast of South
Carolina and Georgia was taken up.
Mr.. Cocl,rcll ldcmocraU, OF Missouri,
objected to the third reading of the
bill.
Mr.. Stewart started TO make a free
silver speech, when the house concur
rent resolution providing for an ad-
iournment Of congress on November Q,
Mt p m, was received Later the
resolution, on motion of Mr.. German,
was referred To the committee on APP
preparations
After further discussion by Messrs.
Caifrcy, Mcpherson, Allen, PETER and
others the hour OF o'clock arrived and
the Chinese extension bill was laid be-
fore the senate and the cyclone bill
went over.
House bill to Increase by twenty-five
the number OF officers that may be as
'igned to colleges was amended and
passed.
The house blu TO extend the time of
the Chinese act was then ken up,
and Mr.. Davis, ,repubican) of Minne-
sofa, address d the senate. c offered
an amcndm mt re-cnacting the act of
July ., 1894, 10 execute certain stipula-
tions Of the treat of May o, 1882, land
continuing such act in force for ten
years longerl. After numerous histor-
zeal citations, Mr.. Davis pointed ont
that Russia had expelled the Jews and
the moral sense and ntiment of the
civilized world d sen against II.
Her action provoked the protest of the
religious press and communities and
the indignation of every tolerant
man. Even the president of the United
States had conveyed to congress his
disapproval of the action of Russia.
Mr. Davis closed his argument by ex-
pressing his desire TO see "all this fe-
rocious legislation" eXpunged from the
statutes
Mr.. Call Of Florida, argued in favor
of the proposed amendments of the act
of 1892.
The house bill to aid the Worlds Fair
Prize Winners exposition TO be held in
New York was laid before the senate
and referred to the committee on
finance.
Mr. White, (dem) of California, then
spoke on the Chinese bill, referring to
the llighbinders, a criminal organiza-
tion whose mem bers killed men for nav.
lie said the Chinese empire stood to-
day, not AS the indication of progres-
sion, but as n nation incapable of alb
orb ng anything more than II had al
ready taken within its co fines. When
confronted with n situation which
m ant ruin to his people, when he had
to choose between his people and an
alien race, then, Mr.. White said, he
would stand by his hearthstone and
guard his home.
Mr. Squire, whose amendment was
the pending one appropriating 800, 900
to execute the law, withdrew his
amendment in order that the bill might
become a law during this session. All
the other amendments offered were re-
jected and the house bill was passed
without amendment
Senate bill granting to the state of
California per cent of the net. pro-
ceeds of the cash sales of public lands
in that state To aid in the support Of
its public or common schools and
maxim ( an appropriation for that pur-
pose, was ON motion of Mr. White, of
California, taken up and passed,
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