People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-03-03
CONGRESS.
The Weeks Proceedings of the Senate and
House.

yesterday Mr. German spoke in oppo-
sition to appropriations for public
buildings and the sundry civil bill oc-
cupied the attention of the body the
whole day. The public buildings
clause was retained
The house had a filibustering session
on the New York and New Jersey
bridge bill, but it finally passed. The
naval and agricultural bills passed and
the house adjourned
TUESDAY.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-In the senate
yesterday Judge Lindsay was sworn in
as the successor of Senator Carlisle, of
Kentucky The credentials of w. V.
Allen. as senator from Nebraska, were
presented and fled The sundry civil
bill was then proceeded with. The
item to purchase new public printing
Office site was defeated. A motion to
increase the appropriation for the sol.
diers' home at Santa Monica, Cal,
brought on another debate on the pen.
sion question and without completing
the bill the senate adjourned.
In the house the hours were mostly
employed in filibustering against the
car coupler bill. Some time was de.
voted to the post Office appropriation
bill, the debate on which was confined
to the special service" provision, but
the ''car coupler" was the one which
met with determined opposition Mr..
Richardson led the opposing forces and
by parliamentary maIeuvers prevented
any action being taken on it.
WEDNESDAY.
WASHINGTON, Feb 23.-When the
senate met yesterday the president pro
tenn, Mr.. Henderson, read Washing
tons farewell address, in accordance
with resolution of the senate adopted
some time previous. There was little
time wasted in finishing up the sundry
civil appropriation bill, after which the
conference report on the army appro-
priation bill was agreed to and the con.
sular and diplomatic bill was brought
before the senate. Before any progress
was made on this bill the senate pro-
ceeded to the consideration of execu-
tive business and soon after adjourned.
The house met after an all night ses-
sion and when the post office appropria.
ton bill came up Mr.. Hatch antago-
nized it with the anti-option bill, but he
was defeated and the post office bill
passed Mr.. Hatch adopted the same
tactics against the Indian appropriation
bill, but it was taken up and discussed
for three hours, but not completed. =,
THURSDAY.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-The senate
yesterday made good progress in dis.
posing of the absolutely necessary work
of congress In less than an hour two
of the general appropriation bills-the
diplomatic and consular and the mil.
itary academy were read, considered
and passed. Then the legislative, ex.
ecutive and judicial appropriation bill,
which appropriates about SD, 600, 900,
was taken up and considered until ad.
journment
The incident in the house was the
ovation rendered to the next secretary of
the navy, Hilary A. Herbert, of Alabama.
He entered the hall during the consid.
Grafton of the conference report on the
army appropriation bill and was warm.
ly greeted, and without regard to party
his colleagues We'd with each other in
doing him honor. Then the Indian ap-
preparation bill was taken up, notwith-
standing the opposition of Mr.. Hatch,
of Missouri, who desired to call up the
anti-option bill. The bill was consid.
cred in committee of the whole for
some time, but without completing it
the house adjourned.
FRIDAY.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.-The senate
held a dull session yesterday. A long
debate was had on the clause in the
Legislative appropriation bill as to the
continuance of the Utah commission.
The question was decided in favor of
the commission by 80 yeas to 90 NAYS.
Three democrats, Jones Ark, Palmer
and Voorhees, voted with the republic
ans in favor of the commission.
In the house the anti-option bill met
with another defeat 1t failed to pre-
vent the Indian appropriation bill from
being taken up. The Indian bill was
further considered in committee of the
whole. The paragraph appropriating
S55S,OOO for arrears of interest, claimed
by the ChickasawS was stricken out
and the appropriation for Indian schools
was increased from 1000, 900 to 81. O75.-
900. Late in the afternoon Mr.. Hatch
made speech in which he affirmed that
every obstruction possible was being
thrown against the anti-option bill and
he gave notice that ne would continue
the fight in behalf of the people and
against Wall street The house then
took a recess until evening for the con-
sideration Of pension bills
SATURDAY.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-The senate
Saturday after debate of four hours
passed the legislative appropriation
bill with amendments and REQUESTED
conference. A motion by Mr.. Sher
man to go into executive session was
lost, four republicans voting with the
democrats against the motion. After
eulogies upon the late Representative
Spinola, of New York, the senate ad.
journed.
A fight was made in the house against
the Sherman bond amendment to the
sundry civil bill. The silver men fill
bustered aud the bill went over. Ap
preparation bills were then considered
in committee of the whole. Int none