The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-01-12
NATIONS CAPITAL
The TVS DONE IN THE NATIONAL
-ONGREss YESTERDAY.
The Bills to Suspend immigration Will Be
the Special Order For Friday-After
the Pinkertons Grain Crop
Of Last Year.
SENATE.

the chaplain, special reference being
Bt made therein to the dangerous illness
nori of Senator Kenna. Friday and sat-.
y he urday were set apart for consideration
" rent of the bill granting additional quar-
ttO:9O aqtine powers and for the bill Tor the
'.iSall wssyension of immigration for one
ua mate ear. An effort to secure Sa vote on
NrssAe anti-option bill rsxt week
saIgentAiled because many speeches
s.lanitare vet to be made,
Jhouse he Mc(9arahan bill wal laid over
land atntil Tuesday next. Sena for Stewart
aabuil daepublicap) of Nevada addl essed the
y ~ .enate on the resolution toI suspend al
n purchases of silver bullion
J--Eas 2 Senator Frye introduced bill pro-
fgreatyiding for the appointment of COM
! whe mission to setLle government ipdebt-
~ edness OF Pacific railways. Under the
We bill the president is authorized to ap-
pf tppoint q commission of two Republi-
\ She cans, two Democrats, and one men,
J ma Der of the Peoples party TO ascertain
lXo the amount of obligation due or to
Pon'"pme due to the united States, and
tnu br into an agreement with the
liz theirlpanes to adjust and extend the
"a gene iigations as may seem equitable and
lYSenator Chandler (Republcan) of
ocGew Hampshire moved an order that
~ on Friday next the two bills on the
pi calendar having regard to the danger
of introduction of CHI era into the
% United States should bbspecial order,
\ ho After sume debate II, e proposition
VI was agreed to.
III The enate then took up the anti
option bill and a number of amend
ments of minor Importance were
q offered and agreed tP. One included
-four in the list of articles covered by
Il the bill.
=, Senator Sherman laid, personally
he stood neutral in regard to the bill,
az as he did not belieEe it would ac-
tb complish what wash expected of it.
n Still he would vote fdlr it in Difference
i to opinions of leading agricultural So
cieties and individual farmers. 1t
n was very dou btful, however, whether
d. it was within the constitutional
HI power of congress to regulate con-
tracts and to make things lawful or
unlawful unless they entered into in
al terstate or foreign commerce.
Senator White moved to strike out
provision at the end of section 2.
i vote was taken and resulted: Yeas II,
nays so. AS quorum did not vote,
without further action on the amend
y 4 ment the senate went into executive
Is H session and soon adjourned.
all HOUSE.
zig In the house this morning but few
members were in attendance. Mr..
Martin lDepl. Of Indiana called up
therprivate pension bills. Mr.. Bland
4 ~ (Dem) of Missouri brought In a
v stumbling block, but in the shape OF
n plea for economy ia view Of the eA
ting condition of the treasury
CROP STATISTICS,
The agricultural bulletin for the
month shows the wheat crop slightly
above the average yield and Volume,
and has only been exceeded in 1851
and 1884. Area is estimated at 80, 554,
430 acres; product, 5l5, 440, 900 bushels;
value So gill 1881. Rate OF yield 1874
bushels per acre, average value per
bushel 81 4, the lowest ever reported
Weight of measured bushels to be de-
termined later, out probably Its acre
age will be equal to nearly 5OO.OOO,OOO
commercial bushels. Corn crop snort,
average yield per acre is % l bushels;
Il the area was considerably reduced
II and Is estimated at 70,62S, $50 acres,
the production is 1923, AGA 900 bushels,
III valued at $642, 146 $50, average 1913
III cents per bushel. Eestimate tor oats
! are q, 063, 1856 acres, produc, 661, 035, 600
\ bushels valued at sos, 253, GIL. Yield
per acre PA bushels.
M TO SUSPEND THE PURCHASE OF SILL
YER.
Representative, Michael d. Harter
of Ohio offered 9othe house today a
joint resolutiong providing that AL
Ill further purchaaeI of silver bullion by
MI the Uni ed STAG of America shall
cease from and tefter the passage or
mi adoption of thileresolution, and said
ahaithnt ha resumed until
i an interstate ;yi reement is reached,
M which agreemeiIt shall at least In |
I'M clude Great Britain, Germany France
and the United States, AMI which
agreement shal'fix the valuation at
which silver bullion will thereafter
be received for coinage without limit
as to quantity at the mints OF the
A nations of the parties to said lnterna-
In tional agreemeh bat.
AFTER n HE PINKERToNs.
NJ y, Senator Cha adler thinks he has hit
vs. Nbop perfectly Legitimate means for
\ SIbp!Hg further operations SIso oy =, Pin oho
sanate a short bill with this in view.
The bill is as follows: i
r. shall be unlawful for any body OF
men numbering ten or more, any Oh
whom are subject to enrolment as
mari of the militia of any state OF the
limited States to assemble, drlll or
bear arms as military squau, oon
pany, battalion or otner military 9yo,i H
forth hv ao,ne civil or military officer,
lawfully authoJzed TO make sucn can:
Section 2.-IYshall De the auty VI
the president dlsoaad anu oispose
of any such Organization, ana every
narson servirE as member thereof
shaII also beRubect 10 fine not ex-
caedinp 81 ObO, by imprisonment not
oVcaadfng one year, or by both such
fine and irpprisohheht.