The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-10-13
CONGRESSIONAL.
House Passes the Tucker BIN by = Strict
Party Vote.


noon there did not appear to be q
quorum present on the Democratic side.
s. Cultivate Dem. o. from the COM
mittee on rules, reported a resolution
providing that Immediately on the
adoption of this order the house should
proceed to the consideration of the bill
to amend the Geary Chinese exclusion
act
The federal election bill was then
taken up for the crucial test of vote.
| The special order having been read, Mr..
Lacey's amendment was reported as was
Mr.. Burrows amendment to it. Mr..
Burrows amendment strikes out the re.
peal of sections 2,O05 to 2,0I0 inclusive.
| On standing vote the amendment
was rejected 81 to SO and the Democrats
were jubilant at having found their
quorum. On demand of Mr.. Burrows
the yeas and nays were ordered-yeas,
100; nays, 10S; so the amendment was
lost.
The vote then REQUIRED on Mr.. Lacey's
amendment which excerpts from the re-
peal the criminal sections. The amend
ment was rel ected-yeas, 90; nays, 192.
Mr.. Fitch then withdrew his substi-
tute and the vote required on the Tucker
bill, which was passed-yeas, 200. nays,
101. A strict party vote. The Populists
voted with the Democrats in the affirm.
alive. The house then at 2:45 adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Oct An the senate q
resolution was offered by Senator Nor
gan, which went over, instructing the
judiciary committee to consider and re-
port what provisions OF the law of 1887
(the free coinage act) are still in force.
The open suggestion of a compromise
on the repeal bill was made and at
tracted the closest attention on both
sides of the chamber. Senator Butler of
South Carolina in an imprisoned speech
against the passing of the bill made com.
promise the salient point. In reply to
the question which he said had been
asked over and over again as to when q
vote would be had on the bill, he said:
compromise is the solution of the
struggle here"
Mr.. Butler. having become much
fatigued, yielded the floor without fin
ishing his speech, and then Mr.. Black
burn (Dem., Ky.) took the floor and
made an argument against the repeal
bill.
The house considered the bill to pro-
mote the safety of national banks by pro-
hibiting the officials of such banks to bor-
row money except by the consent of the
board of directors, but it went over
without action. The bankruptcy bill
and the bill to amend the Chinese ex-
clusion act were reported and placed
upon the calendar.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 5.-After a quar-
ter of an hour spent in morning bust
ness, the only feature of which was the
proposed amendment to the rules by Mr..
Hill Dem, N. W, authorizing senator's
paired and not voting to be counted to
make a quorum, the senate went into
executive session to deal with the noni-
nation of Indian agents.
The house transacted some unimpor-
tant routine business and received from
Secretary Carlisle his answer (already
published) TO its resolution asking why
the Sherman act had not been enforced
during July and August The commu-
nication was referred.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.-The senate con-
sidered the resolution offered on Wed.
nesday last by Mr.. PETER Pop, Kan.)
for a special committee for the improve
ment of the banking system of the coun-
| try. Mr.. Stewart (Rep., New immed-
lately took the floor, and made long
and serious complaint against the treas
ury department for not buying the
100000 ounces of silver bullion per
month as required by the permanent
law. Mr.. Blackburn Dem, Ky.) sent
to the clerks desk and had read the
amendment to the repeal bill which he
had given notice of in his speech on
Wednesday.
The house took up the federal election
bill and Mr.. Hainer (Rep., Neb.) con-
Guided his speech in opposition to the re-
peal of the election laws. Mr.. Hicks
Rep., Pa.) denounced the pending meas
ure.
WASHINGTON, Oct 7.-When the re-
peal bill was taken up in the senate
Mr. Voorhees, gave notice that OH
Wednesday next he should ask the sem
ate to continue in session until vote is
taken on the pending measure and should
ask senator's to maintain quorum until
| the end of the protracted struggle was
reached. Mr.. Roache, (Dem.,l then adj
dressed the senate in favor of repeal Of
the Sherman act He wished, how
ever, to have In the unconditional re-
peal bill legislation that would recog-
nize silver as money metal.
The house resumed consideration OF
the Federal election DILL. ar. Everett,
Dem, Mass.) advocated the bill and
denounced the laws which it proposed
TO repeal as being impotent and ineffec-
tive.
WASHINGTON, Oct. Elm the senate
the resolutions recently adopted at q
joint meeting of the Memphis cotton and
merchants exchanges. condemning the
two Tennessee senators for their course
in antagonizing tie silver purchase re.
peal bill. were presented by Mr.. Harris
{ Dem. TENN who denied that he had
been guilty of any discourtesy toward
+ those exchanges, and animated that the
discourtesy had been on their side to
himself and his colleagues The resoln-
I ton offer by Mr.. W0lco.t rep, Coio.)
i last Saturday. 10 carry into actual legis
/ lation the declaratory section OF the
VOORHEES, substitute Gn favor of bimet-
alIism1 was taken up by Mr.. WOicotts
who addIes ed the senate in favor Of it.
Almost inmedlai ely after tho reading
Of the Journal the consideration Of tie
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