The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-02-10
OONenEssIoNAI rRoOEEDnas.


WEDNESDAY: In the senate conferences
with the house was ordered on the anti-optien
bill. The Notifications bill was then taken
up and discussed.
In the house the speaker appointed Chap
man and Lodge as tellers on the part Of the
house during the count Of the electoral vots
and the house resumed consideration OF the
Sundry civil bill
THURSDAY: With the exception of one
hour in the early part of the evening the session
was held behind closed doors, and was spent
In the consideration Of the French and Swed-
ish extradition treaties, and incidentally OF
the Hawaiian question. In the open session
the Chandler Hawaiian resolution, offered
some days ago. was referred to the COMMITTEES
On foreign relations. Messrs. Hale of Maine
and Blackburn of Kentucky were appointed.
sellers to assist in counting the presidential
votes, and Mr.. Car1isle's resignation as sena-
tor from Kentucky was presented. The dis
trict appropriation bill was then taken up
considered and passed.
The session Of the house was an unusually
interesting one. In the morning the anti
option bill was the center of interest. The
opponents of the legislation were on the alert,
and the instant that Mr.. Hatch made his
motion for a conference Mr.. Bynum. OF Indt-
ana, was addressing the speaker with point
of order that the senate amendments must
first be considered in committee of the whole.
The discussion on Mr.. Bynum's point was
brief one, but long enough to show that tho
fight over the measure was sharp and vigor-
election laws then occupied the attention OF
the house.
FRIDAY-The friends of the anti-option
bill obtained a victory in the house although
the speaker decided against them and ruled.
that the house could not, at present, non-con-
cur in the senate amendments and thus throw
the bill into conference (when report would
become privileged). The house, notwtth-
standing the determined fight Of members of
the ways and means committee and the other
opponents of the bill. referred it to the COM
mittee on agriculture. which is favorable to
its passage. The deficiency appropriation bill
was passed.
The question of the repeal of the Sherman
act, or at least q suspension of the silver bull
lion purchase provision OF it, Wassunexpectedly
precipitated on the senate. Mr.. Sherman OF
Ohio, stated that he had not moved to take up
the bill because he was not satisfied there was
q majority in its favor, and finally notice was
given by Mr.. Hill, of New York, that he would
test the question next Monday by motion to
take up the bill and pass it.
SATURDAY-In the house Mr.. Hatch OF
Missouri reported back the anticipation bill,
with senate amendments. and it was referred
to the committee of the whole The same ref
erence was made of the agricultural appro-
priation bill, also reported by Mr.. Hatch.
The senate passed the Cherokee Strip bill
with amendments.
MONDAY-Senator Hills motion to take
up the bill repeating the Sherman silver pur-
chase law was defeated in the senate by a vote
of % tO42. The vote in detail was as follows;
Yeas-Brice. Gallery, Davis, Dawes, Dixon.
Faulkner, Frye, Gallinger, Gibson, German.
Hale. Hawley, Hill, HOar, Mcpherson, Mills
Morrill,. Palmer, Proctor, Sherman, Vest,
Villas and Whites.
Nays-Bate, Berry, BLACKBURN. BlOdgett,
Call, Carey, COckrell, Coke, Cullom, Daniel,
Dolph, Dubois, Fetch, George, Gordon, Hans
brough. Harris, Hunton, Irby, Jones Of Ne,
vada, Kyle, Mcmillan, Henderson, MITCHELL
Morgan, Pasco, PETER, Perkins. Pettigrew,
Platt, Power, Pugh, Ransom, Shoup, Squire,
Stewart, Stockbridge, Teller, Turpie. Vance.
Voorhees, and WolcOtt-42 -
The following pairs We're announced: Messrs.
Allison and Stanford, Camden and Paddock.
AIdrich and Walthall, Gray and Butler, Hig-
gins and Sanders, Hiscock and Jones of Ar
kansas, Quay and Wilson, Sayer and Cameron.
Afterward the quarantine bill was taken up
and passed without a division, also bill for
the payment by the treasury of local taxes on
lands held by Indians in severalty. Nothing
was done in the house.
TUESDAY-The senate ratified the Russian
oxtradition treaty with amendments. The
house considered the legislative apprOpria-
ton bill.