The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-02-04
CONGRESSIONAL pRocEeDlNGs
The House.

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 2s.-4Thc house has
adopted n resolution for the investigation
OF the whisky trust by the Judiciary COM
mittee AZ ks ~ 5
The house has adopted Il resolution for
an investigation Of the Panama scandal
by a select committee of five members
which is also charged with an inquiry
into the contract between the Pacific
Steamship company and the Transeonti-
mental Railroad company. The house is
now considering the sundry civil appro-
priation bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. so. --Ths house ses-
sion was nninteresting today. The sun
dry civil bill was uyuin considered. but
not disposed of Messcrs. Fellows,
Geary, Patterson, Powers and Storcr
We're appointed committee to investi-
gate the Panama canal scandal Adj
Journcd.
WASHINGTON. San. 3l.-The house has
resumed consideration of the sundry civil
appropriations bill.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The speaker has
appointed Mcssrs. Chapman, dem, Mich
fgan md Lodge, rep, Massachusetts, as
tellers on the part of the house during the
counting of the electoral vote, and the
house has resumed consideration of the
sundry civil bill. The chair has oterruled
the point of order raised against the, river,
ana harbor items of the bill, and they are
now under consideration, #
| The Senate,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-T1ic senate al
f2:40 on motion Of Mr.. Sherman, pro-
ceeded to executive business.
WASHINGTON, Jan. a0.-In the senate
Scnator Chandler. of New Hampshire,
ofered u resolution requesting the presi-
dent to enter into negotiations with the
provisional government OF Hawaii for the
admission of the islands as Il territory
and to lay the resolution before congress
for ratification by legislation. Senator
White. of Louisiana. objected to the i'm
ncdiate consideration and it went over
till tomorrow.
The anti-option bill was then taken up
Senator White made another argument
against 1t.
refnting the claim of the supporters of
the bill that '.futures cause fluctuations
and recessions in prices, Senat tor White
gave tigaa'es to show how enormous such
"fItnreo dealings in cotton were in Sep
tember, October.and November last in the
cotton exchanges OF New York, New Or
leans aud Liverpool while fluctuations
were less and prices advanced from ~
cents In September TO ~ in November.
White spoke FOR nearly three hours clos
ing his speech with asserting that the
purpose of The hill was to separate the
United States from the great COMMERCE
of tile world. Adjourned.
w NASHlS1IoSs asIdI. 5ol----SeuAtOrss f1acrl0 7
has reported the senate quarantine bill,
with the appropriation clnuse omitted, as
substitute for the quarantine and immi-
grafton bill passed by the house.
/, Senator Hill objected TO immediate &c
tion upon the bin as lie wished to examine
1t and the bill went over until tomorrow
The senate has taken up Mr.. Chandler,s
resolution requiring the president to
transmit to the senate any convention he
may make with the provisional govern
ment of Hawaii. Mr.. Chandler moved
the referring of the resolution to the COM
mittee on foreign relations
Mr.. polph. rep. made {. long statement
on the subject, giving details us tothe pop
nlation, commerce, etc, OF the islands and
lavorinE5 annexation.
Before Mr. Dolph had concluded his
speech the anti-option bill was taken up D
in order to have the arrangement changed
as TO the taking of the vote. The change
made was that the htst vote on the George
substitute shall! be taken ut 3 p. M, today
and that on the final passage of the bill ut
i o'clock.
WASHINGTON, Feb. lin the senate to-
day q conference with the house was or
dered on the anti-option bill, and after
some uninportant morning Sbnsiucss stl,as.
Qualifications bill was takeI,np and Ii now
under discussion. The fortiGcatioI ap-S5
preparation bili.gave he slisue ssas;,s
cussion as to- sthc necessity OF s
ators Hawley a.d Platt leriding the ut-,
ter insutliciency of the appropriations and
Mr. German defending tlie action OF con-
gress and saying thGt in hts Judgment
congress had been as liberal rs 1t ought
to be in the governmental stare y