People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-01-27
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The Weeks Proceedings of the Senate and
House.
MONDAY.
WASHINGTON, Jan. lin the senate
yesterday Mr. Morrill, read prepared
speech against the McGarrahan bill;
Mr.. PETER delivered prepared speech
in favor of constitutional amendment
limiting the presidential Office to one
term, and Mr.. Call defended the consti.
nationality of the anti-option bill The
anti-option bill was considered until
adjournment.
The house consumed much time in
considering a resolution calling on the
executive departments for information
as to war claims allowed, and finally
passed it The bill to settle the claims
of Arkansas and other states for swamp
lands failed to receive the necessary
majority. Mr.. Chapman. from the
committee on presidential elections,
moved to suspend the rules and pass
joint resolution providing for the cleo
ton of senators of the United States by
popular vote. After flibustering the
motion was agreed to without division
and the house adjourned.
TUESDAY.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-In the senate
on the 18th the anti-option bill came up
as the regular order and was debated
for over three hours. The McGarrigan
bill was defeated A bill to repeal the
Sherman silver purchase act was re-
ported and placed on the calendar. Sew
eral local bills passed, and Mr.. PETER
further spoke in favor of his resolution
limiting the presidential Office to one
term, and the senate soon adjourned.
The session of the house was an I'M
interesting one. Work was mapped out
for the remainder of the week and for
Tuesday and Wednesday of next week,
but beyond this little was done A few
private measures were passed, and the
committee on Judiciary having, under a
prior order the right of way, called up
some bills of secondary Importance.
The one of most public interest was
that providing for the punishment of
offenses by passengers on the high seas,
which was passed.
WEDNESDAY.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-As soon as
the journal was read in the senate yes
terday Mr.. Sherman announced the
death of ex-President Hayes and paid
tribute to his memory, and on his mo-
ton the senate adjourned.
The house committee on appropria-
tons reported to the house the sundry
civil bill, which also embodied the river
and harbor appropriations. No other
business was transacted owing to the
death of ex-President Hayes.
THURSDAY.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. Discussion of
the anti-option bill continued in the
senate yesterday. Mr.. PETER concluded
his speech on the presidential single
term, and a new McGarrahan bill was
introduced. Mr. Wolcott gave notice
of an amendment to the bill to discon-
tinue the purchase of silver bullion,
and introduced a joint resolution d.
recting the pOstmaster-general to dis
continue the sale of so-called Columbian
postage stamps except where specially
called for. He said that he knew of
nothing more ridiculous than those
plasters covering half an envelope.
The greater part of the day in the
house was consumed in filibustering.
The bill passed to meet the require
ments of the interstate commerce law
relative to the testimony of witnesses
The bill amending the interstate COM
merce law was then considered at
length and finally passed.
FRIDAY.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-The senate
met yesterday but soon adjourned out of
respect to ex-President Hayes
In the house the general deficiency
bill was reported. The total amount
covered by the bill is $40, 956,61O, of
which the largest item is s14, 149, 4S7 for
pensions, sl3, s44, 4S7 being for payments
of pensions and SSO5, 900 for fees and ex-
penses of examining surgeons. Mr..
Cultivate offered a resolution that the
day being the occasion of the funeral of
ex-President Hayes, the house adjourn,
which motion prevailed. and the house
adjourned
SATURDAY.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23--When the sem
ate met Saturday Mr.. Wolcott called up
his joint resolution for the discontinu-
ing the sale of Columbian postage
stamps He ridiculed the new stamps
and the postmaster-generars CONNER
cial idea" of making 81, 900 out of
their sale to stamp collectors. The
resolution was referred. One or two
local bills passed and after an execu-
tive session the senate adjourned
In the house Mr.. Bankhead reported
the Scott resolution and report of the
secretary Of the treasury regarding the
amount appropriated for public build
ings. The quarantine bill was then
considered until adjournment