The times., 1893-02-10
PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS.
Synopsis OF the Business Done In the TIVE
Houses.


Houses.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-The senate yes
terday adopted a motion to insist on its
amendments to the anti-option bill and
ask conference with the house. The
San Francisco chamber of commerce reso-
lutions in favor of annexation of Hawaii
were referred. The fortification appro-
priation bill was then taken up German
urged economy and Hawley and Platt de-
clared the bill alphabetically penurious
German said the treasury was in bad
way and Platt said it was not. Some
amendments increasing the amount of the
bill were adopted and the bill passed. The
army appropriation came next and slight
increase made, after which it was passed
and the District bill taken up. and little
done on it. A number of house bills of lit
tie Importance were passed, an executive
session held and the senate adjourned.
The house spent the day in committee
on the sundry civil bill, and the fight was
over an item of SIG, ,000, 900 to carry on river
and harbor contracts already made, against
which there was a point of order which
Holman supported. The point was over
ruled. Then Holman wanted the amount
reduced to SS,0O0,000; rejected, and after
the rejection of other similar amendments
the item was agreed to. The bill was still
before the house at adjournment.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-Most of yester-
days session of the senate was secret one,
spent considering the new extradition
treaties with France and Sweden, and
some talk about Hawaii. The French
treaty was ratified. Chandler's Hawaiian
resolution was referred to the foreign rela-
tions committee. The District appropria-
tion bill was passed.
In the house Hatch tried to have the
anti-option bill referred to conference,
but point of order was made that the
amendments must first be considered in
committee of the whole, and the speaker
deferred decision. The sundry civil bill
was debated, but not disposed of.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-There was lively
debate on the silver question in the senate
yesterday. Teller said a repeal of the Sher-
man bill could not be passed this congress.
Sherman said he would not call up the re-
peal bill until he was assured that it could
would call it up Monday. Eulogies were
delivered in memory of Senator Barbour
and the senate adjourned.
anti-option bill must be considered in COM
mittee of the whole, and then Hatch had
it referred to the agricultural committee
by a majority indicating its passage on
final vote. The deficiency appropriation
bill was then taken up and passed,
eulogies were delivered sn the ate Repre-
sentative Craig, of Pennsylvania and the
house adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Feb 6.-In the senate Sat
urday the house bill requiring all railways
to fit their trains with automatic brakes,
ETC., was laid over at the request of Harris,
who said the bill would break most of the
southern railway companies. Several
house bills were then passed and the con-
ference report on the bill to enable wit
nesses under the interstate law to crimi
nate themselves without personal prosecu-
tion was agreed to- Teller gave notice
that If Hills motion today to take up the
Sherman law repeal bill prevailed there
would be no other business done this ses-
sion outside of appropriation bills. Eulo-
gies were delivered on ex-Representatives
Gamble, of South Dakota; Ford, of Michi-
gan, and Stackhouse, of South Carolina,
and the senate adjourned.
The house passed the diplomatic and
military academy appropriations and hon
ored Blount of Georgia by a series of
speeches from both sides of the chamber of
very complimentary character. The
speeches were spontaneous and no member
had ever been so honored. Blount does
not belong to the next congress. He has
sat in the lower house for twenty years.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-After routine
business yesterday the senate listened to
Hill give his views on silver. He came out
squarely in favor of free bimetallic coinage,
but failed to state at what ratio. He
moved that the Sherman act repeal bill
be taken up and the motion was defeated
% to az. The car coupler bill was then con-
sidered for time, but without action. The
senate spent the remainder of the day in exc
cutive session. During the session the senate
passed the Indian bill and the quarantine
bill-senate substitute for house bill-and
asked conference.
Under the flibustering operations of
Kilgore the house again demonstrated
that one man can run it, as a general
thing. He had the delighted assistance of
Reed and effectually prevented a vote on
the Hatch-or any other-bill.
WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-The senate yes
terday passed sixteen house pension bills
and the bill to pay the balance due the
Roach estate for the ship Dolphin. Tur-
pie offored resolution repudiating
clause in the Russian extradition treaty
making offenses against the life of the
car extraditable-and declaring unlimit-
ed asylum to "politicaP offenders. The
bill requiring railways to adopt an auto
matte coupler was then debated for the
balance of the session without action.
The house devoted the day to the legisla-
tive appropriation bill and made fair pro-
gress