The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-04-13
CONGRESS.
Condensed Proceedings of the Senate and
House for the Past Week.


House for the Past Week
THE senate was not in session on the 3st....
When the house met Speaker Crisp was again
greeted with applause al his declining the ONCE
of United ST. ties senator to which the governor
of Georgia had appointed him. The struggle
over the O'Neill-Joy contest was not resumed
IN the house Several unimportant bills were
passed and the remainder of the session was
given to eulogie5 upon the late Representative
O'Neil, of Pennsylvania, and the house ad-
journed
AFTER the disposal Of routine business in
the senate on April 2 the tariff bill was taken
up and made unfinished business. Mr.. Voor-
hees opened the debate in favor of the bill and
spoke for two hours, at the conclusion of which
the senate went into executive session and
then adjourned. -. The house was engaged all
day In another futile attempt to secure quo.
rum the O'Neill-Joy contest Filibus tering
was resorted to an | Mr.. O'Neill's friends an
nounced that the case would be kept before the
house until disposed Of The house adjourned
without doing any business Ten democrats
persistently voted against ONeill all day.
Three being from his own state.
IN the senate on the Sd Mr.. PETERS resolu-
ton directing the finance committee to prepare
a bill for the repeal of all laws which give the
secretary Of the treasury the power to issue
bonds went over, and the bill to give effect to
the award of the Par tribunal on the Behring
sea question passed The tariff bill was then
taken up aDd Senator Allison spoke in oppost-
tion. After executive session the senate ad.
journed. -. The deadlock in the house in the
O'Neill-Joy dontest was broken by the demo
Gratis securing quorum and seating ONeill by
a vote OF l55 to g. the republicans refusing to
vote and nine democrats voting against him
After Mr.. ONeill was sworn In the English.
Hilmon contest was taken up. but the quorum
disappeared and the house adjourned without
final action.
AFTER the presentation of petitions and the
transaction of minor routine business in the
senate on the 4th lively debate was precipi
ia ted by the presentation of memorial from
the Philadelphia board of trade praying for
adequate duties sugar. The tariff debate
was then resumed and Mr. Allison closed his
speech In opposition to the pending bill Mr.
Mills followed in favor Of the bill, although the
present measure was not such as he desired. -.
In the house the English-Hiborn contest again
came up and 1libus tering commenced, but
finally the resolution seating English was
adopted and the contes tant was sworn in, ii
democrats and populists voting against the
unseating Of Hiborn Then the question
up Of passing the seigniorage bill over the
presidents veto, and while the opponents Of
the bill were earnestly discussing the manner
of proceeding in debate that was expected the
confusion was so great that no one addressed
the speaker and Mr.. Bland announced that he
was willing to take a vote The speaker or
dered the roll call and shut out all efforts to de-
bate the question and amid great confusion
the roll was called and the veto sustained, the
measure being "A votes short of the necessary
two-thirds The house then adjourned.
IN tho senate on the 5th Mr.. George (Miss)
introduced a resolution which recited the de-
pressed condition of the country. the increased
value of money and low price of agricultural
products and directed the judiciary committee
to introduce bill reducing all official incomes
not protected by statutes The resolution was
referred. After discussing the Russian thistle
bill for a time the tariff debate was resumed,
6uf tha MAJ "a pI1t NJ hv
executive session. -. The house refused to ac-
cept the senate amendment to the bill requir-
ing railroads in Oklahoma to establish stations
at government townsites. The senate bill to
give effect to the Paris awart in the BehEtng
sea case was passed. The house then took up
appropriation bills in committee Of the whole.
The usual mastery inactivity" character
lied the proceedings Of the senate on the 9th
When that BODY met quorum was not present
-Four more senators finally made their appear
ance bringing the quorum with them and the
Journal was read The tariff bill was taken up
at O'Clock, and Senator PETER commenced his
speech After speaking two hours it was dis.
covered that only a "corporals guard" was
present whatever number that is-and Mr.
PETER suspended his speech until nextmeeting.
Then 1t wa discovered that the tariff bill had
never beer. read in full and motion to have 1t
read resulted in flibustering and as the quorum
had absented itself the senate adjourned -. A
lively tilt took place in the house between Mr..
ONeill (Mo) who had been seated day or
two before in place of Mr. Joy-and Mr.. Nor.
gan (Mo.). Mr.. O'Neill read newspaper inter
view in which Mr.. Morgan gave his reasons for
voting against the seating Of O'NeilL that there
had been some kind Of an agreement between
the parties, which Mr. ONeill denied. Mr..
Morgan retorted sharply and said he had hoped
Mr. O'Nein would be content with devoting
himself to the duties Mr.. Joy was elected TO
discharge" The house then considered the
post office bill until recess, and in the evening
considered pension bills.