The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-05-11
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.


W N@""AH-t
Of the senate Tuesday occupied only ten m n.
uies Of time The death q senator Stock
hfldFc ot Michigan. was announced by his col.
league Nj Mcmillan. ana the usual resolutio1s
expressive q tho sorrow OF The senate We're
oferCd and sgrced III AID the senate, a. a
ftrhrr iuaTauf fcspccl 70 the memory OF The
dClI senator, adjourned
Hot sE-q'hr session Of the house was bret
Tuesday on account Of the death OF Senator
Stockbndse, OF Michigan Mt Dingley (reit,
Me- called up the bill to improve the methods
Of accounting in the treasury department
While ATT Ding eY was explaining the pro-
visions Of the bill word came TO the house mat
/ the parade OF the army OF the eommonweal of
Christ was moving up the hill on the rightot
the capitol grounds In moment the house
became almost deserted, The members Rocking
/ out on the south portico TO view the march Al
| rs the consideration OF the bill was inter
rupted by the arrival from the senate OF the
! resolutions adopted BY that body relative 10
the death OF Senator Stockbridge Appropriate
resolutions were made by Mr. Burrows ami
| adopted and McssrS Burrows. Byuum Me,
| Creary Boutelle Payne IN. ", Aiken.
! Thomas and Richardson were appointed q com.
miliee to attend the funeral As furilSr
mark OF respect the house al i:S p M ad'
| lourued
| WASHINGTON, May a. SENATE Wednesday
the senate bill for the suppression OF the LOT.
| terry traffie through national and inters tate
commerce and the postal service was, on mo-
ton OF Mr. Hoar rep, Mass-l, taken from the
calendar for considcgtiion Aprotest was made
| by Mr. Vest idem., MOI against the extension
OF anu-gambling laws to religious fairs, whore
| articles are rniled for charitable purposes,
| The bill went over without action The confer
| ence on the bill 10 protect birds and animals
and 10 punish crime in the yellow Stone Ma.
A.. a
| was then taken up and Mr.. Lodge addressed
the senate in opposition He was followed 0y
| MI Squire, who also addressed the senate in
| opposition After the consideration Of exeeu-
tive business the senate, at 5;4S pm; adjourned
| till Thursday at II a m
HousR-Mr johnson, rising to question Of
/ privilege, introduced resolution instrnctiug
the committee on public buildings and grounds
to inquire into the question rs TO whether un.
necessary force was used in routing the Coxey
| army Tuesday; whether unonending citizens
! were cruelty beaten and whether the dignity Q;
4 this house has been violated, and that the com.
! mitiee have the power to send for persons and
papers Mr.. Cultivate ID, Ohio suggested
that the resolution presented no question Of
| privilege. The speaker SO decided The house
went into committee Of the whole, Mr. Hatch
| n. Mo- in the chair, for the consideration cf
the bill reported from the Doekery commiss on
for the reorganization OF the accounting branch
! Of the treasury department By agreement
| general debate was limited TO two hours After
| some discussion the committee rose. the bin
was reported with afavUahle report and was
passed
WASHINGTON, May I-SESArE-Upon the
opening OF the tariff debate Mr. Allison ap-
pealed 10 Mr. Harris TO let the nrst amend
ment fixing the time for the bill TO go into et
feet, pass over for .the present This was al
| lowed and the second amendment was taken
up being the insertion in the first paragraph Of
the words "or Withdrawn for consumption"
Mr.. Quay, who has been entitled 10 the floor
every day since April u alternating with Mr..
Dolphl, yielded it 70 Mr., Chandler tli, N II }
Mr.. Chandler passed from the question of time
TO that Of rice, and declared his establishment
that in q tariff for revenue only the duty on
rico should be put at 100 per cent Mr.. Quay
r., Pa then took the floor and proceeded
with another installment of the speech began
by him on the 18th Of April
HousE-An OF Thursdays session Of the
house was devoted In committee OF the whole
10 general debate on the river and hlrbor an
preparation bill for the year ls9S General de
: bate was closed and the bill will be before m,
house Friday for consideration under the five
minute rule
WASHINGTON, May 5-SESATE-For abou
two ana onehalf hours Friday there was moth
5 ing to be heard in the seuats chamber save M
Z mouotonous droning out Of columns upon col
umns Of tariff figures collected by Senator
Quay CRep Pa Later the amendments in re
gard 10 the income tax, which had been agree,
upon in the democratic conference on Thursday
were presented and laid on the table The sen
ate at 5. so adjourned Till saturday
HoUsE-By steadily pursuing consideration
OF the river and harbor appropriation bill 70
the year ending June 30 1895, from the begig
r ming Of Fridays session until On hour or NOR
after the usual hour Of adjournment, the hpus
. anally disposed OF the measure aud started !
! on its way 10 nc senate A number OF change
were made in The appropriation, having bee
r agreed TO by the committee, but all other pr
!, posed amendments making Increased appropr
aiions save one, were defeated That was o.
fered By Mr.. ELS dem, KY, and increase
from SIS 600 to iiJ5 900 the appropriation for in
Il proving Lock No. 2 In Green river kentucki
An evening session was held for considerable
Of private pension appropriation bills, at III
{ conclusion OF which the house adjourned unit
n Monday
is wAsHiSGroN, Mar s-SENArE wi IN
S exception Of the tirst half hour, the whole
Mondays session OF the senate was passed b
hind locked door 10 the Consideration Of N
e Chinese treaty Nothing Of public interest o
" ! CURED IN open Session. except tue OAtflnB ul
d resolution by the populisi senator from Nebra
"a ISa, Mr.. Alien in relation to the police assau
upon, and the arrest and Imprisonment
: Coxey and his two suboriinate9 Browne an
IS Jones The resolution proyldes for sele'
a committee OF ave senator's 10 investigate II
n facts and circumstances aud TO make such re
n concentrations as will prevent such an on
u rage hereafter" The resolution went over Ii
Is Tuesday
s. Householder an order from the eommit.e
on rules, the house spent nearly day IN di
is eussing bill reported from the committee c
public buildings and grounds, for the purcha'
OF a site for government printing ONCE 4
ward the close OF the session, the tariff questiC
In adjusted itself into the discussion, Mr.. Mlikt
:. rep, Me- taking the lead. After this bi
! shall have been disposed OF, by the terms Of Il
order mentioned, the bill for the erection OF
hall o; records for the storage OF gosernmei
n. papers,, in the city Of Washington, will he u
!, pending business, subject only to the consider
ton Of general appropriation bills The Ne
&c York and New jersey bridge bill, on motion
n Mr. Dunphy dem n. y was passed under
I'd suspension OF the rules