The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-04-12
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS-.


| Second Session.
| WASHINGTON, April 4.-SENArE-The bill TO
| carry out the award of the Paris tribunal of
| arbitration the seal fisheries question vas
| passed by the senate Tuesday. The tariff bill
| was taken up at p m, wher the republican
| side OF the question was presented by Senator
Allison, of Iowa. He spoke for two hours with
out notes, and then yielded to motion TO go
| into executive session He will contnue his
| speech Wednesday.
HoUsE-The democratic quorum, long looked
| for appeared in the house Tuesday, and in two
| hours it had voted Joy (rep) out of and O'Nel
dem into the seat from the Eleventh district
| of Missouri. On the last vote, twenty five
| democrats and three populists recorded their
convict ons that o Neill had not been elected.
| The English Hit born case from the Third dis
| trict of California was discussed two hours
| and vote taken on resolution offered by a
minority of the committee on elections that
| Hitborn was elected TO his seat This was lost
-l65 TO s3-the republicans voting on this prop
| osition. Twelve democrats and four populists
| voted with the republicans declaring Hitborn
| elected On the next roll call the quorum dis
appeared, and at $40 o'clock the house ad-
iourned until Wednesday.
| WASHINGTON, April 5-SENATE Wednes.
| day, Senator Gordon, of Georgia, presented
protest of the Baptist churches of Atlanta, Ca,
against the Constitutional amendment proposed
by Representative Morse of Massach setts,
constitution. 1t referred to the judicial
committee Mr.. All ison took up the thread Of
his speech, where IL was interrupted Tuesday,
devoting his remarks to the departure IRON
specific to ad yalorem duties, and pointed out
the inconsistency of retaining specific duties on
some articles and the ad vaorem system on
others. In response to question Senator
Allison declared that he intended to vote for
free sugar, both raw and refined. as it was in
he bill as it came from the house, and then
he would propose amendment replacing
the bounty on sugar as it was in the Mckinley
law.
HoCsE-The house Wednesday disposed of
the Bland seigniorage bill, refusing to pass i,
over the presidents veto, the vote being, yeas
144, nays 114-not the two-thirds required by
the constitution. The bill came up after the
house had voted to seat Warren ID. English
(dem) as representative from the third district
of California, in place of Samuel G. Hilborn
Tep.) No attempt was made to speak on the
bill or message until after the speaker had put
the question of the passage of the bill and the
roll call had begun He then declared it to be
too late to enter upon debate, and against the
protests Of republicans and democrats opposed
to the passage of the bill he ordered the roll call
to proceed.
WASHINGTON, April 6-SENATE-The repub,
licans Of the senate scored their first victory
Thursday afternoon in preliminary slirmsh,
which will have a bearing upon the tariff fight
PETER had the floor at o'clock and was max.
ing a tariff speech. A motion was offered to go
into executive session upon which the repub-
licans voted in the affirmative and the dem.
ocrats in the negative Hill, Pugh Bate,
George, Call and Irby joined the republicans
and carried the motion. The republicans were
elated, for an executive session in the middle of
the day is great blessing to them while they
are fighting the Wilson bill.
HoUsE-James Iseler, elected to succeed Mr.
Brawley, as representative of the First South
10 tfpo1 1icfr rtnft oo1, l,r
Thursday. The house, refusing to accept the
senate amendment to the bill requiring rail
roads in Oklahoma to establish stations at gov. |
ernment town sites, another conference was or
dered. The senate bill to give effect to the
award OF the Paris tribunal prescribing regula.
tions for the protection of fur seals in Behring
sea, was passed The fifth urgent deficiency
bill passed bringing the appropriations under
that head in the present congress up to s4576-
5T52 The post office appropriation bill was
further considered before adjournment, but no
conclusion was reached.
WASHINGTON, April 7-SENATE-A vote in
the senate Friday on a motion made by Mr..
Hill, which was defeated by 26 to 25 seemed to
have some bearing as showing the strength of
the tarih members who want continuous b1s-
mess The resolution offered last Monday,
looking to the coinage in American mints of
Mexican standard silver dollars led Mr.. Lodge,
OF Massachusetts, into stirring speech in
favor of it, His sentiments evoked applause in |
the galleries. The resolution went over and a |
resolution was agreed to calling on the pres
ldent Tor information about affairs in Samoa |
The tariff came up and Mr.. PETER made a
speech eulogizing popuism and demanding |
lighter burdens for the people, and at 4: 40 o. M |
the senate adjourned until SATURDAY.
HoUsE-In the house Friday the bill was |
passed authorizing the secretary of the interior |
to lease hotel sites in the Yellowstone park |
After roll call on measure providing for a |
IN Of Z fhn
mittees, Mr.. Reed, criticising dec sion of the |
speaker regarding an interruption of the roll |
call, said 1t was strange to have the roll call |
interrupted even by unanimous consent After |
discussion the resolution passed Another
wave of trouble was a complaint by the newly |
seated member from Missouri, Mr.. ONeill |
that Mr. Morgan, another Missouri democrat
had done him certain injustice, when the retort
came that Mr. O'Neill had better restrict him.
self to the duties that Mr. Joy had been elected
TO perform The post office appropriation bill
occupied the further attention of the house un-
til recess at 4;55 for an evening session to
consider pensions.
WASHING ION, April 9-SENATE-Nothing of
special interest was transacted in the senate
The senate considered the Chinese
treaty indirectly for two hours in executive ses-
sion Saturday afternoon, on motion made by
Senator Mitchell Of Oregon, to debate the
treaty in open session, but without accomplish |
ing anything There was more or less Incl. |
dental reference to the merits of the treaty as
Such but the debate turned largely upon the
propriety of discussing the question with open
ioors, so that the world at large might know
what had transpired, and the senators
favorable to this proposition con-
'umed the greater part of the time
,f the session. Senate Mitchell, Perkins, |
md Stewart were the principal speakers. They |
displayed more or less feeling over the aues- |
ion Senator Perkins said that the country is
in die |
here were $4,000 men out of employment in
california. 1t would be great injustice at any
line, and especially at such time as the pres
mt &c open the doors to Chinese Immigration,
Is this treaty would do If ratified by the senate
HoUsE-No quorum present Saturday and no