The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-21
DOINGS OF CONGRESS:
MEASURES CONSIDERED AND
ACTED UPON.
At the Nations Capital What L Being
Done by the Senate and House-Old MAT
tiers Disposed OF and New Ones Consad-
cred.
The Senate and House.

The Senate and House.
In the Senate saturday bills were passed
rs follows: To extend the time limit for
the construction of ~ bridge At Burlington.
Iowa aud to tx the salaries ut rail way
postal Clerks 1t provides that they shall
be divided int seven classes Tho sA'Aries
for each class shall not exceed the folio wing
amounts annually: First clas. 1890: sec.nd
class $1,000: third class. $1,000: fourth
class. 81. 800: fifth class. l.soo: sixth class.
el.0o); seventh class. $500, The Post
master General is au, horned to Ak salaries
In the different Classes Accordtn. to the
hours OF work. Senator Walsh. "f Georgia.
introduced bill for the permanent
location for the exposition To DO e.
tabii.hed for the Display Of The
states and Territories. and creating .
commission TO consist OF tho Postm ,ster
General. the Secretary OF the Interior. and
the Secretary e Agricultnre. TO repor, .
plan for the proposed exposition To Gem
gre>S His idea Is that the exposition
should be permanent and free To the pub
lie. The House held q shor, session and
practically no business was transacted
The liquor aud cotton schedules Of tho
:ariH bill we're disposed Of in the Senate
Monday. the prompt passage OF tho latter
The trolley bill WAS not called up In the
House. In the Senate Mr.. Quay denied
any interest in the scheme. senator Caf-
fiery told the su ar-trust Investigators his
meeting with Mr Havemeycr was to secure
information Is to comparative merits OF
I'D valorem and specific rates
There was absolute blockade o! tho
tariff bill in the Senate Tuesday. Not .
cog was turned The entire eight hours
we're devoted I, set speeches preliminary
to the consideration Of tho wool schedule
Mr. Quay resumed the delivery OF his
speech. which had already occupied four
days. and after speaking four hours hts
manuscript seemed unexpectedly dimin.
ished. Then he WELDED from sheer exhaus-
ton and Messrs Pettigrcw. Noar. Power
and PETER nude set speeches against free
wool Other set speeches will follow.
During lull In the debate Mr.
Mitchell. OF Oregon. moved to lay tho
tariff bill on the table. The motion VAS
defeated by a strict party vote. Two hours
were consumed In the House over bill 70.
ported by Mr.. OuthwMite sctting aside
500. 900 from the fund belonging to the
estates of deceased cOlored soldiers of tho
civil war for the purpose OF erecting In tho
District OF Columbia y nation al home for
aged and inArm cclOred people Tho bill
was passed. The Indian appropriation bill
was then takcn up. but the House ad.
3ourned without completing ia considcra-
ton .
The debate on the wool schedule made
no visible progress In tho Senate Wednes-
tofore made with the southern Ute Indians
for their removal to tho Territory OF
Utah and providing for settling them
on lands under tho severalsy act
wa. passed BY tho House AZ
bill was taken up Delegate Flynn. OF
/ Oklahoma. obtained tho adoption OF AN
! amend mont waving the restrictions TO
! the sale OF lands owned in severaity BY In
dams over 81 years Of age 50 far Is applies
! - lsofH
ccpt when such Indians are residents OF
Oklahoma. An amendment was of
fered by Mr. Holman increasing the
! appropriation for support and civ
ilizat,on Of the Apachss. Kiowaa.
on reservation. from 500. 900 to 500 000
| MIR. Cannon. OF Illinois offered another
| amendment increasing the appropriation
! for Shoshone Indians In Wyoming from
$1,000 to Sl5.ooa Al 4:35 the House ad-
journed.
The seuate resumed ito ALLEGED discus
sion of the tariff bill Thursi lay. Ton
minutes after meeting the House went
into committee Of the whole on the Indian
appropriation bill An amendment by Mr.
P,ckler appropr!ating 5000 Tor artesiau
wells at Pine Ridge. Rosebud and Stand
ing Rock agencies was agreed to.
An amendment by Mr.. johnson. OF In
diana. raising the salary OF the SUI
perintendent Of Indian Schools from.
&. 500 to $4,000. was defeated b. 80
t. %. after it had been the cause
Of hot words and almost tight be-
tween NJ. Johnson and Mr.. Maddox. of
! Georgia. who we're kept apart by the
Serseant- at- arms. The old sectarian ques-
tion in connection with the Indian schools
was raised by Mr. Gear. who offered An
amendment providing that ait Is tho
purpose OF this act that no money here
In appropriated shall be paid for
education in sectarian schools. and tho
| secretary OF the Interior IL hereby al =
thorized and required to make all
needful rules and regulations to prevent
the use of said funds In eectsrian schools "
! A point OF order Was made against this
amendment by Mr. Tracey on tho ground
that 1t changed existing Law and tho Chair
sustained the point The House Mt ass
adjourned
Consider able progress was made in tbs
tariff discussion in the s,nxte on Friday.
The duliess OF proceedings in the House
was pronounced. An event somewhat out
OF the ordinary was . personal xplana tion
by Mr. Kichardson in reply to alleR cations
! made in a Washington newspaper that be
had been using his position n . membes
of the Committee on the District Of CO.
head trolley syndicate to whom he had
sold real estate Indirectly. He denied
the charge in toto. The Indian
appropriation bill was again consid-
cred. and a rule adopted 70 bring 4,
to a vote The section OF tho bill provid-
Ing for the sale of certain State bonds
creiited to the Indian trust funds VA
struck out on . point OF order after q
sharp debate. At i've o'clock = recess wal
taken till eight o'clock. Tho night ses.
sion was devoted to private pension oilia
Juvenile Diplomacy.
The boy had applied for a job.