The Dickinson press., 1894-03-31
WORK OF CONGRESS.
RESUME OF PltosEEDlNcs or Tuu
SENAfB AND HOUSE.
CONDENSED Record q Oh. r..,or,a.s
Tfansaetlons Of Oar national Law.
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naakers-The Work Done In Both
8eanches.
Washington, March 21.-The sundry
civil appropriation bill was passed by the
house without division. The amendments
to the appropriation for the general land
office. amending the provision OF the net
of 1891 repeating the timber culture and
presumption act, which was adopted In
the committee ct the suggestion Of Mr..
Holman, and which was bitterly opposed
by the Western members, was defeated
In the house. The clauses which sought
to require an accounting by the disburs.
ing officers Of soldiers homes to the treas.
ury department, and annual reports by
the boards to the secretary Of war, fell
under Mr.. Blacks point of order. The
bill as passed carries $217,O more than
it did as reported from the committee on
appropriations.
The tariff bill was to-day fairly
launched on its way in the senate, Mr..
Voorhees,, the chairman of the finance
committee, reporting it to the senate,
Washington, March 22.-The critical
condition of Senator Colquitt of Georgia
was the inspiration of the prayer of the
senate chaplain this morning. The vice
president being absent Mr.. Harris, the
president pro tem., occupied the chair
,his morning and the senate promptly
settled down to routine business and
number of bills were taken from the
calendar and passed. Among the bills
passed was one granting right OF way to
the jamestown Il Northern Railway
through the Devils Lake Indian reserva-
tion in North Dakota. At o'clock the
sente took up the unfinished business
which was the bill to simplify the work
of deeds of conveyance and trust and
releases of land in the District of Colum-
bia, and after further debating it for an
hour without result, went into executive
session, and at $3.50 adjourned until to-
morrow.
Washington, March %. - The house
spent the entire day in flibustering over
the O'Neil-Joy contested election case
from the st. Louis district. The report
of the committee is in favor of unseating
Mr.. Joy Rep.), and the Republicans are
determined that this shall not be &C.
complishcd unless the Democrats produce
their own quorum. For five hours to-
day they filibustered and kept the house
dend-locked. The highest number of Dem
ocratic votes cast during the day was
16G.
The bill for the purchase Of site for
a new government printing Office con-
sumed nearly the whole morning hour,
and much to the surprise of everybody
an amendment providing for the purchase
of what is known us the Malone site"
was passed. Notice for a motion to re-
consider the vote was given, however,
and at some future time the subject will
be reopened. The McGarraghan bill,
which was to have been taken up to-
day, went over until Monday, and the
bill for the extermination of the Russian
thistle shared like fate.
Washington, March Pain the house
the Democrats were again without
ONeil-Joy contested election case was
abandoned until next week. The unani-
nous report of the elections committee
in the Wheatlcy-C Cobb case confirming
the title Of the sitting member to his
seat was adopted and the military acad-
emy appropriation bill was passed prac-
tically without debate. The military
academy bill carries 800, ,43S, reduc-
tion of $4,000, compared with the
amount appropriated for the current
fiscal year.
Washington, March 25.-Thc McGar-
rahan bill was taken up in the senate as
unfinished business. There will be an
effort to dispose of this bill before the
close of the week, and Senator Hans
brough has given notice that he will
again call up the Russian thistle bill im-
mcdiately after the disposal of the Nc
Garrahan bill. Senator Dolph also in
tends to make an effort. if the occasion
occurs, to have the bill for relief of ccr-
tain settlers on the public lands consid-
cred. The Notifications appropriation
bill is now on the calendar and in posi-
tion to be taken up for action ut any
time. This is District of Columbia day
in the house. According to the arrange
lnent made Friday, the O'Neil-Joy con-
tested election case will be called up
Tuesday. Inasmuch as the Republicans
are already committed to the policy of
filibustering against the election cases,
they will consume the entire week. The
Republicans will demand the presence Of
q Democratic quorum at every state in
the parliamentary nroceedings.
Additional Judges .5
Washington, March %. = The senate
committee on judiciary to-day authorized
favorable reports upon the hills providing
for additional judges in the Seventh,
Eighth and Ninth judicial circuits. The
seventh circuit comprises the States Of
Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin,: the
Eighth, Minnesota, Iowa. Missouri, Ar
kansas, North and South Dakota. Ne
braska. Kansas. Oklahoma. Wyoming.
Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. and .he
Ninth, California, Oregon, Nevada: Idaho,
Montana, Washington and Arizona.
Mr.. Brooks Badly Frozen,
Alden, Minn., March 27.-Saturday a
man by. the name of Brooks, living be.