The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-04-06
THE NATIONS SOLONS.
SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRE-.
SENTATIvES.
Our National Lawmakers and What They
Are Doing for the Good of the Country
Various Measures Proposed. Discussed,
and Acted Upon.


| DOings OF COnBrcees
Wednesday, the House was engaged with
contested election cases. the seat OF Mr.
| Joy (Rep). OF Missouri. being at stake
| The ma jority report OF the committee had
| gone against Mr. Joy. The vote on the
| substitute for the report OF the majority
OF the committee. presented by the minor
ity, declaring Mr. Joy entitled 10 his seat.
| resulted: Yeas. 1902; nays, 146 he substi-
| tute was rejected. Mr. Burrows OF Michigan
! moved TO reconsider, and Mr. Springer of
[ Illinois. moved to lay that motion on the
| table. Friends OF Mr. Joy then precipitated
another flibuster by making the point OF
no quorum on the division, ana the roll
| call was taken. No quorum On motion of
| Mr. Patterson the House at 5:45 adjourned.
| In the Senate Senator Berry. OF Arkan-
| sas called mp the resolution authorizing
and directing the secretary OF the Treas
ury to receive at the subtreasury In New
! York from r. J. Wilson & Co. or assigns.
! the money amounting to So, FAC, 900. to be
| paid to the Cherokee Nation, and to place
| tho same to the credit OF the Cherokee
| Nation. 1t WAS agreed TO. Then the
| Senate proceeded to the consideration
OF executive business and when the
doors were again reopened took up the Nc
Garrahan bill Senator Morrill, OF Vermont
| speaking in opposition TO the claim Mr..
! Hunt OF Viryinia followed Mr. Morrill,.
and argued in favor OF the bill At 4
o'clock Mr. Hunion concluded his speech.
| and senator Villas rosc to address the SEN
ate. put yielded TO motion for an exer
tive seusion made by Mr. Pugh. which was
carried. At 4:o5 the Senate adjourned
The House I'll ursday rene wed considera
tion Of the JOy-O'Nefll contest, but Il IL
! still unsettled In order TO get a quorum
to transact business. the Sergeant at
arms was directed to arrest all absentees,
and the Speaker counted quorum, a. was
done In the days OF the Fifty first Con-
gress by ex-Speaker Reed. Scenes of the
xrtld I'm f0u nj IN a O.
The bill prescribing limitations OF. time
| for the completion OF title to certain lands
disposed OF under the act OF Congress
known as the "donation act" add for the
| protection OF purchasers and occupants or
the lands, which are situated In
the States OF Washington, Oregon, and
| Idaho. was passed by vote OF 40
| TOT The House joint resolution appropri-
ating 100000 additional TO carry out the
| provisions OF the Chinese exclusion act
was passed. The McGarrahan bill was
passed without division. 1t refers the
| claim of William McGarrahan TO the
| Rancho Panocho Grande to the Court of
| Private Land Claims, which shall report its
| findings to the secretary OF the Into rior.
| who Shall issue patent to McGarrahan II
| this decision shall be In his favor
In recognition OF the personal sacrifice
| Speaker Crisp made I'm declining the Sena-
| ship there was a burst of applause again
| Saturday morning when he assembled the
|
| diately after the reading OF the jour
| nal, Mr. Payne, OF New York, arose to
! "a question OF personal privilege and made
an explanation OF the incident which oc-
| Cured late Thursday afternoon when the
| Speaker had stated In reply to seeming
| defiance OF the Chair by Mr. Payne, when
| the latter ordered 10 take his
seat that he would recognize
motion 10 bring tho contuDaeious
| member to the bar of the House. MIR.
- 1.-e fxs. fh.
reply which he made-that he would take
his seat when he got ready-was In re-
spouse TO something said by M Outh-
waite, not to the Chair Mr. Payne's
statement led to mutual explanations
from Mr.. Cultivate and the Speak
err. which seemed to clear up the In
cdent 7 he struggle over the O'Neill-Joy
contested election case was not resumed,
as the day, by special order adopted
| some time ago, was devoted TO eulogies
upon the late Representative O'Neill, of
Pennsy lvania At the conclusion OF the
ceremonies the House, as a further mark
OF respect, adjourned.
The principal interest in the Senate
Monday conferred In the speech OF Senator
Voorhees, chairman OF tho Committee on
Finance. who thus launched the tariff
question upon the sea OF senatorial debate.
call followed roll call In an end
less attempt to bring the flibuster
against the ONeill-J Joy contested election
case to n close. but ut no time was the
House able to muster a quorum, and the
fight was finally abandoned for the day.
Just before the ii use adjourned Mr. Pat
terson gave notice that upon roassembling
he would ask the House 10 sit in con.inu-
Gus SCI sion until the case was decided;
ITO was the high water mark touched on
any roll call This is nine short OF
quorum.
After nearly three weeks of flibustering
the O'Neill Joy contested e.ec Ion case
was finally disposed OF Tuesday, when Mr..
Patterson, Chairman OF the Committee
on Elections, Informed the House
that he proposed to insist upon the
consideration OF the pending election
case until a vote was reached, some of the
members who have been lodging suddenly
decided TO help make quorum. Tho re-
suit was "A vote in which quorum was
shown ard the case was taken mp This
action was so sudden and unexpected that
even the contestee In the case was absent
from the House at the time So quickly was
IL disp sed OF that when he finally came in
be found that he was no longer a Congress-
nan. In his absence he had been unseated
and Mr.. O'Neil lad been sworn In as the
rightful mem Der from the North st Louis
district. The House then Immediately
English Hilborn case. two hours being al
lowed for debate. The resolution declar-
ing Mr.. Hilburn elected was lost by vote
OF SO TO 1885, The quorum failed. and
truce was then declared for the night At
$3.50 D. m. the House adjourned. he Sem
ate talked tariff