The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-03-08
THE NATIONS SOLONS.
SENATE AND HOUSE CT REPRE-.
SENTATlvES.
Our National lawmakers and What They
Are Doing for the Good Of the Country
Various Measures Proposed. Discussed
and Acted Upon.
Oo2ngs Of Congress.

Oo2ngs Of Congress.
The proceedings in the House on Mon.
day were full of exciting inc deuts over
the Bland seicnicrAce bill There VAS .
good attendance both on the floor and in
the galleries lmmediatels after the - adj
ing OF the journal. Mr.. Hatch. Chairman II
the Com mittec on Agriculture, stated that
hts committee claimed jurisdiction ever
the anti-o ,ions bill. which had been re-
ferrei by the Speaker ~ the Ways and
Means Committee. and he moved that II
be referred TO the Agricultural Commit ee.
MIR. Hatch's motton was carried Mr., Rou-
tellc. u privileged question. then had
read 4 long resolution expressing IL AS the
sense OF the House that Mr. Willis should
tie recalled from, Hawaii The battle over
| the silver iii. then resumed Az
! ter speeches Nv Representatives Pence.
Patterson. Fithian. Tracey. Bland. and
| Neill came row between Mr. Pence and
| several gentlemen whoa he attacked Mir.
| Pence was called to order and the iaucuaro
| excepted to was read. after which lie was AL
| lowed To explain. His exploration did not
satisfy. and the House voted by g Ia 20
| not TO permit him ts> proceed The senate
| held a short session. Mr. Morean. chair
| man OF the Committee On FOREIGN Eeia-
| tions. presented the report on the Hawaiian
| Investigation. aud Mr.. Frye gave notice
| that he would address the Senate on that
subject. The Senator passed the Joint
resolution providing for the APP Continent
! OF commission Ia the Antwerp ln,crna-
sional Exposition. and at l::S' went into
| executive session AT l:a0 tine Senate
| adjourned
| Resolutions we're presented in the House
| Tuesday afternoon by Congressman SOM
| ers. OF Wisconsin. 20 investigate the ac-
| ton OF several CeiIeG States Jua yes who
have issued injunc,iOns in railroad eases.
! most prominent among them Justice
| Brewer. OF the Supreme tour. They
include also United States Judge
Taft. Judge Kicks. o. ohio
judge rardee. OK TEXAS; Judge Beatty. OF
| Idaho. and judge DuRGy. ot Nebraska.
| These cases all involve the rsh = of labor
ing men to strike and the decisions which
| are called in question extend over
- term of years MIR. Rryan. OF Ne
| braska. introduced in the House
bill TO amend the Revised Statutes 81 rs to
permit in civil cases the verdict OF three
| fourths OF the jurors constitutiu: the jury
| to stand rs the verdict OF the Jury aud
such a verdict to have the same force and
effect as Il unanimous verdict. Said MIR.
Bryan: ''DisaCreements nr" usually
| caused nv one or ,wO members OK
the jury and IA three .ourths ver;'ic, would
settle most cases. king n great saving OF
| COSTS The Senate held another brief SEES
sion In which nothing OF Importance WAS
accor. pitshed. and at 1:ao o'clock "d
journed. after an executive session Of half
AN hour. ia order that the caucus might
| be continued
|
sentative Blaud tn Wednesday finally se-
| cured the adoption az his motion "a limit
| debate on the seiguiora-e biiL quorum
| having been secured. Mr. Cultivate. from
the Committee on Rules. reported IL special
order to di>char-e the committee of the
| whole from further consideration OF
the pending bi!! and providing that
| after two hours consideration in tho
| House the previous question should be con-
| sidercd as ordered on the bill and pending
| Nr,l
in order. lie demanded the previous
| question. The speaker had his name
| called on the demand Of the previous
| question or the adoption OF the special or
| der and it was sustained 10 to 10 one moro
than Il quorum. 7 he vote was then taken
on the adoption Of tie special order The
| quorum was lost the vote IN the
! adoption OF the special order--i55 10 II.
three shor. If a quorum. MIR Outhwaite.
Stain. that this question would come up
| as soon as the house convened again moved
an ad iDurumcn'. II was carried. The
senate held "A tw" hours session tn" whole
OF which was given TO "a speech by Senator
Frye in opposition to President C!eveA
lands Hawaiian policy After II short exc
ecutivc session the senate adjourned.
The Bland bill for the coinage OF the sill
| yer seigniorasc and the silver bullion In
the Treasury pns-c the House Thursday
by n vote OF 1Gs to $50. The bill as passed
was In the nature OF a substitute f"r the
original text OF the measure. but the
changes do not affect the material
features OF the bill. An analysis of tho
vote shows that 14D Democrats. 10
Republicans. and Pnpulists (total 1871
voted for 1t. and ~ Republicans md 81
Democrats {tttaI l3b, voted against IL The
bill for the rescue Of the armament o: tho
wre ched Kcarsarge passed just before al =
jcurument An uni,npnrtant >ession OF tho
sena,e took place. confirmation OF the fol-
lowin, nominations being the only
feature: Granville Stuart. Of Nom
tana. Envoy ;;xtra ordinary and Minister
! Plenipctcntiary TO Paraguay and Uruanay;
, collector OF customs. Martin j. Russell Chi
c:.yo Collectors OF Internal Revenue
James W. Hunter. Fifth District %; I'LL
nois Iowa: Bert J. WelIman at Manches-
ter. Illinois: Thomas A. Mciivaine At
Tuscnla Thomas T. Garner at Paris.
Charles c. Chain at Bushnell. Julian j.
Beall ut Mattoon. Christian " Rarnhart
at Wilmington. The Senate adjoucLea to
meet next Monday.
The House Friday entered upon the con.
| sideratiOu of appropriation bill 8 The for
tifcation bill. carrying something over
s. 600, OU0 was PASSED in Twenty-Five min
| utes and then the pension appropriation
bill was taken NJ. An alteration occurred
between Mr. Meredith of Wire In IA and Mr.
| Funk Of Illinois over the form er's atfem pt
m nrove that there were MANI srandu-
; lent pensions On the rolls which al
| most resulted In \ personal collision
Mr. Meredith. who Was the a:gressor'
rushed over to the place where MI
Funk was standing and shook his list in
the Ia,ters face Hot words were spoken.
hut friends fnterfered. and the Speaker re-
| stored order before any blows were struck.
| Mr. Rapkhead. Chairman OF the Committee
! m pnhli,. buildings. offered resolu, ion
for the appoin ment OF a subcommittee to
| go TO Chicago and Investigate the POST
office Bnildir there. with view To deter
mining the question Of its safety. etc. Mr.
Rankhead explained the pressing necessity
/ FOR examination. The amount involved
was large and the committees were IN ili-
| ing to make Il Recommendation without n
| nar-onsi investigation The resolution
| carried in appropriation OF Si,s0o. 1t vas
passed
| The Coolest Winter Known.
. The coolest winter on record was