The Forrest City times., 1894-02-16
CONGRESSIONAL
The Proceedings of the Week Briehy
 Efxeu
Briefly

Given
 THE proceedings of the senate on the 9in
 were rather tame. Mir Hale tMe5 chereu
 resolution that fl is inexpsdieni to consider the
 tariff bill before the representatives oi many
 great industries aud labor organizations are
 heard which went over After minor routine business debate was resumed on the Ieuera
 elections bill which continued until adjourn
 ment. ... The house continued deoate on the li"
 waiian resolution Mir. Boutelle Me maae a strong argument against the aduiihls t"uoN policy. and MT Oates tAia and Pattersoh (Tenn spoke as strongly in defense The ue-
 bate was continued until lO:51 n m, when the house adjourned.
 THE senate did not reach vote on the re- peal federal elections bill on the oth, ou1 pS general consent the time for debate was eA. tended one day. The day was devoted entfeiy 10 debate on the bill The house continued the debate on the Hawaiian resolution and me speeches were of lively character MessFs. Outhwaite (O), CulbersOn tIeN ), ENeFet. (Mass). Turner (Ga1. Hooker Miss anu others defending the policy of the adml nistra' tion. and Messrs. Loud Cab. Hepburn 'la ' Sickles IN. Y.1 and Reed (Me opposing It All amendments were voted down an1 when vote was reached on adoption Of the McCreary resolution repub jeans refused to answer 10 their names and pending the enorts or ute democrats to secure a quorum the house ao- lourned.
 THE scnate on the 5th passed the federal election repeal bill by vote of " yeas 10 70 nays Messrs Stewart fNev), Allen. Kyle and Peffer voting for the bill It repeals all fed eral laws regulating the control oi congress ! sional elections All amendments were Yoted down and the bill passed as II came rem me house IL now goes 10 the president The seh- ate at o'clock went into executive session ana
 soon adjo 'rned The house debated the ha'
 waiian matter all day. When the vote was finally reached The republicans hhousiered i but the democrats having secured quorum
 the resolution, kuo n as the McCreary resoiu
 tion. was passed bv I76 yeas 10 57 nays The
 resolution condemns the acts Of Minister | Stevens and sustains The policy of the presl- dent Mir. Bland then attempted 10 call up his
 silver seigniorage bill, but ihe opponents of 1t I commenced filibustering against 1t and pend- ing all efforts to secure a quorum the house ad- | 1ourned
 THE senate on the sth discussed the right of
 the secretary of the treasury to issue bonds at | the present time It was on Senator stewart
 resolution and the debate was on Senator But l ler's motion fo refer to the judiciary com
 mittee. strong speech was made bF senator l Teller in whiea he deprecated the deplorable l financial condition of the country. and called l upon his republican colleagues to bear their
 fair share of the responsibility of the cause and
 not attempt to throw upon the democratic par l ty the entire burden of deFsing remedies for | the impending panic. The matter finally went | over. After briefly considering Senator Berry s | bill compelling the Rock Island road to stop at Oklahoma townsites instead of seeking to l build up their own towns on sites owned by the
 road for speculative purposes adjacent to the l legal sites established oy the interior depart
 ment, the senate adjourned until Mondly -. In 1 the house the deadlock on Mfr Bland's silver | sefgn-orage coinage bill was broken after four
 hours of tlibustering. When, by vote of lU6 to 70 the house carried Mir. Bland's motion to go into committee of the whole for consideration of his bill, the opponents of the bill mrnsnced filt- 1 bustering tactics The fight was rot on party | lines but between the friends and foes Of silver
 coinage in both parties quorum was finally
 6 cured and the bill taken up MT Bland took
 the floor in favor of the bill and pending consid- | eration the house adjourned with the under
 . anding that flibusterng the bill should | cease
 1 THE senate was not In session on the 9th. .. 1 The entire day in the house was spent in de
 bate on the Bland silver seigniorage bill Mir
 Mir Stone tPa) spoke in opposition MT Nc l keighan (NebD spoke in favor of free silver
 Mr. kigore (Tex favored the bill The house l adjourned at o'clock, after receiving the re- ! port of the committee on naval affairs on the
 Holman resolution to investigate the premiums
 paid 10 contractors for war vessels
 | NEITHER house of congress transacted any business on the 10th. The senate was not ir | session and the sudden dea tn of Representative 1 Houk, of Ohio, cut on Ell proceedings of the | house, which appointed a committee to arrange l the funeral and adjourned until Monday