The Red Cloud chief., 1894-04-13
WORK OF NATIONAL LAWMAKERS.
Hilborn OF California unScatcd-Aiiison
EinIshch Ills Snccch.

s"o'''cu 'ich hiibuSteTIlp tdCucs 10 pre-
vent the unseating of Mr.. Hilborn Cal
but u quorum was finally secured an,
tho resolution to seat Mr.. English wa,
adopted--l65 to II. Upon the announce
ment there was n burst Of applause from
the Democratic side, which was renewed
when Mr.. English was escorted to the
bar of the house and sworn in.
MIR. Bland then called up the scignior.
age bill, returned by the president with.
cut his approval, and moved thatit pass,
The motion to pass the bill over the veto
was defeated, the silver men lack
ing "a OF tho necessary two-thirtls.
WASHINGTON, April 4.-The senate
has passed u bill permitting horse racing
In the District Of Columbia, during Ger
tain seasons, but prohibiting poolsclling
and ~bookmaking.
Senator Allison resumed his spcech
against the tariff bill.
WASHINGTON, April 6.-In the senate
Thursday MIR. Hill IN. W gave notice
that ut 2 o'clock next Monday he would
submit a few remarks OH the pending
tariff bill. .
AT the request of Senator Hansbrough
IN. d. the senate took up the bill appro-
priating 81 ,O00, 600 for the destruction of
the Russian thistle.
Mr.. Kyle Is. d. proposed an amend
ment providing the sum appropriated
should DO divided pro rata among the
states where the thistle is found.
Allen (Neb.) supported the bill, calling
attention to the fact that the weed was
not indigenous, but had gained q foot.
bold here under the laws of the nation
the immigration laws.
Senator George (Miss.) favored Mr..
Kyle's amendment.
WASHINGTON, April 5.-The Bcriug
sea bill has been passed by the house.
WASHINGTON, April. 6.-The policy of
delay of the minority in the senato was
manifest Friday when, before the con.
clusion of the reading of Thursdays
journal, Mr.. Chandler made the point of
no quorum and the roll was called, show
ing four senators less than a quorum was
present. After a delay of 10 minutes
four senators dropped in to complete tho
quorum and the reading of the journal
was concluded and the routine business
proceeded with.
The house went ahead with appropria-
lion bills after routine business.
WASHINGTON, April 8.-The proceed.
ings in the senate Monday from the OPEN
ing to the closing of the session were full
OF interest. The first in point of time
wa the swearing in of Mr.. Walsh az the
senator from Georgia, to serve out the
term of the late Senator Colquitt. Two
resolutions, intended to facilitate the do.
bate Of the tariff. were introduced, one
by Senator Mills, providing for an
amendment to the rules, 80 to permit of
the previous question, and tho other by
senator Allen, providing for the taking
OF the final vote on the bill on June I,
allowing three days FOR debate under the
5-minute rule. Both went over without
action.
The chief interest of the day conferred
In Senator Hills speech. The speech
was mainly directed against the income
tax, although Mr.. Hill spoke Of tho
Humiliation of the Hawaiian question, |
which he attributed to the fact that the
head of the state department was a Re- |
publican. In his opening remarks nc
discussed the political revolution that led |
to the result of the election of 1892, and
bis Interpretation of what the people OK
pected of those placed in charge of the
government.
WASHINGTON, April 8.-The house
depopulated Monday. Th~roe-fourths
the members were ut the senate listen
to Senator Hills speech ON the tariff.
Those who remained were occupied with
District of Columbia affairs, but little
'ctual business was transacted.
WASHINGTON, April iO.-In the house
Hills were passed for the protection of
Jane in the Yellowstone park and for
punishment of crime in the park by
he extension of the law and jurisdiction
the Wyoming United States district
curt to its territory; to grant chief
Justices in the territories power to APP
commissioners to take proof of
and cases.
The house then went into committee
I the whole and resumed consideration
I the postofice appropriation bill.
bryan Replies to Reeds Letter.
In the urs of the debate which fol-
owed MIR. Bryan Neb.) took the floor,
ostensibly speaking on the amend.
aent, made u reply to the recently
ublished letter of Mr.. Reed to Mr.. CT.
). Vaughan of Hutchinson, Kan, in
Which no criticized Mr.. Bryan for using
, his speech made in Denver an extract
n of his (Reed's) Boston tariff
In that letter Mr.. Reed COM
lained that the extract taken from its
conveyed a wrong impression.
Mr.. Bryan stated that the extract he
sed had not been taken from its con-
'nts;, that he had used all of the pub.
shed report OF the speech. Moreover, .
o stated, that Mr.. Reeds letter Of ex-
lanation was written deliberately and ,
practically the idea contained !
the speech from which he had quoted. .
He proceeded to characterize tho
'eech as an appeal to sectionalism; an
ppeal to the selfishness of New England.
1hile Mr.. Reed told the west that all I
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