Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-08-15
CONGRESSIONAL.

Aug N-In the senate resolution waS IN
snS frea Ordered A to Ms s on sSs 1sS sS
temporarily, declarin, that in the revision
OF the existing system of national tfxatiou
the following principles should be Observed
F1rst-That all taxes are burdens on the
taxpayer. and can only be rixhtfuAy i'm
posed to raise reyenue to support the govern
posed on imported goods the rate should be
SO low as not materially TO restrics ifnporta-
tton Third That in seiecting articles to be
taxed only those ready for consumption
should be chosen. and those impoNsed for
manufacture or remanufacture should be ex-
empt The PHI for the deportation of an
archists was taken up and passed after some
amendments were adopted after which the
senate adjourned
The house transacted some unimportaut
business OF a routine nature. but spent most
of the day debating the senate amendments to
the Indian appropriation bill providing for the
ratlheation OF the treaties with Nez Perces
Yakima and Yum. Indians but no vote was
taken Mr.. johnson OF Ohio presented the
mem9r,a5 1eo,id OIL; 31 me Central Labor union Of
OF United States District Judge Kicks of
Ohio and it wa referred to the Judiciary com
m'ttee. AT 40 In., the house adjourned
Au: I:-The senate held a short and I'M
interesting session adjourniug at 2:iO p NJ
The most Important event of the proceedings
was the passage OF re olutiou directing the
president 10 tal5e steps for the release OF
Amerlciss . y Scns cUnhEed on the island of
Caha taf "a sis.icfs,ai,o % ikrcccnI rcbcliions
After rather tninteresting session the
th2 adjournment The clerk announced the
call for DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS at o'clock
The announcement w;is greeted with jeers on
the Republicau side
Aug "a motion by senator George to
take up the bankruptcy hill resulted in y vote
oi y To mo quorum talin 10 develop a
voting quorunt Mr.. George wi thdrew the bill
Tor the present Hou e bills Id provide for
the oLenin; of certain abarfdonei military
reservations and appropriatirs 5000
enue e9r the Cutter construction fof OF rev
harbor we're passed also the bills granting to
the Northern Mississippi River railroad the
right OF way through certain Indian reserva-
tion| In Mime ota TO authorize the pur-
chaserS of the property and frInchises of the
Choctaw coal and railw way company to organ =.
1Ze a corporation extending the time for con.
river near Vancouver Wash and the con
sIruetion OF a wagon and foot brid e across the
Chtttahoochie river near Columbia, Ala
In the house Mr. Bliley from the commit
tee on judiciary, as matter OF privilege
presented resolution providing for an in YES
uIatlon by that committee of the charges
'alnst Jnd An ustus J Kicks, United
states Jude of the District court of
Northern Ohio. reed to without division
On motion of Mr. McCann resolution
lnstruc lin the commissioner of labor ~ in .
Festiyate the effects OF machinery on Tabor
wages, etc was a.rced TO Mr.. Myer, from
the committee on militia, called up the bill to
promote the efficiency of militia. 1t pr divided
Tor an elaborate system of national defense
lncf4dtnt In the militia able-bodied citizens Of
the United States between the ages of Is and
-, the organized militia 10 be known as the
national guari and the unorganized as the re-
serve militia The bill went over with out
action
Aug 9 After a session lasting only little
more than an hour and a half during which no
business OF any importance was transacted
the senate adjourned
In the house Mr.. Boutelle OF Maine rising
to question OF personal privilege. denied the
published imputation that he had introduced
Tor political pusposes resolutions recognizing
the Hawaiian republic Referring TO the
presidents recognition OF the republic he was
! descrf6u how Mr. Gresham had sneaked
up to the capitol yesterday to inform Chair
man McCreary of the Administrations pur-
pO G. when he was called TO order by Mr.
Outhwalte OF Ohio and warned by the speaker.
Mr. Boutclle denounced the conduct OF the
administration in the Hawaiian affair as pea
nut politics He asked the house TO re
pudiate the Whole turbulent and NAL.
odorouS affair. and to express to the new re.
public its cordial concentrations. The speak.
er here decided that Mr. Boutelle had gone
and as he would not desi ordered him to take
his seat In the morning hour Mr.. Meyer again
called up the bill to promote the efficiency of
the militia and Mr. Fithian denounced the
government for sendin; troops into Illinois
without receiving request from the govern
or. Mr. Meyer and Mr. Cameron dcfended
his action. declaring that the president
had done bis duty, some one exclaimed: God
bless him. what courlge he mas, " and at that
The Repuh!lcanS cried Amer" " The morning
expired without action on the bill and at 2:1i
IN. under the special order the remand or
of the day was devoted to business reported
from the committee on claims
Aug 10 In the senate Hill introduced a
resolution calling for information as 10 the
status OF the tariff conference. but was tenn
| porarily crowded out by other business.
| While the resolution of Mr.. Hill was lying OF
| the table and had not been read Mr. Gray
| moved All executive session a few more sen
| ators voted OF the viva yoce vote and Mr.
| Hill demanded the yeas and nays Severa
| conservative senators voted arainst the mo
| ton. Hill, Murphy, Pugh Palmer and Gibson
! voted no Gormati. Harris ard Jones did not
| vote. MIR. Vest voted aye Tie motion was
| lost, ayes 81, nays . The resolution went
! over until to morrow
! Tie house devoted Itself 10 discus sing pro
| jects for a Government exhibit. to cost so :
| 00J at the Atlanta exposition, and to give each
of the arid land states 10000 acres
! of land TO encourage the reclamation
! of their deserts, contained in sen
ate amendments to the sundry civil
! b II The former furnished opportunity fol
/ patriotic speeches from the northerners or
reunited country and an enthusiastic major
| ity voted to instruct the house Conferrees tC
/ support substitute having pract cally the
| same effect as an amendment A minority ot
! the Democrats opposed the amendment or
| constitutional grounds. and the Georgia rep
| rescntatives refraiued from pushin the m IT
! ter. but left Atlanta in the hands of her
| friends No decision was reached upon the
! arid lands project