Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-05-02
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CONGRESSIONAL.


number of the visiting Pennsylvania laborlng
men in the gallery wearing the badge
OF the delesation The workmen's dele.
gates in the galleries closely followed
every word and move on the floor of the sen
ate, and had the pleasure of heartn: Senator
Quay read their petitions and memorials
in the senate and plead the cause of pro-
lection Senator Cameron sent TO tho
desk another petition from workingmen.
the greater portion of the deleg.teS in the
GALLERY filed out and Senator Dolph continued
ference of opin on was discovered among the
Republicans on the income tax Mr. Teller
OF Colorado declaring himself in favor of the
measure. AT octock the senate adjourned
owing to the abSense of quorum
April Ex-senator Washburu Of Minnesota.
consumed almost the entire afternoon in a
speech against the tarit bill, which was
mainly a protest against the aoroga-
tion of the reciprociiy clause OF tho
in some form would be enacted into law In
the few minutes that remained between the
time Senator Washburn concluded his speech
ami the hour of ) o'clock. Scuator Dolph gave
an installment of his speech
April 24-After the morning hour the tariff
hilt was; Vas laid ~ before the senate and
Mills openei by saying that the bill
did not entirely meet his approval.
comprnmise he might offer some amend
mentS but il thev were rejected he should
vote for the bill 1t WAS party measure and
he believed every Democrat should sink his
own preferences thus far He would not have
levied a duty on coffee. tea and sugar. The
Democratic theory was that the government
Joyment of every natural right He
should have put the free list all
articles that required remanufacture for con
sumption II that were not sufficient. ho
should have put Il tax on accumulated wealth
All obstacles III tho way OF employment OF
labor should he stricken down The policy of
protection had failed to build up a nome mar
ket for agriculture.
When the house met Mr. Hepburn OF Iowa.
demanded a roll call on the journal II was
Missouri, sent to the clerks desk 10 have
read a series OF resolutions passed at mass
meeting in St Louis last Saturday, declaring
gally deprived Of his seat as rep
resentative from the Eleventh Missouri dis
trict. Mr.. ONcill. the subject OF he attack,
demanded the floor as Il matter of privilege
and was proceeding TO reply IL the imputa-
tion that he had obtained u scat to which he
was not entitled. when Mr. Wise OF virginia
raised the point that Mr.. 0Neili was out OF
order The speaker sustained tho point.
but Mr. ONeill would not sit down. ana har-
angued the house while the speaker vainly eu-
deavored TO restore order He offered TO sun
nit the question of his election TO a special
committee and abide by this deci sion At last
the speaker was forced 10 order him To take
his seat. The consideration of the Dosto1ico
appropriation bill was then taken up and
occupied the remainder OF the dav
April 3A-Mr. Harris WAS denied unanimous
consent in the senate for the consideration OF
his resolution that the senate session. while
tinue until o'clock. Then the tariff bill was
taken up 10 he read by paragraphs Mr. Aldrich
spoke against the bill upon the first amend
ment reached. that HNlny the date upon which
II shoul into effect
He said no one knew the form in which tho
till would be presented finally for the vote OF
the senate, for the newspapers gave the in
formation thIt negotiations were in progress
on the Democratic side for the purpose OF
catching votes for the passage OF the bill. Mr..
Plat. Repubcan. Connecticut fol owed upon
the same line of argument "uar ins upon it
somewhat. however During Mr. Platts
speech the intentions of the Republicans to
keep the Democratic senator's in their seats
and incidentally to dsiay the hill.
made manifest by the su ;gestion OF
Durins the roll call, whicS WIS ordered.
number of senator's came in, the cali
showed that sixty senators were pres
ent TIL" latter part "f the day was occu
pie with good Eatured blnterins on
both sides of the CHAMBER an by d
silver speerh Ivy NJ Stewart. and at 8
o'clock he senate adjourn nc on motion of Mr..
Harris.
Mr.. Hepburn, Republican. Iowa. after The
posed an objection TO Us approval and forced
the ayes and nays on Mr. Dpckerys
6hapad 80 his -, r mePbupi b
lutely no business 10 he transacted by unaui
nous consent until terms we're IN ide for tho
con >ideration of Friday night pcuSio bills
The journal WAS approved. .f3 TOO The house
we Il into committee Of the whole Mr. Bailey
pf Texas. III Inc chair, and resumed cunsidera-
ton hill. At >: 10 the committee arost and the
house adjourned
April - Immediately after tho rcaling Of
the ournal in the senate .tr Jarvis recentIv
appointed from North Carolina to succeed
the late Senator Vance. was sworn in Sena
tor Aliens toXey resolution came up. and
Mr.. Allen stated there would bC oppo Sition
on the Democratic dc TO il passage Mr.
Vest, however. opposed il He declared the
@ ncn who were mar. hin: TO Washing
ton would bc protected in their
ri2hts. but they would have Ia learn TO abide
10y the laws of the lTnd. and il congress for
one instant, compromised with them IL would
open crcvassc which would end in u food
and final destruction II anyone wanted 10
come here, whether they were employed or
unemployed. 10 inspect the public buildin ~
and visit congress Their ri hts would he re
Spectcd, but when t1Cy seized trains To como
on. when they violated the laws OF the coJn-
try and tramped on the rights Of the people.
Congress ought got TO ire with them.
Mr. Wolcott OF Colorado entered vi or
Gus protest against pass n the resolution
He was at a loss to Jndc stand the purpose OF
the resolution, which did not chan &c the law
in any espect but simply extended cring-
ing invitation to those men callin: themselves
unemployed. some Of whom were coming by
begging some by their oyerpoweriug force
ana some ON stolen trains Mr. Allen
resolution and spoke for some time In
the course Of his speech he called these
gatherings the spontaneous uprisin, of
American citizens against wrong and oppres-
sion - He denied il was Soci1li-t tic move
ment Whether IL was Populistic he did not
Populists were engaged in It, 1t was he said.
a peaceable gaihcrin, of men engaged in a
pes ceable project The resolution was de-
fe1ted by vote OF - to 6. Messrs Allen,
Doiph, Frye, Gallinger, Kyle and PETER voting
in he affirmative The tlriH deb tie was then
resumed. Mcssrs. Higgins ami Dolph giving
further installments of their speeches against
the measure
In the house Mr.. Mahon. Republican. from
PENNSYLVANIA. rose 10 a question of privilege
and offered "A resolution. directing the ser
mempprs their
without deduciin, on account OF absence up
less such absence is first certified by some
duly authorized officer of the house A point
OF order was raised by Mr.. kigore and sup
ported by several Democrats that the resolu-
ton dld not present a question OF privilege
The point was sustained by the speaker on
the ground that IL was matter OF law and
not under control OF the house An appeal
was taken and laid on the table by strict
party vote except that Lucas Republican of
South Dakota, voted with the Democrats.
April q. When the senate met at II o'clock
not more than 4 dozen members were present.
a soon az quorum appeared Mr.
LINDSAY OF Kentucky addrea ed the sen
ate in support and Mr.. Cullom OF Illinois in
opposition 10 the tarin bill
Twenty-one private pension bills passed
tells the story OF the days worl: In the house.
Mr.. Hepburn OF Iowa. who has been harassing
the Democratic side daily for week 10 force
action on these bills. finally sue zee led through
the aid OF Mr. Picker Of South Dakota. who
has been acting with him. and the bills were
passed The beneficiary OF one OF the bills an
old lady Of IS. totally blind the widow OF a
/ soldier OF the war of 1872, had died since her
bill was reported from last Friday nights
session The evening session was also devoted
J TO pension bills.
Breiienthal's Claims.
Topeka, Kan, April a5.-John W.
Breidenthal. chairman of the Populist
state central committee, basing his
| estimate upon partial poll of the