The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-03-07
FIETY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Summarized Proceedings OF Our Law
Makers at Washington.
FIrTY-NINTHnAY.

SrNATE-No session ofthe Senate TODAY.
all interest being centered in the Finance
COMMITTEE who expect to report the Wilson
Bill tomorrow.
HOUSE, Today's session OF the House was
brief and devoid Of interest. For over two
hours roll call followed roll call the oppon-
ents OF the seigniorage bill throwing aside
all pretense OF not tlibusterlng and boldly
injecting motions to take n recess and ad-
lonrn in order TO prevent vote ON Mr..
BANDS motion.
si1rIETH DAY.
sENArr-The senate foreign affairs com
mittee submitted TO the senate today bull
ky volume containing the testimony taken
under the resolution for the investigation.
ofth alleged irregularities in the dipo.
matte intercourse between the United States
and Hawaii. Contrary TO expectations, the
finance committee failed 10 report the
Wilson tariff bill.
HousE-Hatch's anti option bill will come
up again In the house. BY vote of yeas,
l61, nays 63, the house immediat ately after
meeting discharged the committee on WAYS
and means from further consideration of
the bill, and sent II to Mr.. Hatch's own
committee, on agriculture, for report, Mr..
BANDS motion TO take up and debate his
seigniorage bill until 4 o'clock tomorrow,
received l6S votes, and five in the negative,
drew his motion and offered one to take up
the bill for consideration, removing all
Limitation of debate. This was sgreed to-
llJ too
sIxTy-riRsT DAY.
SENATE--The senate finance committee
met today, but Immediately adjourned, Mr..
Voorhees, stating that the bill was not
ready. The Democratic members then
proceeded TO the caucus Of Democratic
members. The Republican members dis
cussed the situation, but no conclusion was
reached or plan of action perfected. The
caucus took up the discussion where II was
left off yesterday. At 1890 the senate went
into executive session.
HousE-In the House today Mr.. Bland
moved that the house 60 into committee on
the segniorage bill and that general debate
close tomorrow at 3 o olock. The motion
was rejected the yeas being l27, nays ., and
no quorum.
sIXTY-sECoNp DAY.
SFSATE-ln the Senate today the chair
man of the Finance Committee Mr.. Voor-
hees proposed to legtimize Senators Mills
rather anomalous position on that commit.
tee watch he has held as substitute for
Senator Mcpherson who has been an active
member Of the committee for some weeks.
Mr.. Voorhees, now proposes that Mr. Mills
shall be the substitute of Senator Vance of
North Carolina, who is absent from the city
on account offs ckness. Mr. Hoar, Republican
Of Massachusetts. objected to the inimedi ale
consideration of the resolution, and so il
Senator Frye on the Hawaiian question,
was begun today and was still unfinished on
adjournment.
HousE-Unexpectedly, even to the
most sanguine friends of the Bland bill, a
quorum was secured this afternoon on the
motion Of Bland that the previous question
should be ordered and that debate should
cease at O'Clock to morrow afternoon.
Then came curious spectacle. Fearing
that the quorum might disappear before TO
morrow The Committee on Rules hastily
reported special order providing that de
bate should cease and vote be taken on
the bill at the end of two hours. Upon this
the previous question was ordered by
quorum and one to spare. Speaker Crisp
voting to make sure OF the necessary l79
votes. But when the roll call reverted to
the resolution the friends of the bill were
able to muster only l7G votes negative and
affirmative. which was three short of
quorum. This failure arose from the fact
that several Republicans who had voted Tor
the previous question refused to vote Tor
the passage of the resolution and Bland was
again forced to adjourn, with victory al
most within his grasp.
sIxTY-THiRD DAY
SENATE In the senate TO day among
other petitions and memorials presented
was one by Mr. George Of Mississippi. ask
ing for an amendment to the constitution
acknowledging the dependence of the coun-
try on Almighty God. Mr.. Frye of Maine,
then took up the thread of his Hawaiian
speech at the point where it was interrupt
ed by the adjournment yesterday. At 3:i5
the senate took up the unfinished business,
which was the bill for the erection of q new
government printing Office.
HoUsE.-The long struggle in the house
over the Bland bill for the coinage of the
silver seigniorage and the silver bullion in
the Treasury was ended to day by the
passage of the bill by the vote OF l6S TO l20,
a majority in favor of the bill of 80. Loud
cheers and handclapping greeted the final
announcement of the victory won by
advocates Of the measure. Mr.. Cummings
then asked and obtained unanimous con.
sent for the bill for the reclamation of the
United States steamer Kearsarge and it was
passed.
SIXTY FOURTH DAY,
SENATE No session was held in the
upper house OF congress to day
HOUSE The house to day entered upon
the consideration OF appropriation bills.
The forttication bill CARRYING something
over $1,000 600 was passed in % minutes
ana then the pension appropriation bill was
taken up. 1he bill usually leads TO a con-
siderable display of political feeling and
10 day was no exception. Then on motion
OF Nj Holman, ex-Speaker Grow, the
newly elected Congressman nj LARGE from
pennsylvania was sworn in. Further con-
sideralion of appropriation bills consumed
the time up to adjournment,