The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-02-23
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9DsUAD or PR0sEEDlNos OF TllA
SENATE AND HOUSE.
OenaenseA Record Of the Important
Tfansaetions Of Our National Lave.
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branches.
Warrington, Feb. 12.-There will ne
On effort on the part Of the senate dur
ing the present week to clear up ths
calendars as far as possible, prior to
taking up the tariff bill, which, when It
Is reported to the 5enate, Is expected to
exclude the consite ration Of most oth.r
subjects. The speech-making began to-
day on the Stewart bond resolution, fo.-
loved In the aft ftsrrcon on the Turpie
Hawaiian resolution. It is believed that
the committee on the judiciary will dis
pose OF the Peckham nomination to-
iLclrow, aud If so, In all probability
there will be at least one day during the
week devoted to executive session for the
IL lpose Of passing upon this nomination.
1t is expected IT,, the consideration of
the Bis nd -eisniorage bill will be COM
pleted In the house Wednesday. This
u District Of Col. mbia day, but by spe..
ciol order the time after 3 o'clock was
ret aside for paying tribute to the l1cm-
cry of the late Sers tor Stanford. When
the Blind bill reaches vote the general
csEectation is that 1t will pass after hav-
irg been modified In certain particulars
to meet the objecticns of Secretary Car
litle to give him some latitude and dis
cretion in the issue of treasury notes
and against the seigniorage and in the
coirrgc Of the bullion.
Washington, Feb. 13.-Thc Hawaiian
controversy occupied the principal time
We re OpeLed his argument in defense Of
the policy of President Cleveland. Early
in the session an interesting incident Oc-
Cured in the presentation by Senator
Cullom of an opinion signed by 10000
wool growers of the West protesting
against the wool schedule in the new
tariff Till. The speech of Senator Gray
en- the Hawaiian matter was devoted
principally to an attempt to prove tho
completely of Minister Stevens with revo-
lutionists, the senator citing the evidence
of members of the prcyisio nal government
to show that they were in daily consulta-
tion with the minister previous to tho
revolution and that they expected the
protection of the An ericnn troops in their
plan to overthrow the queen.
In the house the first bill called up was
one to regulate the sale of intoxicating
liquors in the District. Mr.. Pickler Of
fered an amendment restricting liquor
licenses for hotels to such as have thirty
sleeping apartments, which was defeated
Mr.. Pickler made the point of no quorum
After filibustering some time he with
drew his point and. the Till was passed.
This was the only bill from the commit
tee on District of Columbia, and Mr.
Breckenridge then moved to 90 into CON.
mittee of tie whole for the consideration
of tie urgency deficitLty bill. After Mr..
Cannon had criti :ised the item of mp
moprip tion for the raymenr of United
States witness fees, which he said was
inadequate and might cmbarrass the
United States courts. the bill was passed
Washington, Feb. 14.-The Hawaiian
resolution was again the subject of dis
cussiOn In the senate to-day. Senator
Gray resumed his argument in support of
the presidents policy, ard reiterated his
charges of yesterday that the revolu
tionists were dependent on the United
forces for support of theirm ovement,
anr that thereafter the provisional gov
ernmont depended absolutely upon tho
United States forces and the flag for pro-
lection andf or the maintainance of the
government they had established. The
full significance of the present Hawaiian
situation came out ut the close of the
senator's speech, when in a colloqup with
Senator Teller he. admitted that us u
member of the foreign relations commit
tee he understood the efforts of the presi-
dent, moral or diplomatic, to restore the
queen wer Mt an end, and that the pres
ent minister TO Hawaii had 4 directions
to pursue further diplomatic negotiations
to that end.
The houses pent the day in debate. OH
the Blind seiknl0rege bill, the principal
tpeeches being those by Mr.. Culbertson
of Texas in favor of the measure and
Mr.. Coombs of New York in opposition.
Several times to-day Mr.. Bland attempt
ed to reach an agreement for closing gen.
eral debate tomorrow with view 10 se-
curing vote, but objection was made.
Over forty members have asked for time
to, speak, and it muy be possible that u
special order will be required to bring
the bill to vote, but Mr.. Bland does
not think this method will have to be re.
sorted to.
Washington, Feb. 15.-An efforts to
agre. upon time for closing tn. debate
upon the Bland bill nave SO far failed,
and debate is still proceeding without
limit. Mr.. Bland will probably permit
this to so on until Tomorrow night, and
there ara quite number of gentlemen
who insist upon their right to be heard.
The opponents of the measure have de-
cided that they will insist upon a
quorum of the advocates of the meas
tire being present ct every stage of the
parliamentary proc .due hereafter, so that
motion to close eefate will req lire u
quorum of those who are In favor of it.
There are mary members Of the house
who are absent at this time and 1t will
probably require two days at least to ST.
cure tine attendance necessary to brig
the bill to e. vote. Tomorrow 1t is Mr..
BANDS intention to make r,otion TO
close debate, and as this motion will
probably develop the lack of quorum,
the opponents of the bill RI fusing to vote,
lie will then offer resolution to bring
in absentees. A quofum favoring the
;ill being here, If necessary, a special or
der will be brought in TO bring the
measure to final vote. Mr.. Raynor and
some of the other Democrats who are
ltrding the opposition, still insist that the
bill can be beaten, but Mr.. Trocy, who lie
floor leader of the opposition on the Re-
publican side, frankly confessed that he
believes the bill will pass when It
reaches vote. AS to whether it will
be vetoed, however, he gives no opinion.
The debate was without startling Incl
dent of any kind.
The entire time of the senate was con-
sumed in the discussion of the house
bill compelling the Rock Island Railroad
company to stop its trains ut the new
towns of Enid and Round Pond, in the
Indian Territory. The measure is espe-
cially championed by Senator Berry of
Arkansas, and is proving subject of
great attention, as some Democratic SEN
ators see In the proposed exercise of
congressional power, usurpation of rights.
No action was reached on the bill, but
vote will probably be taken tomorrow.
Washington, Feb. 18-The vice pres
ident Of the United States came to the
rescue of the Oklahoma t0wn-site bill to-
day and by his vote broke the tie and
passed the bill compelling tho Rock Is
land Railroad company to stop its trains
ct the new towns of Enid and Round
Pond. This meas.'re has been under
discussion in the senate nearly q week
and has been one of the most hotly con-
tested bills of the session. Senator Black.
burn moved to lay the bill on the table.
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