The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-10
THE NATION'S'SOLONS.
SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRE-.
SENTATNES.
Our National Lawmakers and What They
Arc Doing for the Good OF the Country
Various Measures Proposed. Discussed
and Acted Upon.


Saturday Nr Lockwood n. y reported
back from the Pacific Railroad Commit
Attorney General To inform the
House wtCth.r the STICK oder> OF
The central and Western Pacific raj roads
W ere reliable in any manner To the ni'ed
States fo- reiinhur>emer, for bonds issued
under the various acts of Congress au-
thorizlng the is>,.tn: az lnud> In a'd az
said roads TIE House ~ went into
committee ct the who.s. With Mr. tNe''.
OF Massachusetts, in the chair. and
took up the army appropriation hi The
bill carries s"3. 5G>, so. >G5..3t' loss than
the appropriation FOR the currcn' fiscal
year. During the debate on the OH the
roll WAS called under the rule and nc
Quorum being developed. the :ih>entee>
were reported TO the House. and then. AZ
( - ), ~ m. the House adjourned The
| senate proceedings were repetition ".
those uf the day before
Personalities entered lar ely in:o the
debate oa the tariff bill in the senate M"n-
. day. Senator Iurltic made "a bitter attack
ON Senator Aid,i,h. WHOM he accused OK
u,tering fai>ehoodS. When the House
met at noon MIR. MeiklejoGn. called
up the Senate bin for the con-
S,ruc,inu of Il bridge across the Mo-
btara River. near the town OF Nebraska
City. \eh. and IL passed. AT ~, the
it House went into committec OF the Whole
to consider the army appropriation blu
Mr. Cultivate offered commi,tee
f, amendment that no appointment OF As
siS,ant Ad uIaut General with rank of
Major should lie made until the number OF
officers In that grade rad been reduced
below four. and that hereafter there
should he only four officers In said grade.
aud that future promotions In III" aa-
ju'ant generals. paymastcr's. and SMALLER
hranche. should lie filed from the next
Lowest grades The amendment was
agreed to by vote OF 80 10 IS.
Mr.. Picker offered an amendment that
no officer OF the a,r.y should be detailed
I,ri hn
dent sh, uld consider 1t best To do
The chairman tn ed the amen tment
out a point OF order The au-
preparation for the purchase OF ma
chime guns. improved mu ket calber.
was raised from $40. 900 to $4,000 An
amend ment offered by Mr. Frye. striking
out the PROV >ion that hereafter no
/ pointment> should be made TO the grade OF
; assistant surgeon until the number is
duced to ninety. and that the number
hereafter should not exceed ninety. was
disagreed 10 by the vote OF C. TO % At
! O'Clock the committee OF the whole arose,
and The bill. with amendments. was re-
| ported to the House and ut 5:ll y IA. il
passed. The House then adjourned.
la respect TO the late Senator stoc. bridge.
the Senate adjourned Tuesday afternoon.
} plomtirg committee OF seven MIN il
! & ,mmitlce from the House Of Rcprc>enta-
/ tivcs to attend the funeral at Kalamazoo.
Mich The ses>.oa OF the House was brief.
! also. account OF the death OF senator
! stock bridge, relative 20 Nhicn appropriate
| resolutions we're moved by Mr.. burrows
| and adopted. and MeSsrS Burrows, Fynnm.
MCt rearv. Knutcilr. Payne New York;.
! Aitken. homaS and Richardson were APP
! pointed IL committee TO attend the funeraL
The Senate proceedings were ~ ttes duh
Wednesday. most of the afternoon being
consumed by Senator Squire. OF Washing
ton who made Il carefully prepared speech
in General opposition 10 the tariff Before
| the tariff hiil was taken up Mr.. lloar tried
1.,1I
, ultimately went over without action.
The House at l2:3j took up the
bill 10 improve the methods of acconntin:
in the Treasury Department. aud !; Was
agreed that general debate on The OH
sh uid be limited to two hours The House
went into committee OF the Whole. with
MIR. Hatch. OF Missouri. in the chair. Al
present the Offices affected by the h!ll
er"p!oy .5o clerks at :, cost OF s.. o63. go
( Under the pending bill there will be Ga
( clerks al al annual cost OF Sss6,Ooh. MI.
I | Wanger. of Pennsylvania moved tn amend
, the last paragraph by changing the date
| for the bill to go into effect from July I.
1894 TO July 1. 1885. The amendment
was disagreed to- The committee rose
and the bill passed without
G amendment The House again wen, into
a | G ,mmittee NJ the whole 10 consider appro-
. | uriation bills. and Mr. Catching called up
the river and harbor appropriation hill
> Mr. Grosvcnor. OF ohio. opposed the pas
y sage OF bill carrying nearly 80. 900. 900
without some further explanation, Az 3
:, | o'clock the e m,ni'tee r sc and the House
n | adjourned without taking any action on
the bill!
The Senate listened Thursday Ia two i'm
staIlment> OF Two unfinished speeches on
e the tariff. tried to go into executive ses-
: sion. failed because OF lack uf \ quorum.
and adjourned No business trans
. acted in the morning hour in the House
the regular order cling demanded when II
y was sought TO obtain consideration OF Il
bill The time of the House from i2:2& UNI
= til o'clock was taken up in the con -d"rA-
d were made by Ne<srs Cannon. Wea1ock.
r Ellis. Hepburn AMI R,y. At o'cl"ck
i MIR. Catching- sought to have gem
}, eral debate close at 5 O'Clock .ome
opposition y AS developed when Mr. Catch
incs mo !ed to rlt Sc debate in twenty min
e ut 3. and o, this demanded the previous
question. which was ordered. and his mo-
tion Was a"reed to Discussion was re-
" sumcd. and Mr.. Boatner opposed the meth
l. cd Of improving the Red River in Iouisi-
ana accord ing TO the presen. plan. At $3.50
It the House ad iOurned.
n The House Friday went into committee
OF the whole on motion OF MI. 'asch'ngs
for the purpose OF considering the river and
y harhor bill. with MIR Hatch in the chair
II The appropria alton for the oiter harboI
t. at Michigan city. Mich. was reduced
% from SIG 0o0 to sll.ooo. and the sun
1 taken from this appropriation was addet
to the appropriation for the inner harbor a
IL the same point. ma king itSi0000 MIR Roe,
offered AN amendment Il ppropriatinSjr 10. 00
IN FOR "A survey of the Red River Of the 'North
le ! which was defeated. An antsndmeu
IN was agreed to appropriafing $4,000 70
the rec,ific ,tion Of the channel II tn
White River in Arkansas Mr. Ellis OF
u" fered an amendment increasing the ap
t. Or ,pri.tion for rebuilding lock M II
Or G, zen River. Kentucky. from $4,000 Z
H. sos 0GH. The consideration of the bii
ic without action being tasen on ANY turtle
amendments was continued until short
A.. after G clock. when the committee of til
whole rose re por: ell the hill! t. the Hou>
vi and IL was passed. The Senate continue
Its tariff debate
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wi Ancient Smelling.