The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-09-01
IN CONGRESS.
Condensed Report of the Weeks Proceed
ings In the Senate and House.
WEDNESDAY.

Condensed Report of the Weeks Proceed
ings In the Senate and House.
WEDNESDAY.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-Only twenty
one senators were present when the
senate met on the 22d. 1t was decided
to send for abscntees which occasioned
delay. A quorum had not been
secured at lis o'clock, when the SEN
ate went into executive session and
500 adjourned.
The house was not in session.
THURSDAY.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-Only thirty
three senators appeared when the SEN
ate met yesterday. The absence of q
quorum was noted and IN order made
t~elegraphing for absent members.
Finding it impossible to secure a quo
rum the senate adjourned.
The house met with about fifty men,
bers present. Mr.. Cummings, chair
man of the naval committee, made a
report O the armor plate billets fur
nished by the Carnegie company, sus-
tanning the charges of fraud. A reso-
luton making certain recommends
tiOns accompanied the report. Mr..
Stone pa asked if the report did not
prejudice the Carnegie company and
received q negative reply. The reso-
luton vas adopted and the house ad-
journed.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-The senate
yesterday adopted the house resolution
to adjourn Tuesday, the asth, at 2
o'clock, and after an executive session
adjourned until Monday.
The house passed q resolution for
Anal adjournment Tuesday at , o'clock
and then Mr.. Terry asked unanimous
consent to pass the senate anti-anarch-
list bill, with an amendment offered to
cover objections, but Mr.. English oh
jected. Two private bills passed and
the house adjourned until Monday.
MONDAY.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2s.-The senate
met yesterday with only a few mem
bers present. Without attempting to
do anything but routine business, ut
1910 o'clock the senate went into ex-
ecutive session. After this several
bills of local interest only passed and
the senate adjourned.
The house transacted no business.
During some talk over a resolution to
print the tariff bill the point of no
quorum was raised and while attempt
ing to secure 1t the death Of Repre-
sentative Shaw. of Wisconsin, vas an
nounced and the house adjourned.
TUESDAY.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-When the
senate met yesterday there were q few
senators but a large number of visit
ors in attendance. Immediately after
the readiug of the journal a message
was received from the house and q
recess taken until 12:45, when reas
sembling the death Of Representative
Shaw, Of Wisconsin, was announced
and q committee was appointed to at.
tend the funeral. The president an.
nounced that he had no further com.
munications to make, and after the
customary resolutions at 9 o'clock the
vice president declared the senate ad-
~journed.
The galleries Of the house were
packed with visitors when 1t met,
many being pythians. The resigna.
ton Of Mr.. Oates, recently elected gov
ernor of Alabama, was received. A
committee to wait OF the president was
appointed. No business was transact
ed, even the resolution to print the
tariff bill as compared with the presen,
law failed for want Of a quorum. At
O'Clock the speaker declared congress
adjourned.