The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-04-26
WORK OF CONGRESS-.
RESUME OF PROsEEDINGss OF THU
SENATE AND HOUSE.

Condensed Record of the Important
transactions of Our National Law.
makers-The Work Done In Both
Branches.
Washington, April 2O.-The house is
making very slow progress with the dip
lomatic and consular appropriation bill.
Almost the entire time was devoted to
threshing over. the old straw in the
Hawaiian controversy. The text used as
basis for the debate-a motion to cut
off the salary of the Hawaiian minister
was defeated when the vote was taken
without division. About o'clock half |
the membership, Of the house suddenly
faded away to attend the opening ball |
game. of the season, and when this was |
observed Mr.. Cannon carried the commit
tee of the whole to a vote on an amend
ment to prevent the increase of the sal
airy of the Mexican secretary of lega-
ton. The Democrats were unable to
produce quorum and after the roll call
the house adjourned.
The day in the senate was almost en-
tirely consumed by speech against the
pending tariff bill by Senator Perkins of
California. The speech was mainly de-
directly affected California, wool, fruits,
quicksilver, beet sugar, ETC., although he
considered other features in the bill in
which his state was not interested, but
which was opposed to Republican
principles, and which he accordingly ar
raigned. .....
Washington, April 21.-When the SEN
| ate was called to order Senator Sherman,
| from the committee en- foreign relations,
| reported bill for the correction of an
error in the Boring sea bill recently
pa, sed. BY the sui stitution of the word
"exclusive'' for 'inclrsive," the intention
| Of the act. he said, had been entirely
changed. The bill was passed. The res
olution introduced recently by Senator
| Allen calling on the secretary of the
treasury, for the amount of Apr opriations
made and expended for the improve nents
of rivers and harbors from March ),
1887 to date was passed. The Pefitr
resolution for the appoil tment of a re-
ception committee for Coxey's army of
the commonweal to be known in senate
parlance as ''the committee on cnmmuni-
cations,' came up and received some
very rough handling. 1t went over with
out action. The rest of the day was de-
voted to the tariff.
| Plc ctically~ no business was transacted
in the house. Three small unimportant
ills we're passed and the rest of the day
was spent in fruitless discussion of a bill
to settle some Tennessee war claims
against the government amounting &c
$4,000. It was finally ended when MIR.
Enloe made the point of no quorum on
| a motion to recommit the bill.
Washington, April 23.-The tariff de-
bate was resumed in the senate to-day.
The Republicans intimate that they will
continue to talk indefinitely. Senator
Harris, upon being asked, said that no
agreement had been reached for the con-
tinuance of the present agreement as to
hours for uebatr', and Re was not pre-
pared to say what would be done in that
respect when that stage of :he consider
alton of the bill should be reached. 1T
will depend upon circumstances, ne said
whether we shall so OF, us at present
; We possibly may during this week, but
should say not longer. We have already
, had the hill under consideration for three
, weeks, and its opponents have consumed
the greater part of the time. They Ger.
tainly should have had an opportunity tc
exhaust their long speeches, and if a dis
| position should be shown to continue tt
, | make them, shall ask for an extension
/ w
have to come to that soon if it becomes
apparent that those who arc unfricndly
to the bill mean tc adopt diliatcry tao
tics / think we shall begin by meeting
earlier, and il that change does moi
suffice to exact sufficient progress we
shall gradually extend the hours into the
l. night, ard then will begin a contest which
must exhaust the senator's and result il
final action upon the bill"
The house resumed consideration of ap
preparation bills.
Washington, April "a. = During thu
4 Ching ion of the senate bill wa:
introduced by request of Senator Peffel
ITO dispose of the idle labor and dis Sour
5 age idle wealth in the District Of Co
q lumbia," which was referred to the coin
: mittee on the District of Columbia H.
o also sought to take up flo,n the cal
+ endar his resolution for the appointment
; of committee on commCnications-hi
J. "Cc1ey ccmmittee"-but the motion wa
Il lcst-26 to II. The house bill for tn
o protection of the birds and animals il
+ the Yellowstone National Park which wa
o under consideration in the morning hou
on last Saturday was again called up b,
J. ! Senator Carey, and after some amend
q | ments had been made. the bill wa
IS passed. The E.or l:ng hour having eS
PRED the tariff bill was laid before tn
senate and Senator Washburn Of Mime
l. sofa addressed the senate in opposition
e to the bill. Senator Washburn spok
e three and half hours, and at the cor
/ clusion of his speech Senator Dolph Dc
il liyered another installment of his speech
70 The house devoted the entire day t
ID business from the committee on the Dis
le trict of Columbia.
o. Washington, April 25.-There were
[y small number of visitors in the gallery {
t. the senate when the vice president too
re bis seat on this, tie last day when debat
c. on the tariff bill proceeds before it
a taken up and read by paragraphs. @
ct motion of Senator Pettigrew the senat
e. passed a bill to extend the time for buile
a ing bridge across the Missouri river
to Yankton, S. D. After the morning no,
to the tariff bill was laid before the sena1
10 and Senator Mills Of Texas vas loco
as | niyed There was = good attendance