Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-08-08
CONGRESSIONAL.

July 3o.-In the senate to-day Vice Presi.
dent Stevenson presided The bill appropri-
Russian thistle was sent back for second con-
ference The house joint resolution further
extending the appropriations until August "a
was passed The senate adjourned at 4:5O n m
Beyond the passage OF a few unimport ant
bills by unanimous consent nothin was done
by the house. Mr. Boutelle offered o resolu-
Hawaiian republic, but on a point of order il
was referred to the committee on foreign
affairs The house adjourne ed at 3:45
July 3l-The only feature of interest in the
Senateproceedings to-day was the discussion on
the Sit e for new government PRINTING office,
which came up during the consideration of the
sundry civil bill The general deficiency ap-
preparation bill was reported to the senate
and placed on the calendar, as was
tenn of bankruptcy. The report of the confer
ence committee on the Indian appropriation
bill was adopted Agreement was had on
some OF the senate amendments and disagree
ment on others and the bill was sent back 10
conference. At $40 the senate adjourned
The session OF the house today was brief
Much OF the time was spent in the discussion
of the senate amendment 10 the q rcultural
bill approprlating $1,000 JOJ to the extermina-
he house instructed the conferrees to fur
theI insist on its disagreement to this amend
August 1.@fffs ssenats 10 1i.ry considered the
sundry civil bill and d;ourned at 5i5
The house spent the whole day debating
the Moore Funston contt sted election case
T. Il
ston, the Republican contestee M ide a speech
In his own behalf The Republican re solution
favorable to Funston, was disagreed to-90 TO
l23 Eight DemocratS-Russell Pen1leton
Barnes, Payntor, Harter, Hall Richards and
Htche-voted with the Republicans in favor
OF the resolution. Without taking the vote on
the majority resolutions in favor of Moore
the contestant the house at D; ; O'Clock ad-
journed
Au- ust But one more appropriation bill
the deficiency -remlin( 10 lie acted on by
the senate the SUndrY civil having been pas Ell
to-day after three days discussion The
most important amendments adopted were
the increase of the quarantine fund from 1874,
UO to Sl.uO.iOl and donating 1900 OBJ acres of
desert lands to the states in which the
uesert land laws apply as we'll as to Nebrds,
Oklahoma The general deficiency bill was
then taken up but was laid aside and the sen
ate at ) o'clock went into executive session
and al $40 adjourned
The house today passed bill authorizing
lne sale OF the property and franchises of the
Choctdw coal and railway company Action
was taken on the majority resolution declar
ing Mr.. Funston. Republican. the conteSiec
not elected, and Mr. Moore Democrat. entitled
10 the seat TIE resolut on was adopted, l4i
10 a. Six Democrats. Messrs Barnes OF
Wisconsin Hall. of Minnesota Griffin of
Michi ,an Harter, of Ohio Pavntcr of Ken
tucky, and Pendleton, of Texas voted with the
Republicans against Mr. Moore Upon the
announcement of the vote Mr. Moore came
forward TO the bar OF the hou and took the
oath amid applause. At o'clo;k the house
ad OUrncd.
August 3-The last OF the appropriation
bills. the deficiency was passed by the senate
after ii had been under discussion nearly the
entire dly The house bill for the protection
OF persons furnishing material and labor for
the construction OF public works was passed
str n . discussion was brou LIT out bv an
amendment proposed by Mr. Call to pay naval
officers AMI sailors, or their heirs. the d fer
cnce between their sea pay and shore pay for
the time they served on vessels which never
went to sen fr )m 1857 to 1855 AZ 8: y the bill
WAS passed 4 short executive session wdS
held aud at 6:3J the senate adjourned
Little was omplis he'd in the hovse today
and after considerable dis cu>s on the house az
O'Clock took IL recess until O'Clock the
cVcnins session to be devoted to pension bills