Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-02-01
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.

IN the senate. on the 22d. nearly three hours
were occupied In the conSi jeratlon OF the reso-
luton. previously offered Dy Mr.. PETER (pop.,
kas.), declaring that the secretary of the treas
ury mas no authority in law 10 issue and sell s.
percent. bonds as proposed in his published
notice. Mr.. PETER had the floor most of the
time; yielding, however. to other senators to
1nterpose remarks. A resolution on the sub
ject OF cfvil-service reform was considered in
the morning hour and was. after some debate.
agreed to. In the house the entire day was
given up to the consideration of the sugar
schedule. Amendments striking out the
bounty feature of the Wilson bill and putting
refined sugar on the free list were agreed to.
A message from the president on Hawaiian
affairs was received.
In the senate, on the 23d. the Hawaiian Ques-
ton was further considered by resolution from
the committee on foreign affairs and by q
speech by Senator Cullom severely crfticising
the administration. The PETER resolution
against the legality of the proposed issue of
bonds was referred to the committee on finance,
and the house bill for the repeal of the federal
elections law was further considered. In
the house, after routine business, the Wilson
tariff bill was taken up in committee OF the
whole. and an attempt to take coal from the
upon it and twenty cents per ton on slack was
defeated.
In the senate. on the 9th, after more than
usually interesting preliminary business, the
went over without action, and the unfinished
misunderstanding the house bill to repeal the
federal elections law-was considered at
length. after which a number of minor bills
were taken from the calendar and passed.
In the house the Wilson tariff bill was early
taken up and the attempt to remove iron ore
from the free list was defeated.
In the senate, on the 25th, the Hawaiian res
olutions were presented but were laid aside to
give Mr. Allen the Nebraska populist, an OPP
portunity to deliver a legal argument against
the authority of the secretary of the treasury
to issue 5-per-cent bonds. An hour was spent
in uninteresting discussion of the house
bill for the repeal of the federal elections law,
after which the time was taken up in eulogieS
of the late Mr.. Chapman. 800. In the house the
day was marked by the filibustering Of the
New York members against the income tax
bill. Mr.. Morse introduced a joint resolution
acknowledging God in the constitution
IN the senate on the Goth. the morning hour
was occupied by Mr.. Call in q speech condemn
ing the action of the interior department in
giving land in Florida to railroad in viola
ton. as he claimed, of law. The Hawaiian res
olution went over until Monday. The bill to
repeal the federal elections law was then taken
up. and Mr. Chambers motion to postpone it
until next December was voted down. In
the house, after an unsuccessful attempt of the
New York members to filibuster against the
introduction OF the income-tax bill and the
transaction of routine business the tariff bill
was taken up in committee of the whole