The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-04-13
CONGRESSIONAL
The Proceedings OF the Week Briefly
Given


AFTER tbs disposal Of routine business in
the sena, Q on April 9. the tariff bill was taken
up and made unfinished business Mr.. Voor-
hees opened the debate in favor OF the bill and
spoke for two hours. at the conclusion OF which
the senate went into executive session and
then adjourned go The house was engaged all
day in another futile attempt to secure quo
rum on the O'Nell-Joy contest Filibus tering
was resorted to AMI Mr. O'Neilrs friends an
nounced that the case would be kept before the
house until disposed Of The house adjourned
without doing any business Ten democrats
persistently voted against O'Neil all day.
Three being from his own state.
IN the senate on the Sd Mr.. PETERS resolu-
tion directing the finance committee to prepare
a bill for the repeal of all laws which give the
secretary OF the treasury the power to issue
bonds went over. and the bill TO give effect to
the award o; the Par s tribunal on the Behring
sea question passed The tariff bill was then
taken up and Senator Allison spoke in opposi-
ton After an executive session the senate ad-
journed -. The deadlock in the house in the
O'Neill-Joy dontest was broken bv the demo
Gratis securing quorum and seating O'Neil by
a vote OF l55 to Is, the republicans refusing TO
vote and nine democrats voting against him
After Mr.. ONeill was sworn in the English
Hilmon contest was taken up but the quorum
disappeared and the house adjourned without
final action.
AFTER the presentation OF petitions and the
transaction Of minor routine business in the
senate on the 4th lively debate was precipi-
tated by the presentation OF a memorial from
the Philadelphia board of trade praying for
adequate duties on sugar. The tariff debate
was then resumed and Mr.. Allison closed his
speech in opposition to the pending bill. Mr..
Mills followed in favor OF the bill, although the
present measure was not such as he desired.
In the house the English -Hilborn contest again
came up and fiiibustering commenced. but
1u ba inn oh Ua
adopted and the contestant was sworn in, IL
democrats and 8 populists voting against the
unseating of Hilborn Tnsn the question cam
up OF passing the seigniorage bill over the
presidents veto, and while the opponents OF
the bill we're earnestly discussing the manner
Of proceeding in debate that was expected the
confusion was so great that no one addressed
the speaker and Mr. Bland announced that he
was willing to take vote The speaker or
dered the roll call and shut out all efforts TO de-
bate the question, and amid great confusion
the roll was called and the veto sustained. the
measure being "a votes short of the necessary
two thirds The house then adjourned
IN the senate on the 5th Mr.. George (Miss)
introduceda resolution which recited the de-
pressed condition Of the country. the increased
value Of money and low price of agricultural
products and directed the judiciary committee
TO introduce bill reducing all official incomes
not protected by statutes The resolution was
referred. After discussing the Russian thistle
bill for time the tariff debate was resumed.
but the senate cut of proceedings b. going into
executive session. =. The house refused to ac-.
cept the senate amendment to the bill requir
ing railroads in Oklahoma TO establish stations
at government townsites The senate bill to
give effect to the Paris awar in the Behring
sea case was passed The house .hen took up
appropriation bills in committee OF the whole.
THE usual mastery inactivity character
ized the proceedings Of the senate on the 9Th
When that bOds met a quorum was not present
-Four more senators finally made their appear.
ance bringing the quorum with them and the
Journal was read The tariff bill was taken up
at o'clock. and Senator PETER commenced his
speech After speaking two hours it was dis
covered that only a ''corporal's guard was
present whatever number that is-and Mr.
PETER suspended his speech until next meeting.
Then ii wa discovered that the tariff bill had
never beeL read in full and a motion to have it
read resulted in filibustering and as the quorum
had absented itself the senate adjourned .... A
lively tilt took place in the house between Mr..
O'Neill (Mo) )-who had been seated a day or
two before in place OF Mr.. Joy-and Mr.. Nor
gan (Mo.) Mr. O'Neill read newspaper inter
view in which Mr.. Morgan gave his reasons for
voting against the seating of O'Neill that there
had been some kind of an agreement between
the parties, which Mr.. ONeill denied Mr..
Morgan retorted sharply and said he had hoped
Mr. O'Neill would be content with devoting
himself to the duties Mr. Joy was elected to
discharge" The house then considered the
post Office bill until recess and in the evening
considered pension bills
For the first time since the meeting of con-
gress the senate held Saturday session on the
9TH, but that was of little importance, it being
mostly in executive session considering tn
Chinese treaty. The senate adjourned without
final action =. The house met with quorum
and adjourned without doing any business