Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-26
CONGRESSIONAL
The Proceedings of the Week Briefly

Given.
THE senate held very short session on the
i4th- Mr.. Walsh, the new senator from
Georgia. offered bill for the reform of the
judiciary. ME- Quay's resolution to hear .
delegation of workingmen was tabled Mr.
Quay spoke in opposition to the tariff bill
After an executive session the senate adj
journed. - AS soon as the house met Mr.. Reed
(Me) resumed his hlibus tering tactics upon
the approval of the journal and the house ad-
journed. democratic caucus being in session
TO consider new rule by which quorum may
be counted.
No business was transacted In the senate on
the 10Th the body adjourning on account of the
death of Senator Vance. -. The same action
was taken by the house The latter body also
adopted resolutions on the death of Gen
Slocum- Each house appointed committees tc
attend the funeral of the late Senator Vance
WHEN the senate met on the 18th by con-
sent after much talk, it was decided that gen
eral debate on the tariff bill should continue
until Tuesday. Debate on the tarfn bill was
then continued with but little interest in the
subject The house had under considera ton
the new rule to provide for the counting of a
quorum, and at one time lively debate was
promised but it subsidized and the rule was
finally adopted, all the republicans voting for
It and A democrats against The rule pro-
vides that on each roll call tellers shall be ap-
pointed to note members present and refusing
TO answer 10 their names, who shall be re-
ported as present but not voting and shall be
counted The house soon after adjourned
THE tariff debate was resumed in the senate
ON the 18th After the morning hour expired
Senator Morrill, (VL), who has just passed his
s4th year. spoke for over hour and lis
tened to with marked attention Senator Tur-
pie supported the tariff bill and Senator
Cafery La) said he would support the bill
Senators Cameron and Quay pa spoke in op-
position The senate then went into executive
session -. The house devoted the entire day to
debate on the consular and diplomatic bill
THE day in the senate on the 18th occu-
pied by Mr. Perkins (Cal) in a speech agains t
the tariff bill The conference report the
PETERS resolution for the appointment OF q
committee for the purpose of hearing the
grievances of Coxey's army was debated by
Senators PETER and Allen, both of whom IA
vored it The resolution went At 5
o'clock eulogies were pronounced upon the late
Representative Enochs. of Ohio, and the SEN
ate adjourned. -. When the house met a resolu-
ton offered by the chairman of the Pacific
railroads committee adopted calling on the
secretary of the inter or for information to
what provision roads aided by the government
had made for the payment of maturing bonds.
The house then went into committee of the
whole to consider the diplomatic bill, but a
game of baseball in the afternoon dissolved the
quorum and the house adjourned
IN the senate on the 10th Mr.. Sherman re-
ported bill for the correction of error in
the Behring sea bill recently passed which was
passed without opposition Mr.. PETERS reso-
luton for the appointment of reception com
mittee for Coxey's army came up and although
briefly considered severely handled by
aenator Hawley, in which he referred to the
speech of Senator Allen (Neb), the day before
in terms of regret Senator Allen took the
10 to reply, but the tariff bill came up and
displaced the resolution. Debate on the latter
bill continued until adjournment. e. The bust
ness in the house of general interest
Friday being a day devoted to private bills,
and the evening session to pension claims.