Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-08-22
NUMBER Ia.
CONGRESSIONAL.

uent over again without action. on q motion
The motion carried by tie vote which was
broken by the vice president voting in its
,Ssof iS a. Inc senate pr1cesalnss, aside from
very little interest The executive session
Mr. Cockrell said was OF great Importance"
journed at .: 10
Two disputed senate amendments 10 the
sundry civil bill were settled by the house
after discussion of animated debate. One
was the proposition 10 give each of the arid
land states l0n.00l acres OF surveyed arii
public llnds TO be reclaimed by irrigation,
after the IRRIGATION question had been dis
cussed by many western members The other
amendment was the appropriation OF s251O0O
Malone for a site for the government
printing office and was defeated. the house
adopting plan proposed by Chairman Bank
head. of the committee on public buildings. to
buy additional ground adjoining the building
now in use This action leaves still unsettled
between the house and senate a question
which has caused m1ny disagrcemenls Al
4 40 the house adjourned and the call for q
Democratic caucus on Monday morning at 10
o clock was announced 1t was received with
great enthusiasm
August 10 The house receded from its dis
agreement TO the senate tariff bill aud passed
il by vote of lS5 % ln6 Separate bills plac
ing sugar, coal a'd iron ore on the free list
were also paSSeo
The senate agreed TO the report OF the con.
ference committee on the suudry civil bill
with some mo1ificatIonS and the bill was sent
hIck to conference rain Afurther disa.ree-
ment orovidin; for the eXten sion of tho gov
ernment printin yofftce
Aug. ii-There was but a scattering of sen
ators present when the wee president called
the senate to order At l.: II oclock the read
ins of tho journal concluded when "A
mcsscn er from the hous was announced
house had pa >scd bills placn. coal iron ore,
barbed wire AMI Su the free list, In
which il asked tho concurrence of the senate
Mr. Henderson obje ted TO the second read
in: Mr. Hill gave notice of amendments re-
pealing all income taxes Mr. Hale intro
duced a resolution for the printin: OF 5000
'su tariff hill - Mr.. Vest protested
against the title, bat Mr. Hale replied
that he simply refei red TO il by the name by
which it would lc known hereafter but
would not insist upon that title being printed
on the bill Mr.. Vest questioned Mr. Hale,s
ri hit to saw wnat would be the popular desiy-
nation of the bill and declared il an outrage
upon the senate The resolution went over
Aug. - For five hours the enite debated
the question OF proceeding Immediately TO the
consideration OF the house bill PLACING sugar.
raw and refined. on the free list Secretary
Carlisles letter. stating the free entry OF
sugar would deprive the treasury during the
cause deficit OF snOJ1OO. which was read
was made the ju 'titicat OF Mr. Harris mo-
But Mr. Ferry, Democratic senator from
Arkan as. wanted The bill considered at once
On the ground tho question was thoroughly
understood and that its reference to the
committee would mean IL, death The debate
was marked by one of the most sensational
speeches of the session. Senator Vest turned
on the calcium light in speech of two and a
half hours. Always eloquent. the Missouri
senator to day, smartn under what he be-
heaped upon himself. railel with
Lne frenzy against the president and
an an those who had assailed
MN fNeSt,l his associates on the finance COM
mittee, OF their motives He gave a complete
HISTORY of the struggles in conference and
Justified the action of the senate conferrees
h,z Ion ,f
the sugar bill, Mr. Vest unequivocally main
tanned it, reference TO the finance committee
considerint il Immediately ard either
placing sugar the free list or at
least striking out the differentill in favor OF
the trust. Mr.. Villas defended the adm infstra-
tion against the aspersions put upon IL by the
senator. and also favored immediate action
rs did Mr. Mills. of Texas who challenged
Mr. Carlisle's statement that the tariff bin
would not yield sufficient revenue IL su Gar
went on the free list Mr Jones. OF the
finance committee offered amendment TO
place duty of thirty per CEN fiat on raw
and refined su-ar, with no differentiaI The
resolution was still pending when the senate
adjourned
Hardly a ripple of interest was excited in
the hou-c when Chairman Parson of the com
in bill had been duly enrolled a brief formal
note from Mr. Breckinridgc OF Arkansas, re.
Gently appointed minister TO Russia. annouuc-
representative, was read. Considerable inter.
est was excited by the rea1ing OF
"A resolution by Mr. Black of Illinois.
recitinS the depletion OF gold in the
treasury and instructfng the COMA &c commit
tee TO report a bill privile ed for tho proper
use and avail of silver in the treasury and
ihSlructlng the rules committee 10 report
rule Tor its prompt consideration II went to
the box IN the re :ular order and was followcd
by a c'olution from Mr.. Talbert, Democrat
&. FOR the free coinage of silver which was
referred To the same committee
Aug I6 Tho contest over tho sugar bSi
was resumed III the senate to-day At the
Gf,.p kfr
consent FOR the consideration of his bill to
provide for the exclusion and deportation OF
alien anarchists, u was passed without diYis
ion Mr. Dolph tRep. Ore gave notice OF an
amendment he should offer to the free sugar
bill TO restore the Mckinley duties on wool.
At 2.l0 the vice president Iai Fefore tho
senate the unfi he'd business The house h H.
TO place su ar. and refined on the free
list The pending motion WIS that of Mr..
Mr. Aldrich gave notice of an amendment no
would offer to the bill to repeal the tariff bill
now in the hands OF the president Mr. Man
derson gave notice of amendment
to continue in force until 1905 thu
bounty provision OF the Mckinley law.
,S,I without a word OF debate the vote: was
taken on the motion TO refer the bill to the
commit tee on finance The motion was car.
ried-ss to Is In quick succession the other
on finance On the motion TO refer the FREQ
coal bill the vote waS .5 10 II: on the free iron
ore bill, 81 to Il The free barbed wire bill
was referred without division At $50 the
senate adjourned
There was a mere handful of members pres
ent when the speaker called the house 10 or
der The deficiency appropriation bill was
taken up for further consideration and passed.
AT the opening of the senate a breeze oc-
CURED over the attempt of the Democratic
majority 10 TO NIL the vacancy the finance
committee necessary 10 act on the free coal
iron ore, barbed wire and sugar bills. As soon
as the reading OF the journal was com
pleted, Mr. Harris Democrat, Tcnnes-
see. on behalf OF the Democratic
steering committee moved that the senator
from California Mr. White. be appointed TO
NIL the vacancy caused by the death OF Sen.
ator Vance of North Carolina. Mr. Chandler
OF New Hampshire, objected After q hot
wrangle between Chandler and Harris
Hill got the floor and plunged into a
criticism OF t1e tarih legislation Mr. Harris
resolution finally went over under the ules
Mr. Murphy Democrat. New York. presented
resolution, which. tcing objected to- went
over. declaring that in view OF Secretary
Carlisle's letter IL is the sense of the senate
that no further tariff legislation should be
attcmped at this session The resolution OF
Mr.. Gray. Democrat. OF Della ware, directing
the finance committee to report without delay
house bill No IL 97l so amended as to provide
for revenue duty on all sugar without any
dinerental duty on refined sugar. was laid on
the table, and the senate adjourned