The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-04-05
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS-.
second Session.

the colleague of the dead statesman. In q few |
touching words he briefly recounted the serv-
ices of the dead senator in the field of politics
and in his domestic life. The customary reso.
luton of regret was adopted and committee
Of ten senator's appointed to accompany the re-
mains TO Macon, Ga. The following committee
was appointed by the vice president Senators
Gordon, Morgan. Butler, Ransom, Gray, Hoar,
Proctor, Carey, Perkins and Allen PRAYER was
offered at the convening of the senate by Mr..
Colquitts pastor, Rev. Isaac w. Canter, Of the
Mt Vernon Place NJ. E. church, and at 1918
o'clock the senate adjourned.
HoUsE-Secretary Herbert Monday sent to
the house an answer to the Cummings resou-
tion calling for a statement OF the details of the
recent alleged violation by Carnegie, Phipps &
Co. of the contract with the United States for
the manufacture OF armor plate for the navy
The secretary's answer gives in detail the his
tory of the progress and discovery of one of
the most gigantic frauds known in our naval
admins tration. In brief it states that several
employees Of the Carnegie Co brought to the
notice of the navy department the frauds in the
manufacture of armor plate, and offered to fur
nsh valuable information II SUFFICIENT remuner-
alton were forthcoming. Their claims were
substantiated by an official investigation, and.
after consultation with the president and all
parties concerned, an assessment of il40 4S9
was made on the Carnegie Co., the informants
receiving onefourth of this sum, or $35, ,l22.
WASHINGTON, March .8 8-SENATB-The fun
eral ceremonies over the late Senator ColQuitt,
Of Georgia, took place in the senate chamber at
o'clock Tuesday morning occupying only
three-Quarters Of an hour, after which the SEN
ate adjourned until Wednesday. They we're Of
the simplest and most impressive character,
consisting ONLY Of prayer by the chaplain Of
the house, a short address by the chaplain Of
the senate and the benediction.
HoUsE-Somewhat TO the surprise Of repub-
licans themselves, the question Of considering
l. Nosli To-,
election case was antagonized by the minority
Of the house Tuesday when they were called up
by Mr.. Patterson (dern, TENN, in charge OF
the case for the majority Of the committee. So
the entire day was spent In futile efforts to
stir up O quorum the fonrth day that has been
spent in that way. At4i0 Mr.. Patterson, sat
isfied that no quorum could be obtained,
moved an adjournment, which was agreed to,
he stating that Wednesday the case would be
called up and pressed, to the exclusion Of other
business, unit i disposed Of
WASHINGTON, March 29-SENATE-A free
silver coinage bill was introduced by Mr.. Stew
art tRep, New; q joint resolution declaring
the Clayton-Bulwer treaty to be no longer in
force introduced by Mr. Dolph (Rep, Ore.)
and q senate resolution, offered by Mr. PETER,
instructing the finance committee to report q
bill repeating all laws that authorize the issue
Of bonds or other iterest- bearing obligations Of
the government The house bill as to the &c.
10000 Of the proceeds Of the sale OF the Chero.
kee outlet was passed
HousE-The house, Wednesday, expressed,
by vote Of l4e TO 10l (Mr Burrows changing
his vote to move reconsideration, its opinion
that Charles F. Joy was not elected to the seat
he holds as representative from the Eleven tn
district of Missouri But on the motion of Mr..
Springer to lay on the table Mr.. Burrows mo-
tion to reconsider the quorum disappeared, and
the house adjourned without seating O'Neill,
the contestant for joys seat
WASHINGTON, March 3Q-SENATE-The so SEN
ate bill, referring the famous McGarrahan
claim to the Panoche Grande tract Of land in
California to the court Of private land claims,
occupied the attention Of the senate Thurs.
day for over three hours, and was then passed
without division. The presidents message
vetoing the seigniorage bill was read. The
house Joint resolution appropriating 900 to
carry out the Chinese exclusion act was passed,
and at $3.50 the senate adtour ned till Monday.
Representative Henderson dem,
N. c. followed the presentation of the presi
dents veto measure by submitting bill for the
coinage Of the silver seigniorage. The text is
the same as the Bland bill, omitting the second
section and some Of the explanatory language
of the first section II briefly directs the secre.
tary Of the treasury to coin as fast as possible
the silver seigniorage into legal tender stand
ard silver dollars. The bill was referred to the
coinage committee. A scene of turbulence and
the fifty-first congress marked the close Of ar
exciting session of the house Thursday. The
O'Neill-Joy contested election case was the un
finished business, and failing to get 6
quorum to support the majority of the elections
| committee, Mr.. Patterson introduced q resolu
tion directing the arrest Of the members absen
| without leave and revoking all leaves of alb
| sence. On this resolution Messrs Crisp ant
Reed were pitted against each other in speeche!
that manifested some degree of bitterness
Later in the day the speaker reversed ruling
he had made on motion by Mr.. Lacy, Of Iowa
| from which ensued an exciting and sensationa
scene The members swarmed to the center o
| the hall, many of them shouting for recogni
| ton Finally the sergeant-atarms was direct
co to request the member from Maine to TAX
his seat Mr.. Reed acknowledged the force o
this suggestion and sank into the nearest va
cant chair, which happened to be on the demo
| cratic side.
session.
HoUsE-A large part Of the day was spent i
vain effort by Mr. Reed tR-, Me.) to secur
an amendment to the journal OF Thursday
proceedings SO that 1t would state that tn
speaker had declined 'for no reasons given,
to entertain an appeal from Mr.. Paine IN Y
In the course OF the day the speaker decline
again to entertain an appeal from the sam
gentleman, and stated that no member had III
right to ask the chair for his reasons for maxim
his decision. The journal was finally approve,
and the presidents message vetoing the Blan
seigniorage bill was read, NOTWITHSTANDING
point of order made by Mr.. Boutelle again'
the intervention of any business while II
house was executing the terms of the speci
order adopted Thursday. A quorum failed
vote on Mr.. Springer's motion to lay on Il
table the motion made by Mr.. Burrows to r
consider the vote by which the house decide
that Charles F. Joy was not entitled to Sc;
as representative from the Eleventh district
Missouri, and at 5: 30, under the rules, a rece
was taken until O'Clock, the evening sessit
being for the consideration of private pensit
bills and relief bills.
WASHINGTON, April 2-SENATE-Not in Sc
sion.
HoUsE-In recognition Of the personal sac
fee Speaker Crisp made Saturday in declinil
the senatorship, there was burst of applau
Saturday morning when he assembled the re
trum to call the house TO order. The strugg
over the O'Neill-Joy contested electi
case was not resumed. as the day. aft
one o'clock, by a special order adopt
some time ago, was devoted to eulogies up
the iate Representative O'Neil, of Pennsyly
, mia. Before that hour arrived, however, sor
routine business was done by unanimous &C
? sent. Those who paid tribute to the memo
: OF their late colleague were Messrs, Wise IVA