The farmers' union., 1894-08-09
DOINGS OF CONGRESS,
MEASURES CONSIDERED ANo|
ACTED UPON.
At the Nations Capital - What 10 Belno
Done by the Senate and House-Old Mat
ters Disposed OF and New Once Consid.
cred.

The Senate wore AN aspect ot peace audi
serenity Monday. In striking contrast &C
the excitement OF last week. Nicc frest.
dent Stevenson had returned and occu-
introduced in the Senate Monday Was
one by MIR Allen to provide for theI
issue OF S5,.ooo.oo0 In treasury nosesI
To be distributed pro rata amonR|
the States ~for the relief Of theI
worthy poor" 1t was referred TO the|
finance comraitteeA The repor. Of the con.
ferrees on the agricultural appropriated
bill. announcing aEreemen. on all the
amendments but the one appeopriattno
sl.Ooo.0oo for the eNtermination OF the
Senate formally insisted on this amend.
nent and sent the bill back TO confer
ence. The sundry civil bill was pre-
sented and Mr. Cockrell gave notice that
the debciency bill would he reported Tho
House joint resolution further extending
the appropriations until Au:. IL Was
passed. as VAS also a bill authorizing the
life-savinS service OF the Treasury pe-
partment to employ crews aud man the
stations along the Atlantic and Gulf
coasts from Aug 1 In each year un.
til June Of the succeedin- year.
and along the lake COASTS from the open.
Ing to the close OF navigation In each year.
Reyon the passage OF few un!mportant
bills by unanimous consent nothing was
accomplished by the House. Mr. Routelle
u
recognizing the Hawaiian Republic. but on
point Of order it was referred TO Com-
n,ittee on Foreign Affairs
The only feature OF interest in the pro-
ceedings In the Senate Tuesday VAS
discussion OF the site for new Govern.
ment printing office The general de.
6ciency appropriation bill was re-
ported to the Senate and placed on
the calendar. AS WAS also the House
bill to provide uniform system OF
bankruptcy. The report of the confer~u
ence committee On the Indian appropria-
tion bill vas adopted. The session OF the
House was brief. Much OF the time was
the agricultural bill appro, Rating $1,000
900 for the destruction of the Russian
thistle in the Northwestern states. The
House instructed the conferrees To tut.
ther insist on its disagreement to this
amendment Representative Roen. OF Min
nesota. has introduced bill to abolish
nation al banks. He would make It unlAw.
full to charter bank or provide Md-
| ditional currency for those already char
tered. and directs the secretary 10 with. {.
| draw all deposits OF public money from the
banks and return them to the treasury.
The Senate Oh Thursday passed the sun
| dry civil hill The most important amend
ments adopted were the increase or the
quarantine fund from S6al.oao to $1,000. =
900. and donating 100000 acres OF
| @OeSefl" lAnuS 10 Iuc SiulC> W ~"">s
the desert land laws apply. as we'll
as to Nebraska. Kansas. Utah. Ari-
roma. New Mexico and Oklahoma.
| In the House the contested election case
OF Moore vs. Funston was decided In favor
| Of Moore The conference report on the
District OF Columbia appropriation Dill
was agreed to The House passed bill
author iztug the purchase OF the property
and the franchise OF the Choctaw Coal ana
Railway Company. A bill was passed
| to remove the charge OF dishonorA-
BILE dismissal from tho record OF Cyrus
Paine An hour was spent In tho discus.
sion OF a bill to authorize the Secretary oS
| tho Navy to establish and maintain free
public schools for children under IL years
OF age at Worthingtor. on the Pensacola
| Bay, Fla. but no action was taken.
The last of the appropriations. the de-
| fciency bill. was passed by the Senate Fri
| day evening after It had been under dis
cussion nearly tho entire day. The House
bill for the protection OF persons Furnish
ing materials aud labor for the construc.
tiou OF public works was passed.
The House spent large portlou
of the day discussing two bills
one for reclassiRcatiou of the railway n al
clerks and one for the classification o.
| clerks in the drst and second class post
| Offices but neither was acted Upon. Th<
| conference report on the river and harbOI
bill was agreed to without division. At
evening session was devoted to pension
hills