Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-07
CONVERSATIONAL
The Proceedings of the Week Briefly
Given.

The Proceedings of the Week Briefly
Given.
THE senate on the 18th further considered
the tariff bill, Mr.. Hill IN. " making speech
in opposition to the lead schedule and favorine
the placing Of lead ore on the free list His
amendment was rejected. The senate after q
brief session adjourned The bill to remit
the 10 per cent tax on state banks occupied
the attention of the house in committee of the
whole Pending consideration the house adj
journed.
THE senate spent eight hours on the 18th dis
cuSS1ng the lumber schedule of the tariff bill.
Mr.. Walsh, the new senator from Georgia.
spoke at length on the tarin and at 5:45 o'clock
the senate went into executive session . The
proceedings Of the house were OF no general in
tereSt, 1t being District OF Columbia day. The
senate bill fixing the northern boundary line of
the Warm Springs Indian reservation In Ore
gon was passed and at O'Clock the house ad-
journed.
THE right Of newspaper correspondents to
refuse to give the sugar bribery investigating
committee the sources of their information
was brought before the senate on the 9th in the
shape of a report from that committee which
brought out a long debate. Two correspondents
had declined to answer questions and they
were reported to be in contempt. The Hawai-
ian resolution was then talked on for short
time and then the tarin debate was continued
until $50 o'clock when the senate adjourned
until Thursday. Wednesday being Decoration
day The house debated the bill to repeal the
state bank tax until o'clock and then ad-
1ourned until Thursday.
WHEN the senate met ON the 3fst Senator
Turpie presented a set of resolutions adopted
by the Ohio legislature protesting against the
Russian extraditon treaty, and he offered a
joint resolution giving Russia notice of the in
tent1on OF this country to abrogate the treaty.
Senator Turpie also reported from the foreign
affairs committee a resolution declaring it a
right belonging to the people of Hawaii to
establish and maintain their own form of gov
ernment it being substitute for other resolu-
tions offered. The resolution was unanimously
adopted. Senator PETER offered a resolution
instructing the judiciary committee to inquire
take possession OF the coal beds of the country,
sidered until adjournment The house passed
bill for an additional judge for the northern
district of Illinois and Gen. SickleS introduced
a resolution, which was adopted, instructing
the secretary of war to do what is necessary for
the preservation of the Gettysburg battlefield
The state bank tax bill was then discussed un-
til the house ado urned.
IN the senate on June Mr.. Hill attein pied to
bring up his resolution for open sessions or the
bribery committee, but it went over, as did
Senator Doiph'S resolution to bring the con-
tumacious witness. Edwards. before the senate
The senate then tackled the sugar schedule OF
the tarin bill and sugar talk consumed the re-
ma1nder of the session, during which Senators
PETER and Henderson strongly favored q
bounty. -. The house continued its labors on
the state bank tax bill, the whole day being
devoted to its discussion In the evening pen
sion bills were considered.