The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-03-09
CONGRESS.
Condensed Proceedings of the Senate and
House for the Past Week

Condensed Proceedings of the Senate and
House for the Past Week.
TIE senate held brief session on the 18th
A letter from the secretary Of the treasury 70
the sttorney-sererzl was read as to whether
silver certificates were lawful money" and
the reply Of the atforney-general giving
negative opinion Mr.. Morgan chairman Of
the committee on foreign relations made an
announcement OF the report Of the committee
relative to Hawaiian affairs The senate
passed the joint resolution providing for the
appointment Of a commission to the Antwerp
international exposition and then went into
executive session.. Soon after the house met
Mr. Bland seeing tlat he could not secure a
quorum and limit debate on his seigniorage
bill, concluded to allow the debate on
the bill to proceed at the same time declaring
that he would return TO the assault Two SEN
rational speeches followed, one by Mr.. Pence
(Coll who denounced the republicans for sub
hitting to the crack OF sx-Speaker Reeds
whip and warned him IL the election Of presi-
dent was thrown into the house in isee he
would rue his flibustering course, and the
other by Mr.. Fithian I'll }, who condemned in
the severest terms the action OF bis democratic
colleagues who were taking part In the tlt-
buster The debate throughout was exciting.
the house being in committee Of the whole, and
the house adjourned in anything but a good
humor.
THE senate held ouly brief session on the
ing the president to suspend action in the con-
solicitation Of land Offices provided for in the
sundry civil bill for the fiscal year ended June
81. 1894, which was agreed to A resolution by
Mr.. Hawley calling on the secretary of the in
terror for the most advanced copy Of the census
returns. was amended so as to ask the secre-
tary why there was such delay in its issue and
adopted The senate adjourned after o brief
executive session In the house Mr. Pence
apologized for supplementary words used in
his speech Of the day before and Mr.. Bland
again attempted to limit debate on his seignior-
age bill but failed and the discussion proceed
ed until adjournment
THz senate was in session two hours on the
18th the whole Of which was taken up in
speech By Senator Frye on the Hawaiian mud
die When the house met the dead lock on the
seiguiorage bill was broken bV the refusal Of
the New York delegation to longer nlibuster,
but the quorum disappeared when Ii came TO
adopting the special order BY two republicans
and one democrat who had heretofore voted
with the friends OF the bill Joining the silent"
minorit and the house adj burned
WHEN the senate met on March Mr. voor-
ices withdrew his resolution for the temporary
appointment OF Senator Mills to the finance
committee Several petitions and resolutions
were presented Senator FRYE coneluied his
speech on Hawaii and was replied TO By Sen
ator Gray, who defended the action Of Mr.
Blount The house sundry civil deficiency bill
erection Of a new government printing ONCE
was considered for time. and after an execu-
tive session the senate adjourned until Mon
day When the house met Mr. Bland sue
ceeded in securing quorum and the long dead
lock on the seigniorage bill was broken Mr..
Bland then spoke in favor of it and when the
debate closed the bill for the coinage OF the
silver seiguiorase in the treasury was passed
BIZ l67 yeas TO l3J nays The bill appropriatng
$4,000 for the reclamation Of the steamer hear-
sarge. recently wrecked, was then passed and
The house iou-ned
THE senate was not in session on the I'd o..
The house had under consideration appropria-
tioE bills The Notifications bill, carrying over
s2O00.O0l passed and pending consideration OF
the pension bill hot words passed between
Messr Meredith va and Funk (Ill) which
at one me were ugly. but finally Quieted down
Mr. Holman tIad announced that Mr.. Grow.
elected from PENNSYLVANIA was present and
escorted him to tue speaker and he was sworn
IN amid applause Many pensioa bills we're
considered the evening sessi 4
THE senate was not in session on the ID. 80.
The house resumed consideration OF the pen
sion bill and during the deoate Gen Black
Gll) spoke in defense OF the course Of Com
missioner Lochren and of his gallant services
as a soldier during the war The committee OF
TIE whole rose without completing tue bill and
the house oj5urued