The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-03-22
Do.ngs Of Congress.

Do.ngs Of Congress.
The House com plcted the consideration OF
the District OF Columbia approximation Dill
saturday. and passed 1t after defeating the
final effort OF Mr. de Almond to re-
District TO be borne by the gene
eral government The debate was
devoid OF all general interest After an
unsuccessful effort on tn, par: OF Mr.
savers. chairman OF the appropriation
committee. to reach an agreement: as to
the limit OF the general debate on the sum
drv civil appropr' alton bill. the House
adjourned.
Tuesday in the House was devoted en-
tireiy to the consideration OF BIN reIat-
ing TO tn. extension o: the time for allow
Ing a street railroad company in Washing
ton to change Its system OF motive power.
The debate rapidly dr!ttcd int" IL discus
sion OF the merits OF the cable ana
the underground electric system. ana IL
was boldly CHARGED that the General rec
trio and Westinghouse Companies. "hlch
held stock In almost all the overhead
trolley lines. mad retained ali the prom
inent electric engineers in the country ana
would not spare money to prevent a pr"c-
teal demonstration OF the feasibility OF the
underground electric road now II: operation
at Buda Pc tn and for short distance on
the outskirts OF Washington. To prevent
thi. Mr. Wal proposed to restrict the
motive system to be used by the Netr,-
politan Road to UNDERGROUND electric No
conclusion vas reached In the Senate
Senator Galln:er presented an amend
ment intended to be proposed by
him TO- the 'a tart, si n,ii h hrco,oc
operative. far rs importation- from
Canada are concerned. only by prociarna-
ton Of the President. The proclamation is
to lie issued upon conditions specified.
Senator PETER introduced AN indepandent
tariff bill in the Senate amending the Nc
kinney law In various particulars. His
resolution for an investigation as to
whethc Senators had teen spernlating in
Wall street was defeated in the Senate.
The proceedings in the Senate Tuesday
were Ct an extremely embarrassing char
ac,er. Without the Intervention OF any
morning business except the present ttion
of IL few petitions and the Introduction OF
| some unimr ortant bills the Senate took
up the discussion Of the setsn:ora:c bill.
Senators stewart and Lindsay spoke
! In favor and Mr. Dolph spoke in OPP
! position to 1t. holding that its passace
! would destroy the existing equality be-
| tween gold md silver. Mr. Stewart was
unwilling to have the bill amended. tnr he
| be lie we'd that to return it to the House
! would be fatal to it, Mr. Stewart delivered
| n silver speech along the line OF his WELL
| known theories. No definite action was
| taken. The House began the rons!dera-
J ton OF the bill making appropriations for
| the sundrv civil expenses OF the GOv"rn-
! ment. and fair progress was made. Only
three amendments Of any importance"
were adopted. one appropratins si". SEQ
/ for lighting Hay Lake Channel.
other Of $4,000 for the public
$4,000 for repairing the postof1ice at New
York. The latter was fought nv The APP
preparation COMMITTEES. TIE only other
amendment OF Importance was one made
i by Morse tEen. Mass to cut oil the ar
preparation for the Interstate Commerce
! Commission. This amendment was over
! wlclminry defeated
The senate spent considerable tim" on
the sei-niorage bin Wednesday, and in
executive session confirmed the non'na "a
ton OF J. Marsh,ll Wight as naval officer
Mt Philadelphia. but reserve the right to
reconsider II found desirable. In the
House fort pages OF the sunurv civil bill
! were disrnscd OF. making in all eighty
three in two days. AMI leaving only sixteen
PAGES more. exclusive OF two paragraphs.
those relating to the coast and geCdetic
! surveys and the Missouri River Commits
! sion. which were passed over tc mDOrarily.
No amendments OF Importance were adopt
! ed, although the Northwestern mem bcrS
/ made Il vigorous effort to increase the
amount for the survey OF public lardS
The appropriation for the geological
I vev. which usually encounters bitter orpo-
| sitiOn. passed unChallen-cd. tho amount
appropriated being S4l40Ol
+ The sei.norage bill passed the Senate
Thursday by II vote OF IS to 81. after an
Interesting debate. The Senate then took
UP and passed the bill to amend an act au-
thorizng the construction OF high wagon
bridge over the Missouri River at Sioux City.
A charter was also franted the Iowa and
Nebraska Ponto Bridge Company
thoriztnc 1t TO build bridge across the
Missouri River near Sioux CITY. After an
executive session OF thirty-five minutes
/ the Senate passed bill granting to the
: Duluth and Winnipeg Railroad Company
a right Of way through the Chip
prwa and White Earth Indian
! ervations in Minnesota. Bills to e>-
tend the time for completing Is bridge
across the Missouri River between Kansas
City and the town Of Sibley. Mo. and
grantin: right OF way TO the Duluth and
Manitoba Railway Company across the
Fort Pembina reservation in North Dakota.
, wcre passed. In the House the bill to
ratifv the reservation OF certain lands In
Oklahoma for the Agricultural College
passed. Consideration OF the sundry civil
bill was resumed.
In the House Friday mornin. after the
passage OF resolution calling on tho
! secretary OF the treasury Tor information
a> to measures taken by him for ioca.
supervision and inspection OF pub
! Tic buildings the House went into
! committee OF the whole and re-
/, sum. q consideration OF the Sundry civil
! bill. An amendment offered By Mr. Loud.
directing the Superintendent OF tn" Coast
| ana Geodettc Survey to survey san Fran
cisco harbor and approaches thereto was
adopted. To the paragraph appropriating
; s.5o.ooo for expenditure by the Missouri
| River Commission Mr. Frederick offered
| an amendmen setting aside $4,000 OF the
! appru priation to strengthen and improve
, the river banks at Atchson and Leaven-
| worth Mr.. Mercer offered II substitute for
| the amendment. being 10 set aside $50. 900
of the appropriation for the Missouri
River providn: that it should he used for
| the construction. repair and Hain-
, tenance OF revetments between the mouth
| OF the Platte Rive: and Sioux City. He
! insisted that the commission should be
| made to understand that there was some
| thtn- Decides the sixteen- e reach at
jefferson City which needed attention
| The river between Omaha and Council
| Bluffs should be looked after