Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-05
AT THE CAPITOL.
4 Synopsis Of What Is Being Said and
Done at Washington from Day - Day.


$780, 900. Agreed to.--A number of
executive communications and COM
mittee reports were presented. appro.
priately referred and placed on the
calendar Mr.. Patterson of Tonnes
see called up the contested election
case of O'Neil versus Joy, from the
eleventh district of Missouri. On the
question of consideration number of
votes and calls of the house failed to
develop quorum, and, at 4:0S, tho
house adjourned.
Eiahty-Eighth Day.
SENATE. After the presentation Of
executive communications, Mr.. Stew.
| art of Nevada introduced bill TIC
| provide for the free and unlimited
coinage of silver. which was laid on
the table for the present.-A joint
resolution declaring the Clayton Bull.
wer treaty no longer of force, was
introduced by Mr.. Dolph of Oregon
and referred to the committee on
| foreign relations.-A resolution. of.
fered by Mr.. PETER, instructing the
| finance committee to report bill ia
| repeal ali laws authorizing the
| issue of bonds or othe. III
terest bearing securities was
| laid on the table for the present. - The
resolution relating to legal penalties
! for the stimulation of coins of the
United States by coins of equal weight
| and tineness of metal, was agreed to.
| An executive session was held, af
ter which the fertilization appropria-
ton bill was reported from the appro-
priaton committee, and laid over till
next week for amendments to be Of
fered.--The McGarahan claim was
taken in the form a bill to refer it to
the committee on private land claims.
Its discussion was interrupted by mo.
ton to 60 into executive session,
which prevailed, and, at 4:05, the
senate adjourned.
! HousE.-By unanimous consent the
House took up and passed several pr-
vatc pension bills; also the bill au-
thorizing the acceptance, by United
States authorities, approved security
and guaranty companies, as surety on
official bonds. -Mr. Cultivate re-
| POheSo llOII tHO COlIllllLIcC vi IultS
and order for immediate consideration
of the O'Neill-Joy contested election
and of the English Helborn case, linn
lting debate to two hours-onc hour
to each party. Adopted. A vote was
taken on the resolution of the minor
ity of the committee, declaring
Charles +. Joy elected; yeas 102, nays
| lag Mr. Rnrrnyyc re
Michigan, moved to reconsider. Mr..
Springer moved to lay the motion on
the table. On this motion no quorum
voted, and at 5:35 the house adj
| iourned.
Eighty-Ninth Day.
SENATE. In the senate bill to re-
fund the cotton tax collected from
producers was introduced by Mr..
George, of Mississippi, and referred
to the Judiciary committee. The PEN
sion appropriation bill was reported
and calendared.- The McGarahan bill
came up. An amendment by Mr..
George. declaring that nothing in the
bill shall be construed as admitting
any liability on the part of the United
States to pay for the land substances
and material taken, was adopted.
Other amendments were voted down
and the bill passed. 1t refers the
matter to the court of private claims.
The bill for the determination Of
the Russian thistle or cactus was made
the unfinished business, but MIR. Har-
ris gave notice that on Monday it
would have to give way to the tariff
bill. and after all executive session the
senate, at $3.50, adjourned.
HoUsE.-A number of executive
communications were presented. Mr..
Dockery of Miss ouri introduced a bill
from the committee appointed to in.
vestiga'e the status of law organizing
the executive departments, to improve
the methods of accounting in the
| treasury department. MIR. Patterson
demanded the regular order-the
vote on Mr.. Springer's motion to Law
on the table the motion of Mr.. Bur-
rows to reconsider tho vote by which
the house disagreed to the resolution
declaring Charles f. Joy entitled to a
seat as representative from the eleventh
Missouri district a call of the roll
was interrupted by the receipt of the
presidents message vetoing the seig-
niorage bill, which was laid on the
speakers table, and the call proceeded,
resulting yeas Isl, nays IL. Nc
quorum. On another motion
for call of the house
fllibusering was kept up for some
time when Mr. Patterson offered a res
olution directing the sergeant at ARMS
to arrest aud bring TO the bar of the
house all members absent without
leave, and authorizing him to employ
sufficient number of deputies to exc
cute the order which continues in
force after adjournment. Mr.. Patter-
son demanded the previous question
and the demand was sustained, and
the resolution was agreed t 0 by vote
of 164 to 10. A motion to reconsider
was made and, after an hours filibus-
tering, Withdrawn, and the house adj
jOurned at 6 :05 until tomorrow.