The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1894-03-02
CONGRESS.
Condensed Proceedings of the Senate and
House for the Past Week.

Condensed Proceedings of the Senate and
House for the Past Week.
THE session Of the senate on the 3Oth was OF
little interest Senator Daniel concluded his
speech on the Hawaiian matter. sQuabbe
.nsued on the question as to who should read
Washingtons address on the anniversary OF
the birth Of Washington and the selection was
left 10 the president OF the senate Pending
consideration Of the bill 10 provide more &C.
commodation for the government printing Of
dee the senate adjourned. =. Toe deadlock in
the house on the Bland seigniorage bill was
continued all dav and an adjournment finally
took place without breaking it
For two hours on the 2Ist the senate was en-
gagged in an acrimonious discussion, brought on
Incidentally by the tariff question Senator
Voorhees,, on a question Of privilege, denied
certain newspaper reports and Senator Chand-
er made an inquiry which proved to be the
spark in key OF powder. For the time being
senatorial courtesy was ignor d and Messrs.
Vest voorhees, and Chandler fired hot shot just
IS ordinary mortals would do or have done.
The fuss was over q newspaper report that the
committee having the tariff bill in charge was
under the influence Of the president Senator
White (Cal then addressed the senate on the
Hawaiian matter, in which he severely criti-
cised the conduct Of Minister Stevens Sena-
tor Teller replied and the senate adjourned. 80.
The time Of the house was occupied in futile
attempts to consider the Bland seigniorage
BILL but the ilibusterers defeated all the ef-
forts to do SO A motion that the house ad.
iourn until Friday Thursday being Washing
toms birthday brought out the remark by Mr..
Bland that If the democratic party cannot
do business it had better not fritter away its
time on holidays" Adjourned until morning.
THERE was slim attendance when the SEN
ate met on the I'D Senator Martin (kan Of.
Tered a resolution instructing the finance COM
mittee to prepare bill for free coinage of silver
at Is to l. He also offered q resolution for the
election OF United States senators by the peo-
pie. Washingtons farewell address was then
read by Senator Martin adjourned until
Monday -. The deadlock on the Bland bill in
the house and the arrest Of several members
notably Messrs. Cummings and Sickles, Of
New York. precipitated rumpus that lasted
until adjournment and the anniversary OF
Washington's birthday was passed in q bitter
quarrel and amid disorder the house adjourned
THE senate was not in session on the 23d. -.
The house met with the tangle of the past few
days as bad as ever A number Of members
were still under arrest and the fight over the
regularity of the warrants for arrest was re-
sumed and the speeches were very bitter, es-
pecially that Of Mr. Bland who declared the o ,.
structionists to be no better than anarchists
and revolutionistS. FINALLY Mr.. Bland offered
q resolution Tin order to straighten the tangle)
that all members under arrest be released
The resolution carried and the doors Of the has.
tile were thrown open Pending the effort to
secure q quorum on the seigniOrage bill the
house took a recess An evening session was
held but no business transacted
THE senate was not in session on the cath.
The house continued in the deadlock on the
seigniorage bill ana after a brief session and a
failure to secure quorum adjourned until
Monday, having sQuandered the whole week in
efforts to secure the requisite quorum to trans
act business
THE senate held brief session on the Goth.
A letter from the secretary of the treasury 10
the Encouragement was read as TO whether
silver certificates were lawful money" and
the reply of the attorney-general giving a
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 tTat 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
sational speeches followed, one by Mr.. Pence
Coli, who denounced the republicans for sub
hitting to the crack Of ex-Speaker Reeds
whip and warned him if the election Of presi-
dent was thrown into the house in 1870 he
would rue his filibusiering course, aud the
other by Mr. Fithian QlL), who condemned in
the severest terms the action Of his democratic
colleagues who were taking part in the fli
buster. The debate throughout was exciting.
the house being in committee of the whole, and
the Ouse adjourned in anything but good