Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-28
CONGRESS.
Condensed Proceedings of the Senate and
House for the Past Meek.


House for the Past Week.
THE senate on the 10th completed the wool
schedule OF the tarfh BILL ali amendments be-
ing voted down. Considerable progress was
made On the bill and several private bills
passed. The senate adjourned at $50 O'Clock.
THE house further considered the Indian
appropriation bill and reached final vote at
o'clock, when the bill passed-I56 to 80, and the
house adjourned
THE senate entered upon the twelfth week of
the tariff debate on the 18th, and consideration
OF the bill was resumed Immediately after dis
posing OF routine business. Some progress
was made, the silk, coal and miscellaneous
schedules being before the senate The de-
bate was continued until past o'clock 49, The
house had under consideration Mr.. Hatch'S
anti-option bill in committee of the whole.
An adjournment was taken at o'clock without
completing the bill.
In the senate on the 10Th q resolution was
reported and adopted authorizing the transla-
ton and publication OF the proceedings of the
recent Berlin silver conference. The senate
then took up the tariff bill and continued its
consideration until after o'clock and at adj
iournnent had made considerable progress
The house in committee of the whole had the
anti-option bill under consideration all day.
Messrs. Coombs IN. Y, land Aldrich QIl.) spoke
in opposition and Mr.. Sibley Pa.) favored it,
The house adjourned at O'Clock.
THE senate made rapid progress on the tarih
bill on the Goth, the main provisions of the bill
having been disposed of and the income tax
schedule reached. The sugar schedule was
quickly adopted when reached, which was
somewhat OF a surprise as fight had been ex-
pected- When the income tax was reached
Mr.. PETER gave notice of an amendment for a
graduated tax, running from 1 per cent. on
81 GOO. to per cent on 100000. Soon after
O'Clock the senate adjourned The house
continued its work on the anti-option bill and
agreed to take final vote on Friday.
AFTER preliminary work the senate resumed
consideration of the tarin bill on the 21st- Mr..
Hill On. W made lengthy argument against
r17ai faxr 10. sic
orous speech in which he handled very severe
~ Senator Chambers accusation that he al
len) had made a bargain to vote for the bill in
consideration of free lumber. Mr.. Chandler
retorted in spirited speech. The debate on
the income tax was lively and occupied the en-
tire day. Mr.. PETERS graduated tax amend
ment was defeated. The sugar investigating
committee reported and the senate adjourned.
The proceedings in the house were rather
dull, the anticipation bill being under debate in
committee of the whole. Several minor bills
and resolutions passed.
Not only the temperature but the debate was
warm in the senate on the 22d Senators Allen
and Hill had a tilt; so did the latter and Sem
ator Harris, and Senator Call (Fia.) shocked
the dignity of the seAlte by taking OF his shoes
and exhibiting the color of his stockings with
his feet on his desk However, q bill passed
for the relief of St Charles CNfo) college, being
payment for property taken during the war, and
also the bill making labor day a legal holiday
Mr.. Kyle spoke in favor of the income tax, so
SO did Mr.. Teller. Mr.. Sherman opposed it.
MeSsrs. Allen CNeb.), Walsh (Ga.) and Jarvis
IN. Co. favored it. AT 6 o'clock Mr.. Hill asked
for adjournment, but Mr.. Harris opposed
the motion, which led to a severe tilt between
the two senators, pending which the quorum
vanished and the senate adjourned The
house further considered Mr.. Hatch's anti
option bill and after several amendments, the
bill was paSsed-i49 yeas to 81 nays The gen.
eral deficiency bill was taken up and recess
until evening taken, when pension bills were
considered.