Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-02-21
CONGRESS-.
Condensed Proceedings of the Senate and

House.
TIE financial question again came to the
front in the senate the 18th. when Mr. Hil
presented resolution defining the policy or
the government to pay its bonds in gold In case
the parity between gold and silver could not be
maintained The matter led to q long debate
but went over for the day. The president sent
in special meSSsge.in response to a resolution
on the Behring sea question The 1urther ns1sl-
ness transacted was purely of routine nature
1.-THE house devoted the whole day to consld-
Grafton of the legislative appropriation bill in
committee of the whole The bill was nearly
completed. A bill to provide for coinage at the
branch mint at Denver passed
In the senate on the eth Mr.. Cullom present
ed memorial from various trades and trans
portation associations in Chicago asking leg1s-
lation for protection from express robbers and
train wreckers. Mr.. Gray reported adversely
the resolution for the election Of senators Dy
the people Mr.. Jones (Ark.) reported the n
nancial committee bill for the unlimited coin
age OF silver. The proceedings of the senate
were mostly routine Several pension bills
passed. The house was in committee of the
whole considering the legislative Judicial and
executive appropriation bill When the bill
was reported back to the house the contest was
resumed against the provision for annual clerks
to members Mr.. Dockery pointed out that the
annual clerks would cost 1855 900 before the next
congress actually assembled. A yea and nay
vote taken on the amendment for the an
passed.
THE financial question again oceasioned .
spirited debate in the senate the 18th.
ing the president authority he had requested
to issue per cent. bonds. Mr.. Sherman Of
fefed substitute for the Jones bill heretofore
reported providing for gold bonds and Temporal
ry gold certificates. The house resolution
adopted extending the time for m aking returns
on the income tax to April 15.... The day in the
house was devoted to District of Columbia
business During the debate Mr. Van VoorhiS,
introduced resolution calling upon the COM
mittee on ways and means to furnish to the
house the contract OF the recent bond negotia-
tion and such other information the secre-
tary of the treasury had communicated to the
committee. Mr.. Wilson Immediately informed
the house the majority report upon the joint
resolution providing for per cent. gold bonds,
which had been favorably acted upon by th6
committee, would contain copy OF the much
desired contract
THE senate on the 18th voted to make no
change in the present railway mail system
The post office appropriation bill as reported
gave the poStmaS ter-general complete diScre-
ton in expanding S3,2OO,000 for postal cars and
cut on the present fast mail line from north to
south. The bill was debated all day and the
senate refused to do away with the fast mail
line from New England to the south and also
declined TO extend the policy for substituting
fast mail lines. The response of Secretary
Carlisle giving the condition of the treasury
was received 49,. The only feature of the house
proceedings of any general interest was the
debate upon and defeat OF the resolution by
which it was proposed to authorize the issue
of $50 600 900 of per cent. gold bonds to SubSti
tute for the thirty-year bonds sold by Secre-
bate was full of interest. MeSSrS Wilson,
Hopkins. Hatch, Bryan, Reed and others took
part in the debate and at o'clock the special
order called-the third reading of the res
olution, which the house refused by q vote Of
100 yeas to 167 nays and the third defeat of the
administration plan to relieve the treasury
was recorded. An analysis Of the vote showed
90 democrats and 81 republicans for the reSotu-
ton and IS democrats, 81 republicans and
populiStS against.
THE senate the 18th passed the post office
augmentation amendments
down the fast mail service north and south
were voted down. The pooling bill was taken
up long enough to enable Mr.. Butler to make a
speech in its support The finance committee
iavorably reported the bill repeating the one
tenth discriminating duty on sugar from coun-
tries paying bounty Several local bills
passed and the agricultural bill nearly
completed. The house considered the naval
appropriation bill and devised the day to
general debate. The bill carries $S1 800, 02S,
and authorizes three new line of battle
ships and twelve torpedo boats. The senate
amendments to the bill extending the time for
making income tax returns were disagreed to
session pension bills were considered
A STORMY debate took place in the senate on
the 10th over Mr.. Hills resolution defining
the policy OF the government for blmetallism
and for paying its obligations in the best
money in use Mr.. Hill spoke with spirit in
favor of his resolution Mr.. Wolc0tt replied to
Mr.. Hill in language severe the administra-
ton Mr.. Sherman offered a substitute for the
Hill resolution, declaring that the policy of the
government should be to a maintaining of
parity between the two metals, that every
dollar should be equal to every other dollar,
and should there be any disturbance bonds
should be paid in gold. The debate more
lively than any that has taken place during the
session. The agricultural bill was considered
in the afternoon. and Mr.. Teller in speech de-
nounced the bond proposition The session Of
the house not so lively. The committee
appropriations reported the general deficiency
bill the last of the regular appropriation bills
of this congress. The bill appropriates $685.
574, OF which the principal appropriations
as follows: Treasury department. sI.15O-574;
war department, S239,59O: navy department.,
S1O9, 283; department of justice. s. 36443 post
office department, 81 ,2s2, I+s: government print
ing ONCE, SODA judgment of the court of
claims S716,093; audited claims, S76, 7O5. The
naval appropriation bill further consid-
cred and number of private pension bills
passed EulogieS were delivered upon the late
Senator ColQuitt, of Georgia, and the house
adjourned.
Indian Ideas OF Hades.
The Indians seem to have no vvell-de-
fined notion of a hell. They saw to
their children: IF you are not brave
and good you will go after you die to