The record-union., 1896-12-10
with the free silver substitute reported
| for it last session from the Finance

with the free silver substitute reported
for it last session from the Finance
Committee
After the reading Aldrish withdrew
his objection to taking up the bill, ana
the objection was renewed by Palmer
CD of Illinois
Allen desired to make a brief state
ment, but objection was made, and the
Senate proceeded to vote by ayes ana
nays on the motion to take up the Dill.
The vote in detail was as follows:
Yeas Aldrich, Allen, Butler, Cam
eron, Chandler, Clark, Davis, Elkins,
Frye, Gallinger, Gear, Gordon. Haze,
Hansbrough, Hoar, Kyle, Lodge, Nc
MILAN, Mitchell orr, Morgan, Morrill,,
Murphy, Nelson, Peffer, Perkins, Pet
tigrew, Platt, Pritchard, Pugh, Quay,
Roach, Sherman, Smith, Stewart, VOL
cott-35.
Nays-Baker, Blackburn, Blanchard,
Cannon, Carter, Daniel, Dubois, Glib
son, Faulkner German, Harris, Hill,
Jones of Arkansas, Mantle, Martin,
Mills Palmer, Pasco, Turpie, Vest,
WalthaH-21.
The bill having been taken up, AL
drich moved that it be recommitted to
the Committee on Finance, with in
structions to report it back without
amendment
Allen opposed the motion.
The Senate at once plunged into
debate of prospective interminable
length. Allen, Chairman of the Populist
Convention, held the floor. He was
subjected to a sharp fusillade of ques-
tions by Senators Aldrich, Hale (R.) of
Maine and others as to when he would
permit a vote to be taken. All these he
parried adroitly.
He yielded the floor temporarily to
Harris Cd of Tennessee, who moved
to amend the resolution to recommit
the bill by striking out the instructions.
Aldrich promptly replied: L accept
that amendment and the debate went
on.
AT 2 p. m. the Dingley bill. on the
expiration of the morning hour, went
over until tomorrow.
Harris then moved an executive ses-
sion, and on this the yeas and nays
were called resulting: Yeas, 81; nays,
80. So the Senate refused to go into ex
ecutive session.
| The immigration bill was formally
taken up, and then the Senate proceed
ed to executive business, shortly after
| adjourning.
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9-The session
of the House to-day was conducted un-
| der the influence of the spirit of labor
which marked the body yesterday, and
while it lasted less than three hours
nine bills were considered and two
conference reports agreed to, in addi-
ton to some other business. Such in
dustry at the opening Of a session,
even d short one, is unprecedented in
the annals of Congress-
Among the bills passed to-day were
| the following: Extending until July l,
| 1904 the period within which the Uni
versity of Utah may occupy certain
public lands granted to it; authorizing
| the Secretary of the Interior to use the
abandoned military reservation at Fort
| Bidwell Cal, for an Indian training
school, authorizing the joint entry and
| equitable division of lands when two
or more settlers locate homestead en-
| tries upon the same tract of agricult-
ural land before survey; authorizing
Flagstaff. Ariz.. 10 issue $750.000 Of
bonds for a water works system; abol-
tary of the Territory of New Mexico to
| organize the Legislature.
| A Senate bill was also passed au-
thorizing associations of farmers and
| stock raisers to locate and purchase
| public lands for reservoir sites, ire
| spective of the homestead or pre-emp-
| ton Acts.
The Senate amendments to the House
bill affirming the acts of the New Mex
/ leo Legislature. authorizing the issue
of about 100000 of bonds for Terrific
rial buildings, We're concurred in, with
an amendment. The Senate amend
ments validated S112,5 500 of railroad
bonds issued by the county of Santa
| Fe, and at the last session an obstinate
fight was made against this amend
ment. The matter was to-day not even
| discussed
The Senate's increase of the pension
| granted to Mrs. Mary Gould Carr,
widow of General Carr, formerly Secre-
| tary of State of New York, from $50
( to $15 month, was agreed to by a vote
of 146 to So
The usual resolution distributing the
topics of the Presidents message to the
appropriate committees was reported
from the Ways and Means Committee
and agreed to.
| At 200 o'clock the House adjourned.