Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1890 — THE SENATE AND HOUSE. [ARTICLE]

THE SENATE AND HOUSE.

NATIONAL LAW-MAKERS AND WHAI THEY ARE DOING. Proceedings of the Senate and House o Representatives Discussed and Acted On —Gist of the Business. The Senate, on the 24th, discussed the bill for the suppression of trusts. Senators Turpie, Pugh, and Teller spoke for the bill. Mr. Teller said tnat it was demanded by the people, especially by the farming community. He was not satisfied with all tne features of ths bill, but thought that a measure of this genera] character ought to pass. Senator Vest was not satisfied with the details of the bill He said he ■was willing to vote f sr the bill when he thought it would accomplish what ths gentleman from Ohio said it would. He thought the defects of the bill were very serious and could not be obviated by any amendment which has been proposed. Senator Sherman responded in favor of the bill and asserted that two-thirds of the Senate appioved of it. Ho thought it was a business proposition and • one that wat favored by the people, without acting on the bill the Senate went into executive session, and in a short time adjourned. The House spent the afternoon in the discussion of the bill for an appropriation for the of land outside Washington for forming a national park. Much opposition was developed. The House adjourned without action. In the Senate on the 25th, after the transaction of some routine business, the trust bill was taken up. Senator Reagan’s amendment defining trusts and providing a penalty of 810,000 fine or imprisonment for violation of the law was adopted. In the House the World's Fair bill was called up by Mr. Candler immediately after the reading of the journal. After it had been read he offered an amendment, which was adopted, providing that the commission shall appoint a board of lady managers of such number and to perform such duties as may be prescribed by the commission ; and the board may appoint one or more members of all committees authorized to award prizes for exhibits which may be produced in whole or in part by female labor. Also an amendment, which was adopted, providing that one of the members of th® board cieated, to be charged with the selection of the government exhibits, shall be chosen by the Fish Commission, Mr. Candler then opened the debate on the bill by assuring the House that Chicago, which had been selected as the site for the fair, had proved herself equal to the undertaking. She had satisfied the committee that she had a bona fide subscription of $5,000,OJO and had gone farther than was demanded oi any competing city in agreeing that thy subscription should be raised to $10,000,000. Mr. Candler spoke in praise of the active and energetic spirit of the city, which he said was a guarantee of success. He then concluded his remarks with a strong appeal in behalf of the bill in which he said he believed that the fair would be of great advantage to every section of the country. The debate continued till 4 o’clock. The pending amendments were then adapted, and on a vote the bill was passed bv a vote of 202 yeas to 49 nays. The bill passed it in the form already published except that it provides for the dedication of the buildings Oct. 12, 1892, and the opening of the fair not Intel than May 1, 1893, and its closing not later thar Oct. 30, 1893. Also, that the Government build ings shall be of such material that they can be . revdily taken down and sold at the close of th* fair, preference to bo given to the city when the fair is held. After some unsuccessful efforts to take up other business the House adjourned. In the Senate, on the 26th, Messrs. Hawlej and Gray were appointed by the Vice President members of the Board of Visitors to attend the annual examination of cadets at West Point On motion of Mr. Sherman the anti-trust bill was taken up aud various formal amendment* were made. The amendment offered the previous day by Mr. Stewart to insert the words “Or of the value of money by which such cos may be advanced is reduced,” was agreed to, A number of important amendments were adopted, but as th* y were added the Senate grew more dissatisfied with the bill, and Senator Hawley moved that it be referred to the Judiciarj Committee, with instruc ions to pre; are a new bill. This v, as opposed by Senator Sherman anc others. An effort was also made to refer it back to the Finance Committie. This was rejected, an was also the motion to referit to the Judiciarj Committee. The Senate went into executive session without action on the bill aud shortlj after adjourned. Tne House spent the entire day in the discussion of the bill for the admission of Wyoming into the Union as a State. Mr. Caiey, of Wyoming, made a strong plea for the admission of the Territory which he represented. Mr. Dockery, of Missouri, opposed the bill. Mr. Cates, of Alabama, opposed the measure because it proposed to give women the right to vote and made attendance at schools compulsory. Mr, Dunnell, of Minnesota, said he was inclined to vote against the bill on account of the woman suffrage clause. Mr. Washington, ol Tennesee?, attacked the woman suffrage clause, and held that the people of Wyoming had violated the provisions or the act of organization limiting suffrage to white male suffrage. Women might be sent from Wyoming to the Senate. Mr. Moieyof Ohio favored the bill, and advocated the civil and legal enfranchisement ot women in all the States of the Union. After further debate, the House took u recess until 11 o’clock of the 27th.

Among the bills reported from committees and placed on the calendar of the Senate on the 27th were the following: The House bill constituting Cairo, Hl., a port of delivery; the Senate bill to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River, between the mouth of the Illinois and the mouth of the Missouri River; the House bill authorizing thepurchase of 2,500 tents by the Secretary of War for the use of the people driven from their homes in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana by the present floods and appropriating 825,000 for tne purpose was passed. The anti-trust bill was then taken up and the amendments to it, as reported from the committee of the whole, were brought before the Senate. Mr. Walthall moved to refer the bill and amendments to the Judiciary Committee, with instructions to report back within twenty days. The motion was agreed to—yeas 31, nays 28. The House bill to amend the census act of March 3, 1889, was reported from the Census Committee (the effect of it being to allow special agents $3 a day for sulsisteuce when traveling), and, after explanation by Mr. Hale, was passed. The House bill for the ad--mission of Wyoming as a State was laid before* the Senate and ordered printed. The order fixing the daily hour of meeting at 11 a. in. from Monday next was agreed to. The House met at 11. o’clock in continuation of the previous day’s session, and the Wyoming admission bill was again taken up for consideration. .At 1 o'clock the previous question was ordered. Mr. Springer offered an amendment providing tor another convention, called under the authority of an act of Congress. Lost—yeas, 131; nays, 138. Mr. Springer then offered an amendment that there shall be an election in Wyoming the Tuesday after the first Monday in November next for a Representativeto the Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses and for State and judicial officers. The Constitution shall be voted upon, and if the vote isagainst female suffrage that feature shall be eliminated from the Constitution. This was also lostr—yeas, 133, nays, 139. Mr. hpringer then offered his last amendment, which strikes out the clause of the Wyoming Constitution providing for female suffrage. Defeated—yeas, 132; nays, 138. The bill was then passed by thefollowing vote : Yeas. 139; navs, 128. In the Senate, on the 28th, Mr. Wilson, of lowa, offered a resolution, which was agreed: to, calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for information as to the arrival and departure of Chinese at and from the port of San Francisco, and as to the evasion or failure of the antiChinese laws. The Senate then went into executive session to consider the Florida judicial nominations, and, when the doors were reopened, adjourned. In executive session a long and exciting debate took place upon the Florida cases, but when a vote was called for thire was no quorum present and the matter went over without action. In the House Mr. Bingham (Pa.), from the Committee on Postoffices and Postroads, reported back a resolution calling on the Postmaster General for information relative t j the employment of inspectors or special agents in Investigating the claims of contending appliJants for postmastsrshlps. Adopted. The House then went into committee of the whole the private calendar. Without action of any kind the 1 committee rose and the House took a recess, and at the evening session passed twenty-five private pension bills.