Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1890 — THE NATIONAL SOLONS. [ARTICLE]

THE NATIONAL SOLONS.

WORK OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Our National Law-Makers and What They Are Doing for the Good of the CountryVarious Measures Proposed, Discussec and Acted On. In the Senate, on the 2d test., a confereno; was ordered on the naval appropriation bill an< Messrs. Allison and Gorman were appointee conferreea on the part of the Senate. Amon; the bills reported irom committees and placet on the calendar were the following: Senate bill extending the jurisdiction of the Circui: and District Courts of the United States to tin great lakes and their connecting waters; Hou» bill to provide for a term of court at Danville Ill.; Senate bill for the reappraisal and sal< of the unsold portions of the grounds ant buildings of the Dearborn arsenal, Michigan Mr. Plumb introduced a bill (prepared by Mr St. John of New York) for the purchase of silve: to use as lawful money. It was referred to th< Committee on Finance. The conference report on the military academy appropriation bill waipresented and agreed to. A lively debate fol lowed the taking up of the conference report oi the army appropriation bill, the provision as U canteens being the point under discussion. Th, conference report was agreed to—yeas, 35; nays 8. The silver bill was taken up and Mr. Harru addressed the Senate. At the close o Mr. Harris’ speech the silver bill went over, and after a brief executive session th« Senate adjourned. In the House, among th« bills passed were the following: Providing for an addional Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Mexico ; incraasing to $270,000 the limit of coqt of the public building at Duluth. Minn.; increasing to $175,000 the limit of cost of the public building at Fort Worth, Tex.; the Senate bill for the relief of the Board of Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of Louisville, Ky.; the Senate bill dividing the Judicial District of Kansas into two divisions. Adjourned, In the Senate, on the 3d inst., the Senate bil for preventing the adulteration of food anc drugs was reported and placed on the calendar Mr. Blair, from the Committee on Educatioi and Labor, reported the Senate bill to providi for the obligatory attendance at school of th< children in Alaska. Placed on the calendar The silver bill was taken up, and Mr. Pugh ad dressed the Senate. At the conclusion of Mr Pugh’s speech the following Senate bills wen taken from the calendar and passed: T< amend section 3354 of the Revised Statutes ii regard to the bottling of fermented liquor. T< provide for the exportation of fermented liquo: in bond without payment of internal revenue tax. House bill to authorize the President o the United States to cause certain lands, hereto fore withdrawn from market for reservoir pur poses, to be restored to the public domain. Thi silver bill was again taken up and Mr. Farwel addressed the Senate in its favor. At the clos, of Mr. Farwell’s speech the silver bill was agaii laid aside and tho fortification bill take up. The amendment to increase the ap propriation for rifled sea-coast mor tar ifrom $250,009 to $400,000 was agreed to —yeas 24; nays, 22. Without further action on th. bill the Senate adjourned. In the House, oi motion of Mr. Perkins (Kan.), tho Senate bil was passed changing the boundaries of th. reservation of the Unacompahgre Utes. Th. House then proceeded to the consideration o the Alabama contested election case of McDuffi. vs. Turpin. Mr. Comstock (Minn.) opened th. discussion with an argument in favor of th. claims of the contestant. Mr. Crisp (Ga.) pre s< nted the claims of the contestee. Mr Bergei (N. Y.) spoke for McDuffie and Mr. Oates, o Alabama, for Turpin. Pending further debat. the House adjourned. In the Senate, on the 4th inst., the presidin, officer announced as the select committee oi the bill for the establishment of the Universitj of the United State® : Messrs. Edwards, Sher man, Ingalls, Blair, Dolph, Harris. Butler, Gib son and Barbour. The fortifications bil was then taken up. All the amendment recommended by the Committee on Appropria tions were agreed to, and the bill was reporte. to the Senate. Mr. Frye offered a joint resolu tion to authorize the President to forn alliances with foreign countries for th. suppression of tho liquor traffic, He ferred to the Committee on Foreigi Relations. The Senate then adjourned. In th, House, Mr. Osborne, of Pennsylvania, pre sented the conference report on the army appro priation bill. After some debate over th, “Canteen" clause, the report was agreed to The House then entered into further considera tion of the Alabama contested election case o McDuffie against Turpin. Mr. Rowell, of Illi nois, summed up the case of the contestant The first vote was taken on the minority reso lution, declaring that Turpin was elected, an. it was rejected—yeas,-114; nays, 130. The ma jority resolution’ seating McDuffie was agreed to—yeas, 130; nays, 113—and Mr. McDuffie ap I.eared at the bar of the House and took th. oath of office. In the Senate, on the sch inst., Senator Evarts from the Library Committee, reported th. Senate bill appropriating $30,030) for a menu ment in Washington City to Captain Johi Ericsson, inventor of the Monitor. Placed oi the calendar. The following bills were taker from the calendar and passed: The Senat. bills granting pensions of SSO a month to th. widow of Rear Admiral Donaldson, and to th. widow of Commander Winslow, of the Keur. sarge; the Senate bill to authorize the construe tion of a bridge across the Columbia River b; the Oregon Railway Extension Company. Mr. Blair introduced a bill to prohibit the exportation of alcoholic liquors to Africa and th. islands of the Pacific Ocean. Referred. Th. Senate then adjourned. In the House,' Mr McKinley of Ohio, from the Committee or Rules, reported a resolution providing that th. House shall proceed immediately to the consid eration of House bill 5581 (thelsilver bill), an. that the consideration shall continue until Sat urday at 3p. m., when the previous questioi shall bo considered as ordered. The previoui question having been ordered on the resolution forty minutes’ debate was allowed. The resolu tion was adopted—yeas, 120; nays, 117. Th. motion to reconsider was tabled—yeas, 124 nays, 118. The bill having been read Mr. Conger of lowa offered the ' caueu. bill as a substitute. Mr. McComa. of Maryland moved to amend the sub stitute by adding to Section G tho word, “and the purchase of silver bullion shall be bus pended while it is being so deposited for coin age.” Mr. Taylor, of Illinois, offered an amend inent to the original bill providing that if th. net amount of silver bullion received shall b< less than $2,000,000 any one month the Secrotari of tho Treasury shall in the succeeding montl purchase a sufficient amount to supply the de licioncy. Mr. O’Donnell, of Michigan, moved t< amend the amendment by striking out $2,000,001 and inserting $3,000,000. Mr. Williams, of Illi nois, spoke in favor of the free coinage of silver Mr. Taylor, of Illinois, spoke in favor of th. bill and Mr. Lanham, of Texas, opposed it Pending further debate the House adjourned. In the Senate on the 6th inst., after som. minor business, a new conference on the de pendent pension bill was ordered, after whict the silver bill was taken, up, Mr. Plumb addressing tho Senate. After Mr. Plumb had finnished the silver bill was laid aside, and a message from the President in relation to the landing of an armed force from the revenue cuttei McLane at Cedar Keys, Fla., was presented, road, and referred to the Judiciary Committee, After nn executive session the Senate adjourned. The silver debate was resumed in the House, Mr. Lind (Minn.) being the first speaker. He spoke upon the three measures before th. House and upheld the Republican caucus bil) as tho least objectionable. Mr. Flower (N. Y.j confined his remarks not to the silver question but to a constitutional amendment relegating to the people within prescribed localities th. choice of such administrative officials whose functions of office lie entirely within the prescribed area, and whose choice is of consequence only to the people whom they inn mediat'd} serve. Mr. Lacey (Iowa) maintained that the country needed an expansion of the currency in a safe way. Mr. Walker (Mass.) said that more money meant more misery, and Mr. Perkins (Kas., retorted: “We all love misery.” Speeches were made by Messrs. Bkunt (Ga.), Bland (Mo.), Ker. (Iowa), Townsend (Colo.), Dorsey (Neb.), and Mcßae (Ark.), and at 5 o’clock the House toos a recess until 8 o’clock, the evening session to be devoted to a general debate on the silver bill. At the evening session Mr. Perkins (Kan.) acted as S;x aker pro -tem. The orators of the evening were: Messrs. Barnes (Ga.). Parrott (Ind.), Elli« (Ky.), Burton (Ohio), Lane (HL), Shively (Ind.), Wickham (Ohio), Montgomery (Ky.), Holman (Ind.), Heard (Mo.), and Wheeler (Ala.). Ths House at 11 o’clock adjourned. ■ ' - ? •’ .