Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1892 — DOINGS OF CONGRESS. [ARTICLE]

DOINGS OF CONGRESS.

MEASURES CONSIDERED AND ACTED UPON. At tile Nation’* Capital—What I* Being Done by the Senate and House—Old Hatters Disposed Or and New Ones Considered. The Senate and House. In the House on the 13th, Mr. Holman presented a resolution opposing the granting of subsidies or bounties by Congress in money, public moneys, bonds, or by pledge of the public credit to promote special private Industries or enterprises. Considerable confusion succeeded the reading of the resolution! but, without giving time for debate, Mr. liolman demanded the previous question on its adoption. “Will debate be in order after the previous question is ordered on this resolution?” inquired Mr. Henderson, of lowa. “The Speaker is of the opinion that debate would not then be in order,” replied Speaker' Pro Tem. McMi lan. “And this House will cease to he a deliberative body,” added Mr. Ileed, of Maine. The repetition of the charge which had so frequently been hurled against himself caused the House. Democrats and Republicans, to break into a roar of laughter. The yeas and nays on the previous question were demanded and resulted—yeas. 154; nays, 80. When the vote was announced Mr. Holman asked unanimous consent that an hour's debate on each side be allowed. Mr. Reed wanted two hours on a side, and to. this Mr. Holmau consented. Mr. Simpson, of Kansas, asked if this arrangement included two hours for the People’s party as well as the Republican and Democratic parties. In the Senate the time was taken up by the introduction of bills

In the House on’ the 14th the session was consumed in debate on the Holman resolution, which in substance declares that Congress in its appropriations shall be strictly limited to the moneys necessary to carry on the several departments of the Government. The Senate took up the calendar, the first bill on it boing one to aid the State of Colorado to support the’ school of mines. It appropriates 25 per cent, of all moneys paid to the United States for mineral lands in Colorado for the maintenance of the school of mines established at Golden. Mr. Teller moved to amend the bill by making the percentage 50 instead of 25. Agreed to and tho bill was passed. Other bills passed as follows: Authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River in Chamberlain, in Brule County, and Lyman County, South Dakota. Appropriating 5300.000 for the purchase of ground and the erection thereon in the city of Washington of a building to bo used as a hall of records. Adjourned till the 18th. On the 15th, the debate was continued in tho House on the Holman resolution. After exciting debate the resolution was adopted without amendment. It Is known as the anti-subsidy resolution. The House then took up the reports of the Committee on Accounts assigning clerks to the various committees of the House. After debate the minority substitute, providing for twenty-four clerks, was defeated—yeas, 84; nays, 164—and tho majority report, which provides for thirty - seven clerks, was agreed to. Mr. Fyan,' of Missouri, who has been absent on account of sickness, was then sworn in, but his health was so feeble that he was obliged to take the oath of office from’ his seat. Mr. Hatch, of Missouri, introduced a bill amending the Presidential succession act so as to add the office of Secretary of Agriculture after that of Secretary of the Interior. No business in the Senate. Both houses adjourned until the 18th. There were six Senators on the Democratic side and about twice that number on the Republican side when the Chaplain opened with prayer the seventh week of the session on the 18th. Mr. Sherman, for the first time since his reelection occupied his seat. The House hill fixing the time for holding District and Circuit Courts of the United States in the Northern District of lowa was reportod by Mr. Wilson from the Judiciary Committee and was passed. A bill was reported and placed on the calendar to pay the Stato of West Virginia its proportion of the amount claimed under the’dlrect tax. The rest of the session was consumed In a discussion of the La Abra claims. The World’s Fair question was the first subject to receive the attention of the House. Mr. Reilly, of Pennsylvania, presented a resolution requesting the Secretary of tho Treasury to inform the House of Representatives what amount of money has been appropriated and available under the act of Oct 25, 1800. relating to the World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago, and about what amount of the money appropriated had already been expended. The resolution was adopted by acclamation. A moment later Chairman Durborow introduced and asked for tho immediate consideration of resolutions authorizing the selection of the Committee on the World’s Fair to have printed such documents and papors as It may deem necessary relative to the matters referred to It Mr. Hulman and Mr. Oates of Alabama joined In the protest against granting to the World’s Fair Committee such unlimited powers of incurring expenses. Upon these objections the resolutions were referred to the committee. After Introduction of bills, adjournment was taken.