Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1892 — THE SENATE AND HOUSE. [ARTICLE]

THE SENATE AND HOUSE.

WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAWMAKERS. Proceedings of the Senate and House of Representatives Discussed and Acted Upon—Gist or the Business. The National Solons. On the 18th Inst the House went infocommittee of the whole (with Mr. Bynum of Indiana In the chair) on the Indian appropriation bilL Mr. Peol made the opening speech and explained the bill’s provisions. After an animated debate the committee rose. In the Senate Mr. Sherman, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported back favorably the joint resolution Introduced by Mr. Perkins requesting the President to return to the Republic of Mexico twenty-one battle-flags, which were captured by the army of the United States during the late war with Mexico. The resolution was passed, A bill Increasing the limit of cost for public building, at St Paul, Minn., to $1,400,000, was passed, as was also one increasing to SBOO,OOO the appropriation for a public building at Omaha. Senator Palmer of Illinois spoke In the Senate on the 18th on the subject of an alteration of the Constitution of the United •States which shall provide for the election of Senators in Congress by a direct vote of the people of the several States. In the House- the free coinage bill was discussed at some length. Mr. Bland, of Missouri, spoke enthusiastically In favor of the bill, while Mr. Harter, of Ohio, as vigorously opposed It Mr. Harter, in the course of his talk, said he would like to pay members of Congress with the 70cent dollar and see how they would like It If anything should be made a legal tender It should be tho corn of Kansas and not the sliver of Colorado. Silver was then laid aside for the nonce and the consideration of the Indian hill was resumed. Mr. Smith, of Arizona, criticising some of Its features, especially the appropriations for the Carlisle school. The Indian appropriation bill was generally discussed until adjournment Owing to the fact that the Congressional excursion to Chicago was to start early in the afternoon of the 10th few Senators were present and the Senate adjourned early. A bill appropriating $400,000 for a public building at Tacoma, Wash., was passed, as was also one granting the right of way to tho Duluth and Manitoba Railroad Company across the Fort Pembina Reservation in North Dakota. In the House the an- 1 nouncement of the purpose to call up the tariff question about the first of March was made in the Ways and Means Committee at a brief session of the full committee. Republicans did not object Mr. Bland offered a resolution providing for a reprint of the silver bill and for printing 10,000 additional copies of the majority and minority reports. Both Senate and House adjourned until the 23d.