Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1892 — DOINGS OF CONGRESS. [ARTICLE]

DOINGS OF CONGRESS.

MEASURES CONSIDERED AND ACTED UPON. At the Nation’*, Capital—What Is Being* Done by the Senate and House—Old Matter* Disposed Of and New Ones Considered. The Senate and House. f Tho Fpringcr free wool bill was the only subject of dhcusslon in the House of Representatives on the aoth. In the Senate the Indian appropriation hill was resumed, and the discussion which was Tegun lust wto'c on the subject of army officers beinr assigned to the duties of Indian agents was again taken up. After much debate, Mr. Hawley moved to amend the House i rovision by adding to. .t a proviso that whenever the President shall be of opinion that the good of the service especially requires It, he may appoint a civilian. This was agreed to, and without reaching a vot9 on the amendment to strike out tho House provision the Sens'e adjourned. On tho Hist Mr. Morgan Introduced a series of resolutions directing the Committ e o:i Finance to iuqu’re into tho causes of deore.-sion In agriculture and business, and the effect of the silver act of 1890. Discussion, by Mr. Sherman and Morgan. followed, and the resolu** tions were laid on the table until tho following day. In the House the pension inoulry took a decidedly political cast when Mr. Enloe asked Gen. Rnura if the bureau was not used for political purposes. The Commissioner replied that he never wrote a letter to a medical hoard or to examiners requesting the performance of any political act. The most significant event in the tariff discussion w;ns the presence on the floor of ex-Ropresenta-tlve McKinley, mw Governor of Ohio, the author of the law against which all the Democratic speeches were directed. He was warmly greeted by the members of both political parties and paid close attention for a time to the speech of Representative AVheeler, of Alabama, In support of the free wool bill. The Senate accepted tho recommendation of the House that army officers shall ho appointed Indian agents. The Indian Bureau was badly defeated In this matter. After the transaction of routine business, the Ist, the House wept Into committee of the whole<tm : t'he;firiefc wool bill Mr. Cox. of Tennesstee, spoke iti'favor of the bill and In general denunciation of the protective system. Mr. Mcßae, of Arkansas, described the- abuses arising from the protective tariff. Mr.. Watson, of Chicago, expressed the sentiment of the third party on the tariff question. Mr. Dalzell. of Pennsylvania. criticised the Democratic policy and answered the attacks made upon the McKiiriey act. At the suggestion of. lifr. ... McMillin ft> was ordered that the general debate on the free wool hill close with the session of the 2d. Tho ienate resumed consideration of the Indian appropriation bill. Mr.- Hansbrough offered an amendment for a commission to negotiate with the Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians in North Dakota for the cession of the right and interest which they claim in their lands. Agreed to. Finally the hill was reported to the Senate from the committee of the whole. Mr. Dawes moved. 10 strike out of the bill the provision for the assignment of army officers to the duties of Indian Avonts, and consented that the metio i should go over till the 4t-h. On the 4th. at his first appearance In the House since Ills severo illness. Wm. M. Springer of lllino's was greeted by uproarious upn'ause, when he entered with his wire He came to liston t > the dosing debate upon his free wool bill, and his closing s eoch was read by Mr. Bryan of Nebraska. The hill was then taken up ly paragraphs for amendments and discussion under the five-minute rule. The house passed the bill excluding from this country every Chinaman Except diplomatic consular officers and servants. The vote was 179-to 43. In the Senate the silver debate has commenced.