Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1892 — THE NATIONAL SOLONS. [ARTICLE]

THE NATIONAL SOLONS.

SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Our KaflonaJ. Lawmakers and What They Are Doing for the Good of the Coun ry— Various Measures Proposed, Discussed, and Acted Upon. t Doings of Congress. On ttie 20th. after the usual morning business. Mr. Sherman notified the Senate that further examination of the Chinese Immigration question had convinced the Committee on Foreign Relations that the existing Chinese exclusion legislation would not expire till 1894. and that there was therefore no pressure for imm'diate action on the question. He would, however, call it up to the convenience of Senators who deslrel to apeak ufon the subject Thereupon the silver resolution offered by Mr. Morgan was take i up. and consumed the re-tot fie session. In the House the NoyesKockwell e!o tlon c iso whs the solo subject of consider itton. The discussion, thou h good fr- m t» legal and technical st.iiidoolnt, win utterly aevold of interest from a sensational one. Pending further discussion the Houso ndiourned. In the Sen at e, the2lst, bills « ere passed as follows: House bill to create a third division of the district of Kansas for judicial pitrj oses. Senate bill for the appointment of consuls to the Congo Free State. To amend the laws relating to purchase of and contract for supplies. Presiding for sundry lighthouses and other aids to navigation. This bill appropriates 8504.300 for a large number of lighthouses and other aids to navigation, mostly in the great lakes; to establish a military pos" near Helena, Monk (appropriating S’it 0.000). The House bill to prohibit absolutely, the coming of Chinese persons into United States was taken up for consideration, but not disposed of. The Noyes-Rock-well contested election case again consumed all the time of the House. In the Senate, the 22d, the following bills were passed: House bill to amend act of Jan. 19, 1886. providing for the discharge of the duties of the President in case of his death, etc., by providing that the Secretary of Agriculture shall come in after the Secretary of the Interior. Senate joint resolution extending an invitation to the King and Queen of Spain and the descendants of Columbus to participate In the World’s Columbian Exposition. Joint resolution requesting the loan from Spain of certain articles (Columbian relics) for the World’s Columbian Exposition. Extending an invitation to the Presidents of the American republics nnd the Governors of the American colonies to participate in the World’s Col urn bl in Exposition. After some discussion a bill was passed authorizing tlie Secretary of the Interior to increase to Sl2 a menth the pension of every pensioner who is now on the rolls at ¥8 a month on account of service tn the Mexican war, and who is wholly disabled for manual labor, and Is in such destitute circumstances that 88 a month is insufficient to provide him with the necessaries of life. The Chinese exclusion bill was then taken up. In the House, the Noyes-Rockwell contested f lection cash was decided in favor of Rockwell, the sitting member. The 25th, the Chinese exclusion bill was the sole subject of discussion, and the present law was re-enacted; with the time for its continuance set at ten years. Numerous protests from the Slates of Missouri, Texas. Virginia. Michigan. Arkansas. Wisconsin. and Dakota, principally from Seventh Day Baptists and Adventists, were presented asking. Congress not to commit itself to any religious creed by urging the Columbian World’s Exposition to be closed on Sunday. There were also two remonstrances from Massachusetts, against the passage of the Chinese exclusion bill. Personal matters again had full sway in the House, and tho day was practically wasted.