Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1892 — THE NATIONAL SOLONS. [ARTICLE]

THE NATIONAL SOLONS.

BENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Oar National Lawmakers and What They Are Doing for the Good of the Country— Various Measures Proposed, Discussed, and Acted Upon. Doings of Congress. In the Bouse,the 18th. the silver question was the feature of Interest. The Speaker sustained the point of order raised against Mr. Bartiue’s amendment to the sundry civil bill, and the House clinched tho matter by upholding Mr. Crisp’s decision. After the transaction of routine business the House then went into committee of the whole (Mr. tester, of Georgia, in the chair) on the sundry Civil bill. Mr. Smith, of Arizona, moved to increnss from SIOO,- < 000 to $400,000 the appropriation for surveying the public lands. After some debate a compromise was aftived at and the appropriation fixed at $200,000. The Senate resumed consideration of the vessel appropriation ljfil Several amendments were agreed: the bill was passed without a division and the Senate adiourned. In the House, on the 19th, the Chairman of the committee of the whole sustained the point of order against Mr. Bland’s amendment. M r > Watson of Georgia sent up to the clerk’s desk and had read the terse resolution “that the Committee on Ways and Means be requested to report the subtreasury bill." Ho asked unanimous consent for Its consideration, but Mr. Beltzhoover’s demand for the “regular order” operated as an objection. After a fruitless call of committees theHouse went into committee of the whole— Mr. Lester,- of Georgia, in the chair—on the sundry civil bill. Mr. Bland then reoffered his amendment with the proviso attached to it, “that the cost of this coinage shall not exceed $35,000, $5,000 of which shall he for the coinage of subsidiary silver and $90,000 for standard silver dollars. Rejected. and the House adjourned. The Senate spent much of its time in discussing the river and harbor hill. The hill authorizing the Secretary of War to detail for special duty in connection with the World’s Columbian Exposition such army officers as may he required was passed. The hill exempting American coastwise vessels plloted.by their licensed masters or by a United States pilot from the obligation to pay State pilots for services not rendered was passed without a division. The con- , ference report on the hill to provide for the disposal and sale'of the Klamath River Indian reservation was presented and agreed to. Mr. Aldrich offered a resolution (which was agreed to) abolishing the office of principal executive clerk of the Senate, and placing the entire clerical force of the Senate In the Secretarv’s office.

In the House, the 19th, In debating the sundty civil hill. Mr. Dickerson’s to strike out the appropriation of $150,000 to enable the Secretary of War to complete the establishment of the Chlckamauga and Chattanooga National Park was lost. Mr. Kilgore, of Texas, while paying tribute to the courage, ability, and patriotism of General Sherman, raised a point of order against the clause In the hill appropriating $50,000 for the preparation of a site and the erection of a pedestal for a statue of Sherman In the city of Washington. Henderson of lowa and Breckinridge of Kentucky appealed to him to withdraw his point, but he declined. He said: “The rules of the House should be enforced. If the statue should he erected it should be provided for in an orderly manner.” In the Senate, after a long political discussion, the river and harbor bill was'reported back to the House. All the amendments agreed to In committee were concurred lnln gross, and the bill was passed without a division. The following hills were passed: Appropriating SIOO,OOO for a public building in Joliet.'llL; to increase to $125,000 the appropriation for the public building at Lansing, Mich.; to authorize the Illinois and lowa Railway and Terminal Company to build a bridge across tho Mississippi River at Moline. Ill.: to authorize the construction of a railroad bridge across the Columbia River in the State of Washington. The 23d, Mr. Cullom occupied the chair In the Senate. The following bills passed: Authorizing the Secretary of War to procure and present suitable medals to the survivors of the “forlorn hope storming party,” of Fort Hudson, on June 15, 1863; appropriating $15,000 for the introduction of domesticated reindeer into Alaska; referring to the Court of Claims the claim of the Citizens’ Bank of Louisiana for specie taken from the bank by Major General Butler. Passed (with an amendment excluding allowance of Interest). For a commission of three to examine and report relative to the employment of the pneumatic tube system, or other process for the rapid dispatch of mails In large cities. (Appropriating $20,000). Appropriating $15,000 for the purchase of the Travis oil paiptlng of Abraham Lincoln to be bung In the CapitoL Appropriating $20,000 for a statute of the late Robert Dale Owen, of Indiana. In the House the Senate bill granting a pension to ex-Senator George W. Jones, of lowa, was passed. The river and harbor appropriation bill with tho Senate amendments was referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors.