Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1892 — THE SENATE AND HOUSE. [ARTICLE]

THE SENATE AND HOUSE.

WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAW. MAKERS. Proceeding* of tho Senate and Hon*, at Representatives Discussed and Acted Upon—Gist or th» Busiuoss. The National Solon*. In the House, on the (iih, vi.o conference, report on the river and harbor bill wo® agreed to—l6l to 85. The motion made by Tracey of New Y'ork to refer ihe silver bill to the Uommittee oa Ranking and. Currency wss loft—yeas. 43; nays 15a Mr. Williams of Massachusetts moved to reconsider. Mr. Bland moved 1o lay thelatter motion on the table. Mr. Bland’s motion was carried by a viva voce vote—--146 to 32—but Mr. ru- ey demanded th» yeas and nays. The sundry civil approlula^ lon blll tnndned to the Senate front the Committee on Appropriations, carries. » aßgrerating r 76,797,768, an Incroass of C11.5i4.816 over tlie House bill. Included ,A?rnn„ lt ' cre: ‘~ 0 u " appropriation of 55,10.1,000 in aid of the Wor.d’, Fair. On ihe 7th. the House passed a resolution to investigate tho Uoiuosjtoad conflict,, and the Oates resolution regarding the Investigation of the Pinkerton system was reported favorably. The I’enato was addressed by Senator rainier and othors upon theHomestead riots. Items in the sundry civil hill appropriating $300,090 for the Government exhibit at. the World's Fairand $320,000 for tho Naiional Commission were passed. Tho select House Committee on th® Columbian Exposition made a supplemental report on the Ith, advancing additional reasons in favor of lho proposition for an appropriation of $.5,000,000 in aid of the Exposition. The committee says the appropriation is to be made on condition that $lO,000,000 has been provided and actually expended by the local corporation in preparation for the Exposition, and that tbe necessary excess over $15,000,000 will be raised by the citizens of Chicago. The committee is of the opinion that the Government will in all probability not only rocoive back into the Treasury as Its proportion of tho net proceeds of the Exposition tho full amount of said $5,000,000, b' dt a largo sum in addition thereto, Mr. ’ Hill made a speech (practically his first effort in the Senate) in explanation of a bill introduced by him changingthe date for the dedication of tho World’s Fair Buildings at Chicago from the 12th to tbe 21st of October, and the Senate paid him the compliment of immediately passing the bill without the formality of referring It to a committee. In the Senate on the 11th, Mr. Peffer offered a joint resolution, to lie on the. table, limiting the term of office of the President of the United States to one term. Mr. Quay presented, in order that it might be printed in the Record, the statement of the employes at Homestead The attendance in the House was larger than usual. The following measures v ore passed: For the construction of a bridge ac:oss the Missouri River at or near Omaha; appropriating $250,000 ftr tho publication of the reports of the eleventh census. Mr. Herbert. Mr. Lawson, and Mr. Doiliver were appointed conferrees on the naval appropriation bill. Mr. Whoelerof Alabama submitted theconference report on the military academy appropriation bill Mr. Holman and Mr. Robertson opposed the report on account of the large appropriations, this bill being the largest over passed by Congress for the military academy.