Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1893 — THE NATIONAL SOLONS. [ARTICLE]

THE NATIONAL SOLONS.

SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Our National Lawmakers and What They Are Doing for the Good.of the Country— Various Measures Proposed, Discussedand Acted Upon. Doings of Congress. Early Tuesday a communication from Chief Justice Fuller of the Supreme Court to the Vice President, announcing the death of Justice Lamar, was laid before the Senate. Messrs. Walthall (Miss.) and Gordon (Ga) made brief remarks, paying warm tributes of respect to the memory of Mr. 'Lamar, and Mr. Wilson (Iowa) tpovea, as a mark of respect to the memory of Mr. Lamar, who was formerly a member of the Senate, that tbe Senate adlourn. The motion was carried unanimously, There was but little business transacted in the House because of the announcement of the death of Jußttce Lamar. On motion of Mr. Allen (Miss.) the House adjourned as a mark of respect (o the memory of the dead Justice.; Neither the anti-option bill nor the Cher-’ okee outlet bill—which have the alternate . right of way In the Senate—had any show of consideration Wednesday. The hour of the session was taken up in routine matters The only exceptions were the introduction of a bill for tbe admission of Utah as a State, and an amendment reported from the committee on naval affairs and referred to the committee on appropriations looking to a further increase of the navy. The remainder of the session was passed behind closed doors and was devoted to the question of whether the nomination of Mr. McComas as one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of tbe District of Columbia should be or not be confirmed In tbe House filibustering against the bankruptcy bill was inaugurated by Mr. Kilgore, of Texas. He was ably seconded In his endeavor to defeat the bankruptcy bill by Mr. Pierce, of Tennessee. who supplemented his every motion with another which was calculated to prevent action, and the filibustering continued. “Another wasted day” was tbe comment of the Republicans, and their comment was echoed by a majority of the Democrats. But the few Democrats opposed to the bankruptcy measure held firm, and the House adjourned without action, thus exhausting the two days assigned to the Judiciary Committee and the bankruptcy bill, The House Thursday resumed in committee of the whole the consideration of the sundry civil appropriation hill. Pending a vote the committee rose and the House without concluding the hill adjourned. In the Sjnate Mr. Cullom (Ill.) introduced a .olnt letolutioi requesting the municipal authorities of Philadelphia to lend to the United States Government tbe liberty bell for exhibition at the World’s Fair and asked to have It put upon its passu e. ihe joint resolution was referred to tlie c,:mmitteeon the library. Mr. Casey (N. D.) moved to take up and pass Senate bill fora c.jmnrssion of five persons (at $lO a day and necessary expenses), with stenographer and cleric, to make a thorough investigation cf the alcoholic liquor traffic. Mr. Vest (Mo.) argued against the bill, declaring himself utterly opposed to all such legislation. The question was one that was being preached upon, written upon, and prayed upon (in ficth forms of the woid) in every part of the civilized world, and especially in the United States. How could a commission, he asked, advise Congre-s on such a matter? After further discussion tha morning hour expired without further action on the hill. ’1 here were not many Seuators in the chamber during the debate on the anti-option bill, but those who were present witnessed the remarkable circumstance of the States’ rights Democrat, Mills (Tex.), having his argument against the constitutionality of the bill sustained by the stalwart Republican. Hiscock (N. Y.). In the course of his argument Mr. Mills said If by an ludia-rnbber system of construction of the constitution commerce had a right to regulate commerce in States—as proposed In the pending measure—it could go further and regulate the production of the specified articles. Mr. Hiscock opposed the bill. The great volume of wheat, corn and cotton would not be diminished or increased by such legislation, and yet the proposition was to take possession of the markets of New York, Minneapolis. Chicago and No»v Orleans, and to control the manner in which contracts shall be made. He believed that all legislation like that proposed was vicious, and he believed that If the bill were crystallized Into law it would become the basis of the most gigantic trust that ever existed in the United States. In the Senate Friday the announcement of Mr. Blaine’s death was made by Mr. Hale, who has been for many years one of the closest personal and political friends of tbe dead statesman His remarks were followed by a motion made by Mr. Cockrell (Dem.) (Mo.) that the Senate adjourn out of respect for the memory of the de- I ceased, and that motion was declared carried. The death of ex-Speaker Blaine also brought the business of the House to a sudden termination. A few committee reports were made, including a bill to repeal the Federal election laws, and then, after brief and affecting speeches by Milliken (who represents Mr. Blaine's old district) and Holman (who served many years with him in the House and who has always been his personal friend), the House, out of respect tg the memory of the dead statesman, adjourned.

Monday Senator Chandler brought the Hawaiian question forward as a distinctively American i*sue. By a resolution which he introduced in the Senate he calls upon the President to enter into negotiation with the Provincial Governments ol the late kingdom of Hawaii for the admission ol the island as a territory of the Unltad States Mr. Chandler had hoped for the Immediate consideration of the resolution, but Senator White interposed an objection, and under the rules tbe resolution went over.