Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1894 — THE NATION’S SOLONS. [ARTICLE]

THE NATION’S SOLONS.

SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Our National Law-Maker, and What Thajr Are Doing for the Good of the Country— Varies* Measure* Proposed. Discussed and Acted Upon. Doings of Congress. T e Senate wrangled all day Wednesdaj over the tariff bill. Mr. Hepburn, after the reading of the journal In tbe House, interposed an objection to its approval and forced tbe yeas and nays on Mr. Dockery's motion for its approval The journal was approved—243 to 0. The House went Into committee of the Mr. Bailey, of Texas, in the chair, and resumed tbe consideration of the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill Mr. Warner moved to Increase the rank of tbe consul at Barcelona, Spain. to that of consul general and the salary to 11,500. The motion was agreed to. Mr. Hepburn offered an amendment, providing that all fees of every character* official or unofficial, collected or received by the consuls at Liverpool. Hong Konv, Amoy, Canton, Tien Tslng, Havre, Callao. Prague. Antwerp. Valparaiso. Colon, Chin-Klang. Fucban, Hankow, Bordeaux* Belfast, Bradford. Demarara, Glasgow* Kingston, Manchester. Vera Cruz, Mat an-, za«, Basle, and Montevideo should be turned into the treasury, and tbelr salaries should be tbelr sole compensation. The amendment was defeated—ss to 128. At 5:10 the committee rose and the House adjourned. In the House Thursday the Speaker appointed the following boards of visitors: To the Military Academy. Messrs. Black of Illinois, Hatch of Missouri and Curtis of New York; to the Naval Academy, Messrs. Meyer of Louisiana, Outhwaite of Ohio and Randall of Massachusetts. The House then went into committee of the whole and resumed consideration of the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill Debate proceeded during the afternoon in a desultory manner On small unimportant amendments, none of which were adopted. When the bill was completed tbe committee rose. The bill as passed carried 51,513.538. a decrease of 146,706. compared with the appropriations for the current year. At 5 o'clock the House adjourned. The Senate was engaged In Its regular pastime—discussing the tariff.

Some routine business was transacted at> the opening of the session of tbe House Saturday. Mr. Lockwood (N. Y.) reported back from the Pacific Railroad Committee the resolution calling upon tbe Attorney General to inform the House whether the stockholders of the Central and Western Pacific railroads were reliable in any manner to the United States for reimbursement, for bonds Issued under the various acts of Congress authorizing the issuing of bonds in aid of said -spends. The House then went into committee of tbe whole, with Sir. O’Neil, of Siassachusetts. in the chair, and took up the army appropriation bill. The bill carries 823,568,284. $6517,355 less than the appropriation for the current fiscal year. Durlug the debate ou the bill the roll was called under the rule and no quorum being developed, the absentees were reported to tbe House, and then, at 3:55 p. m., the House adjourned. The Senate proceedings were a repetition of those of the day before Personalities entered largely into the debate on the tariff bill in the Senate Monday. Senator Turpie made a bitter attack on Senator Aldrich, whom he accused of uttering falsehoods. When the House met at noon Mr. Meiklejohn. called up the Senate bill for the construction of a bridge across the Niobrara River, near the town of Nebraska City. Neb., and It passed. At 12:27 the House went into committee of the whole to consider the army appropriation bill. Mr. Outhwaite offered a committee amendment that no appointment of Assistant Adjutant General with rank of Major should be made until the number of officers in that grade had been reduced below four, and that hereafter there should be only four officers In said grade, and that future promotions in the ad-j jutant general’s, paymaster’s, and smaller branches should be filled from the next lowest grades. The amendment was agreed to by a vote of 49 to 38. Mr. Pickier offered an amendment that no officer of the army should be detailed to act as Indian agent unless the President shculd consider It best to do sa The chairman ruled the amendment out on a point of order. The appropriation for the purchase of machine guns, improved musket caliber,, was raised from SIO,OOO to $20,000. An amendment offered by Mr. Frye, striking out the provision that hereafter no aupointments should be made to the grade of assistant surgeon until tbe number Is reduced to ninety, and that the number hereafter should not exceed ninety, was disagreed to by the vote of 62 to 95. At 5 o’clock the committee of the whole arose, and the bill, with amendments, was reported to the House and at 5:11 p m. it passed. The House then adjourned. In respect to the late Senator Stockbridge, the Senate adjourned Tuesday afternoon, appointing a committee of seven with a committee from the House of Representatives to attend the funeral at K*alamazoo. Mich. The session of the House was brief, also, on account of tbe death of Senator Stockbridge, relative to which appropriate resolutions were moved by Mr. Burrows and adopted, and Messrs. Burrows, Bynum. McCreary, Boutelle. Payne (New York). Aitken. 'J homas and Richardson were appointed a committee to attend the funeral.