Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1890 — NATIONAL CONGRESS [ARTICLE]

NATIONAL CONGRESS

The Senate on the 30th considered various conference reportaand debated the bill to admit Idaho as a State. The House discussed the election bill. Speaker Reed says the House can be ready to adjourn in two weeks. The Senate on tho Ist passed the bill admitting Idaho as a State. The Senate refused to recede from its amendments to tbe Legislative bill, and the House having done likewise, tbe bill fails unless one of the Houses reconsiders. .The House devoted the entire day on the Federal election bill. Several amendments were proposed, some of which were adopted. The vote was very close in several instances.

The Senate passed the bill to provide for the delivery of land patents to the right ful owners. It directs the Secretary of the Interior to send to tho Recorder of Deeds in each city in which lands so patented lie, lists of tho land paten ts in that county that have been in the general land office uncalled ior for twelve months. A resolution was adopted calling for itifor mation relative to pensions. The bill to improve the merchant marine was considered. The House resumed tbe consideration of the Federal election bill, the pending question being on an amendment offered by Mr. 1 ucker, of Virginia, requiring the Judge of Circuit Court to pass upon applications for supervisors of election. Mr. Frank, of Missouri, said that he was in favor of the bill, so far as its scope was to extend the operation of the supervispry system; he was opposed to it so far as it proposed to obtain Federal control of elections . But he was opposed to the amendment because it sought to weaken the law already on the statute books. Mr. Boutel'e, ol Maine, said that the naked question presented was whether those people who were by the constitution and the laws entitled to tbe right of suffrage should be protected in the exercise of that right. Mr. Springer moved to lay the bill on the table and thus defeat it. His motion was beaten by 149 yeas to 155, nays. The only Republicans to vote in favor of the motion were Messrs. Coleman, of Louisiana, and Lehlback, of New Jersey. IMr. Ewart, of North Carolina, another bolter, was paired with Mr. Simonds, of Connecticut. Then came the tug of war In the final disposition of the .bUl* Mr. Springer made several motions intended to delay action, but under tbe rules filibustering oould not be maintained. Finally, amidst great excitement, the bill was passed, yeas 155, nays 149, a majority of six. Sevan Republicans were absent without pairs. Two Republican voted with the Democrats—Coleman, oi Louisiana, and Lehlbach, of New Jersey, All the Democrats toted against the bilL