Show n. n r I ty f f fik r i i V J CONGRESS 1 Trie iriE SECOND FIFTY HS I JA RY 30 r Senate was not in session The busIness was vas transacted No desiring majority some of the discussIon of the rules to take up the attend to some somo to preferred t while others made mad Wh Speeches were other r hn business first Houi 25 of the tho late of Tennessee 1 i. MONDAY bill bUl appropriating COO The SS T at Reno Nevada W wa building for award bill This ThI the MexIcan awald ble also passed In the name namo ot of bo be brought directs suit to Court ot of Claims in the the United States Mining Corn Com Silver Q against the La Abra making makin Siver claim laim to any p pany n and all determine whether award to part ar of the effectuated made by fraud raud that award was An by means ot of false fale swearing Court of th thUn tho to the tho ma ins be taken Supreme the final decision decision de- de UnIted ted States and in case casO of Un Stats the government govern govern- the thel company against released from further further fur fur- be Is to of MexIco ment undistributed and the amount ther payment paid to the government of ot be i to to the Ben Benja- Benja alin a- a relating liko bill MexIcO A bU anti and taken u up then loin lin Wei case was wa passed was spent In debating ThO The E The day tho new Sew rules rles 2 FEBRUARY Y SE A large numb number l of memorials A Worlds World's wore were presented asking to have the Word s Fair closed on runday Fall report of the tho committee comm on The majority repol filed It elections on tho the Idaho contest was I favors Dubois for a The bill appropriating building bi at Grand Forks FOlks North Dakota Dakota bills was passed and one or oJ twO other othel bIls The session was wa a atilt 1 of hoar Morse Morae tilt between tt which was an Caus d I by a controversy about the printing CS ol alone one one of Mr Morses Morse's speeches in tho the Record Moros Moro's then The Te consideration of ot the rules wa was resumed re The e Burrows Burrows' amendment giving th the tha speaker the tho right to count a I quorum was wa rejected rejected tho the demand for the yeas ana and nays nayS having been withdrawn providing providing- Mr Reed read an amendment that whenever a quorum fails faUs to vote ont ow OI 0 any question there shall be bo a call cn of oC the thO House queston and yeas and nays shall at Bt the same same- same time be ordered As A each member answers answer tie to his name he shall voto on tho the yeas and aad ad- ad nays Mr Reed stated that the tho amendments t was similar to the tho on one on offered somo some ye rs n na a ago o by Mr MI John Randolph Tucker Mr McMillan of Tennessee opposed the amendment and inveighed against tho the ac action acton nc- nc tion of the last Congress in locking the tho doors ton during a call cal of ot the tho House He re referred referred re ro to the celebrated foot fot of or Mr KU- KU Kl- Kl gore of Texas in kicking open the tho door and und fore declared that he ho had done perfectly rf right ht The Tho free representatives of ol a free people should no er be bo called upon pon to te legislates legislate legIslate under lock end and key This and other amendments offered oy by the tho Republicans were vere voted down an and ana th the t debate lasted all al day 3 SENATE he 1 he usual batch of petitions petitions' was presented and Mr Dolph from the tho committee on foreign relations reported a 0 bill bl continuing contInuIng in force forc for ton ten years all aU laws now nov prohibiting and regulating regu regu- lating the coming into ito this country Chinese persons persona and persons of Chinese descent Calendared descent The Joint resolution proposing an amend amendment ment to tho the constitution of the United States relating to marriage marrage and divorce heretofore introduced by Mr Kyle wa was was taken up and Mr Kyle addressed the the- tho Senate in support of or it it The amendment amendment proposes that Congress shall have exclusive sive power to regulate marriage and divorce In the several states stats and nd territories territories ries and the tho District Distrct of ot Columbia res On motion moton of Mr Wilson the Senate Senat bill bi for the creation creaton of a 0 fourth judicial distrct district district dis dis- in the territory of Utah was passed The b bill appropriating for an extension extension ex ex- tension of the public building at Los Angeles Angeles Angeles An An- geles California was passed also the bill bil to pay pa the state of West Vir Virginia inia the tho sum sura due to it under the tho direct tax law HOUSE The The rules wem were vere again taken up and discussed The only notable event IB hr thee the days day's work was t i ado tue-ado lion of amendment offered by Mr Dingley ley or Maine and supported by Mr Reed Reed providing provid provid- in ing for the consideration of Senate amendments amendments amend amend- ments meats to House Houte bills not appropriating money as soon as they are aro laid before belora the the House by the Speaker FEBRUARY 4 4 SENATE In In In the absence of 01 Mr MI Morton who has gone to New Tew ew York for a few days r the chair was occupied by Mr Manderson president pro tempore Mr Brice introduced a bill bi for the erection erection tion ton of ot a monument at Put Put-in Put Bay Bay Bay Ohio to commemorate the battle batte of Lake Erie Eric in isle 1813 Referred Mr Peffer of offered red a resolution which was vas a agreed reed to chanAn changing the day for holdIng holding hold hold- Ing Ins special services in memory of ot the late lato Senator Plumb to Thursday the 1St in in- in stant V At 12 1330 30 the Senate proceeded to executive executive tive business When the doors were re reopened reopened re- re 11 opened a 0 resolution was agreed greed to declaring seat ing tog Senator Call Cal of Florida entitled to his Mr Manderson from the committee on military nt affairs irs reported a bill bi granting to t the e State of Wyoming certain lands In the Fort ort Ru Russell sel military reservation as grounds for tor agricultural exhibitions ann ana ana one for the improvement of the tho military reservation at Walla Wala Walls Walla Wala Washington Both were ere placed on the calendar Adjourned to Monday HOUSE In In considering the tho rules rles again an aD amendment was offered by Mr Enlo Enlo of Tennessee providing that services in memory of deceased members bo he held on Sun Sunday ay instead of week days as Durl During th the discussion there was considerable considerable consider consider- able criticism of Congressional methods methods' of honoring the memory of members Mr Reed Heed Heed of ot Maine MaIno gave ga e the information that the consumption of time in the tho first session session that of the last las Con Congress leS for fol memorial services was twenty-four twenty days This announcement announce announce- ment mont created great reat surprise but was not disputed The Tho amendment was however voted down wa A number of other amendments were voted down and tho the rules as a whole were welO then agreed to t. t Mr Dickerson of Kentucky offered a n resolution directing the tho comm committee on Ju judiciary ju- ju u- u to make an investigation and report report re re- re- re port whether whether Congress has the constitutional authority to appropriate money for l Adopted the Ah oPt Worlds Worlds World's orld's Columbian Exposition On motion moton of Mr MI Goodnight of Ken Keu- tucky a senate b bill was WIS passed to provide provid for or the cre creation of a fourth ton Judicial dl dis district dis- dis s- s in the territory of Utah V FEBRUARY 5 5 HOUSE Mr Crisp W was in hi his is seata a aO ae ra part of the b- b day although suffering i from a bad cold O Mr Fithian 1 an of IUn Illinois s f introduced intro intro- o othe e a bill bil placing farm arm rm the tho free ii list The cf K machinery on census deficiency b bill was then thea taken bate in which up and after a 0 lively de debate de- de bat the e C census bureau eau was severely criticised t the bill i i passed e |