| Show I Wat What Congress 1 is II Doing Doing FED Fan 6 At At SENATE At the to conclusion of l some unimportant business In the morning hour Senator Hill of New York moved that the bill bi to t repeal the Sherman silver sUver law bo he taken up Mr Hill quoted from the platforms platforms plat plat- plat fors forms of the two great national parties at Chicago and Minneapolis both bot of which he said demanded the use of both gold and sliver silver standard money It I was wa his duty he said to t the city and state of New York to ask ak in their behalf behal the immediate unconditional repeal of the Sherman Sheran law w wh which ch repeal would bring a a. a season of financial calm Instead of a widespread widespread wide wide- wide spread f fear ar of a I monetary panic fanic The Tho one ono controlling reason controlling reason for the repeal of the Sherman Sherman Sher Sher- man act wa was wa that It was a b necessity safe and sae for lor the day sufficient step toward free bi bimetallic bimetallic bI- bI metallic coinage by the route of an lionel tonal agreement That is the point which all al his hla hl remarks were Intended to convey A vote on the moton motion to take up the repeal bill bl was then taken taked and resulted 23 2 yeas and 42 nays I The credentials of Mr Stewart Stwart of Nevada for lor I his als fourth term was wa presented Senate bill for tor the payment by the government of local loca taxes on land held by Indians In severalty severally was passed The House hill bill bi granting additional quarantine powers and imposing additional duties dutes upon the marine hospital service was was taken up the question queston being on the substitute sub sub- stute reported from the tho Senate Senat committee sub on epidemic diseases Also the Senate Senat substitute substitute sub sub- stute was wa agreed to t and the bill bi also amended amend amend- ed cd was Wl passed The House coupler car-coupler bill bi was next taken up Mr Gorman asking aking that It i lie le over until Monday and Mr demanded de do- e- e present consideration The bill bi went over without action acton and the Senate Senat after ate an executive session adjourned HOUSE Owing Owing to t the filibustering tactics of of Texas and Burrows of Michigan no business kind was wa transacted Mr Kilgore Kigore was waa fighting the bankruptcy bill and bj Mr Burrows opposed the war claim clam measures FEB 7 The SENATE The Senate hill bill bl for the relief of the assignees nees or legal representatives of John Roach deceased to t pay the balance due on the United States steamship Dolphin 1645 was wa taken from and passed The Senate hv bv n. n n nf nt IT VM o 99 j n J nays ays 34 3 refused refuted to t take up tsp the New York and New Jersey bridge bill bl The bill bl providing for tor use of automatic couplers by railroads was WS discussed Mr r. r Cullom said the brakemen would be safer r if I they were enlisted in the tho army in time of war vr than they were as a railway railway rail raU- way ray The bill bi provides that when 75 o per cent of the railroads shan shall agree upon a coupler the rest shall use the same Mr rr Wolcott opposed the bill bI It went over without without without with with- out action acton FEE FEB 8 SENATE In SENATE In the morning hour the following bills were taken from the calendar and passed House Rouse bill bI for tor the relief reUel of certain ocr ocr- tam tain settlers setters on public lands laMs In lu the Tucson land district Arizona Arbona House bill bi to amend the act of March 3 1891 establishing a n court i of private land claims Senate bill to exempt veterans from competitive examination In the classified service serice of the United States The bill bf to t amend the Chinese exclusion act was as laid over At 12 55 the Vice President announced that the time had arrived for lor execution of the order order or or- der of the Senate Senat The he Senators then fell into line lne and und preceded by the Vice President fel and secretary and attended by other offIcers Including Including Captain Bassett Basett the veteran doorkeeper door door- keeper who carried the boxes containing the certificates of presidential electors moved mo to towards to o- o wards warda the hall hul of the House louse of enta- enta tivee U The Senate returned at t and took tok up up the car coupler bill Im aw In Mr Gorman opp sd an Mr oded te bill bl Va fn acton l ne Senat-a Senat cr executive i session adjourned ln In In anticipation of the counting of the vote for president and vice president the the- galleries were crow crowded ded Th The speaker laid before before be be- fore the House the Hour Honn 1 quarantine bill bi with vUth the Senate amendment and Mr Raynor moved a concurrence Mr Kilgore was prescot present present pres pres- ent cot however and ana together with Mr Anthony resorted to dilatory tactics They were finally finally fin fin- fn- fn ally aUy forced to tG subside and the bill bi passed At 1 o'clock the Senate Senat appeared The vice president took tok the chair assigned to him to tote the te right of the speaker and the he senators oc occupied oc- oc oc the first four rows to the right of the to presiding officer The counting of the elec electoral elec dee dee- toral tora vote was then proceeded with and at Its Is completion the Senate returned to t its It own ball han The vote was announced as its a follows Cleveland and Stevenson Harrison on 15 Weaver 21 The legislative appropriation bill bi was considered but not acted upon FEB FIB 9 Sl D.-Sl Thc SENATE The The entire entre day was occupied oc oc- oc- oc In considering the car coupler bill bi An amendment by Mr I Palmer lalmer was wa agreed to t which strikes out all al section 2 except the first sentence lenience which is to t the effect that railways must not use ue cars not equipped with uniform coupling automatically by compact Mr Butler Buter offered two amendments amendment which were agreed to t changing the date in the first section lecton when power driving wheel brakes must Put be used from January Januar 1 1895 to January January January Janu Janu- ary 1 1808 and the date in the fourth section irons grab or holds hand in the tho ends and sides side of cars must be provided from July 1 1893 1803 to t July 1 1805 Mr Wolcott resented with much acerbity of manner a a criticism which Mr r. r Peffer leffer made of some things which he Mr r. r Wolcott had said the previous day He Ie utterly repudiated the idea of ot of hostility to the farming classes The people to whom I referred he said were the fraud and scum of the labor clement element men who ate are ale sometimes walking delegates men who v are aro specialists and anarchist agitators and men who on the tho strength of the labor movements movement sometimes temporarily find public office The hill bill bU was not completed HOUSE Hous Mr Catchings called caled up the tho resolution rose reso reso lotion lution luton for th the committee committe of rules setting apart this legislative day and if It i necessary the tle next legislative day for tor tho the consideration of the tho bill bi repealing the Sherman act Mr r. r Bacon chairman of the committee on banking an and ana currency said it vv was wa as understood that if i this motion moton was wa adopted the silver siver repeal bill bi would have no chance of passage and the friends of the bill wanted the bill bi postponed until tho the committee on rules could pass pas a cloture rule for it on some somo future day Mr r. r Bland Band said There is nothing ston strong enough to t compel the te repeal of this law the called so-called silver siver law until some other measure neasure was wa instituted in more satisfactory or better to t take its Is place And he ho gave c notice that the Democratic Demo Demo- cratic cratie party might be disrupted and all al re reforms reforms re- re re forms might might be defeated but no proposition solely in favor of Wall Vall Wal street could pass pas a Democratic House louse No thought u would deter tho the friends of silver sl er cr from the performance of their duty on this question queston He lie Ie defied the House to demonetize silver dIver and go back to t the Infamous legislation of 1873 The ThE discussion discussion discus discus- sion slon was WIS continued by Bartine Watson Watson Wat Wat- Wat son Bryan Walker Cox Cx Springer and Reed W When hen it came to t Mr Ir Townsends Townsend's time to t speak ho he yielded to t Mr Taylor who In the few minutes assigned him hI made mado mao a speech in which he be declared against the wisdom of repealing repealing re re- re- re pealing the tho act act and undoubtedly won back some of those who had been weaned away by the to eloquence of Mr r. r Reed Heed Mr r. r Taylors Taylor's friends frends were nere surprised at his atti attitude att- att attl- attl tude but Mr Townsend Town smiled as I he saw the approving looks of the silver siver men from the West Vest who witnessed the effects of this unlooked for champion The vote vot was ayes 13 nays Then by a a nearly unanImous unanimous inous vote the te bill bi was referred back to Its s It committee committed The House then went into Int committe committee com corn mitte of the whole for the te further consideration tion ton of the tho legislative appropriation bill bl Amendments Amendment were adopted provided that hereafter no building shall be dr draped ped I In mourning that executive departments be closed out of respect of deceased officials and prohibiting the use ot 01 public funds for funeral expenses of government officials or employee |
