Congressional News

Sen'Atk.- Twenty-second day.- The mornlng ; utine business having been quickiy ' pensed with, Mr. Morgan (Dem., Ala..) oífered ; a n .ation whieh was adopted eailingon ihe presiüent for reports. docuinents and other pers relaiing to the enforcemeut of regulatlons respecting the fur-seal flsheries adopted by Oreat Urittan and the United States to carry out the decisión of the Paris tribunal of arbitration. ete. The conference report on the military academy appropnation bill wasagreed to. Mr. VUaa. from the committee on public lands. reported favorably the House bill for ' the relief of homestead settlers in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan. He asl;ed for immediate con-sideration. but Mr. Teller (Rep.. CoL,) objected, and the bill want over. The Lodge resoiution calling for Information why United States shlps of war had been wlthdrawn from Hawaiian waters was then considered. and Mr. Palmer Dem., 111.,) addressed the Senate, upholding President Cleveland's attitude in the matter. He was repeatedly interrupted and had to meet some hard arguinents ivhich he did not wholly overeóme. The morning hour closed boior the debate ended and the resoiution went over. The Senate I listenetlto eulogies on the life of the late Senator Alfred H. Colquitt, of (ïeorgia. House.- Tb debate on the curreucy bil! benig resiuned. Mr. Heltzhoover (I;em.. Pa.l, gave notice of an amendment which proposes a i tion to enable the sf cretury of the tivasiry to ' fund the treasury notes which :nav remain ín circulation August 31. 189.1. b.y issulng bonds to an amount not exceedïug" í.'iOO.OíXi.on') redeemaule at the pieasure of tne United Mates after live years, puyable f yoars Irom date. with interest at 3 per cent. payable nemi-annualW in gold. Members nocked arounii Mr. Sibley (üem., Pa.), when he began a charaoteristlo ai'diess against t :ie bi 1. He was applauded whenhesaid: "If ever a rebute was needed to one who has attempted to trarupk' duwn tUe perogatives of the people. it is needed for htm who has attempted to usurp thisentire government to himseif. The time has eome when there should be soraething more than brains. belly and brass to this government." He referreil to George Hl., and said it had been given out that anyone who voed ilgalnst ths bill would iheur the displeasure oí the king. Kour days afler the repeal of the Sherman act members had tolii him Iha4 thev had been promised revenue collectorships if they would I vote for repeal. Mr. Comba (Dem..N. Y.; demanded names. Mr. Sibley replied: "I went ! three days ago to a member a-nd asked him to allow me the privilege of calling him up here. t He said: 'Mr. Sibley, you will place me in a ! bad position with my coustituents;' bul i within 10 feet of me sits a Ban who heard him make the statement that he had Been offered federal oinces for vte."' 'Do you consider it fair."a3ked Mr. coombs. '"to make so grave a charge again -t theuWministration and not give names naces ia order to permit a defenseï" "Everj i .iii is the guardián of his own con.scienoe.' red Mr. Sibley. "Already the padlocks -en on my lips too long and 1 intend t" I etn off. Mr. Cox (Dem. Tenn.,1 follov.-' .. .-. . areful argument in favor of the bia ■ v .Rep., Pa..) did not think the peiul i i.ould relieve the treasury and the sltuui uur did he, ih fact, believe that the retiren. ..( of all greenbacks and treasurv notes woud check th'e demand for gold Mr. Johnson (Dem., O.,) followed Mr. Sibley s lead with caustic speech. He explalued why he believed the bill. If it could be enacted into lW would prove a moustrous failure. He denied that this bill wns designed to take the govermneat out of the banking business, and said il proposed to conter on bank without limit a rlghl that could only be conferred on a mouopol.v. It gave them i monopoly or it was a failure. Mr. Johnson skeU;hed a scheme by which a ! esi man. entirely within the terms of this bill. could make -52, 500 in two weeks by starting u bank. Mr. Mooie (Rep., Mass.,) ma4e a brief speech in opposttion and then Mr. Uland, leader of the HUVer Democrats of the House, tonk uphis cudgel Hgainst it. He predicted if this bill beoame a law that greeubacks would disappear and to secure the gold standard silver would be entirely eliminated. In conclusión Mr. Hland protested agaiusl the bill n the name of outraged Democracy. "Neither this House nor administraüon is the Democratie party," said he, "and I appeal to tbc masses of Democracy to ïeorsfanize on the line of the principies of Jefferson and JiK'iisoh. ' lApplaust.) Mr. C'ofSeen (Dem.. AVy. , concluded the debate for the doy in oppositiou U) the bilL Shnate. - Twentv-thirU day. - The urifcnt defleieucy bill was reported as itcsmefrom the House. Mr. Qua; thought an amendment should be made to the Inuonie tax law requiring a putilication of the ñames and salaries of the employés of corporaüons. Mr. Pascoe (Dem. Fla.) spoke ou the Nicaragua canal blU, and said that while he favore4 an Inter-oceanic canal he !s onposed to the panding bill. The House bill for the relief of houicstead settlers in Michigan. Wisconsin and Minnesota was passed. Hol'sK.-'l'he Carlisle currency bill. which had beeu under debate for two week?, was ijruominiously ditched. The committee on rules. In obedienct to the decree of the Democratie caucus. broughi in an order to close the general debate and proceed under the öve-minute rule for three davs, when the llnal vote shoukl be taken, but supporters óf the bill were unable to order the previous question, the vote resulting 14 yea, Ui) nay. The advocates of the bill were dumbfounded at their defeat in the first skinnish. and ihe order was withdrawn. The diplomatic and postofflee anpropriation bilis wcre then pai.sed. The furmer carries $1.5112.118. the latter i89,4tó.53. Twenty-fourth day.- The income tax carne in for considerable discussioii in the course of the debate on the urgent deticiency bill which contaius a provisión for carrying the law into operation. Mr. Hül (Dem., N. Y.,) offered an amendment designed to afford an opportunity to coiuksi the oonstitutionallty of the at. upon which he spoke briefiy. .'Mr. (uay (Rep, Pa..) gave notice of several amendmeuts he intends to offer to the bill, one for the inceme tax and the others to insert the McKinley taritT act and the woolen schedule. Mr. Caffrey, of Loulslana, comnienccd his speech on the Nicaragua canal bill. but had not completed it when the Senate adjourned. Housü.- A bill was passed to detine the crimes of murder in the tirst and second degrees and manslaughter and rape, niutiny and desertion and providing imnisluncnt theiefore. and to abolish the death penaltlea on other crimes. A resoluliou was adopled ualliug on the secretary of the interior for the causes of the delay in opening to settlement the lands recelved from the Kickaiwo Indiana. The Sonate bill repealing the law providing for bonds for registry of vessels was passed. The District of C'olunibla appropraltion bill. which carries $5,3J1.107. or275.0:l less than the appropriation. for the current year was taken up. Of this amount half the expense of the district government is paid by the district and half by the government. Sknatk.- Twentv-fllth day.- Practieally the whole sesslon was occupied in the discussion of Mr. Hill's amendment to the urgency deticiency bill designed to afford an opportunity to test the constitutionalily of the income tax law. Mr. Hill delivered a long and carefully prepared speech in support of his amendment. Mr. Dubois followed in support of the appropriation lo make the law operative, but soon drtfttd into a discussion of the silver quesiion in which he said that no currencv bill could pass that was not liberal towards silver. Several others spoke on the amendment. House. - No business of general importance. but at the evening session the northern and Southern Democratie members had a storiny discussion over pension bilis. Sknate.- Twenty-sixth day.- Senator Teller addrestied the Senate in a speech marked by force and eloquence of earnestness. Hertook the income tax as a text. but branched out Into a compreheuslve review of the present conditions of the treasury and the remedies demanded. He aeverely arraigned the adminïstration for alarming the country by agltatiou over Ihe currency bul. and urged' tliat the restorationof silver was the only effective resoiution. but said he did not expect this solution. at ilie present time from either ot the great partiesor from the Populist. Senator Lodge aiso aadressed the Seoate, urglng that if the 1 temocratlo majority would present a measure tu rmw "Btiiie iit(.;i,l of :i BtmMUnT Uill LhjLt coma not pass the minorlty would assist ín enacting it. When the routine proceedings wereout of the way Mr. Cockrell cali up the urgent dertcieney bill. which occupied the remainder of the day. House.- Mr. Hatch, cbairman of the committee on agriculture, catled ud a bill to extend the provisions oí the Wilson original package liquor lawr to oleomargarine in original packages. The bilí precipitated a dtscudyion regarding the meritü of the oleomargaríne act and its constltutionality until the morning hour expired and the bill went over. Thè House then passed the bill to codify the pension laws. Public business was suspended and eulogies were deliveredon the late Representativo Ceorgc 1. Shaw, of Wiscoasin.