The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14
CONGRESSIONAL cLAITER.
Senators Warm Up Over The Election outraEss in
Southern States.
SENATE

provide for the enforcement of the
quarantine laws and regulations of the
United States, and for the establish
ment Of a national board of health.
The following house bills were taken
from the calendar and passed:
To authorize the court of claims to
hear, determine and render final judg-
ment upon claims of 'old settlers or
western Cherokee Indians.
To pay $1,000 to Charles f. Swain,
master of bark Philena, of New York,
for going to rescue of shipwrecked sea-
men from an uninhabited island near
Cape Horn.
Granting right of way to the Rio
Land and Water company across Fort
Lowell military reservation in Arizona.
The senate then at 12:45 proceeded to
executive business. Mr.. Lamb stated
that he would not occupy more than
five minutes, and within the five mln-
utes the doors were reOpened and legis-
lative business resumed.
Evarts gave notice that as soon as
the naval appropriation bill was dis
posed of he would ask the senate
to consider the report from
the committee on privileges and
elections as to outrages in Wash
ington county, Texas, and direct
ing that committee to revise existing
laws regulating election of members of
congress. y
the naval appropriation bill, the pend
ing question being Chambers amend
ment to strike out the words requiring
the new cruising monitor to
be constructed of the type,
and under plans and specl-
fications of Mr.. Thomas, OF Illinois
Chandler continued his argument in
support Of the amendment expressing
his doubts whether Mr.. Thomas has
done anything whatever in The making
of plans and specifications, or whether
Mr.. Thomas had the skill and ability
to do so. His understanding was that
Mr.. Thomas had merely enumerated
certain ideas as desideratum in a ship,
and that naval officers DOW in the en-
plOyment Of the government had made
all the designs, plans and specifications.
He thought it altogether wrong
to put such a provision in an
appropriation bill, but if anybody was
to be recognized in that capacity it
should be the men who had taken the
ideas and designed the ship. Finally
the clause was made to read as fol-
lows: "One armored steel cruising
monitor of the type approved and rec
commended by naval board in their
report to the secretary OF the navy and
by uIIu W duNl dPHIONCu Ills
letter to the chairman of the committee
on naval affairs of the house of repre-
sentatives dated January 8, 1899. to be
constructed according to plans and
specifications furnished by the navy
department to be approved by the
secretary of the navy.
Plumb complimented the present ad-
ministratiOn of the navy department.
He was glad to say tin the closing days
-
department had been well administered
NOT only in the sense that there had
been a stimulus given $50 far as could
be given by executive directiOnl to
everything that went to the upbuilding
of the navy, to procuring the best
types of ships, to the stimulation of
the highest forms of manufactures,
but more than all that, to the encOur-
agement OF the individual genius of the
people and to the doing of the work.
not IN navy yards where political
considerations might. have influenced
but in private yards. He was glad to
say that during the past four years the
navy department had been admins
tered in a practical, level headed, Judi
cious way. The result was that (quot
ing remark made to him by Hale
he was prepared TO believe that within
ten years the United States would
nave buC DCoO nav All Il1C MOIIQ-lOL
| the strongest navy, not navy with the
most ships, not navy with the great
est variety of ships-but a navy with
the most modern ships and with ships
best adapted to the work they would
have to do. An amendment was
adopted appropriating $4,000 for test
| ing the Hurst gun, and then the bill
W as passed.
Everts asked unanimous consent that
1 ~. hn
| Pacific funding bill, be laid aside and
the report of the committee on privi-
leges and elections as to the outrages
in Washington county, Texas, taken
up.
| Harris demonstrated against occupy
ing the time of the senate at this in
opportune and inauspicous period OF
the session in a political discussion.
He presented the condition of the ap-
the dangers of an extra session.
In addition to the appropriation
bills there was the tariff bill
which would probably be returned tC
the senate and would require time fol
further consideration, and there were
over 800 bills on the calendar that had
been considered by committees and
were of more or less Importance. Ii
that condition of the public business
|
the senate was asked TO consider reso
luton not legislative in its character
and the consideration of which coulC
have no other effect las every senator
knew than to launch the sen
ate on a fruitiess sectional debate
that would, If entered upon, Con
sumo the greater part of Thu
remaining time of this congress. Tn
plain practical question was, shout,
the senate take the time that should b
given to appropriation and other bill
in order to give the opportunity to sen
: atOTs on either side of the chamber t
ventilate their views on sectional queS
: tions, the inevitable effect of whic
: would be to excite section against SCI
| ton and to intensity any bitterness c
p feeling which now unfortunately exis
? ed. For these reasons he appealed I
s the senator from New York not to pres
e his request, and il the senator did pres
: it. he hoped the senate would reject i
Sherman said that the debate on tt
resolution would probably not take IL
wide range the senator from Tennesst
n HarrisI apprehended and need II,
interfere with the public business. 9
Il the other hand the Importance of ii
IS subject outweighed any question i
e volying money or any bill on the calel
a daF. At some time or other land
9 fore long,, they must have some mos
IL of electing members of congress fir
? from troubles and controversies.
It might involve and did involve question
" OF difficulty bat the senator from Ne
D. York with his weil-knoWn moderate,
st and conservatism might be safe
&c looked to to throw some light on t
ID question and there would be no ne