Connecticut western news., 1891-03-04
THE NEWS OF CONGRESS.

THE NEWS OF CONGRESS. Proceedings of the Week in Senate and
 House.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. A-The house took up the direct tax bill and after a long dis cussion it was amended, passed and con- ference committee appointed. The confer ence report on the naval appropriation bill was agreed to. Senate bill was passed granting pensions to the members of Pow ers' battalion of mounted volunteers of Missouri who served in the Mexican war. When MT. Mckinley reported from the committee on rules a resolution for the immediate consideration of the direct tax bill the previous question on the resolu- tion was ordered.
 MT. Blount argued against the resolu- tion. It excluded, he said, everything like decent debate. After brief discussion the house would be called upon to vote upon a measure involving not only the ex- penditure of s17,OOO, 900, but also great constitutional question as to the power of congress to pass the legislation.
 Mir. Hebert (Ala.) criticised the extrava- gance of the present congress. The ap- propriations made by it would exceed by $7O, ,OO0, 900 the appropriations made by the preceding congress.
 Mr. Mckinley said that so far as the question of limiting the debate was con- cerned no public measure had ever re- ceived more thorough discussion than had the direct tax bill. The resolution was then adopted and the direct tax bill taken up. MT. Caswell (Wis.), in charge of the bill, offered an amendment providing that no money shall be paid to any state or ter ritory until the legislature thereof shall have accepted, by resolution, the sum ap- propriated in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States on account of the levy and collection of the tax. Adopt ed. MT. Cummings (N. Y.) said that the measure appealed to the avar1ce of the states and to the fear of the members. It proposed to rob the poor for the benefit of the rich. He would 9ladly put $2, COG, 600 lin the treasury of New York if he thought the state was entitled to it, but conscien- tiously he could not do SO.
 MT. Springer maintained that the United States owed nothing to any state, and that congress had no authority to raise money in order to give it to the state.
 MT. Grosvenor (O.) favored the measure. The question presented was whether the government would do justice in one way or the other-either by compelling the de faulting states to pay their quota or to re- fund to the states which had paid the tax the amount levied and collected from them. The bill was then passed by the following vote: Yeas, 172; nays. 1O1.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. M.-The senate passed the house bill (with a substitute) to estab- fish a United States land court and to provide for judicial investigation and settlement of land claims in Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada and Wyoming The sundry civil appropriation bill was considered and several amendments adopted, and after disposing of GA of the 115 pages of the bill, MT. Cameron presented resolutions of sorrow at the death of the late Representative Watson (Pa.) Eulo- giss were delivered and the senate as a further mark of respect the senate ad- journed.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-The house adopt ed resolution making the shipping bill a special order for today and Friday, the pre- vious question to be considered as ordered at o'clock Friday evening. The immi- grafton bill was passed and the house went in committee of the whole on the agricult- ural appropriation bill. Without disposing of the bill the committee rose. The death of Senator Wilson was announced, and after eulogistic remarks, the house ad- journed until p. m.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. N.-The house de- voted the entire day to debate on the ship ping bill. and began voting on amendments to the measure at o'clock. After long continued struggle the house passed the senate postal subsidy bill by vote of 125 yeas to 120 nays.
 The substitute merely authorizes the postmaster general to contract for not less than five nor more than ten years with American citizens for carrying mails on American steamships between the United States and foreign ports (the Dominion of Canada excepted) to subserve and promote the postal and commercial interests of the United States, the mail service to be dis tributed equitably among the ports of the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf of Mexico and the vessels contracted with to be of Ameri can construction and offered by Ameri can citizens.
 The ships are to be of four classes, rang ing in speed from twenty knots to twelve knots, and those of the first three classes are to be built with particular reference tc prompt and economical conversion into auxiliary naval cruisers, and according te plans and specifications to be agreed upor by and between the owners and the secre tary of the navy, and they shall be of suf ficient strength and stability to carry anc sustain the working and operation of al
 
 ] Der of not less than six inches, and shal be of the highest rating known to mari time commerce. The bill will call for ar l appropriation of about $1, 200. 900. The Bennington's Good Showing. NEW YORK, March 2.-The new gunboa1 Bennington successfully completed hel four hours steamer trial yesterday after noon. The maximum steam pressure SC cured was TO pounds and the highest speed for one hour was 17.2 knots. The hors' power developed was 3.471.7. This is 71. horse power more than the contract called for and insures the acceptance of the vesse by the government. It also gives the con tractors bonus of $7 ITO.
 A Strike Is Inevitable. l HASTINGS, Pa., March 2.-The miners O ! this section have given notice to their em ployers that they intend to remain ou today unless their demand that the system of pushing cars be abolished is compiled with. The men are determined, and as tn operators have made no arrangements t' accede to the demand strike is inevitable
 ANOTHER SENATOR GONE.
 Hen. George Hearst Passes Away at Wash ington.
 WASHINGTON, March 2.-The arrange ments for Senator Hearst's funeral art not yet completed in detail. Private flu | > neral services vii
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