Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-06-02
CONGRESS

There WIS considerable excitement IN the
house and some al Il cling when Mr.. kilgore. OF
] exas. raised point OF order galnst the clause
in the bin appTOpriafing 5000 for the prepare
ton OF site and IL e er eu9n OF PEDESTAL Tor
statue of the laie General W. I. Sherman IN the
city of " Washington
the gent eInan from Texas . Withdraw his OBJ
lection and permit the COMMITTEES TO unanimous.
ly pay this 1bute 20 the memory OF grand
KilgcIe declined 70 withdraw his point
he senats finished the work OF amending the
river and harbor bill end pas ed II, asking for
conference with the house
Cha; man DOekery OF the world lair invesd-
cation committee, submitted TO the full CON-
mittee the report agreed upon Dy himself ana
his associates. The report recommends that
department of foreign affairs be abolished and
its duties discharged under the auspices OF the
The OFT SAYS: 'sIhe inquiry ordered by this
resolution will, in our op Mon result IN a de-
crease of compensation TO employees and iimita-
tons upon expenditures al many points other
than thOEe TO which reference has been made
lures, the committee does 90 in a friendly spirit
10 the exposition, for 1t recognizes that this
great undertaking Is governed by many eondi5
tons that are not enl ghtened by precedent and
Senator Perkins Is pressing his bill for the re-
/ eff of those who have made timber culture en-
tries and by reason of climatic conditions have
been uns BILE to comply with the strict cOnstrue-
impOss bic to make tree culture a success, his
bill will PERMIT issue Of patents where IT Is
eslaDlls 1EllAtE Las IGeSOldD4t
effort.
the sundry civil appropriation bill, on motion of
FoTney, of Alab- ma providing that the board of
managers of national soldiers homes for dis
able1 volunteer 5. ldiers shall apply the excess
over s. a month of the pensions OF all inmates TO
the support o the hone; except where inmate
has a del endent wife, child or parent
committees rays the COMMITTEES entertAins the
kindest appreciation of the novel and ingenious
wOman's building feature Of the e1I osltion. and
trusts il may be crowned with abundant success.
The senate commenced the consideration of
the bill to provide for the punishment OF viola
tions OF the treaty rights Of aliens: the measure
found necessary to give the federal government
Jurisdiction in such cases as tie New Orleans
In the house a second attempt was made to get
up the Sherman statue bill: but kilgore, of
exas was watchful. and objected TO giving
unanimous OnEent for Its consideration 1t Will
again Re tiled 10 determine whether there can be
enough fayoring the bill to suspend the rules
and take ii mp.
In the senate a bill intended to abolish post
traderships in the army, which has the approval
of the war department and General Schoneld
was reported favorably from the military affairs
committee by Senator Proctor.
The following appointments were received
from the presidenT By the senate: Admiral
missioner general. and Prof. q. Brown GoOde as
s1siant 70 the smithsonian Institute; and Frof4
James G. yelling, president of Columbian uni
fersity, to be assistant commissioner, to repre-
sent the United States at the Columbian Hlstor-
ieal exposition TO be held in Madrid. Spain, In
cOmmemoration of the four hundredth anniVer-
sary OF the discovery Of America
Senator Morgan spoke on the bill to provide
for punishment of violations Of tIeaty rights OF
aliens. He said Secretary Blaine had been COM
PEELED lacting exactly right 20 use the secret
service fund to pay Sa 600 to families OF the men
/ assassinated IN the prison at New Orleans The
government OF the United States was in a pitia-
| bic situation when tie se-retaTy OF sta'e was
compelled 10 resort TO the secret service fund to
keen peace with foreign governments
| At the close of his argument Senator Morgan
moved, with the assent of the committee on for
eiRn relations, that the bill should go over
until next December. The matter went over
without action.
Ire house adopted more amendments to the
sundry civil appropriation bill including one
offered by Holman, providing that the positions
of oil persons employed in field work or IN the
Office whose services can be discontinued shall
Hockery, of Missouri, offered a resolution di-
recting the committee on Judiciary TO inquire
whether under the srecie resumption act any
bonds were sold for redemption purposes Re
teTred TO the committee on rules , -
Representative Houk, of Ohio, offered an
amendment to the appropriation tor 81, q govern
ment exhibit at Chicago, TO add SlOOIOOO TO pay
the expense OF soileetng preParing aiia Up P1D-
Lshing facts and statistics pertaining 20 me IN
i uustrial advance of United States citizens Of
African descent from January. 1908 70 January,
1888 to constitute p1Tt OF the government eH-
/ hibit
Henderson. of Iowa, said that the colored pee-
/ pie OF this country numbered about one-slghth
/ of the entire pOpula.iCn, and yet the evidence
/ taken by a special committee at Chicago dis
closel the wonderful and amazing fact that
| neither the president of the United States (he
/ said IL with modification and shaImel. nor the
| governor of a single state. nor the government
/ commission, nor local corporation, nor the
WOmun's commission. not one OF these had
given REPRESENTATION to those 5000 900 of PEOPLE
Holman made an appeal Of order against
Houks amendment. which was sustained by the
| chair.
defense of the president in the matter of ap-
pointing co.Ored men, Ghe president had bce9
| ought not to be forgotten" he said, that the
president had stood in favor of a just measure Of
/ national relief. whereby the eo;ored people OF
the south would have right to cast their votes
and have them counted"
There was a scene of great confusion in the
hall dozens of members we g on their Ieet, Ials-
| ing their voices and crowding into the alslea,
/ while johnson proceeded in vehement language
/ to denounCe the treatment OF the negro by the
democratic party of the southern states, and as
he was as vehementiy contradicted by a number
of mem beIs from the south, the house became a
perfect bedlam, the Oh IT being utterly unable
| to secure a semblance of order.
| Dockery offered amen ment reducing the
salary of the director general of the Worlds Col
umbian commission to 5000. and of the secre-
/ tary TO $1,000. Agreed to.
| Propositions were agreed TO as amendm -nts 10
| q pend ng question to the effect that no money
should te paid until It was maze certain that the
| Exposition should be closed On Sunday and that
no liquors should be sold on the grounds but
/ the committee of the whole al ose before dispOs-
/ ing of the ending question.
By skllful work the free silver sena o-s Sc
| cured pC sition as unfinished business for the
Stewart fl ee silver bill and it Will take a vote to
jump 1t and pass 1t by VIII reached on the cal
| The motion which gave this position to the
| bill was carried-yeas y, nays ~. PETER Vo.ed
/ aye; Hall did not vote. though present.
| IN his speech the subject Senator Teller
i central cted thu statement quoted by Sherman
to the effect that if silver went to 81. % psr
ounce the pl odu Of silver in this country would
/ be QuinthplCd The Unitrd Stat delegates TO
| The international bimetallic confer nee would
/ lie met with that statement at the first meeting
| of the conference. What sily men comp aimed
of was that the action of 1878. in the demoneti-
/ cation OF silver, had appreciated gold at least
/ 20 per cent. 1t had reduced tie price of agri-
1 cultural products and the value of farm houses
and lands Hnd it had re1uc ID the wages of the
Il d ople OF the country.
When the world's fair appropriation was
/ again reached in the house the amendments con-
corning Sunday opening and liquor selling wel G
defeated and a substitute adopted providing
that thu government exhibit shall not he open
| to the public on Sunday
The item of the Eundry civil bill for the en-
| forcement of the Chinese exclusion act, as left
/ By the house, gives S560, 900 for that purpose.
! The senate in executive session took acton on
/ a case of long standing, being tie claim of
William Web ter against the British govern
msnt for compensaIi Cn for land acquired by
him from hatfVe chiefs of New Zealand, and
/ afterwards seized by the British government, by
/ adopting q resolution declaring that the senate
considers that the claim is fOun led in justice
and de erVes the support Of the L sd States,
and requesting the president TO submit it to AZ
/ bitratiOn-
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