Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-15

was one that ould require the United
states to give back Texas to Mexico
today
we never got Texas from Mexico"
saiu Mills Texas came into the IN
ion involuntarily."
Without going into the question Of
the character of the instructions OF
the president to the Hawaiian minis
ter, Villas declared that what the presi-
dent instructed the minister to do he
had ample and complete authority to
do.
Villas moved that the resolution be
referred to the committee on foreign
relations.
Senator Hill favored the resolution
criucisinG the president for not in,
forming congress of the state of affairs
in Hawaii and his instructions, and
declaring that he should not commit
, congress by any act of his. He did
not understand Mr.. Mills to oppose the
passage of the resolution. To this MIR.
Mills aSScnted.
! Mr.. Hill, continuing, said he had no
word to say of Mr.. Stevens or the pres
ent minister Congress might conclude
that it was proper to send more than
one person to Hawaii to ascertain
facts; he questioned the right of the
president through force of the army
and Gavy. without the consent of con
@resS, to restore the queen.
| Senator Sherman also spoke and at
some length.
, Mr. Hoar'S resolution was adopted
unanimously and the senate then went
into executive session.
In the house Mr. GroSvernor offered
Il resolution giving the names of 1000
Ohio pensioners dropped from the
rolls and asking for reason and other
information from the secretary of the
interior.
Washington, Dec. THE president
has not replied to the Hoar resolution
and some interest is expressed to know
what course he will take or whether
he will decline on account of the gen
eral welfare for the present to make
public his instructions to Minister
Willis.
: Senator Palmer took exception to
the remarks of some republicans ana
responded in defense of the presidents
policy
Some members of the senate have
been asking themselves what the SEN
ate will do IN case Cleveland should
fail to take any notice of their request
for information, but most of those
who have spoken upon the subject say
this is not Il probable contingency.
They admit however, that it would not
surprise them if Cleveland declined to
transmit further information until af
ter the next steamer arrived from
Honolulu.
The senate passed the senate dill to
reimburse Nebraska for expenses incur
red in the Sioux outbreak of 1891; also
the house bill to amend the railroad
land of forfeiture act.
A bill WIS passed granting Il pension
of 500 Il month to the widow of Gen.
Corsc.
The senate adjourned till Monday.
In the lower house the bankrupt "
, as, speaking against it.
Bailey antagonized the bill in 4 bril-
liant speech. An equitable bankruptcy
law, he said, could work no possible
, injury to creditor or debtor. but as
to the proposed bill, radical differences
| exist as to whether it is q proper meas
F urc. He thought the Objectionable
70, Of hn nnnIinu hill may
tricably interviewer that it could not
be amended and made acceptable.
In closing the general debate for the
advocacy of the bill, Col. Oates explain
ed that the charge that the bill pro
vided Imprisonment for debt was with
cut foundation. He denied that the
I bill had any harsh provisions and ex-
> pressed a willingness to accept any
: amendments proposed in good faith
and sustained by honest argument.
:, Washington, Dec. S.-The Torrcy
o bankruptcy bill was killed unexpect-
I edly by the house today just as its
consideration under the five minutes
D rule was about to begin.
. Col Oates, champion of the meas
q ure, declined to permit the house to
vote on Bailey's substitute, providing
. simply for a voluntary system Of
0 bankruptcy, whereupon Bland precipi-
tated a ferment by moving to strike
: out the enacting clause of the bill.
, Vainly the advocates of the meas
! ure protested that it would be unfair
: to reject the bill before the house had
: a chance to perfect it by amendment.
+ Pleadings were Unavaiting. The de-
p cisiye vote was 142 to III.
: Judge Torrey, of ST. Louis, author
0 of the measure, who for ten years has
been pushing the bill, sat disconso-
lately in the gallery. The vote was
. not strictly party one. An analysis
: shows that lis democrats, eighteen
= republicans and nine populists voted
: to strike out the enacting clause and
= that sixty-four republicans and forty
seven democrats voted against it.
An attempt to drive the bill for the
admission of Utah through the house
during the morning hour was de
l feated by a determined filibuster led
by Dingley, Of Maine, and supported
t by almost the entire republican side.
2 The course of the republicans fore
shadows the policy upon the admis
sion not only Of Utah but Of the other