Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-02-13
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Senate.

| session opened with very breezy personal
Mr.. Harris (Tenn.). The words ''ungentle,
| manly" and "contemptible' were EXCHANGED
and for time it looked as if the Senate
chamber might witness a repetition of tho
| belligerent scene in the House last week.
But the conflict assumed a somewhat seri0-
com comic aspect ana the Senate soon relapsed
/ business. The District of Columbia appro-
Prlatlon Dill was passed, after having been
before the Senate more than a week. and
discussion Of the diplomatic and consular
/ bill was begun.
! Washington, D. c., Feb. 6-The Demo-
/ today when Clarence d. Clark, the new
senator from Wyoming, was sworn in to fiji
Inc diplomatic and consular appropriation
Dill was then taken up. The Hawaiian
aaImneenndnment proposed an appropriation of
$$50O,OOO to begin the work of laying a cable
between the United States and Hawaii
authorizing the President to contract for
the entire work Pending the reading of
the bill, Mr.. Morgan Dem. Ala1 chairman
of the committee on foreign relations. pre-
Ssented an amendment embodying compre-
service nUn,h anu ieioim Oh our foreign
to the bill were agreed to- and the Ha.
TTaih a. cable a item then came up again Mr.
Hale said careful estimates made by cable
experts place the total cost at $4,000, 900
to y, 600 600 for the entire cable. An ex-
tended debate followed as to the consti-
tutional right of the government to own or
CONSTRUCT railroads, telegraph and cable
III ines The Hawiian item was laid saide to
De further debated the following day. AS
the Senate was about to adjourn Mr.. CulIom
called up, the Chicago postoffice bill. Mr..
bbi1iaanc CHAR DEN. La explained that the
already 1n passed. It limited the cost of the
new new building to 100000 The bill there
upon passed on a viva voce vote, without
opposition. The substitute measure differs
from that passed by the House, and must go
TO a conference committee.
or a cable to Hawaii was further discussed
IN the Senate today, but no. conclusion was
ing block to the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill. The cable project has
be been well l, nigh lost, sight of in the wide
range of Hawaiian debate. 1t is expected
however that the cable item will be voted
on on tomorrow ta and from the tendency shown
t Py the he's speeches the belief prevails that
Republican speeches have been favorable TO
the tn cable and it is expected that the entire
w Of 6en to in bf fsEor t6 Gf
work Several Democrats, including Messrs
N White, Morgan and Blackburn and other
| democratic members Of the foreign rela-
tons committee, are favorable to the cable
plan, although many Of the Democratic
senator's Sc tI oppose it as directly antagonistic
Washington, D. c.. Feb, S.-The features
! OF today's session of the Senate were the
fed Congress Of arrangements made for the
purchase of gold with bonds, and the other
transmitted the information that two Amer-
cans had been convicted of treason in Ha-
wall and sentenced to death. Both mess
ages created a great deal of interest, the
one relating to Hawaii causing much sur
prise. 1t was discussed at length All
those senators who spoke on the subject
with the exception of Mr.. Morgan, expressed
themselves as dissatisfied with the Hawaiian
governments action, suggesting that an in
tImation be made to the new republic that
the carrying out of the sentences would
not meet with the approval of the United
states. No action was taken on the sub
gect; A decision was reached that a vote
be taken tomorrow afternoon on the pro-
dlDIOm4tic to
Honolulu. The condition of the Washington
poor resulting from the storm and intense
troduce a bill appropriating $4,000 and
making maxim it Immediately available for the re-
net OF the poor The bill was passed with
out opposition or debate.
csive vote Of Sc to IS the Senate voted te to- to-
day to inaugurate the project of LAYING a
cable from the Pacific coast to Hawaii, An
amendment to the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill was made, giving $780,
authorizing the President to contract for
the the entire work, estimated to cost So, OO0,-
This was the first practical result coming
from the intermittent Hawaiian debate last
ing more than a year and renewed with
the proposed cable. The debate of the
last few days has shown that the lines of
division were practically the same as those
the republican senator's urging closer rela-
tionship by, cable and ultimately by an
neXation, the Democratic senator's, as a
rule, contending against the cable or other
en taq ling alliances ALLAN With Hawaii
sized in the final vote. Six Democratic sen
ators-Norgan, German, Hill, Butler Call
and White-voted with the twenty-eight Re
stitut.ng the majority for the cable. One
Republican senator-Nfr. Pettigrew-and
Toted against the
ulists were paired for the proposition. The
diplomatic and consular bill was then
passed, and then eulogies on the late SEN
ator Stockbridge of Michigan closed the day.
Washington, D. c., Feb 5.-The debate
on the administration bill to authorize the
purpose Of retiring the legal tenda epr a ,ng
treasury notes began in the House and con
tinued for six hours, 1t developed widely
Democrats and Populists opposed it outright.
Some of the administration Democrats, like
Hall of Missouri favored a substitute on
the lines of the Carlisle bill, while Mr. Reed,
the leader Of the Republicans, after speech
charging the present trouble to the def
cheney in the revenue introduced a bill
to sell per cent. ''coin' bonds to keep
up the gold reserve. and certificates of m
the government, to pay current expenses
until the revenue shall equal the expendi-
lures The Issue Of gold bonds he said
the past. Mr. Patterson, a Democrat from
Tennessee, on the contrary, favored the
issue of gold bonds. The debate under the
fveminute rule, when the bill is open for
amendment will begin on the 9th.
Washington, D. c., Feb. 6.-During the
second days debate in the House on the ad.
ministraton's bill authorizing the issue of
$500, 900, 600 of gold bonds for the retire
ment of the legal tenders and treasury notes,
Mr.. Haugen Of Wisconsin offered an amend
ment reducing the amount Of capital stock
form a national bank from $50 900 to $50, 900.
Mr.. Haugen made brief statement of the
purpose of the amendment. He accepted
an amendment offered by Mr., Springer fur
Their lowering the limit to $4,000, explain
ing that he had made the limit $50, 900 be-
cause that was the amount required for
the Establishment of a state bank in Wis
consn. The amendment was supported by
the Southern members very generally, and
was adopted by the House Notwithstanding
the protest of Mr.. Bryan. the free silver
man and Populist of Nebraska against
further extending the lawful evils at
tending the existence of national banks.
1t is believed the adoption of this amend
ment will secure some votes from the state
bank element from the South which would
ton bill The solidty with which a ma
jority of the Republicans and Democrats
dino