The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-02-27
Congressional Proceedings.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20-Mr Jones of
Arkansas gave up the struggle in the sem
ate for the passage OF an unrestricted silver
coinage bill He declared that it had not
at any ii ne been the intention OF those ia
voring the bill TO jeopardize the passage of
the appropriation bill or run any risk OF
forcing an extra session OF congress. Mr..
Proctor of Vermont introduced bill do
mating certain condemned cannon to Bur
lington, Vt. Most Of the tin OF the SEN
ate was taken up in considering the Indian
appropriation bill. - The naval appro.
priatiop bill, with its amendments, passed
the house without division. Mr.. McCreary
of Kentucky asked the house to insist upon
its disagreement with the sena amend
ment to the Hawaiian cable bill. Mr.. NC
Creary said that II the government was to
construct this cable, then it must build
cables to Samoa, to japan, to China, and to
other places. and If it builded submarine
cables, then 1t must build railroads and OPP
crate them Such policy could never
meet his approval. Subsidies had been
granted by republican congresses and adj
ministratons to ships on the sea and now it
was proposed to extend subsidies under the
sea. He was in favor of the cable, but he
wanted it built as other submarine cables
| had been constructed, by private enter.
prise. Mr.. Hit OF Illinois moved that the
house concur in the senate amendment.
| He said there would be no profit in a cable
| between the United States and Hawaii and
that If it was to be constructed, it would
have to be by the government. If the
United States did not act, Hawaii would be
compelled to ask England to do so.
THURsDAY.-In the senate, the considera-
ton of the bill authorizing the issue of
$500, 900 of bonds for the increase of the
sewer system of Washington was antagon
lied by Mr.. Allen of Nebraska, who said it
seemed to him as though the American ma
ton had become a nation of bond raisers. "
Everything looked to the issuing of bonds.
| The president wanted bonds; the secretary
of the treasury wanted bonds; perhaps half
dozen propositions to issue bonds had
come from the republican side of the cham
Der, and as many more from the democratic
side; but not one had emanated from pop
ulist. When this blast from the peoples
party champion had blown over, the con.
sderation OF the Indian appropriation bill
was resumed. - The house talked all
day on the Hawaiian cable bill, and finally,
! by v )te Of 100 to ia, refused 10 concur in
I the senate amendment to the bill which di'
reefs the president Of the United States to
contract for building the cable
FRIDAY.-Neither house was in ses sion.
SATURDAY consideration of the In.
dian appropriation bill again engrossed the
attention of the senate, this being the four'h
day it had been under discussion. Mr.
Henderson of Nebraska offered an amend.
ment to pay to the Indiana Miami Indians
$48, 538, taken out of their tribal funds
against their protest In VIOLATION Oh the
treaty of 1854, and paid to persons not en-
titled to it. After explanation the amend
ment was adopted. - In the )use, the
dreary discussion of the general deficiency
bill was continued. Mr. Dingley of Maine
said the practice of thus increasing EN-
ployes' paw when, in many instances, theil
duties had been lessened, was growing
evil. In this congress it had been carried tC
greater lengths than ever before and he de
sired to enter his protest against 1t. Mr.
DOckery of Missouri gave notice that in the
house he would ask a separate vote on al
increases of salary, as 1t seemed impossible
to defeat them in committee. Most Of the
increases were agreed to, but several were
rejected on points OF order.
MONDAY .-The senate spent the entire
day in considering theI sundry civil appro
pration bill. The rule of considering i
was, as in other appropriation bills, to reat
the bill in exteDso, and to act on ne amend
ments reported by the committee on appro
priations as they were read in the bill, in
dependent a nendments being kept bacl
until this was done - In the house, OF
motion of Mr.. Powers of Vermont the sen
ate Joint resolution was agreed to donating
to the city of Burlington, VT, four con
demned cannon balls, to decorate Batter.
Park in that city. The Indian appropria
ton bill, az passed by the senate, was lait
before the house. 1t refused to concur II
was ordered Several hours were consumed
in discussing the District of Columbi ap
preparation bill.