The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-03-07
LONGRESs.
roaaen.ed Proceeding. ot the senate ana
House.

"a discussing the milan Appropriate hul
snd a. Sis adiJnrueA Before adiouraulcnt
Ms. PETIT grew a1ncIzcef that an agreement
nad been reaehed b. uhich the pooling biz
would be taken up On >aturday and KEEP; be
fore the senate uBciuiiuz sunday until dis
posed Of bod. The house had under c0nsideration
the general dehcleacy bill most oi the day.
The house bill was passed amending tbs
articles OF regulation % the navy. bill was
passed to amend an act granting a right o; way
through the indian territory % the Kansas &
Gulf railro11 A. the eveaing session private
pension bills we're considered
THE senate had a busy session on the 23i and
several senators had spats over the EFFORT %
bring up the p33lia. bill which = regarded as
q matter OF great Importance, bat was finally
again side-tracked which it is thought disposes
o. 10 this session. Several senators warned ths
friends of the measure that IL was useless -
take IL up as IL would be talked to death - Mr.
White Cali being ready % IRE a fve-days
speech against g. The Indian approprfatios
bill was passed AMI some progress made on the
sundry civil bill The latter bill contains the
provision for relieving the treasury by the is
sue OF eEchequer certificates up TO si0O0Jo.11l
After eulOgies % the late Representative shaw,
Of Wisconsin. the senate adjourned .... The pro
eee9ings OF the house we're unirnportaut ths
fight on the proposition to pay employees
months salary extra was the leading feature
IL carried by a vote o. 90 to 81 in committee o.
the whole The deficiency bill was read and
IN me afternoon e4luEles we're QellFerel upon
the late Senator Vance and the house ad-
iOurned
THE senate put in the y hole session on the
esth considering the sundry civil appropriation
bill The item Of slsO.OJ) for purchasing the
historic property of the late James O Blaine
in order TO prevent It's use for other purposes
occasioned sharp debate but was finally
agreed to Among other amendments agreed
10 was one approp priatiLy 500 TO the widow or
other heirs % the killed in the Ford's thesteT
disaster. The committee amendments to ths
bill we're approved until the concluding feat
ures we're reached First. concerning the gov.
erament printing cfice. and second. concern
ing the important financial plan for an issue Of
slQoO0l0O Of eertifcates Of Indebtedness.
These were reserved. At i0.s5 p m the senate
adjourned .... When the house met there was
great pressure for the consideration % Local
bills. The senate amendments % the indian
appropriation bill we're non-concurred in and
the bill was sent to conference The house
took up the deficiency bill In committee OF the
whole, which was finally reported. The amend
ment to pay Great Britain st25.0po on the
Behring sea award was lost by ll2 yeas to Ii3
nays. but the proposition 10 pay employees Of
the house a months salary extra was carried
by l'3 to lCs and the bill passed The house
soon adjourned
THE senate was busy on the ssth working OH
the sundry civil appropriation bill The i'm
portaEt feature OF the day was q sharp contest
on the sugar bounty question and the friends
Of the bounty succeeded In carrying II by a good
majority. The proposed bounty aggregates
sS.2D0OOb as stated in the amendments adopted.
and may reach ss.OroOOl The financial section
Of the billauthorizing the issuing OF 800 OJOooo
eNchequer certificates. was not reached. The
bill passed granting 70 the state Of Kansas the
abandoned Fort Hayes military reservation
....T The proceedings OF the house were Of little
interest The arbitration bill was under con-
sideration most OF the time and it passed. Il
provides for board Of conciliat. on and arbitra-
tiOn between common carriers and their en-
p0yes. After eul1gieS upon the late Repre-
sentative Post. Of Illinois the house adjourned.
THE senate on the g7th had a stormy financial
debate which lasted four hours. II was on Mr.
Germans amendment To the sundry civil bill
authorizing the issue Of slDOOJO.OOJ eKchcguer
certificates to relieve the treas lry. II vas
feared the financial debate would ieopariIze
the appropriation bills and there was much in
terest taken in the discussion The question
summarily disposed Of however, By Mr..
German Withdrawing his amendment and the
ruling out on a point Of order Of Mr.. Mills
amendment declaring that more bonds
should be issued. An amendment TO the bill
was agreed to which provides for a commission
OF United States army officers TO investigate
the Nicaragua canal project. going over the
route and making a report The day was
wasted in the house so far as the purposes for
which the day set apart were concerned.
namely. 70 consider bills reported from the
committee public buildings and grounds.
Only one bill was called up-that to purchase
what is known as the Malone site for new
public printing ofice The house got tangled
up and after long time the bill was aban-
coned- The conference reports on the bill to
prohibit the importation of goods in bond
through the United States into the Mexican
{ free zone and on the pension AMI post once
appropriation bills were agreed to.
THE senate on the 2sth passed the sundry
civil appropriation bill, including the item ap-
propriltiny over s5 ,gj1.OOJ for sugar bOunties.
I and the provision for q commission to repre-
/ sent the United States at an international
monetary conference The latter feature
| brought out the wide difference OF opinion
among the silver men OF the senate as TO the
/ advisabIity Of participating in an interna-
tioual conference The deficiency bill was
then reported The conference report on the
! Indian territory court bill was agreed to. A
/ resolution allowing J. w. Ady 5000, expenses
for contesting the seat OF John Martin, OF Kan
sas, and the latter slo0o, passed. The dip
lomatic bill was passed and the senate ad-
| JOurned. At the evening session Mr.. Chandler
/ (N. H) made q bitter speech against the elec-
tion Of Senator Martin (Kan), to which the
latter senator replied In an equally bitter man
| ner amid much confusion and excitement
/ Several other senators took part in the rum
/ pus So. The house assisted o its disagreement
to the item in the diplomatic bill providing for
| the Hawaiian cable. Fifty-four senate bills
were disposed o. Many bills OF minor interest
passed: also several District OF Columbia bills
The house having disposed ot appropriation
| bills, there was general rush 70 get local and
private bills through before the session closed