The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1895-03-01
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
second session.

long nblg and eloquent speech In the defense |
Of the president and his secretary OF the treas
ury In the matter OF the sale OF the sd2 100000
Of per cent bonds for gold After Mr. Villas
speech Mr.. Plat rep, Ctl made speech
against the silver bill itself An eftort was
made by Mr.. Jones 10 have time fixed for
taking final vote on the bill; but as its an
tagonigts refused to fx any time the debate
went on until p m, when the senate adjourn
ed untn Wednesday.
HOUSE, Another day was spent in consider
alton Of the naval appropriation bill without
disposing OF Il. In the course Of the day sew /
eral other matters were acted upon The Joint
resolution reported by the committee on ways |
and means, directing the secretary OF the |
treasury TO suspend the shipment in bond |
through the United States Of goods destined !
for the free zone Of Mexico, was passed Also
a bill authorizing the president TO appoint
Gen. Don Carlos Buell. a colonel on the retired
list Of the army conference was agreed to
on the agricultural appropriation bill. The re-
port OF the confereos upon the Joint resolu-
tlon extending from March | 10 April 10.
1906, the time within which the income tax re-
turns may be made was agreed to.
WASHINGTON Feb sl.-SEsATE-Soon after
the opening Wednesday morning Mr. Jones
came forward and announced that the friends
OF siyeT had authorized him to say that the
silver bill will not be further pressed this ses.
sion The Wolcott resolution declaring In
favor Of silver coinage at q ratio OF 10 tOl.
under the rules, went TO the calendar. The
Indian appropriation bill being taken up Mr
Manderson offered an amendment TO the VOL
colt resolution as follows. Provided, That
efforts should be pressed by the United States
TO induce international bimetallism and any
Legislation for free coinage OF silver should
provide for the maintenance Of the parity be-
tween both metals TO which the faith OF this
country has been repeatedly pledged"
HOUSE The house passed the navy appro.
priation bill II provides for three battleships.
After the bill had passed some time was spent
In the discussion Of the senate amendment 10
the diplomatic and consular bill appropriating
$4,000 for laying submarine cable between
the United States and Hawaii Mr. MoCreary
explained that the house conferees had re-
| fused 70 agree 70 the senate amendment, and
| that he would ask the bouse 10 further insist
| on that agreement Mr. Hit rep. III }, moved
| that the house rcoede from It's disagreement
WAsHlNGTeg, Feb 22-SENATE- The In
| dian appropriation bill was considered Thurs
day. The sectgran school question came up
| when the Indian schools was reached Mr.
| Cockrell explained that the appropriation com
mittee had sought to take out OF the bill every
| thing that was Catholic. everything that was
/ EhANHNdHA+ NhAuDAAN hAHNbl1 Auh AkEtfbAoEb
been omitted from the bill, and the committee
now omitted the Lincoln school at Philadel-
phla and the Hampton school, Virginia te
pause they were Protestant schools The bill
also provided for the government purchase Of
Indian schools now owned by various denom-
nations yea and nay vote was taken on
| abandoning the Hampton and Lincoln schools
and the abandonment failed, yeas 81, nays 81
MT Lodge offered an amendment for the grad
uaI abandonment Of denominatlonal schools
! within the next three years. or two years ear
lier than the house bill proposed
HOUSE, The house devoted most Of Thurs
day to the consideration Of the senate amend
ment to the consular and diplomatic appro-
priatioH bill, appropriating $4,000 for the
| Construction OF cable 10 the Hawaiian
| islands The motion that the house agree 10
the cable amendment was lost-li4 to ls2 The
| general deficiency bill. the last Of the ap-
| preparation bills to be passed by the house
then came up II carries'i6,5ie.52a An amend
ment TO pay s4,5Oo0 to Great Britain on ac-
| count Of the BehriRR sea award OF the Paris
| tribunal went over without action. The rest OF
the day was spent In eulogies on the late Sena-
tor StOckbridge, Of Michigan
WAsHISGTos Feb sa-SEEATE- Senator
Mills Friday introduced an amendment TO the
sundry ciyil bill II provides simply for the
immediate repeal Of all acts under which the
president IS now authorized to issue bouds.
Fridays session Of the senate was taken up
almost exclusively with the consideration Of
the Indian appropriation bill, and yet when
the senate adjourned at 5:S5 that bill after
three days being devoted to ~ was far from
finished, and q proposition that the final vote
be taken on il before the adjournment Satur-
day trequiring unanimous consenD was
promptly negatiyed with an objection from Mr.
Chandler rep, y, h.
HoUsE-George Waahingtons birthday was
celebrated by the house Friday by sitting al
| most thirteen hours with a recess from 10
Friday evening II assembled at II O'Clock
under the order made Thursday, and ad-
journed Friday evening at 1880 The days
session was occupied in the consideration Of
the deficiency bill for the year ending June 30
1906 which was begun Thursday There vert
two matters which gave rise 70 extended de-
bate The hrstwas the paragraph appropriate
ing $4,000 to be paid by the attorney genera
: for expenses in enforcing the order Of United
States courts for the protection OF property II
the hands Of receivers during the railroad
strike Of last summer.
: wAsHINGroS. Feb ea-SRSATE-The prob
ability OF an extra session was cOnsiderahl!
. lessened saturday by the action Of the senate
on the pooling bill While the Indian bill wa
under discussion Mr.. Butler moved to lay asid,
tor oil NWFNN n
, H., Nm ,Ihc rou ros called an Mr. putler,
I ,,,,i.i, ,,as do,nated zveaa % navs a.
Ir,,a t,iia biii nos asscd and tho sundry ciyi
9 hut w. ta,,en nm and ,hen informaIiv Iait
: Ia A., pst,i,rey oTered n resolution nro
:. .jJIn,, ~, an, 4, resncct 10 tho memory Q
~ 49, Erc5ericr nonglass hIs remains b
permitted to lie In state In the capitol rotund
5 Sunday Mr. pe,tigrew asked for the lmmedi
5 40 cnnstasratIon N the resolution. but objec
,ton ras made nv Mr. German dem. Md.
. and /, won, ever In accordance with a specta
: | o,dcr mo senate ,hen listened N euloaies OF
!. ,,iV n So SsI''' ., - vis.ans,r
{ HorsE-Aflcr some brief routine mornin
4 business the house went into committee OF tn
= whole and resumed the consideration oi y, IN
aenSiensS ni mne SS,los ~ yo5to,, III nSior nor
4 Of the house was being adopted. Mr.. Dingie
5 protested mildly agains, the prodigal liberal
Y ity which was being shown in the matter
n w,suISoToy Feh "A -sINArE-Mouda
r the amendment to the sundry civil bill pro
, vidins for the condemnation and purchase 9
ne sue o hs Ne naa oanS Ssen leased v nv NJ.
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