The Globe-republican., 1895-12-19
CONGRESSIONAL

CONGRESSIONAL
- aCIhs feature a TIE Senate ~ .
speech b Senator 0oekan Of Nshama chair
man Of the Ccmmittee On Foesim Rel.fjone ~
amember OF the Paris Behrin9 SEA tihunal
upon resolution o3erod.hv him LAT NJ -
ssructins tho Foreign Helatioas Committee .
investigate the question Of ths liability AZ III
United States for seisures Of HxitieA
ships In Behrine Sea in $50 M. MOI.
gan took tho position in the last Con
sress that the settlement Of these claim
BY the payment Of hump sum OF $a1y0oJ @
recommended BY the Pfesident vas neither win
nor proper His remarks on that occasios
were the subject Of some sarcastic commend
from the British Ambassador hero in the lat
ters official correspondence with Lord Kim
belly. That correspondence was printed "a.
Gently from the British blu, book. and mos. al
HI. Aorgan's speech was devoted to paying his
respects to Sir Julian Pauncefoto. His reso
luton. which provided for an INQUIRY into the
matter by the committee on foreign affairs
vas unanimously adopted at the close Of his
speech.
The House held another short session and
devoted most of its time to discussing the an
pointment OF House officers Resolutions vera
presented by the Republicans calling for the
correspondent, in the Waller case. for lists OF
pensioners who have been stricken from the
rolls since March 3, 1898 or reduced. and for
secretary Smiths reason. for an order affecting
the action of the land Office in connection with
the perfecting Of titles to Pacific railroad grant
lands In Utah and Nebraska, but all were oh.
jected to by the Democrats.
Dec. 10-In the House Barrett Of Massacbu.
setts offered a resolution impeachinR Thomas
=: Bayard. ex-Secretafy Of State and nov
United States Ambassador to tho court of St
James. for high crimes and misdemsanors Thu
grounds advanced were utterances Of Mr. Bay.
Ard delivered before the Edinburgh Scotland.
Philosophical institute November z. In this
speech NJ. Bayard spoke of protection" a. q
form OF Estate socialism," and said it had
done moro to foster class legislation." breed
iniquity," corrupt public life" Glow
er the tone Of national represen-
tation." "divorce ethics from politics."
than any other single cause. Such reflections
on the government policy by United States
ambassador BET ne a foreign audience the res
olutiOn recited, were in serious disregal OF
his proprieties and obligations and calculated
to injure our national reputation. 1t con-
cluded by instructinR the foreign affairs COM
mittee, which was empowered to send for per-
sons and papers, to investigate and report by
impeachment or otherwise" After a three
hours hot political debate the words ''by i'm
parchment or otherwise were stricken out
and the resolution was adopted-9 to 3O7-
strict party vote.
Dec. N-The Senate was in session less than
two hours. The proceedings consisted of tho
introduction Of about an hundred bills and q
speech on the Monroe doctrine by Senator Cul.
!Om. Mr.. Call of Florida presented several
memorials from citizens OF Florida for the rec
ognitiOn of the belligerency of the Cuban insur-
gents. Mr.. Sherman of Ohio, presented the
memorial of the National Wool Growers Asso-
citation. and Mr.. PETER, (Populist) of Kansas
fr ON the committee to examine the branches of
the civil service favorably reported the bill in
conducting congressional funerals. At 1: O the
Senate adjourned
Dec 1.-THE session of the Senate lasted
but one hour, and was mainly devoted to a dis
cussOn of Senator Dubois proposition to
amend the rules 60 as to distribute the apprO-
priatiOn bills among the various committees Of
the Senate. Senator Hill reintroduced the
appointments which he proposed to the rules in
the last Congress during the deadlock on the
repeal Of the Sherman silver law, for cloture
and for counting a quo um and Mr.. Call
of Florida gave notice that he wOnld to-
morrow call up his Armenian resolut On.
The clerk called thu first order on the
calendar, which was the resolution Of Mr..
Allen of Nebraska to recognize the Cuban rev.
OlutiOnists as belligerents Mr.. Allen said he
supposed his r,,olution would be referred to
the commit: on foreign relations, and in-
formed the Senate that the Populist party,
which was sn.c-sd at as q party of domestic
grievance, stood shoulder to shoulder with the
Republican and Democra tic parties for the
maintenance of the Monroe doctrine.
Dec. 12-ExSpeaker Grow (Rep., Pa made
a speech in the house of almost an hour on the
portion of the presidents message referring to
the tariff. in which he compared the old pro-
lection tart with the new customs laws. He
showed that the new law, up to December j,
had produced deficiency of S13l 900 900, while
under protection measures, from 1880 to 1898,
the revenue had exceeded the expenditures by
$780, 10000 He attributed the depletion Of
the gold reserve to the payment of current de-
6ciencies out Of the reserve, and maintained
that the greenbacks would not menace the re-
serve if there was sufficient revenue 1t being
apparent that Secretary Carlisle's report would
not be ready this week, the house adjourned
over until Monday
The proceedings Of the Senate covered the
entire range of legislation from the introduce
ton of petitions, bills aud resolutions, to the
passage OF bills and included two formal adj
dresses A bill extending the Chicago port of
entry SO as to cover the State of Illinois re-
ceived the final in dorsement of the Senate.
Having already passed the house, it will be
probably the first bill of the Fifty-fourth Con-
gress to become a Law. Almost an hour of the
session was devoted to listening to a speech by
Senator PETER in advocacy of his bill curtail-
ing the expenses incurred in Congressional
funerals, and providing that sergeant-at-arms
shall take the place of the committees now
sent out by the two houses as escorts to their
homes of remains Of deceased members. Tho
Senate then went into executive session, and at
2 p. m adjourned till Monday,
ISLAM OR DEATH.
Those Who Deellne To Embrace the