Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-01-09
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Senate.

The resolution introduced by Mr.. Allen
pop, Neb), relating to the occupation of
rooms in the basement of the Senate wing OF
the capitol for restaurant purposes gave rise
to an interesting debate during the morning
hour of the session of the Senate on the 3D.:
Mr.. Allen severely criticised the practice Of
furnishing to the proprietor of the restaur-
ant free of cost his furniture, ice. etc, and
asserted it was violation of the statutes
and constituted larceny on the public funds.
No action was taken on the resolution. The
remainder of the day was taken up by Mr..
Morgan Dem, Ala;) In speech on the
Nicaraguan canal BILL in which he replied in
detail to the arguments advanced by Mr. FUR
pie Dem, Ind) in opposition to the bill.
The Hawaiian question was again brought
before the public in the Senate on the 4th
by the discussion of the resolution introduced
by Mr.. Lodge of Massachusetts calling on
to why the United States battleships had
been withdrawn from Hawaiian waters. The
debate, which was interesting throughout.
consumed the greater part of the morning
hour and at its close the resolution took its
place on the calendar, and now can be taken
up only by unanimous consent During the
debate several members intimated that 1t
looked as though the administration was try
ing to throw the Sandwich islands into the
Queen Liiuokalani. The policy of the adj
ministration was defended on the Democratic
side. Mr.. Morgan concluded his speech on
The Nicaraguan canal bill. after which the
bill making appropriation for support of the
military academy for the fiscal year 1896
was passed. 1t carries an appropriation of
the House.
The Senate was not in session on the 9Th.
House.
The proceedings in the House on the Sd
lacked marked incidents of any kind. The
debate on the currency bill continued all day
but was generally spiritess and the attend
ance, which was large at the beginning
dwindled to almost nothing. The speakers
were Messrs Black of Georgia, McCreary
and Buckner of Kentucky, in favor of the
BILL and Messrs. Haugen Of Wisconsin and
Adams Of Pennsylvania in opposition to it
No other business was transacted.
The general debate. on the currency BILL
which consumed the time of the House again
on the 4th, will continue until the caucus is
held. Then, if the present plans of the
advocates OF the bill are endorsed. the debate
will go on under the five minute rule until
Thursday of next week, when the final vote
will be taken. The feature of the days de-.
bate was the speech made in opposition to
the measure by Representative Hendrix. q
New York banker He declared that the
bill would be inadequate as a measure of re-
lief for the treasury, and besides would pro-
vide an unsound currency, He suggested
as the only measure of relief the passage Of
a bill to fund the greenbackS. The other
speakers were Messrs. Hepburn of Iowa
Dingley of Maine and Gresham of Texas
The only business done by the House in
the morning hour on the 9TH was concurrence
In the Senate amendments to bill for the
relief Of Zimri Elliott of Kansas and resO-
luton to pay the funeral expenses of Col
William L. Fitch, for tWenty-One years q
doorkeeper III the House, and who died
Christmas day. The feature of the day was
BOufke Cochran S speech on the currency
question. He declared that the tendency to
treat the measure as party one. was likely
to wreck it on the rocks of political cxpe
diency. The vote on confidence In the Demo
cratic party in 1892 had been reversed, he
said, and he did not think the constitutional
provision which allowed the party to retain
power unit! March was granted It in pass,
ing party acts.
An agitation without result which would
-rutne restored business tranquility had bet
ter be dropped. If this House succeeds in
establishing a monetary system based on
human reason and experience of experts its
last days will not be without profit or de-
void of honor he declared. There were in
his opinion, questions on which legislators
could divide along party lines with adyan-
tage, but this was not one of them.