Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-09
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.


The senate finance committee made favora-
BILE report on amendment to the sundry civil
bill-Senator Wolcott's resolution for the APP
pointment of commissioners to participate IN
an international monetary conference.
The house spent most of the day In the con-
sideration and passage of the bill providing for
a board of Cancellation and arbitration Tin case
cancellation failed) to mediate and settle differ
ences between common carriers the their en-
The conferees on the Hawaiian cable matter
reported second disagreement.
The senate made it too warm for Germans
amendment to authorize the treasury to issue
500, 900 in treasury certificates and 1T was
An amendment was offered to repeal all stat
utes authorizing the issue of bonds without
special act of congress- but it was ruled out of
order.
The amendment to the sundry civil bill to
transfer to the department of justice the mill
tary prison at Fort Leavenworth was struck
out by the senate The plan of those fighting
for the measure, at the instance of the admin
istration is to wear out conference committees
with this matter and force acceptance of it
by the senate in that way
favorably the bill to donate to Kansas the Fort
Hays military reservation. They reported bill
similar to the one that passed the senate.
The adoption by the senate of the amendment
national conference was the result of varying
ruling opinions of individual senator's. Several,
who prefer independent action by this country
still see that if an agreement with Europe can
be made their main wish would be accom-
plished. Sherman doubts if anything could be
accomplished by such conference; Teller has
no faith that England would change her pres
ent system; Allison, who was member of the
Brussels conference, expresses that England
would make important concessions this time;
Plat, Chandler, Hill and others regard the
adoption of the resolution as a good omen.
An appropriation of $4,000 was put into the
sundry civil bill for the Dawes commission, and
it is provided that the commission shall be sup
plemented with two more members, making
five.
The senate. was the scene Of war of words,
German Hill, Chandler and Martin being the
principals. 1t arose over something that no.
body remembered over night.
The house passed bill to authorize the pres
ident to arrange for joint commission, to
consist of three representatives of this govern
vestigate the condition of the fur seals and the
regulations necessary to their preservation, and
pending the report Of the commission, to nego-
tiate for modus vivendi to protect the seals
during the approaching season, and In case
such modus vivendi cannot be negotiated, to
give the secretary of the treasury authority to
kill seals found on the PribylOtf islands.
The senate discussed the general deficiency
bill; particularly the item of $4,000 to pay
damages to British sealing pirates, which item
was finally left out.
to pass the right of way bills through the In
dian country over the presidents veto
Among the house bills passed in the senate is
a bill to grant pension to Louisa Cromwell,
of North Topeka, and one to place on the pen
sion rolls Salmona Mangold, of Carbondale,
Kansas.
The senate confirmed the appointment of
Tariff Wilson to be postmaster general.
Broderick's anti-lottery bill finally passed the
house March l. 1t is nearly the the
bill which the senate had passed and Senator
Hoar promised to get it through the senate.
Conferees on the Indian bill inserted provi-
sion requiring the secretary of the interior to
open the Wichita reservation to settlement
within one year.
The attempt to pay members salaries with
held for being absent failed on roll call, al
though it carried a rising vote by big
majority.
In conference the sis 900 was retained to ena-
BILE the department of agriculture to continue
irrigation experiments. The senate had cut it