The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-12-24
F1FTY.FoURTH CONGRESS


tenio Msoeo. while under Q nag Of truce, woe
the text Of . resolution offered Monday IN The
senate By M Call dem, Tls.), and referred
70 sAe committee On foreign rels-
tiona ,Ws aG HfHii
Houss-Dy unaaimous consent the house
Monday postponed consideration Of District
Of Columbia bills until Thursday. and devoted
the day 10 miscellaneous business By vote
OF yeas %, and noes Is, the house refused TO
pass over the Presidents veto . bill grant
Ing pension to the divorced wife Of Lowell
Taft, Of the Eighteenth regiment Connections
volunteer infantry, who died Of alcoholism In
. soldiers' home. Joint resolution was
passed providing for holiday recess from
December 2s to January Mr. Hull (rep,
1a.), chairman Of the committee on military
affairs, reported the army appropriation bill
WASHINGTON, Dec. l6-SENArE-Senato =
Morgan dem. Als) occupied more than an
hour in the senate Tuesday in presenting
arguments to show why the United States
should 1t once intervene TO put an END to the
war in Cuba At its conclusion the resolution
offered by him Monday requesting the presi-
dent to communicate papers relating TO
the condition Of affairs In Cuba was
agreed to- A resolution for an In.
quiry into the corrupt use Of money
in the late presidential election was offered
by Mr.. Allen (pop, Neb.). and was, under the
rules. referred to the committee on contin-
gent expenses The pension bill Of Nancy @.
Allabach, passed and vetoed last session. was
taken up and passed, Notwithstanding the
presidents objection--4l to II. The resolution
for q holiday recess from Tuesday December
20, to Tuesday, January 5. was concurred In
HoUsE-Mr. Sherman (rep. N. W, chair
man of the committee on Indian affairs, intro
duced In the house Tuesday o bill abolishtng
the ONCE Of commissioner Of Indian affairA
In place Of the commissioner the bill provides
for q committee Of two civilians and one army
officer which is to exercise tho power now Civ
en- to the commissioner. Messrs Evans
~ Rt,ac frnn nd
McMillin (dem., Tenn) were appointed
house conferees on the joint resolution
continuing the existence of the joint congress
sional committee appointed to investigate and
report upon regulations for the free use OF al
cohol In the arts and manufactures The
house, Tuesday, rather unexpectedly entered
upon the consideration of the bill of Mr.. Loud
(rep., Cal) to amend the postal law relating
to second class mail matter, and 1t was the
unfinished business when adjournment oc-
CURED at 4:30 o'clock.
WASHINGTON, Dec 1Z-SENATE-A very in
teresting and important discussion upon Mr..
Aliens (pop, Neb) resolution to take up the
Dingley bill for consideration in the senate
was started Wednesday by Mr.. Vest (dem.,
MOI and was participated in by Senators AL
len, Chandler and Gallinger (reps, N.
HI, Fry and Hale reps, Me). Al
drich (rep, R I). Sherman Cep. o).
Teller (silver rep, Col) and German
dem, Md) The upshot Of the debate was
complete acquiescence, on both sides Of the
chamber, in the fact that the Dingley bill
could not possibly be passed at the present
session and that the enactment Of new tar
in bill would have to go over to new session
Of congress to be convened as early as pos
sible.
HousE-The house Wednesday devoted
nearly all of four hours session to the army
appropriation bill for the year ending June
30, 1893. In committee of the whole.
WASHINGTON, Dec l8-SENATE-The bill
which passed the house of representatives
last session, and for which substitute was
reported by the senate committee, to amend
the immigration laws Of the United States
occupied the attention Of tho senate during
nearly the whole of Thursdays session. The
substitute was amended in some particulars,
the most notable amendment being one pro-
viding that the act shall not apply to Cuban
refugees during the existing troubles in Cuba
and then 1t WAS passed by vote Of 5e to 10,
and conference asked with the house The
bill as passed excludes, IN addition TO those
classes excluded under existing laws, all per.
sons over ieyears Of age who can not read and
write the language Of their native country or
some other language, but Il does not exclude
the wife. child, parent or grandparent OF an
admissible immigrant. Notwithstanding their
inability to read and write. At 4:30 p m. the
senate adjourned until Monday.
HoUsE-The house Thursday set the In.
augursl ball rolling by the passage of the
usual bills authorizing the laying Of necessary
temporary railroad tracks to accommodate
the increased travel the use Of streets and
reservations for the erection OF reviewing
stands and the loan of such government fags
and enstgns as can be spared for decora-
tive purposes The army appropria-
ton BILL which was the unfinished bust.
ness at the opening Of the session, was
passed, after the amendment recommended
by the committee Of the whole Wednesday
practically abolishing the hospital ct Hot
Springs, Ark, by cutting of the appropriation
for its maintenance had been agreed to Halt
dozen measures Of local interest to the Dis
trict of Columbia were passed and considera-
tion Of the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill was begun in committee Of
WASHINGTON. Dec. l0-sENATl-No ses-
sion Friday.
HousE-Friday was private bill day under
the rules and the request of Mr. Bingham
(rep. Pa), for unanimous concent to proceed
with the legislative. executive and judicial
appropriation bill met objection Thirty-se
private pension bills. previously reported by
tho committee OF the whole. were passed,
and the rest Of the afternoon was oc-
cupied' in discussing nve war claim
bills, ono Of which, for the relief of
Thomas B. Reed, Pennsylvania soldier was
passed The report of the conferees was
agreed to extending until ten days after the
beginning OF the next session the limit within
which the joint congressional committee on
AoSoAosAoHo ioI tuo iIcc ubo VI 6lCOuOl IN Jn0
arts and manufactures, might report At the
night session IA pension bills were consider
ed and laid aside with favoroble recom-
mendation At 80 the house adjourned un-
| til Saturday.
WASHINGTON. Dec 2L-Senate not in ses-
sion Saturday.
HoUsE-Charles Crisp. the newly elected
member from the Third Georgia district and
son Of the late Speaker Charles F. Girls D, was
sworn In. This hlls the house for the nrst
| time this congress. there being now Ss7 mem.
bers on the roll. Gov. -elect Black of New
York. has sent his resignation to Gov. Nor
ton. but the latter has not yet trans
mitted It 70 the speaker. Mr.. Can.
non (rep, N.Y. chairman Of the COMMITTEES on
| appropriations reported the urgent deficiency
bill authorized by the committee Saturday
| and 1t was considered ct once Mr.. Cannon
said that by urging the passage Of the bill he
did not mean to threaten snybody or anything,
there was quite enough Of that going on in the
world. Mr.. w. A. Stone (rep. Pa) sotto
voice: "Well leave that to the senste" The
bill Was passed. Mr.. McMillin dem
Tenn asked unanimous consent for the
| present consideration Of the bill reported
from the committe ON ways and means sppro-
| priating ol3o.000 70 enable the governments to