The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-03-12
WORK. OF CON GRE

w UILA VI CUAURECD
Proceedings In the Senate ma House
Of Representatives.
Washington, March Cuba libre
had a field day i'll the house. Despite
the war talk from Spain the strug-
Cling patriots in Cuba were eulogized
and sympathized with in a two hours
debate. and the rules were then sus-
pended and the resolutions by the
house foreign affairs committee were
adopted as a substitute for those OF
the senate by an overwhelming MAJ
jority-263 to II
a oil was pasxe. by the senate to-
DAY for the inci,eas. Of the navy, and
1t attracted considerable attention in
view OF the EXTENSION of Spanish
Cuban affairs. In explaining the mat
ter Mr.. Hale of Maine, who reported
it from the naval committee, said
tktlt while he did not believe the Uni
ted States would be involved in war
4 as Il result of the present troubles. vet
he considered it desirable to give the
president authority to call out the
naval militia and charter private ships
for naval transportation. The follow
Ing bills We're passed: Authorizing
the construction of bridges across the
Missouri river between it's mouth
and the mouth Of the Dakota or James
river. and across the Mississippi river
between the mouth of the Minnesota
river III Minnesota and South Port
land ..-' ,,.. @@
Washington, March 5.-The senate
gave most of the day t. the agricul-
turaii appropriation bill aud passed
that measure, carrying SIS 1922 S2 600
without material amendment Anoth-
er bill passed during the day changes
the limitations of fourth-class mail
matter so as to free the postal service
from bulky articles heretofore sent
free ~ the government departments.
MIR. Wolcott, in urging the bill, said
roller top desks and electric motors
Were among the articles sent as mail
by tho departments. Late in the day
word came- from the house that the
error concerning the Cuban resolu-
lions had been corrected. In it's cor
rectcd form the house resolution is an
amendment to that passed by the SEN
ate. AS thus reported back the sub
ject was referred to the committee on
foreign relations, Mr.. Sherman stating
that the committee would consider the
question at the meeting tomorrow.
The house spent the day in debating
the amendment to the legislative ap-
preparation bill to abolish the fee sys-
tenn in the cases of United States dis
trict attorneys and marshals. The
salaries fixed by the amendm ent
range from $4,000 to 5000. The
amendment was indorsed ny almost
every member of the judiciary COM
mittee. 1t was argued the amend
ment would reduce the expenses of
the United States courts, which have
doubled since 1878, at least 100000
for the first year, and result IN stop
ping the pcrniciOus padding of the
business Of the federal courts. The
debate will be continued tomorrow
under the fiyc-lnnute rule.
Washington, March 6-The house
spent the entire day fixing the sala-
ries of United States district attorneys
in he amendment to the legislative aD-
preparation bill to abolish the fee sys-
tenn. The law at present fixes the
maximum salary from fees at $6,OOO
In only one case was the recommen-
dation Of the judiciary comittee de-
parted from, the Western district of
PENNSYLVANIA, where the salary rec
commended was increased from $500
to $4,000. The salaries for district
attorneys in Northwestern states are:
Minnesota, 1000; Eastern Wisconsin,,
$1,000; Western, $4,000; North Da-
kota, $4,000; South Dakota, $500. -
The senate began consideration of
the Dupont election case from Della
ware. Mr. Mitchell spoke in favor
OF seating MI. Dupont, but no action
was taken. The Cuban resolutions
went to conference as result of q
report from the committee on foreign
relations and Mes SIS. Sherman, Nor
gan and Lodge were named as senate
conferees.
Washington, March 7. - The house
wrangled for four hours over the sal
aries of United States marshals and
the other features of the amendment
TO the legislative appropriation bill to
abolish the fee system in the cases Of
United States attorneys and marshalS
interest in the debate was completely
overshadowed by sensational attack
made upon President Cleveland by
Mr.. Hartman CRep., Mont), who felt
himself personally aggrieved by MI.
CleVeland's utteranceS at the Presby-
terrain home mission meeting in New
YORK On Tuesday, and who seized the
opportunity allowed by the latitude of
debate on appropriation bills to repel
the idea that the Western states were
the home of evil Influences
For a long time to-day it looked as
though the Cuban question would be
finally disposed Of in the senate by
agreeing to the conference report ac-
ceptins the house resolutions. At the
conclusion OF Mr.. Mitchell's elaborate
argument on the Dupont case Mr..
Sherman presented the report of the
conferees and asked for immediate
action. Representatives Hit and Adj
ans. two of the house conferees, were
present at the time, as it was expect
ed that the report would be adopted
But as there were not more than a
: dozen senators in the chamber Mr..
Hale OF Maine suggested that it was
undesirable to crowd through q reso-
luton of this magnitude at a late hour
and with an empty senate. It went
over until next week.