The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-06-13
ARE NEARING THE END
10Th BRANCHES OF CONGRESS
WILL SOON CLOSE.
Number of Bills Have been Com
sidercd, Debated and Hurried
~ Passed.

Washington. June 9-The senate today
agreed to the final conference reports on
the naval and Indian appropriation bills,
leaving only the sundry civil and the
District of Columbia conference reports
outstanding. A night session had been
agreed to in anticipation of delays and
opposition to the naval and Indian con-
ference reports, but they went through
so speedily that the night session was
abandoned.
The bill to amend the law respecting
the punishment of contempt of court was
discussed by Senators Hill and Allen,
but a final vote was not reached. The
measure is the result of agitation over
the Imprisonment Of Eugene V. Debs and
others for contempt.
An effort to pass the Francis E. Hoovey
pension bill, recently vetoed by the prest-
dent. failed through the absence of a
quorum.
supplementary deficiency bill, cover
ing the mileage of new members OF the
house and other minor items was passed.
The house bill, authorizing the attorney
general to select site and secure plans
for a federal prison on the military re-
serve of Leavenworth, Kan, was passed.
The resolution for an inquiry into the
circumstances of the award of the statue
of General William 7. Sherman occasion
ed a debate. Senator Wolcott criticized
the award on the ground that it was an
injustice to the society of American
sculptors.
Senators Hawley. Emerson and Mills
defended the award
Regarding the resolution Senator VOL
colt said From the 26 models submit
ted, the committee of American sculptors
made an award, but this was disregarded
by a committee of the army of Tennessee,
who gave the award to Carl Rhol Smith,
thus boosting him up from The 10th place
in the competition to first place. 1t was a
fragrant disregard of justice"
Already" said Senator WolcOtt the
capitol was disgraced by statues and
bronzes which were a disgrace to the end
of the 18th century"
Senator Allison insisted that the Army
of the Tennessee retained the right to
make a final determination on models.
The sculptors' society acted merely in an
advisory capacity. The old comrades of
General Sherman were best qualified to
select the model which truly marked his
lineaments. The senator protested against
a resolution which would create scandal
and carry a stigma against the Army of
the Tennessee.
Senator Hawley also believed that tile
old comrades of the hero of Atlanta would
be able to select a statue which would be
not only an ideal of a great general, but
one recognizable as Sherman himself.
Senator Mills referred to his service on
the committee to select statues of Cen
erals Grant and Logan, and said in each
case he had declined to accept the conclu-
sions of the artists and had insisted thai
the families of the generals should be
consulted.
The award was finally defeated
A joint resolution by Senator Burrows
was passed authorizing the insertion of a
bronze tablet on the new building at De-
troit concentrating the British evacua-
ton of 1876.
which was referred, authorizing the com
mittee on Pacific railroads to continue
the inquiry as to the Union and Contra
Pacific roads during the recess of con
gress.
At $40 the senate adjourned until 10 a
m. tomorrow.