The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-05-21
CONGRESSIONAL.

Nay 1.-The California dep water harb0e
project was before the Senate most of The day.
Mr.. Berry. of Arkansas. began the deblts. Do.
claring that this proposed expenditure OF
80 0. 10 was against the public interest and
in the private interest Of e. P. Huntington
of the Southern Pacific. Senators Vest and
Caffery took the ground that no appropriation
shOr!d be made at present. MI. Frye. chair
man of the commerce committee replied to tho
structures upon tbs proposition and vehe-
meutly chara cterized the criticisms OF Mr.
Hunt ngton as ''savoring Of the slogan OF the
sand lots /"
The session OF the House va, almost entirely
devoted to the constellation of District OF
Columbia be siness
May Fin the Senate the Santa Monica
deep water controversy was brought to a close
by Senator Frye referring the determination
commission to consist of three civil engineers,
a naval officer and an officer of the coast sur
vey. Tn, compromise was accepted by the Cal
ifOrnia Senators ami was unanimously
pa sod. An amendment urged by German
limiting the expenditure under the contract
authorizations to 500 0O)J annually. led to a
lengthy debit. motion by Mr.. Yes. to table
the amendment failed-yeas s., nays 81
The House entered upon tbs contest ID cleo
tion ca ,e of Rinaker versus Downing from ths
Sixteenth Illinois district The debate was
very spirited but not concluded. Mr. Wheeler,
DemOcc at. of Alabama, was taken to task for
abusing the privilege of printing in the Record.
speech of his were expunged from the perma-
nent Record BY vote OF .5 to Ia
May l3-The river and harbor appropriation
bill was passed BY the Senate As finally passed
the bill makes direct appropriations of Sl2,0O,-
0O), and authorizes continuin, contra cts Of 90,
co ,0OO an aggregate of about SIC, 10000 Dur
ing the debate the statement was made that
4. 30 g. -
harbor bill in the governments histOry. Mr..
Cor man soughttO secure an amendment to tho
bill limiting the contract expenditures to $lO.-
0D,0D annually, but the amendment was
tailed yeas 49, nays q On the final passage
of the bill niue Senators voted in the negative.
A number Of House bills on the calendar were
pa 'sed during the day. including the bill re-
curing years residence in any territory as
requisit, to divorce
The House after one of the hardest fought
parliamentary battles of the session. which
continu I'd until almost 9 o'clock at night. re-
commit I'd the contested election case of Rim
aker vs. downing. from the Sixteenth Illinois
di trict. to the committee on elections. with
instr uctiOns to rscouEt the ballo:s in dispute
May 1.-Two speeches againss tn, bill pro
posing additional restrictions on immigration,
by Mr. Gibson. Democrat. of Mar land and Mr..
Nelson. Republican of Minnesota. were made
in the Senate. Mr.. Gibson severely arraigned
the A. p A.. declaring that it inspired
this BILL and that the organic ,tioa
was seeking to invade politics Mr. Nell
son said the A. P. A. had had no part in in
spring the bill Mr.. Caffery, Demo ,rat, of
Lou siana.s spoke briefly ON the need of action to
Offset the propose legislation by the German
Reichstag on sugar bounties
The House devoted the whole day to private
pension bills. They were disposed of at the
rate of one about every five minu es, fifty-eight
IN oil hi, okol l~ofo
May BY a vote of SIT, % the Senate de-
termined that Henry A. Dupont was not en-
titled to a scat in the Senate from the State Of
Delaware The result was in doubt up to the
last moment There had been some question
as to the direction of Mr.. Stewards vOt. but he
went with those of the Democrats and Popu-
lists and was the decisive vote Before taking
the vote Mr. Platt spok, for Mr.. Dupont and
Mr.. Villas against Earlier in the day Mr..
Bacon Dem at of G .orgia, spoke against the
issue Of bonds without authority of Congress.
re OlutOn was agreed TO for an inquiry by
thu finance committee relative to the COMPETE
ton of Oriental products with those of this
country Revolutions wer, proposed BY Mr.
Morgan of Alabama. for an inquiry as to our
relating to the additional tariff enactmcnts.
Tho HOu occupied it-elf in passing the
priva pension bills which were favor bly,
acted upon during tn, two spe 'ial days given
to their con slider ,tion Mr.. Erdman. Demo-
crat, of Pennsylvania and Mr. Talbert, Dem
ocrat. of S,uth Carolina threw such obstacles
in tn, way as they could. Thirtv-four were
he'd up because they were not Ell, rOssed. but
100 were passed., leaving about six y yet undis-
posed Of
May l6-The Cuban question was revived in
the Senate when Mr. Morgan of Alabama, who
reported the original re olutions spoke in favor
of further and more decisive &C ton toward the
recognition of Cubans as bslliRer .nts. The
Senator declared it to b, the duty of Congress
to adopt joint resolutions on bslligerency,
which. unlike the previous concurrent resolu-
tions, would reQuire the approval of the Presi-
dent. and thus fix responsibility Unimportant
E6,r,tiuc matt "a nccrpia tho rest of the day