Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-04-10
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Burlington Quincy. railroads right Of
way through the Sac and Fox Indian res
ervations in Kansas and Nebraska. Con
siderable time was spent in consideration
OF postofflce appropriation bill, but no
action was reached
HOUSE.
Resolution calling on president to furnish
information as to the purposes of the work
OF the Venezuela commission WINS adopted
Bundry civil bill came up and Heiner, Of
Nebraska, opposed the appropriation Of
49,, 500 for Howard University, a colored
institution of Washington. Politics were
injected into the debate in which Bartlett,
Cannon, Sayers, Hepburn, and Evans par
ticipated, and the appropriation passed,
1870 to los.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, April 3--About thirty
private pension bills were passed and then
Hit called up the conference report on
the Cuban resolutions, recommending
concurrence in the senate resolutions. He
moved the adoption of the conference re-
port and spoke in advocacy thereof Bou-
telle said the resolutions amounted to
j
ton of belligerency No action was taken
ON the bill and at a night session number
of pension bills passed.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, April 4-The debate on
the Cuban resolution continued throughout
the day, an evening session also being de
voted to it. This was with the understands
ing that a vote will be taken Monday.
SENATE
2 WASHINGTON, April 6.-The senate spent
the entire day on the postoffice appropria-
ton bill, but did not complete it. German
and Allen criticised the administration Of
the postoffice department. Several bills Of
minor Importance were passed
HOUSE.
The conference report on the Cuban res
olutions was adopted by vote of PA to 81.
Eighteen republicans and nine democ1 ats
voted against it. The resolutions are those
passed by the senate some time ago. Later
the river and harbor appropriation bill
passed. 1t carries in actual appropriations
10,330, $50, and authorizes contracts for
thirty-two new projects with limit of cost
of s5l, 721 .210. The New Mexico bond bill
was defeated and the bill to open the
Assinaboine military reservation was
passed.
WASHINGTON, April THE postofIice
appropriation bill was passed just previous
to adjournment. Most of the day as de-
voted to consideration of an amendment
for the consolidation of smaller offices with
lay,sr Jofo
troduced resolution providing for con-
stitutional amendment to limit the veto
power of the president, SO that majority
vote by beth houses may pass bill over
such veto.
HOUSE
A resolution was introduced providing
for an Investigation of the case of Mrs.
Maybrick, who is imprisoned n London for
poisoning her husband. A proposition for
the United States to share with the District
of Columbia the expense of creating and
maintaining public library in Washington
was defeated. A bill to fix the standard Of
weights and measures by the adoption of
the metric system was debated, but action
was not reached. Adjourned.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, April S.-Most of the day
was given to consideration of the Indian
appropriation bill, which was not completed.
Resolution calling for the sending of the
United states fleet into Cuban waters to
protect Americans came up and a speech
by Turpin in its support was the feature of
the day.
HOUSE.
The bill to adopt the metric system of
weights and measures was passed to-day,
but later it was reconsidered and recom-
mitted. Conference report on the agri-
cultural appropriation bill was adopted.
The remainder of the day was devoted to
debate on the bill to exempt sailing vessels
engaged in the coastwise trade from COM
pillsory pilotage laws. Adjourned,