The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-04-23
WORK OF CONGRESS
proceedings In the senate and House
Of Representatives.

PHI to establish Il uniform system OF
bankruptcy. was reported 10 the SEN
ate from the judiciary committee. The
most important amendment made by
the committee was that providing
where any debtor who, being a bank
er, broker, merchant. trader or manu-.
f%acturer. owing $500. makes an as
slgnment or conveyance or his prop
erty. or gives any lien or incumbrance
thereon cOntrived or devised with the
actual intent OIL his part tC defraud
his creditors. such act shall be deemed
bankruptcy. The measure provides for
voluntary bankruptcy.
At the instance Of Mr.. German the
senate determined to open the publica-
ton of the patent office Gazette to
general competition. Reference was
made during the discussion to the in.
yestigatiOn some months ago into the
circumstances by which a friend Of
the then assistant secretary of state.
Mr.. Quincy. was awarded the con
tract. Mr.. German carried his amend
ment for an open competition. al
though Mr.. Platt. chairman of the
committee on patents, was in oppOsi-
ton. The rest Of the day was given
to the Dupont case. Senator's Burrows
of Michigan and Brown Of Utah sup
porting Mr.! Dupont's claim. o.
The house spent the day transact
Ing business relating to the District Of
Columbia.
Washington. April 1f.-It was made
apparent after n lively colloduy in the
senate that there vas no disposition
among the silver and POpulist sena-
tors TO allow the resolution for the
senate inquiry into the recent bond
issues 70 lapse. BY unanimous con-
sent it had been set for consideration
to day. cut at the time it was to be
called Mr.. Chandler was proceeding
with a speech on the Dupont case. Nr.
Gray was waiting to follow and Mr..
CullOm had an appropriation bill in
reserve This precipitated a clash In
which Mr.. PETER. reinforced by Mr..
WolcOtt of Colorado aud Mr.. Stewart
Of Nevada asserted with emphasis
that the bond resolution could not be
crowded out either by design or by
inadvertance. An agreement was
finally reached that the bond resolu-
ton would come up Immediately after
Mr.. Chandler and Mr.. Gray concluded
their speeches. Mr.. Squire (tep.,
Wash.( made an elaborate prcsenta-
ton OF the pressing need of coast de-
lenses, pointing out the defenseleSs
condition of our great Seac0aSt har-
bors.
The house passed without amend
ment the fertilization appropriation
bill carrying appropriations and au-
thorizations involving an expenditure
Of Sll,3Si,Gi3. The appropriations for
Notifications since the EndiCOtt COM
mission in 1856 reported its plan for
the defense of t~wenty-seven sCaports
at an approximate . s of 500. OOO.OOO
have averaged something over $4,000
900 annually. During the debate to-
day there were Il number of refer
encCS to our foreign complications and
the necessity Of preparing for any pos
Siblc emergency. Only n voice was
raised against the passage Of the bill.
Mr.. Berry Dem. kyD thought it
would be wisdom to build ships capa-
bic of coping with the most powerful
battleShipS of other nations rather
than erect fixed Notifications on Our
coasts.
Washington, April lin the house
Representative Blue made Il fight
against the appointment of Gen.
Franklin as one of the managers Of
the National Soldiers homes. He al
legged that Gen. Franklin was reSpOn-
Siblc for keeping in office Gov. Smith,
of the Leavenworth Soldiers home.
Mr.. Blue charged that Smith was n
drunkard and was brutal to the in
mates.
The senate spent the entire day on
the Dupont case. Mr.. Gray of Della
ware arguing against the claim of Mr..
Dupont. Mr.. Gray will proceed with
his speech Tomorrow, after which
there is promise OF further clash over
taking up the bond resolution. as Mr..
Allison stated to-day that the bond
question must give way to appropria-
ton bills.
Washington. April 1S.-The resolu-
ton for an investigation Of recent
bond issues was taken up in the sen
ate and Mr.. Hill made n sensational
and dramatic speech in opposition.
The New York senator defended Sec
rotary Carlisle and his administration
of the treasury against loose inSinua-
tinns of ~irreCularity and showed the
prevalence of charges of this charaC-
ter Ivy presenting and reading in full
the charges made by Senator Chandler
against the friends of Mckinley that a
levy of money was being made on pro-
tected industries in behalf of Mr.. Nc
Kinley's candidacy for the presidency.
AS a further evidence of the preva-
lence Of the charges Mr.. Hill spoke of
the sugar investigation where, he said.
one senator, referring to Mr.. Quay,
had frankly admitted that he bought
sugar stock and had n right to buy it,
and to-day that senator was the favor
lite son of the leading Republican state
as a candidate for the presidency. In
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