Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-06-11
CONGRESSIONAL.

devoted to Buffers bond bill Me- CulIoD
speaking against It as a stop toward repudla
ton, and Mr. BeOwn of Utah in favor OF thi
bill, or OF a resolution offered by him dsclar
ing that the bonds under any future issul
would be Illegal an void. Introducing n bill
for building the Mica ragua canal Mr. Morgan
OF Alabama said it would be appropriate fol
the So nate to pass tho canal bill Of last year
Final action could not be expected at this ses
sion, but In connection with the favorable ao-
tiOn of the House it would give satisfaction tC
the country.
In the HOus, the Johnston Stokes election
contest from the Seventh district OF Soul
Carolina was settled by the adoption Of sub
stitute for the commi toe report offered b,
Mr. McCall OF Massachusetts. chairman of thG
elections committee. which declared that there
had b,en no election and that the seat was va
cant
Juns 2.-The House devoted the day TO pass.
Ing the river and harbOr bill over the Presi
dents veto. and to unseating, bya VO. OF 49,
to 80, John ]. Walsh, the Democratic member
from the Eighth New York district. whose
pl ice will be filed BY John Murray Mitchell
Republican. Both of these actions were fore.
gone conclusions, so that hoy excited compar.
atlVely little interest, although there was a
full house to vote on the river aud harbor BILL
Il was passed by 30 to 80, many more votes
than the two-thirds necessary to override a
veto, and it was passed without debate, al.
though Mr. DOckery of Missouri protested We
hementlY that debate had been promised.
Thirty nine Democrats voted to override the
presidential objections and twenty-six Rapub-
licans stood by Mr. Cleveland.
The long struggls in the Senate over the bill
to prohibit the issue Of bOnds came to a n end,
and the bill was passed by a vote Of 81 to a.
| The bill as passed covers only a few lines as
follows: BE it enacted that the issuance OF
interest-bearing bonds OF the United States for
any purpose whatever, without further author.
ity OF Congress, is hereby prohibited The
vote on its final passage was 40 fol-
lows; Yeas - Republicans - Brown, Can.
non, Dubois Hausbrough, Mitchell OF
Oregon Perkins, PrItchard. Teller Warren,
! WolcOtt-l0 DemocEats-Bate, Berry, Chill.
ton, Daniel. George Harris, Jones of Arkan.
Sas Mills, Morgan, Pasco Pugh, Tllman, TuR-
pie, Vest Wa thaL White-1T PopulBts--
Allen, Butler Jones of Nevada. PETER, Stewart
u Total. 81 Nays-Republicans- Aldrlch,
Allison, Burrows, Chandler, Cullom. Davis,
Galllnger, Hale, Hawley, Lodge, Mcbride,
Nelson, Plat, Quay, Wetmore. Wilson IL.
Democrats-Brce, Gallery. Faulkner, Hill,
Lindsay Mitchell Of Wisconsin, Palm or
Smith, Vilas-9 Total, o.
juno The house began clearing the desks
for final adjournment BY extending the length
Of daily sessions. The House met at II o'clock
and sat until G. In addition to this Mr.. Ding.
ley, the floor leader of the majority gave notice
that henceforth he should object to all leaves
OF bsence. save such as wers requested on ac-
count Of sickness. The Murray Elliott contest.
cd case from the First South Carolina district
was debated for four hours The majority re.
port faVOrs tn, seating Of the contestant who
is colOred man, and who was seated By the
Fifty-hrst House in place Of Elliott
June A.-The House spent the day on con.
tests William Elliott from the First South
Carolina district was unseated and his place
given to George W. Murray a colored man'
Eli tt is the ninth Democrat unseated The
Martin Lockhart contest from the Seventh
North Carolina district was taken up and ,occ u
pied the entire day without rea hing vote
June 5-ME Morgan gave the Senate spir.
tied revival OF the Cuban question. after which
most OF the day was spent in waiting for con.
ference agreements on appropriation bills.
Mr. Morgan urg,I tho adoption OF his resolu-
ton calling on the president for information
OF the Americans taken on the CompetitOrand
now under sentence OF death at Ha-
Vana. Tho Senator asserted that the
presidents inacdon was a violation of
law. Me Morgan declared Congress shout d
not adjourn without authorizing the President
to senl warships to Cuba to demand the 70
lease OF the American prisoners On tie sug
gestiOn of Mr.. Sherman, chairman of the com.
mittee on foreign relations, the Senate went
into secret session, where, after a further
agreement b.: MIR Morgan, his resolution was
placed on the calendar, a parlia mentarY move
equivalent to pOstpOning action After
bri3f perlol of filibus tering the
immigration bill was made the unfinished
bus ness of the Senate although the debate on
it was not begun. The quss ton OF electing
Senators by the people was discussed by SEN
ators Mitchell, Perkins, Chandler, Palmer aud
Hawley, Mr. Palmer took occasion to saw.
ag'ly denouuce machine rule in politics, par
ticularlY in his own state of IllinoiB and to ex-
press his opposition and dniance of the
"machine"
The House unseated two moro Democrats,
Mr. Lockhart from til Seventh North Carolina
district and Mr. Downing from tho Sixteenth
Illinois district, and seated In the place Of the
former Mr. Martin, a Populist who had been
Endorsed by the Republicans and in place Of
the latter Mr. Rinlker. a Republican. Mr..
Owning was the only Demos rat from Illinois.
June 8.-Ths general deficiency appropriation
bill reached Presileat Cleveland this morning
At n on he sent to the Honse message accom-.
panving Vsto Of the bill and before nightfall
the House had, by q vote Of 20 to 1 %, refused to
pass tho bill owe, his head, and sent to the
Senate substitute emitting the French spoil
alton and other claims to whi1 h the president
objected The message included a defeus
of tho veto power and a long criticism Of the
French spoilatiOu claims, aggregating over
S,00,0Jl, and also an Obiec ton to tho
payment Of the Chouteau claim for Sl7l,
arising out OF thu construction OF the irOnclad
steam battery Elijah. The Hou o cleared its
decks for adjournment by dispOIing of all che
essential business before it, which consisted of
conference reports on appropriation bills. AL
though thrro was little debate on the Indian
bill conference report, which involved COM
promise extending government aid to church
schools for another year, when it came TO a
vote the compromise was rejected by then narrow
vote OF So to 81 An amendment authorizing
the States TO make lie IS on arid lands to cover
expenses Of reclamation was adopted, and
bill passed limiting mail which can be franked
to written and printed matter
In the Senate the Indian bill was finally dis
SO'ed Of tho contract s-hool itom being mod
fled so Catholic school, will be abolished
July l, 1891. AFT II liscussing the items Of bat
tleshipJ and armorplats most of the day, thu
Sen ate clinsd, BY vote q q to %, to ac-
capt n conference report recommending three
battleships and armorplate at a maximum
cost OF 81 per ton. Tho sundry civil con.
ferrees woreinstructod BY unanimous vote to
insist en- appropriations for new public build
ings Mt the capitals OF Utah, Idaho, Wyoming
AMI Mon ana and additiol al sums for build.
Tags at ether noints.
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