Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-04-04
MAIL SUBSIDIES.
A Sharp Debate Occurs Over Ex-
tending the System.
TO INVESTIGATE THE BOND ISSUE.
A Resolution Introduced in ere House to
Examine into the RecenU Sales
Petitions for She Passa se' offs
bankruptcy Bell.

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debate on the resolution Tor senate
inquiry into recent bond issues did not
occur yesterday, as Mr.. PETER gave
notice that he would defer his motion.
to proceed with the subject units to-
day. The post Office appropriatioh1bill,
carrying 500. coo, 900, was considerer In
part, but not completed. A sharp de-
bate on mail subsidies arose. Mr.. Villas
opposing an extension of the subsidy
system, while Senators Perkins and
White, of California, upheld Them
Senator Georges speech in opposition
to Mr.. Dupont's claim to a seat occu--
pied most off the day, and was not
completed.
The house spent tine day considering
the sundry civil bill and fair progress
was made. No amendments of impor-
lance were adopted 4 determined eff
fort was made by some of the southern
representatives to strike from the bill
the appropriation of $50, 900 for the
pay Of internal revenue informers,
which is particularly obnoxious to peo-
pie in the ''moonshine' districts, but
it was unsuccessful. Mr. Adams rep.),
of Pennsylvania, undertook to correct
some of the false reports as to the al
legged compact between certain free
silver repu blicans and some Philadel
phia manufacturers Mr.. Hartman, of
Montana, and other free silver repub-
licans in reply charged that they had
been persistently and maliciously mis-
represented by the ''gold-bug" press.
The conference, they asserted had not
been of their seeking. Mr.. Ihckler, of
South Dakota, also made a statement
concerning what he said had been a
Misrepresentation of the republican
platform of his state, which, instead
of making a specific declaration on ma
tional issues, had simply affirmed the
doctrines of the national republican
party at Minneapolis until the st.
Louis convention should have adopted
q new platform.
Mr. Shuford, of North Carolina, in
troduced a resolution to investigate
the recent sales of bonds The resolu-
tion recites that charges have been
made that unfair and unprecedented
advantages have been accorded by
Cleveland and Carlisle to a certain
financial syndicate located ins New
York city and that charges have been
made against the president and secre-
y
recent bond sale, wherein the same
syndicate secured nearly one-half of
the bond issue in mysterious and sus-
pieious manner. The resolution then
provides that committee of Eve be
appointed by the speaker to make an
investigation into all the circumstances
relating to the last three issues of
bonds and report to the house.
BANKRUPTCY LEGISLATION
WASHINGTON, April Judge Brod
eriek and Judge Burton, members of
the judiciary committee, are taking
eonsidera BILE interest in bankruptcy
legislation. Recently petitions have
commenced to come in from Kansas
and Missouri, asking that legislation
covering this question be perfected
this season. The two states are very
much interested in the matter. In the
last II years there have been 4,O2O fail
ures in Kansas, with total liabilities of
$50, 692, O65; and in the state of Missouri,
f. 9O6 failures. with total liabilities of
800, 227, $50. In the territories for the
same time, 1925 failures have been re-
corded, with total liza bilities~ of $780,
225. $40. The failures last year in the
territories amounted to 2.35 per cent;
in Kansas, l. O3 per cent, and in Mis-
souri,, s. per cent, while the general
average of the country was Log.