Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-05-20
CONFESSIONAL.


passing the accumulation of bills on the cal
endar and succeeded in disposing of large
number OF them. The paragra oh of the river
and harbor bill for a deep water harbor at
santa Monica Bay, Cal, is still uncompleted.
Mr.. White of California finished hls speech in
opposition.
May 1.-THE California deem water barbor
project was before the Senate most of the day.
Mr.. Berry. of Arkansas, began the debate. de-
ciarlng that this proposed expenditure of
s@oJooOo was against the public interest and
In the private interest of T.. P. HUNTINGTON
of the Southern Pacific. Sen ators Vest and
Gallery took the ground that no appropriation
should be made at present. Mr.. Frye chair
man of the commerce committee replied to the
structures upon the proposition and vehe-
mently chara cterized the criticisms of Mr..
Huntington as 'savoring of the slogan of the
sand lots"
The session of the House was almost entirely
DEVOTED to the consideration of District of
Columbia besiness.
May Pin the Senate the Santa Monica
deep water controversy was brought to a close
by Senator Frye referring the determination
as between Santa Monica and San Pedro to
commission to consist of thr ee civil engineers
naval officer and an officer of the coast sur
vey The compromise was accepted by the CAL
itornia Senators and was unanimously
passed. An amendment urged by German
limiting the expenditure under the contract
authorizations to 500 00O1 annually, led to
lengthy deoatA motion by Mr. Vest to table
the amendment failed-yeas e. NAYS 81
The House entered upon the contested cleo
ton case of Rinaker versus Downing, from the
Sixteenth Illinois district The debate was
very spirited but not concluded. Mr. Wheeler
Democrat of Alabama, was taken to task for
abusing the privilege of printing in the Record
ana some extensive interpretations in recent
speech of his were expunged from the perma-
nent Record by vote of IS to I4t.
May IL The river and harbor appropriation
bill was passed by the Senate. As finally passed
the bill makes direct appropriations of $1,000 :
Upland authorizes continuing contra cts of SOL
w ,oCO, an aggregate of about ST. 100000 Dur
ing the debate the statement was made that
this was the largest aggregate for a river and
harbor bill in the governments history Mr..
uor man soughtto secure an amendment to the
bill limiting the contract expenditures to Sl0-
OoOO annually, but the amendment was
taoled yeas -. nays % On the final passage
OF the bill nine Senators voted in the negative
number of House bills on the calendar were
pa .sed during the day, including the bill re-
curing years residence in any territory as a
requisite to divorce
The House after of the hardest fought
parliamentary battles of the session, which
contInu' I'd until almost 9 o'clock at night re-
committed the contested election case of Rim
aker vs. Downing, from the Sixteenth Illinois
az trlct. to the committee on elections with
instr uctlons to recount the ballots in dispute.
posing additional restrictions immigration
by Mr. Gibson. Democrat. of Maryland and Mr.
Nelson. Republican of Minnesota were made
In the Senate. Mr.. Gibson severely arraigned
the a. F. A. declaring that it inspired
this bill and that the organic 4tion
was seeking to invade politics Mr. Nell
son said the \. P A. had had no part in in
spring the bill. Mr.. Gallery, Democrat, of
Louisiana.spoke briefly on the need of action to
offset the proposed 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 minutes, fifty-eight
In all being acted on before adjournment
May BY a vote of 81 t. b the Senate de-
teTmined that Henry \. Dupont was not en-
Titled to n seat 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 vote but he
went with those of the Democrats and Popu-
lists and was the decisive vote. Before taking
the vote Mr.. PlatE spoke for Mr.. Dupont and
Mr. Villas against Earlier in the day Mr..
Bacon Democrat of Georgia, spoke against the
ISSUE of bonds without authority of Congress.
resolution was agreed to for an INQUIRY by
tho hnance committee relative to the COMPETE
ton of Oriental products with those of this
country Resolutions wera proposed by Mr..
Morgan of Alabama for inquiry as to our
treaty rights with Spain, and by Mr.. Gallinger
relating to the additional ia riff ena ctments
The Hou'e occupied itself in passing the
private pension bills which were favor bly,
acted upon dr~i IL the two e,ial days given
to their con :; rltion Mr.. Erdman. Demo-
crat, of Pen isylvania. and Mr. Talbert Dem
ocrat, of South Carolina threw such obstacle S
in the way as they could. Thirty-four were
held up because they were not lg rossed, but
1Oo were passed, leaving about sixty yet undis-
r1ocnd IF