The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-29
CYCLONE SUFFERERS
GRANTED RELIEF
Loan Of War Tents Is Agreed to BY
House and Senate.
THE SUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATION
Senate Amendments Agreed 10 in the
HOuse...M Daniel Continues
Speech in Favor oi Free Coinage.
Contested Election Cases.

Washington, May 2S.-The only ac-
tuaI piece OF legislation by the senate
today was the passage of the house
Joint resolution Tor the loan of tents 10
the sufferers by the appalling storm ol
yesterday in and near ST. Louis. Anu
that resolution was passed rather De-
cause II would appear ungracious not 10
pass il, than because II was regarded
as fitting ur necessary. That at least
was the view of ii expressed by Sena-
tors Vest tDem., Mo- and Cu!iom tRep..
ills). The joint resolution has received
the signature of the speaker and vice.
president and had been sent to the presi-
ident before adjournment.
The conference report on the Indiaii
appropriation bill met determined re-
sistance ON account of an amendment
contained in it tand which had no
basis in the bill as passed) providing
for extending the rights and duties OF
citizenship to the Indians of the i've
civilized tribes. The matter went over
without action at > O'Clock when the
consideration Of the bill to prohibit
the issuance of bonds without consent
of congress was taken mp.
Mr. Daniel Dem., Na.) continued the
speech which he had begun yesterday
in support of the bill and in advocacy
Of the free coinage of silver policy;
winding up tafter an hour and three
quartersD with the emphatic declaration
that he took his place in the ranks
of the plain masses of the American
people. who appreciated their institu-
tions and intended to defend them at
whatever cost.
\ speech in favor of the bill was also
lU Mr Ia
which he declared that if the gold
policy We're persisted in and If the
usurpations of the president in issuing
bonds We're not stopped( which was the
object of the bilD the people would be
driven to reputation.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
A concurrent resolution providing for
the loan of tents by the war department
and such other relief as the secretary
may deem necessary to the sufferers by
the st. Louis storm, was introduced
upon the meeting of the house today by
Mr.. Bartholdt and agreed to without
discussion or objection. Later. the SEN
ate amendment making it Il joint reso-
luton was agreed to and at 4.S0 o'clock
Speaker Reed announced that he had
signed 1t.
Leave was granted Messrs. Bartholdt
| and Hubbard. of the Missouri delega-
tion to visit st. Louis and they left this
afternoon.
The partial conference report upon
the sundry civil appropriation which
was under consideration when the house
adjourned yesterday was disposed of.
The house agreed to the following sem
ate amendments:
Appropriating $1,000 to build ap-
prOaches to the Martinsburg. w. Va.
public building: appropriatlne SiS.O0o
to repair and improve the court house
at Little Rock, Ark: and appropriating
100000 to repair and improve the New
| York postofilce.
The bill granting Fort Omaha reser-
walton to the state of Nebraska was
| agreed to, with an amendment recon-
mended in conference that 1t be leased
| to the state at nominal figure.
The house rejected the conference re-
| port on the bill to pension the widow of
| the late Gemeram o. Nj. Poe, Of the
| engineers corps, fixing the amount at
| SIS a month and insisted upon its
amendment, making the pension $50 u
| month.
! The remainder of the day was spent
| in discussing the contested election case
| of Johnston VS.. Stokes from the Seventh
South Carolina district. Johnston s
right to the seat was maintained by Mr..
| Overstreet Rep., 1nd) in two hours
speech to which Mr.. De Almond Dem.,
MOI responded for an hour and half.
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