Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-04-02
CONGRESSIONAL

island Of Cuba In order to aid the Cubans in
securing local self-goVernment Mr.. Mills
spoke two hours In support OF the res.
Olution. BE was unsparing In his or.
raignment Of General Weyler as an
'atroeious ecoundrel and villain" and in his
recital OF Spain's bloody record in the old and
new worlds Mr.. Morgan also spoke briefly in
further support OF the Cuban resolutions Mr..
Mills resolutions went to the calendar after
tire speeches The rest OF the day was given to
the legislative appropriation bill.
Senator Hills bill to remove the restrictions
against the appointment as officers Of the army
or navy OF persons who held commissions in
the army or navy before tho rebellion, and who
subsequently, took part in tue war On
the side of the ConGederacy which ptS-"pd
ths Senate during the height of 10
excitement over tho Venezuela boundary ques-
ton, pass'd the House after two hours de-
bate, with but ono d isIenting vote-that OF Mr..
Boutele Of Maine The bill to abolish the
death penalty in certain cases was passed.
Bills we're also passed to make the sale Of
spirituOus liquors under false brand punish.
able By fine and imprisonment to turn over
the property Of the Mormon Church, now in
the hands OF q receiver to ths trustees and
several others OF minor Importance.
March 2j.-The first reference to the adjourn
ment Of Congress came in thu Senate in for
NAL resolution offered by Mr.. Plat proposing
an adjournment on Mayl. Mr.. Plat said his
purpose was to call attention to the desirable.
ity of IN early adjournment The resolution
was referred to tho appropriations committee
as any determination as to adjournment must
depend upon the condition OF appropriation
bills The adoption of resolu.
tion allowing ex-President Harrison to
receive decorations from Spain and Brazil
was postponed by an objection from Mr.. Allen
Populist. During tho day Mr. Gallingor OF
New Hampshire proposed an amendment pro-
hibitng the United states or any State from
giving any recognition or financial aid to any
church or religious Institution Most of tho
day was spent on the legislative appropriation
bill, which is not yet completed The para.
graphs substituting salaries for fees for United
States District attorneys and marshals were
agreed to after lengthy discussion
The House took tho naval appropriation bull
and mlde such rapid progress with it that
whom tho adjournment was reached all thu
paragraphs had bsen passed. save those relat-
ing to the increase of tho navy, Tho bill car
ries SjL6l u3t S!,l6S, l35 more than the current
year and autho rises four new battleships ami
fifteen torpedo boats the cost of which com.
plee will be almost 5000, 0J0 During tho
day Mr. Boutolle and Mr.. Wheeler continued
their alteration of yesterday over the record
of the Democrats on the bill to retire General
Grant
The naval appropriation bill was passed by
tho House without substantial amendment An
effort was made BY the advocates of larger
increase of tho navy than was authorized
by the bill to increase the mum.
Der of battleships from four to six.
This increase was supported on the floor
by Mossrs. Hanley, Cummings and Johnson,
of California, and opposed by Messrs,
Boutelle, chairman Of the committee, and HUI
lick ami Robinson. Tha house, by largo ma.
jority stood by tho accommodation OF
the committee the proposition for six
battleship3 mustered but 81 votes against
49, The bill as passed, carries S3l Gil 034,
and authorizes the cons trustion Of four battle
ships and fifteen torpedo boats, the total cost
of which will be in the neighborhood Of
S35,9j00N
March 27-The Senate INDUCED in an acri.
moniou5 political debate which developed
much PERSONAL party feeling, and brought on
two sharp per4onll exchanges between Mr.
Hill and Mr. Elkins and between Mr.. Brice
and Mr. Elkins The controversy arose over
Mr.. Hill s motion to strike from the pending
appropriation bill the proposed change of the
date Of assembling the New Mexico Legislature
from Ds;embor to May Mr.. Hill bitterly
denounced tho change as political
trick" which had been sneaked into"
this appropriation bill in order, as he claimed,
" pOSLpOub Lll0 LlbBbluB VI lu0 DOu1OCEdtl9
Legislature in the hops that a Republican
President would be el 'ctod and the political
control Of the territory changed Tho debate
took wide range, Senator's German, Faux
ner Cockrel and other Democrats taking
the provision as political, willis Senators Ell
kins, Carter, Cullom and other Republican
senators defended it, but Mr.. Hills motion
prevailel-21 to ~. At tho close OF the day the
Senate passed the legislative appropriation
bill, carrying S2i,O0J0l0. Asids from provid.
ing the usual appropriations, the bill is im-
portant, effecting a reform of the system Of
compensation for United States district attor-
noys aud marshal5 salaries being substituted
for fees Thu Senate adjourned until Monday.
Tho appropriations committNs attempted to
take up the sundry civil appropriation bill,
but the members who were interested in bills
on the private calendar defeated them by a
vote Of 1I2 to ~ Members from the North,
who are interested in pension legis-
lation, AID thOje from the South, who are
interested in war claims, havo been chatting
for some time over tho inability to proceed
with the work on tho private calendar. So, by
a sort Of combination the appropriations COM
mittee was defeated The victory, however,
was completely barren 50 far as Southern men
were concerned as, after the house went into
committee, the Republicans forced motion TO
pass over all claims on tho calendar. Tbs
Southern men retaliatod by llihustering against
the pension bills so that tho net result was
less than half dozen bills passed.
M1rch 3l.-The Senate is to have a revival
of financial and bond discussion as a result OF
an animated debate shortly before tho session
closed, Mr.. Poffer's resolution for the ap.
pointment of special committee of five Sem
ators to investigate recent bond issues had
been relocated to the calander, owing to tho
opposition of Mr.. Hill, but it was reached in
the regular order to-day. Again Mr.. Hill
sought to have tho resolution go
over, but he was met by an energetic
protest, not only from Mr. PETER, but also
from Mr.. WolcOtt and Mr. Teller
The latter gave notice that further delays
would DO resisted, and Mr. PalTer followed
with notice that he would move tomorrow to
proceed with thi, bond inquiry re'o ution as
soon az Mr.. George concludes a speech on tho
Dupont case. This promises to bring a test
vote unless dilatory tactics postpone the meas
ure. Among the bills passed to-day were thos9
approprating s2,O5l0O for public buildiug
at indianapolis, lad, and settling tho long
pending accounts between tho United States
AMI Arkansas.
The house took Ip th, consideration OF tho
sun Try civil appropriation bill and disposed
of ifteei Of the 10 pages before adjournment
During the general debate NJ Cannon, the
present head of the approp alton committee,
and his predeo essor, Mr. SlyerS Of Texas, in.
terchangel opinions as to present and
past appropriations MIR. Cannon, 10 the
cOur OF hi remarks, expressed the
opinion that tho appropriations for this
session could not fall below sos 90. O0l. The
action Of the committee in appropriating for
contract York only until March, 1897, was at
tackled. but Mr. Cannon justified it on the
groun that tho me thing had been done last
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