Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-01-15
CONGRESSIONAL.


request for unanimous onsent for the swear
ing in of Clarence E. Allen elected to represent
thu new State of Utah. He explained that
Mr. Aliens election was regular, and there
was no contest, but, the Governor and
| other State officers did not assume their
offices, under the Presidents proclama.
| tion, until to-day, their signaturesiIt to
Mr. Aliens credentials OF course had not
| been attached Mr.. Crisp did not question the
! facts, as stated but thought Mr. Allen should
mot be sworn in until report had been made
upon the case by committee. The matter was
therefore referred to the judiciary committee,
with leave to report at any time. On Mr. Hits
/ mo. ion resolution was adopted appointing
hon. William IL. Wilson the board of re-
gents of the Smithsonian institute at 12:.O
the house adjourned until tomorrow.
Jan. The Senate was treated to one of
senator Vests characteristic speeches. He ar
ralgned the Supreme court for tho income tax
| decisions; he laid the responsibility for the
lack OF revenue at their door, when they ex-
| empted the "sordid wealth Of the land' from
| taxation; he contrasted the records of the
| present and past admins trations; he de-
| nochced financial dependence of this country
aod others upon the monied influence;
he attacked the President and Secre-
| tary OF Treasury for their propcsitio
| TO retire the greenbacks and lace the cir:ula-
ton in the hands of the National banks:
| quoted Secretary Carlisle gainst himself, and
| in conclusion, declared the conflict between BIZ
metallism and gold standard was irrepressi-
pie, anu that inc sooner 1t was decided the
better it would be for our public and private
life The other feature of the session grew ont
.of the Introduction by Mr.. Chandler of bill
! for popular loan through the issue of postal
savings certificates In the course of Mr.. Chand-
lers remarks, the cable replies of the Prince of
! Wales, the Rothschilds and Others to the New
York World were alluI led to, and Mr. Lodge
| :clamed that the editor of the World had been
guilty OF violating Section 5355 oil the Revised
statutes, in holding communication
/ al nE v,nA1,
| :the purpose of which was to Interfere with a
measure of tho United States" Mr. GRAY. of
Delaware, rebuked both Mr.. Lodge and Mr.
Chandler for the suggestion that public opinion
could not be solicited either here or abroad on
! ANY question and affirmed that a just public
opinion in all civilized canters must be thu final
arbitrator of all disputes. Mr. Jones, Demo-
| ;crat, of Arkansas, reported from the finance
| committee the free silver substitute for the
House bond bill an / gave notice that he would
! call 1T up tomorrow and ask the Senate to con-
| slider it.
Another brief session of the House was held
at which the only important business trans
| acted was the admission of the new member
! from the stat, of Utah, MIR. Allen and the
| adoption OF resolutions calling upon the attor-
| ney general for informa ton concerning the en-
| forcement of the antitrust law and for recon-
| mendatlons of new lc siSlatio on on the subject
| and on the secretary OF the trea ury for ia
| ;tIstl;s concerning the seal fisheries of Behrug
! sea.
I ,CJan BIN the senate Mr.. Hale from the
/ committee on naval affairs. reported back IA
vorably bill authorizing the secretary of the
| navy to increase the number of enlisted man in
! ithe navy. He directed attention to tho inn
| portance of the bill and gave notice that he
| would call it up at an early day. At 1850 the
senate adjourned till tomorrow.
! The subject of the annexation of the Hawaiian
islands was preached in the House by Mr.
! Spaulding, of Michigan, in the form of a reso.
| LUTON which provides that the Sandwich
islands be formed into new state, to be called
| the state OF Hawaii, with a republican form of
| government. to be adopted by the peopIe
through deputies in conv ention, with the con.
| sent of thu existing government. The resolu.
| !tion proposes tina Hawaii may be admitted as
| a STATE by treaty between the two governments
with one representative in Congress and pro-
! poses an appropriation of Sl0j,00 for making
! the treaty. The resolution was read by unan-
! ;lmous consent and referred to the committee on
| foreign affairs.
Jan. SIN the senate Mr.. Baker Repr blican,
! fof Kansas offered tho following resolution
enunclatins an expansion of the Monroe doc
| itrlue: Resolved, That the United states will
! regard 1T as an unfriendly act for any foreign
| power, without our consent, b. war. treaty,
purchase or otherwise, to extend its territorial
limits IN tho Westean hemisphere on either
OF the American continents, or 10 any
of the islands adjacent thereto which
this country deems necessary for its self
preservation. And the United States reserves
1.-THE right to be sole judge of the necessity for
the main tenance of their national entities
! That the principle herein enunci 4ted is found
| IN the law OF self-preservation which from
| necessity adheres in and belongs to every civil.
lied nation as sovereign and inalenable right
and this principle is attested BY Wa .hincton's
farewell address and President Monroe's ever
memorable message of December2 2, 1928" Afte,
"a speech by Mr.. Baker the resolution was re-
! iferred to the foreign relations commit ee Mr..
Stewart OF Nevada then followed with set
| fI,o h<,,I
4 In the House NJ. Livingston of Georgia intro
| duce d a resolution calling upon the Presi dent
| for information as to whether England was adj
.vanclng her outposts the territory in dis
pute between Venezuela and Great Britain.
Referred to the foreign relations committed
After some minor proceedings the House adj.
fjoufned.
JAN 1).-The debate on tn senate free coin
iage substitute for ths house bond bill was
opened by Senator Jones of Arkansas in n two
hours speech, which was followed with close
attea ton by senators on both sides of the cham.
Der. Mr.. Jones took strong ground for the free
and independent coinage of silver. contending
that WIS thu only method by which
the distress of the co lntry could
be al eviate1 and the treasury depart
ment relieved from its present depend
ence upon the speculative holders of
gold. During the morning hour, Mr. Pritchard
Republican of Moth Carolina, made a speech
in favor of the re-enactInent of the McKinlev
law. and Mr.. White Democrat of California,
made some remarks in favor of amending the
rules of the Senate so as to give the majority
the power to bring measure to a vote when
ever it saw fit. MI Morgan Democrat of Ala
barna, the former chairman of the committee
on foreign relations, offered resolution which
was referred without debate, conveying the
congratulations of Congress to President
Kruger
The House gave its time to the discussion Of
Tho proposed amendments to the rules of the
Fifty-trst Congress viii were temporarily
adopted at the beginning of the session. The
proposition to allow the COMMITTEES on coinage,
weights and measure tn, privilege of reporting
bills at any time was defeated. Tn, discuss
cussion was not finished.
BlOomers and Sweaters.