Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-12-19
CAMPAIGN FUNDS.
A Committee Wanted "On the Use
of Money in Elections"
MIR. MORGAN SPEAKS ABOUT CUBA
The Bill to Amend the Law Relating to
Second-CIass Mail Matter Up in the
House-The Atlantic & Pa
ciic Railroad.

terday when Mr.. Allen, of Nebraska,
offered resolution for committee of
nine senators ION the use of money in
elections" The resolution directs
that the committee shall thoroughly
investigate the extent to which money,
if any, was used in connection with
the recent presidential election, either
in promoting the nominations or in in
huencing in any manner the choice OF
presidential electors The resolution
empowers the proposed committee to
send for persons and papers, and
directs report by the first Monday of
December, 1897. Mr.. Allen made no re-
marks on the resolution, but sent to
the clerks desk and had read several
newspaper clippings, containing
charges of irregularity in connection
with the recent election. The resolu-
ton was referred to the committee on
contingent expenses
The bill, dating certain new
Mexico bonds, were taken up, the
house amendments agreed to, and the
senate amendments disagreed to, SO
that the bill now goes to the president.
Mr.. Morgan, of Alabama, then held
the attention of the senate for an
hour by his advocacy of a strong and
decisive policy in dealing with the
Gu ban question. He spoke in diSpaS-
sionate style, although his words had
a directness and severity in picturing
the horrors existing in Cuba such as is
seldom heard in the senate. Mr.. Nor
gan spoke freely of the possibilities of
war, welcoming it if necessary to
guarantee the protection of American
citizens He asserted that Spain's
bankruptcy would prevent the collec-
ton of any indemnity for wrongs. The
he iSd of he
presidents position that granting of
belligerens rights would be ''un-
timely"
After Mr.. Morgan's Cuban speech
the senate took up the bill pensioning
Nancy Allabach, which had been We
toed by the president. After a roll
GALL to determine the presence of a
quorum the vote was taken, resulting
IL yeas to IL nays. after which the
chair announced that the bill was
passed.
Mr.. Allen, of Nebraska. introduced
bill appropriating 81, 900 900 for the
survey of the heat waters of the prin-
cipal rivers of the country for the loca-
ton of available sites for reservoirs for
irrigation purposes 1t is proposed not
to be confined to the arid regions, but
to include all sections of the country.
On motion of Mr.. Vest the senate
then went into executive session and
at three p. m. adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16-The house
yesterday entered upon the considera-
ton of the Loud bill. to amend the law
relating to the transm ssion of second
class mail matter. The bill has been
widely discussed in the public press
and has met with the most intense op-
position in some quarters. 1t denies
the right of serial novels to admission
to the mails at the newspaper cent-per-
pound rates; denies to newSpap erS the
sample copy privileges: prohibits the
return of unsold publications at the
pound rates, and makes some other
changes in the present law designed
to correct existing abuses. A change
in the second-class mail matter law has
been repeatedly urged by successive
postmaster-generals. 1t is estimated
that the abuses of the law had cost the
government S24O, 900. 900 in the last ten
years Mr.. Loud, of California, the
author of the measure, brought it for
ward yesterday, quite unexpectedly
to a majority of the mem bers of the
house.
Before this bill was brought up bill
to reorganize the Atlantic & Pacific
Railroad Co. was called up and passed
with some amendments, after an hours
debate. The bill as passed gives the
purchasers under foreclosure sale all
the right of the old company under its
government charter, but it provides
that it shall assume all the debts and
obi legations of the old company, and
that the lands unearned July 6, 1856,
along the then uncomp1eted portions
of the road shall, as condition prece-
dent to reorganization, be relinquished
in writing by the purchasers
The house adjourned at 4:32 q. m.
THE LAW INVALID