The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-06-12
WORK. OF CONGRESS
eeoceedinys In tile senate ana House
OF Representatives..

Washington, May 81. - The house
spent almost the entire day debating
the Johnston-Stokes contested election
case, from the Seventh South Carolina
district. The Republicans were badly
divided. Those who favored seating
the contestant, Johnston, who ran on
q Populist-Republican ticket, finding
themselves slightly in the minority
when the voting began, inaugurated
tilibuster which lasted until the con-
ference report on the naval appropria-
zion bill came to the rescue and the
house recessed before final action was
taken. Johnston's partisans were out
voted los to 95 and 1O3 to 90-the
final vote being OH the minority reso-
luton declaring Johnston entitled to q
seat, the first on the majority resolu-
ton declaring him not entitled to it.
The speakers were Mr.. Mccall Rep.,
Mass), who argued that there had
been no election; Mr.. Walker (Rep.,
Va.). in favor of Mr.. Johnston, and Mr.
Codding Qcp., Pa.), Mr.. Powers Rep,
Vt.l and Mr.. Jenkins Rep., Wis.) in
favor of Mr.. Stokes. An effort will be
made to reconsider, and If that fails
to unseat Stokes and declare the seat
vacant.
The senate reached an agreement to
take final vote on the bill to pro.
hibit the issue of bonds next week.
Mr. Hill reserving the right to move
to postpone the vote. The bill repeal
ing the law relating to rebates on
alcohol used in the arts and amending
1awl r66aRifffnitgsw the phssste t1dA"TGes
latter authorizes the exemption of dis
tillers of brandy made from fruits
from the provisions relating to the
manufacture of spirits, except as to
the tax thereon.
Washington, June 2. - The senate
will begin the week with the intention
Of making it the last of the session il
possible. Some senators put the day
of adjournment as early as Thursday
of the present week, while others place
it on Saturday and still others think
1t will be impossible to conclude be-
fore the first days of next week. The
imperative work before the senate in
order to reach adjournn.e nt is to dis
pose of the conference reports on the
ordinary appropriation bills. to vote
consider the proposition to pass the
river and harbor bill over the presi-
dents veto, in case the bill receives
the necessary two-third's vote in the
house to bring it to the senate. Some
senators, probably majority, also feel
that they are under obligations to
press the filled cheese hill to nal is
sue, but there is sufficiently strong
minority opposed to this measure to
prevent congress remaining in session
for the sole purpose of passing it after
the appropriation bills are out of the
way. 1t would, therefore, appear that
the hope of the friends of this bill
must rest upon getting it through be-
fore all the appropriation conference
reports are disposed of.
The closing days of the session in
the house will be mainly devoted to
the consideration of conference reports
but the feature of the week will be
the passage of the river and harbor
bill over the presidents veto. All the
friends of the bill who are absent have
received peremptory Geographic sum-
mons to be present on Tuesday when
the bill is reported back from the COM
mittee. The several votes taken on
it already demonstrate that it has con-
siderably more than two-thirds ma
jority, and it's friends express no
doubt of the result. 1t is not probable
that much time will be allowed for de-
bate. The conference reports will be
given the right of way whenever pre-
sented.
Washington. June 3.-The final vote
OIL the Butler bill to prohibit the issue
of bonds will be taken in the senate
tomorrow. No exact time for tile vote
has been fixed. the agreement being
that it shall be taken before adjourn
ment. Most OF the session to-day was
given to debate OH the bill. Mr.. Cullom
speaking against it as step toward
reputation. and Mr. Brown of Utah
in favor of this bill or OF a resolution
offered by him declaring that the
bonds under any future would be H.
legal and void.
The house passed the bill to approve
the act of the assembly of New MeXi-
bonds, and also Mr.. Phillips bill to
twelve members.
Washington. June 4.-The long strug-
gle in the senate over the bill to pro-
hibit the issue of bonds came to an
end and the bill was passed by vote
of 81 to %. The bill, as passed, covers
only three lines. as follows:
"Be it enacted that the issuance of
interest bearing bonds of the United
States for any purpose whatever, with
out further authority of congress is
hereby prohibited" The vote was as
follows:
Observation-Disclosures, Cannon,
Dubois, Hansbrough, Mitchell Orr,
Pcttigrew. Pritchard, Teller, Warren.
Wolcott-1Q Democrats-Bacon, Bate,
Berry. Chiffon. Daniel, George, Harris,
Jones (Ark). Mills. Morgan. Pasco,
Pugh. Tillman. Turpie, Vest, Walthall,
White-17. Populists-Allen. Butler,
Jones (Nev.), PETER, Stewart-5. Total,
80.
Observation-Disclosures, Allison,
Burrows. Chandler, Cullom. Davis,
Gallinger, Hale. Hayley, Lodge. Nc
Bride, Nelson, Platt, Quay, Wetmore,
Wilson-16. Democrats-Brice. Caff-
cry, Faulkner, Hill. Lindsay, Mitchell
(Nisl Palmer Smith Vi1as-Q Total