Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-04-14
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ing Cuba, proposing the immediate use of a
United States naval force to protect Amer
leans in Cuba against atrocities and for
humane treatment. 1t went over nnder
the rules until tomorrow. Butler intro
duced bill requiring the acceptance of the
current legal tender funds In payment of
notes, bonds and private obligations,
explaining that the purpose of the measure
was to put stop to gold notes, gold mort
cages, ETC., which were being wrung from
people to their dire distress George con-
cluded his speech in opposition to the seat
| ing of Dupont. Consideration of the post
office appropriation bill was resumed and
Villas spoke in opposition to ocean mail
subsidies Adjourned
HOUSE
Consideration of sundry civil appropria-
ton bill was resumed. An amendment
appropriating $4,000 for the purchase of
the house in which President Lincoln died
was adopted. The question of adopting an
amendment providing for So, 900 appro-
priation for a military post at Spokane,
Wash, brought up the question of finance
and the speeches which followed were of a
adopted. Adjourned.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, April Bin passed grant
ing the Atchison q Nebraska and Chicago,
Burlington d Quincy railroads right of
way through the Sac and Fox Indian res
ervations in Kansas and Nebraska Con
siderable time was spent in consideration
of postoffice appropriation bill, but no
action was reached.
HOUSE.
Resolution calling on president to furnish
information as to the purposes of the work
OF the Venezuela commission was adopted
Sundry civil bill came up and Hainer, of
Nebraska, opposed the appropriation of
S32, 600 for Howard University, a colored
institution of Washington. Politics were
| injected into the debate in which Bartlett,
| Cannon, Sayers, Hepburn, and Evans par
ticipated, and the appropriation passed,
| 1919 to l05
| HOUSE.
| WASHINGTON, April 3.-About thirty
| private pension bills were passed and then
Hit called up the conference report on
the Cuban resolutions, recommending
concurrence in the senate resolutions. He
moved the adoption of the conference re-
port and spoke in advocacy thereof Bou-
telle said the resolutions amounted to
nothing. He was opposed to the recogni-
ton of belligerency No action was taken
on the bill and at a night session number
of pension bills passed
WASHINGTON, April 4-The debate on
the Cuban resolution continued throughout
the day, an evening session also being de
voted to it. This was with the understand.
ing that a vote will be taken Monday.
SENATE.
| 2 WASHINGTON, April 6.-The senate spent
the entire day on the postoffice appropria.
tion bill, but did not complete it. German
and Allen criticised the administration OF
the postoffice department. Several bills OF
minor Importance were passed
| HOUSE.
The conference report on the Cuban res.
olutions was adopted by vote of PA to 27
| Eighteen republicans and nine democrats
voted against it, The resolutions are those
passed by the senate some time ago. Later
the river and harbor appropriation bill
passed. 1t carries in actual appropriations
S10330, $50, and authorizes contracts fol
thirty-two new projects with a limit of cos,
of S5l, 72l .2I0. The New Mexico bond bill
was defeated and the bill to open the
Assinaboine military reservation was
passed.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, April THE postoffice
appropriation bill was passed just previous
to adjournment Most of the day W as de
voted to consideration of an amendment
for the consolidation of smaller Offices with
larger ones. 1t was defeated. Butler in
troduced a resolution providing for con
| stitutional amendment to limit the veto
power of the president, so that a majority
vote by both houses may pass bill over
such veto.
| HOUSE.
A resolution was introduced providing
for an investigation of the case of Mrs.
Maybrick, who is imprisoned in London for
poisoning her husband. A proposition for
the United States to share with the District
of Columbia the expense of creating and
maintaining public library in Washington
was defeated A bill to fix the standard OF
weights and measures by the adoption OF
the metric system was debated, but action
was not reached. Adjourned.