Hutchinson gazette., 1896-02-27
CONGRESSIONAL.

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appropriation bill. It carries $3,1i8 192. The
section OF the Revised Statutes for the pur
chase and distribution of rare and uncom.
mon" seeds, which Secretary Morton declined
TO execute in the current appropriation law,
was repealed, the appropriation for seeds in
creased from $4,000 to $4,000 and its execu.
tion was ma le mandatory upon Lhs SO; retarg.
Mr. Cousins Of Iowa intro luced his
amendment to redu,e Mr. MOrton's salary
from $OO to SIS until he expended the apprO-
! priation in the current law, but the amend
ment was ruled out on point OF order. Sew.
eral amendments to the meat inspection act of
1891, recommended by Secretary Morton. which
would have given him additional power to en-.
force regulations and have strengthened the
law By tho imposition of penalties for viola.
tiOns were stricken out. .a...t.t-
| In the Senate two appropriation bills, the
I military academy and the pension bill were
passed. Efforts were made TO amond the mil
. itary academy bill by increasing the number of
: cadets by two from each State, ninety in ALL
but after debate Of three hours tho plan was
defeated The pension appropriation bin.
| carrying Sli2OO),OUO, was passed after ten MN.
utes debate.
Feb lin the Senate Mr.. Carter Of Mon,
tana offered a resolution to recommit the tariff
bill to the finance committee for further consid-
Grafton. He will speak on the resolution Mon
day. About sixty private pension bills were
passed during the day. The bill pensioning the
widow of the late Secretary Gresham as briga.
adler general at 500 monthly. with an amend
meut making the amount S1OJ monthly, went
over without action in order to permit Mr..
VOORHEES, to speak against the amendment.
The House devoted itself strictly to business.
The army appropriation bill, carrying S23,27j,-
9O2, was passed, the conference report on the
urgent deficiency bill was adopted, and the
bill to extend for five years tho time in which
the government can bring suits toannul patents
to public lands under RAILROAD and wagon road
grants was passed.
Feb 2O.-The senate discussed tho Cuban
bclligerolt resolution three hours, The
speeches were all vigorously in favor of the in.
sllrgents There were frequent demonstra-
tions OF approval at the stirring and dramatic
utterances of several of the speakers Mr..
Lodge OF Massachusetts, and Mr. Morgan of
Alabama, were particularly for;ible and direct
in their language, Mr. NJ irgan ex-
pressing the belief that war between
the United States and Spain would result from
recognizing the Cubans as belligerents. Mr
Cameron and Mr.. Call also spoke Mr.. CAM
eron gave notice that if tho resolution was
adopted requesting Spain to act and she did
not, he would then move for the immediate and
complete recognition of Cuban independence
In the House tho conference report on the
diplomatic and consular bill was agreed to- the
Senate amendment to the pension bill was sent
TO conference, and the Indian appropriation
bill was taken up The latter bill carries S.
6iOg05, or $780, less than the law for tho cur
rent year In connection with proposition to
increase the salaries Of Indian inspectors
from $500 to $50 0, the salaries fixed by
law (the bills of tho last two years
havo only appropriated $500 each for these
salaries), both Mr.. Cannon and MIR Dingley
the Republican leaders on tho floor, appealed
to the majority in view of tho situation of tho
Treasury to keep down expenses and refuse TO
take step in the direction of increased sal
aries. But their appeals were in vain and the
action of the committee on Indian affairs in
restoring tho salaries was sustained-S to 80
Feb 2L.-Mr. Colson, Republican of Ken
lucky, introduced in the house a resolution to
investigate Secretary Carlisles action in de-
clining to accept the Graves bid for bonds. The
house again refused to follow some of the Re-
publican leaders in the matter of reducing the
salaries of Indian inspectors from SOD to
81, o. the latter being the salary in the law for
the current year. An appeal was made to the
house in behalf OF economy and retrenchment
and was defeated The evening session was dc.
voted exclusively to the private pension calen.
dar Five bills were passed and nino were re-
ported to the houso by the committee OF the
who'll, with favorable recommended 'ons, At
1850 the houo adjourned to Monday.
Feb. % Tho Senate spent the day in cele-
b:ating Wa 'hington's birthday The galleries
were crowded. President Pro Tenn Frye read
Washington's farewell address In an eloquent
maun2r.
Feb. 9k-1'he House, in committee Of the
whole after a very interesting debate, by a vote
of9i to 81. decided that none of the appropria-
tlons on the Indian appropriation bill for In
dian schools should so to sectarian schools.
The only sectarian schools to which money
now goes arc Roman Catholic in denomi
nation and tho fl Int to-day was led
by Mr. Linton, a Michigan Repub-
lican who is the most pronounced
and openly avowcd A. P. A. member on the
floor In last years bill the appropriation was
cut down twenty per cent with the understand
ing that it should be reduced twenty per cent
each year until it ceased at the ond Of five
years. Tho committee on Indian affairs this
year recommended that this appropriation
again be reduced twenty per cent. but Mr..
Linton moved an amendment that no
portion of this appropriation should be
allOwcl to go TO sectarian schools. In his
speech IN support of it he attributed the de-
feat of many members two years ago to their
refusal to abolish sectaran schools and pre-
dicted disaster to those who still stood ont
against their abolition. He also referred in-
dignantly to a statue of Pierre Marquette,
robcd in the gown of a Jesuit priest and decor
at,d with the paraphcrnalia of his church
which is shortly to be erected in Statuary hall
in tho presence of high dignitaries of the
Catholic church.
significant vote on the resolution for an in
vestigation Of recent bond issues was taken IN
the Senate Mr.. Lodges resolution for an in.
ycstigation came up, and Mr. PETER offered an
amendment for a special committee of five
Senators and G more comprehensive inquiry.
MIR. Lodge sough. % have the amendment laid
on the table, but his motion tn tis effect was
| dcfcated--I6 to 3L Final action was not Sc
| cured as Mr. Hill carried tho debate beyond
| o'clock Mr. Morgan took up the balance Of
the day in his speech for the recognition of the