The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-06-04
CONGRESSIONAL.

Nav 2;.-The general den .icncy approrsia:
lion bill. the last Of the supply bill> was
bcfoee the Senate throughout the day. aud
passed just hefor, .3jo:rnmeut II t.mpo-
Of bonds As passed the bill carries about
sl0ON,IO. an incre Of Si.U).0O over tho
House bili. Tho mort important amsn1:
meat a9re,d to up to o'clock was that Of
S,N SO to the Southern Pacific 0mpany for
transportation OF mails
Mr. Hem, Populist. Of Nebraska resumed his
obse-uctiv policy at the opening Of the SESSION
sibae. Tho House went into committee of the
whole to considsr tbs bill to repeal tho FREQ
alcohol clans, OF the existing tari6. Discus
sion last,d al day without . vote.
oMay :6-Tari6 ant nnalcc cash came in for
. share a consideration in tho Senate. Mr..
cheese bill taken mp. whercupoa Mr..
Dubois. Republican of Idaho. offered
an amendment adding seventy five
cents per barrel to the tax on beer.
Mr.. Sherman opposed the amendment
n skillful means to defeat the chee,e bill.
was defeated. yeas -. nays 81 On the Ques-
tiOa of adopting the amendmcnk the debats
becams general. Senators Mills and Gray sup
porting and Nelson, Aldrich and Villas oppts-
ing it. The bill and pending beer amendment
were displaced at O'Clock by the bond bill.
which was advoca ted By Mr.. Pritchard kepobr
ican. of North CAROLINE. and opposed BY Mr.:
Lindsay, Democrat of k3ntucky. Adjourned
without reaching a vote.
The House, b. vote OF i6j to So pass,d the
bill for tho repeat of section g. az tbs present
tariff Law, providing for a rebate on alcohol
used in the arts or for medicinal compounds.
An amendment was attached to the bill pro-
viding for joint commission to examine and
report ON all que, tions rclatin. to free alcohol
at the next session.
May eQ-The Senate r. ached an agreement to
tax, final vote on tho bill to prohibit the
issue of bends on Tuesday next. The bills re.
pealinR the Law r.lating to rebates on alcohol
used in the arts, and amending tho law con-
corning the distilling of brandy from fruits
We . passed. Mr. Butler. Popuiist OF Moth
Carolina. author of the bill to prohibit the
ISSUE Of bonds, in a speech declared that the
gold element was about to execute skillfnl
stroke of politics by allowing the Chicago con-
ventiOn to b. controlled by silver, in order to
weight down the cause with the ev lis of the
Democratic party, which had become \
stencil in the nOstrils OF the American peO-
pie" He appealed to silver men not to DO de-
csiycd by this piece of politics. In
answer to query from Mr.. Gear of
Iowa, as to what method outside Of
the ball ut could be adopted to correct finan.
cial legislation, Mr.. Butler declared thut the
time might come when an outraged people
might swing some man from limb The Sen
atOr "a i'd he had ecen men swung to limb
who were less inf amO us than those who par
ticipatei in these financial crimes Senate
adjourned till Monday.
The House spent almost the On tire day de.
batting the Johnston-Stokes contested election
case from the Seventh South Ga rolina district.
JOhnstOns partissns were Outvoted. IDS to IS,
and iOs to 80. the first vote being on the minor
ity resolution declaring Johnston entitled to
his seat; the second on the majority resolution
declaring him not entitled to it. The river and
harbor bill veto was read and referred without
debate to the Committee.