The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-06-19
OUR NATIONAL soLoNs.
Doings In the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives.

Doings I'm the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives.
WASHINGTON, June 6.-Morgan brought
up the Cuban matter in the senate and in
sisted that it was the duty of the presi-
dent to keep congress informed and that
congress should not adjourn without pro-
viding that a fleet of warships go to Ha-
vana to protect Americans caught aiding
the rebels. Sherman and Lodge said the
administration was doing its duty and
Morgan's resolutions were sent to the
calendar. The immigration bill was made
unfinished business and the bill for a con-
stitutional amendment providing for pop
ular election of senators discussed and
made the order for the second Monday in
December next. A resolution for adjourn
ment Monday was sent to the appropria-
tons committee.
The house unseated Downing Sixteenth
Illinois, giving the seat TO Rinaker and
making the Illinois delegation solidly Re-
publican, and Lockhart Seventh North
Carolina, giving the seat to Martin, Re
publican Populist. A resolution calling
on the president for list of removals
from office since March 3, 1898, was
adopted, as was a special order making to-
day individual suspension day.
WASHINGTON, June S.-The senate re-
fused TO compromise on the naval bill
with three battleships instead of four, and
unanimously insisted on several public
building bills. The final report on the
Indian bill was agreed to stopping appro-
priations for sectarian schools July |, 1897.
A few bills of no general importance were
passed and an executive session was held.
The house refused to agree to the final
report on the Indian bill, and on receiving
the presidents veto of the general de-
ficency bill because of the French spolia-
ton and other claims provided for therein,
sustained the veto-40 to 149-not the nee
essary number in favor of passing the bill
over the Veto A bill was Immediately
introduced and passed emitting the OBJ
jectionable claims. A bill was passed
limiting mail which can be franked to
written and printed matter. During the
debate on the veto Cannon declared that
the veto was right in view of some of the
claims that were in the bill.
WASHINGTON, June 9.-The senate passed
the expurgated general deficiency bill and
few others of little Importance The
final report on the postoffice appropriation
was agreed TO. An attempt to do some
thing on the immigration bill was pre-
vented by Morgan who made another long
speech on Cuba. An executive session
was held
The house revoked all leaves of absence
and called on those now absent to return.
The bill amending the laws relating to
seamen and that authorizing the Northern
Pacific railway to reorganize under ma
tional charter were passed. The final con-
ference report on the postoflice bill was
agreed to, and the contested election case
Of Aldrich VS.. Underwood. Ninth Alabama,
was talzenup. The joint resolution au-
thorizing u scientific investigation of Ber-
ing sea seal life was agreed to.
WASHINGTON, June TO- - The senate
agreed to final conference reports on the
naval and Indian appropriation bills,
leaving only the sundry civil and the Dis
trict of Columbia conference reports out
standing. The resolution for an inquiry
into the circumstances of the award of the
statue of General w. Il. Sherman was de-
feated. Lack of quorum defeated an at
tempt to pass the Hoover pension bill over
the veto. A few bills of no general i'm
portanco We're passed, and n joint resolu-
ton was agreed to for n bronze tablet on
the new public building at Detroit, COM
memorating the British evacuation of
1885,
The house gave its final approval to con-
ference reports on two of the four appro-
priation bills which were in issue-the
naval and the Indian bills. The public
buildings amendments and the electric
lighting and sectarian charities items
in the District of Columbia bill stand be-
tween congress and the final adjourn
ment. Final adjournment at the latest is
day further ahead-tomorrow with
possibility of today. Most of the day was
devoted to the consideration of the AL
drich-U Underwood contested election case
from the Ninth Alabama district AL
drich, the contestant, was given the seat,
fifty Republicans voting no. Recess was
again taken.