Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-06-04
CONGRESSIONAL.

May q. The gon9rll don ,iency appropria,
lion bill the last of tho supply bills, was
before the Senate throughout the day. and
passed Just before adjournment II tempo
Tarily displace the bill TO prohibit tho issue
OF bonds. As passed the hi carries about
SlO'OD,OO. an increase of SioJ,OO over tho
House bill. The most important amani-
ment agreed to up to o'clock Yves that of
H,'4 $40 to tho Southern Pacific com pany for
transportation OF mails
Mr. KEN, Populist. of Nebraska resumed hi,
obstructive policy at the opening of the session
OF the House, entern objections wherever pos
sibe, The House went into committee of tho
whole to consider the bill to repeal the FREQ
alcohol claus, of the existing thrift. Discus
sion lasted all day without q vote.
DMay 49,. Tariff an finance eaolrcam in for
share OF consideration in the Senate. Mr.
sherman suc,eeded in having the filed
choose bill taken up, whercupol Mr..
Dubois. Republican of Idaho offered
an amendment adding seventy five
cents per barrel to the tax on beer
Mr.. Sherman opposed the amendment
a'a skillful means to defeat the Chico 10 bill
HiN motion to tabl1 the DubOi, amendment
was debated yeas =, nays 81 o. tho ques-
tiol of adopting the amenlm mt, the debate
bscami 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 advocated by Mr.. Pritchard Repub-
lican, of North Caroline, and opposed BY Mr.
Lindsay, Democrat, of K,ntucky Adjourned
without reaching vote.
The House. by II vote OF i6I to 90. passed tho
bill for tho repeal of section 81. o; tho present
tariff law, providing for rebate on alcohol
used Ia the arts or for medicinal compounds.
An amendment was attached to the bill pro-
Viding for joint commission to examine and
report on all questions relating to free alcohol
at the next session.
May 29--The Senate !, ached an agreement to
TAXI final vote on tho bill to prohibit the
issue OF bends on Tuesday next. The bills re.
pealing the law 'lating to rebates on alcohol
used in the arts and Amending tho law con-
corning tho distilling of brandy from fruits
we passed. Mr.. Butler Populist. of Moth
Carolina. author of the bill to prohibit the
issus of bonds, in speech declared that the
gold element was about to execute u skilful
strote OF politics by allowing the Chicago con-
ventiOn to be controlled by silver, in order to
weight down the cause with the cVilsof the
DsmOcrItc party, which had become a
stencil in the nostrils of the American poo
pie" he appealed to silver men not to be do
ceived by this piece of politics. In
answlr to query from Mr.. Gear of
Iowa, as to what method outsi 10 OF
the ballot could be adopted to correct fnan.
cial legislation, Mr. Butler declared that the
time might come when an outraged people
might swing some man from a limb The Sen
atOr said he had scen men swung to limb
who were less intamo us than those who par
ticipate1 in these financial crimes Senate
adjourned till Monday
The House spent almost tho entire day de.
batting the Johnston-St Ikes contested election
case from the Seventh South Carolina district.
JOhnston's partislns were Outvotad, 1J5 to o.
and 1913 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.