Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-14
CONGRESSIONAL.

the hfth--in opposition to the bond resolution
In the Senate without reaching a vote. Me-
Petfor annOun led that tomorrow he would in.
sest on the Senate remain ng in session until a
vote was reached Mr. PettiTrew, Republican,
OF South Dakota, supported the bond resolu.
ton. and severely critised the administration
OF The treasury The Senator also criticised
Mr.. Sherman for his recent approval of the
treasury administration. Some progress was
made on the river and harbor bill by taking il
up IN tho morning hour, A number of pension
bills were passed at the close Of the day
In the House Mr.. Sayers moved to concur in
the Senate amendments to the naval bill re.
ducing the number or battleships from four to
Two. he proceeded to contrast thu appropria.
tion' OF the present session with the available
revenue. The direct appropriations for the
next fiscal year as they passed tho House, were
5000 1893, while the total estimated revenue
was but Si6j, CO),0O0, limo provision were made
Tor tho sinking fund (SjO,OJOOlO) the
total outstanding direct OBLIGATIONS
would be $500 5000, leaving working balance
OF 10000. But in addition contracts were
authorized in the sundry civil bill, naval and
Notifications bills aggregating $1,000, 01O In
other words there would be $J,OOO,OOO to meet
almost $lOO,OO),OO) OF expenditures With this
situation staring Congress in tho face,
he argued that it was wise to 70.
trench. Mr.. Boutelle concluded the debate
with brief protest against p acing all the
onu' of extraVagant appropriations on tho ma.
val committee The vo was taken by yeas
and nays. Mr.. Sayers' motion was defeated
Sl-l4l-and on Mr.. Boutelie's motion tho House
requested further conference with the Son.
| ate
May G-By a unanimous vote the House
passed resolution to adjourn May IS. riThe
report on the contested election casa of Thomp.
son vs. Shaw, from the Third North Carolina
district which was unanimously in favor of
the sitting member was adopted. The House
then proceeded to consider private pension
bills and actel on them at the rate of about
one every five minutes In five and half hours
to-day SEVENTY two bills werI favOrably acted
upon. Among them were bills granting the
widow of the late Secretary Walter O. Gresh-
am pension OF 800 per month; to Elizabeth
Walls KearnNy daughter of General Phil Kear.
ney So per month; to the widow of the late
Senator George E Spencer Of Alabama, $50 per
month; to General James Q. Parrot, SO Der
month; to tho widow OF General James H
Blunt OF Kansas, S7i per month, and to Gem
eral Nathan Kimball, $40 per month
1.-The final vote on the resolution for an inves.
tigation of recent bond issues will bs taken in
the Senat) at D. m tomorrow. An agree.
ment to this effect was reached late to-day,
after several test votes had been taken, which
clearly disclO ed the sentiment of the Senate
on the resolution Tho voting came after Mr..
Hill had added another lively installment to
his speeIh including sharp criticism of Mr..
Pettigrew and personal exchange with Mr..
Walcott when the latter tried to call Mr. Hill
to order.
May by the decisive vote of 81 to 6, the
Senate inauZurated au Investigation to be con-
Quoted by the Senate COMMITTEE, on tinan,e in.
to the fact' and circumstances connected with
the sale OF United States bonds by tho secre-
tary of the treasury during the last three
years The six adverse votes were cast by
Gallery of Louisiana, Faulkner of West Vir-
ginia, Gray of Delaware, Hill of New YORK,
Nutshell of Wisconsin and Palmer of Illinois,
all Democrats. During the debate Mr. Palmer
OF Illinois referred TO tho Perte Springs, Mo-,
silver convention as snap Gathering This
brought Senators Vest and COckrell to their
feet, aud tho former delivered q speech Of
charac teristi, vgor and explosiveness ~ am
delegate to tho national convention" no
said, an unwilling delegate chosen by my
people, and l serve notice now that if that
convention at Chi,ago is to be made up Of
ofii;e-holders to stife and prevent the express
sion of the will of tho people, then it il no
Democratic convention to me- The Demo-
cratic party is thu party OF honorable express
sion, not Of federal patronage"
The nat result of thce3 aa1 half hours
session of the HOUSE was the passage of bill
to amend the act creating the Court OF APP
peals so as 10 allow appeals from the Supreme
courts of the terrific les to tho Court of Ap-
peals Mr. Pickler, Republican, Of South Da.
kOta ilibustered for TIN consideration Of pri-
Vate pension bills until tho House adjourned
May S.-The river and harbor bill was COM
pleted in the Senate with the exception Of the
item for a deep sea harbor on the Pacific coast.
This has aroused keen opposition, the two Cal.
ifornia Senator's opposing the proposed con-
tract appropriation of 3,O9s 900 for a harbor at
Santa Monica bay on the ground that it was
protest fostered by the Southern Pacific as
against pubic sentiment and the recommends
atiOns of two boards of army eng ineerJ.
The members Of the House voted themselves
500 per month for clerks hire during the re-
cesses of c, ngress, involving an additional ex-
penditure of S!l6IOO0 per annum, by a vote Of
100 10 1OS An analysis of the vote shows that
III Republicans, 1, Democrats and 1 silverite
voted for it, and SO Republicans, 50 Democrats
and Populist voted against it. There was a
long and sharp debate before the vote was
taken
May 9-Tho Senate gave most of the day to
passing the accumulation of bills on the cal.
endar AMI succeeded in disposing of large
number Of them. The paragrap h of the river
and haybor bill for deep water harbor at
Santa Monica Bay, Cal, is still uncompleted.
Mr.. White of California finished his speech in
opposition.
May 1.-The California deep water harbor
project was before the Senate most of the day.
Mr.. Berry Of Arkansas, began the debate, de-
claring that this proposed expenditure of
5000, 40 was against the public interest and
in the private interest of q. P. Huntington,
of tho Southern Pacific. Senators Vest and
Gallery took the ground that no appropriation
should be made at present. Mr.. Frye, chair
man of the commerce committee, replied to the
s tri3tures upon the proposition and yehe-
mently chara cterized the criticisms of Mr..
Hunt. ngton as 'sayoring of the slogan of the
sand lots"
The session of the House was almost entirely
devoted to the consideration of District Of
Columbia besiuets