The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-04-10
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ProceedinHs In the senate ana House
Of Representatives..
Washington, Marcl 2O-The senate
indulged In mn acrimonious political
debate which developed much per-
sonar ana party feeling and brougnr
on two sharp personal exchanges De- .
tween Mr.. Hill and Mr.. Elkins. ana
between Mr.. Brice and Mr.. Elkins.
The controversy arose over Mr.. Hills
motion to strike from the pending up.
preparation bill the proposed change OF
the date of assembling the New Mex
leo legislature from december to May.
Mr.. Hill bitterly denounced the change
rs political trick" which had been
''sneaked into this appropriation bill
in order, rs he claimed, to postpone
the meeting of the Democratic legis-
lnture in the hope that a Republican
president would be elected and the po-
litical control of the territory changed
Mr.. Elkins protested against the us,
of the words ''sneaked into" The ex-
change between the senators was very
animated, but Mr.. Hill persisted in
the use of his adjectives. Later. Mr..
11AASO 6Oukut W 4UC6llOh Ats "1htuS
when the latter brought up the often,
sive personal dispatch which had been
sent to Mr.. Brice from New Mexico.
The debate took a wide range. sena-
tors German, Faulkner. Cockrell and
other Democrats attacking the pro-
vision as political, while Senators Elk
inns, Carter. CullOm and other Repub-
lican senators defended it. Mr.. Gull
lom sought to table Mr.. Hills motion.
but q motion to this effect failed-21
to Nd, whereupon Mr.. Cullom yielded
to the Hill motion. and the New Mexi-
co provision was struck out. At the
close the senate passed the legislative
appropriation bill carrying S21 .5OO, 900.
Aside from providing the usual appro-
priatiOns the bill is important in ef-
fecting II reform of the system of COM
pensation for United Suites district at
tOrneys aud marshals, salaries being
substituted for fees.
The appropriations committee at
tempted to take up the Sundry civil
appropriation bill to-day but men,
beers who were interested in bills OH
the private calendar defeated them by
vote Of 142 to q. Members from
the North who We're interested in pen.
sion legislation and those from the
South who were interested in war
claims have been chatting for some
time over the inability to proceed
with the work OH the private calendar.
After the house went into committee
the Republicans forced y motion to
pass over all claims on the calendar.
The Southern men retaliated by fill
clustering against the pension bills so
that the net result was less than half
dozen bills passed.
Washington, April 1. - The senate
is to have a revival of financial and
bond discussion us a result of an AM
mated debate shortly before the ses-
sion closed to-day. Mr.. PETERS reso-
luton for the appointment of special
committee Of five senators to investi-
gate recent bond issues has been rele-
gated to the calendar owing to the OPP
position Of Mr.. Hill, but it was reached
in the regular order to-day. Again MIR.
Hill sought to have the resolution go
over, but he was met by energetic pro-
tests, not only by Mr.. PETER. but also
by Mr.. WOlsott and Mr.. Teller. The
latter gave notice that further delays
would not be resisted, and Mr.. PETER
followed with notice that he would
move tomorrow to proceed with this
bond inquiry resolution as soon as
Mr.. George concludes speech. on the
Dupont case. This promises to bring
test vote unless diliatory tactics
postpone the measure. Among the
bills passed were those appropriating
$2,O0O.O0O for public building at In
dianapolis, Ind, and settling the long
pending accounts between the United
States and Arkansas.
The house took up the consideration
Of the sundry civil appropriation bill
and disposed of fifteen of the 100
pages before adjournment. During the
general debate Mr.. Cannon, the pres
cnt head Of the appropriation commit
tee. and his predecessor, Mr.. Sayers
of Texas, interclanged opinions as to
present and past appropriations.
Washington, April 2. The house
spent the day considering the sundry
civil bill and fair progress was made.
No amendments of Importance were
adopted. A determined effort was
made by some of the Southern repre-
sentatives to strike from the bill the
appropriation of $4,000 for the pay
of internal revenue informers which
10 particularly ODuO4lOuS 10 people In
the lincolnshire" districts, but it was
unsuccessful. Mr.. Adams CRep., Pal
undertook to correct some of the false
reports as to the alleged compact be-
tween certain free silver Republicans
and some Philadelphia manufacturers.
In that connection he referred to the
resolutions adopted by the Manufac-
turers' Club of Philadelphia.
Mr. 1Y0 rfrnon NJ Nfos,foro o-x7 1kp,o,
free silver Republicans, in reply,
charged that they had been persistent
~ and maliciously misrepresented by
the gold bug" press. The confer
ence, they asserted, had not been of
their seeking. Mr.. Picker of South
Dakota also made q statement con-
corning what he said had been mis-
representation of the Republicans
platform of his state, which, instead
of making a specific declaration on
national issues. had simply affirmed
the doctrines OF the national Republic
an party at Minneapolis until the st.
Louis convention should have adopted
q new platform.
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