The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-04-30
WORK OF CONGRESS
P~roceedirus In the senate and House
Of Representative.

Washington. April ~. The debate
on the bond resolution proceeded in
the senate. Mir. Hill continuing in op-
position. his speech. which is not vet
completed. Mr.. Hoar supported the
proposed bond investigation. The de-
hate is proving attractive 10 the pub
lie. the galleries being crowded all
day. An exciting episode occurred late
in the day concerning Pacific railroad
affairs. Mr.. Gear, chairman Of the
Pacific railroads COMMITTEE, presented
a bill! proposing an adjustment OF the
railroads. debt. This led Mr.. Allen
NcD.J to Criticise the committee for al
legged partiality to Coils =. Hunting.
ton and his lobby" A bitter personal
alteration between Mr.. Gear ana Mr..
Allen followed. during which Mr.. Allen
declared Mr.. Gear had uttered a false
hood concerning Gen. Weaver Of Iowa.
Mr.. Eoar called Mr.. Allen 20 order
and demaEled that his words be taken
down. Mr.. Allen was obliged to take
his Seat, but on n motion by Mr.. Faux
ner was allowed to proceed in order.
The net result OF five hours work
on the private calendar in the house
was the passage Of four pension bills.
II to pension the widow OF Rear Adj
miral FoOte ut $50 per month. the re-
lection Of Il bill to retire a hospital
steward as a second lieutenant Of cav
airy and the passage Of a war claim
OfalCSS than $500. The htt,r was the
first war claim brought before the
house for consideration, ana natural
~ provoked a general debate on the
policy Of paving war claims. it drew
from Mr.. Mahon uiep.. Pa, chairman
o! the war claim : committee. Mr..
Walker rep, Mass, Mr.. McCaN
0tep, Tenn ana Mr.. Evans C;cp..
Ny.I, eloquent pleas for the payment
Of the finding of the court at claims.
Mr.. Nahon argued these claims should
b" paid or the court abolished. Barring
the common claims he asserted tlat
$2O.0Oo,oo0 would pay them. white Mr..
Ray Ntep, y. " thought S3O0,OOO,-
900 would not meet them. Politics. of
course. were injected into IN" debate.
Washington, April %. The house
unScated James T.. Cobb CDem.D. rep
reSenting the Fifth Alabama district.
and ~vOtcd-12l to 4J-tO seat Albert
r. Goodwin CPOpJ, but the point of
no quorum being made. the house ad-
jOurned with the final vote still pend
ing. Five Republicans voted with the
Democrats to recOmmit the case with
instructions to n committee 10 per-
nit the contestant to offer testimony
in rcbuttal. Mr.. Cobb had sos ma
jOrity on the face of thu returns. but
the majority found extensive frauds
in the three black counties of the dis
triCt which caused Mr.. CObb'S vote
and ave the contestant 2,36O major
ity. The minority claimed that no
opportunity II given TO submit evil
d"nCc in rebuttal and that fraud was
presumed, not proven. Mr.. Cobb has
been II member Of the Fiftieth, Fifty
first. Fifty-SeCOnd and Fifty-third
congresses. He was unseated by the
Fifty-tirSt house.
The senate spent the day on the
Indian appropriation bin but did not
complete it. The Sectarian school
question was taken up late in the day
and brought out an animated debate.
Senators Gallinger. ThurstOn ami
Teller opposed ard Senator's Gray and
Pettigrew supported the amendment
offered by Mr.. Cockrpli, extending for
two years the time for the entire aban-
donment Of SectaTian Indian schools.
Final action on the question was not
reached. Most of the day was given
to the contest against legal claims in
connection with the Western Cherokee
settlement. and the claims We're final
ly agreed to.
Washington. April 24.-The senate
disposed of the ScCtar.an ScIOol uueS-
zion ny adopting Il compromise framed
by Senator Cockrcil Of Missouri. The
Indian bill as it came from the house
PROV lied that 40 money herein al-
propriatcd shall be paid for education
in Secta"ian schools" This provision
is struck ont by the COCkrcll amend
ment as adopted and it is declared to
be the settled policy Of the government
to make no appropriations for sec
tartan schools after July,l. 1898. thus
giving two years for the abandonment
of sectarian schools instead of an inn
mediate abandonment. The amend
ment was adopted by the decisive vote
Of SO to -. The Indian bill was not
completed when the senate adjourned.
The house entered upon the cOnsid.
Grafton of the general pension bill re-
ported from the invalid pension ON
mittee. 1t amends the existing pen
sion law in some very important re-
SpectS. Mr.. Picker. the chairman of
the committee. addressed the house
for three hours in support of it. Be
fore the pension bill was taken up Mr..
Goodwin U'opl was seated in place of
Mr.. Cobb DemJ from the Fifth Ala
bama district.
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