Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-03-07
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CONGRESSIONAL.


The Proceedings of the First Session.
In the senate on the Goth Senator Allen
(Nebl offered substitute for the pending
Cuban resolution 1t authorizes and re-
quests the president to issue a proclama-
tion recognizing the independence of the
republic of Cuba. Senator Carter (Mont.)
in speaking on the tariff bill charged the
republicans in the senate and house with
deserting the republican national platform
on both the tariff and money questions, and
with taking their orders from the whitc
house, where a democratic president is In
command. He said he believed that the
protection of American Industries was nee
essary to American prosperity, but tho
free coinage of silver was equally essential
ard the two would hereafter go hand In
hand. =. In the house bill was introduced
for the erection of a national mint at Chi
cago. The Van Horn-Tarsney contested
election case from the Kansas City (Mo)
district occupied most OF the session.
Senator Vest spoke in the senate on the
9th in favor of recognizing Cuban inde-,
pendence. The army appropriation bill.
carrying S23,279,00Q was passed...In the
house resolutions were presented declaring
1t to be the sense of congress that state
of war exists in Cuba: that the insurgents
be given the right of belligerents, and that IT.
is the sense of congress that the government
of the United States use its influence to stop
the war, If necessary, by Intervention, and
pledEing the support of congress. After
postponed one day. John c. Tarsney
(dem.), from the Fifth Missouri district
was unseated, and his opponent, Robert
L. Van Horn irep), was seated.
BY a vote of "a to the senate on the
2Sth ult. adopted a concurrent resolution
favorable to Cuban belligerency and inde-
pendence. The main feature of the debate
was the speech of Senator Sherman, chair
man of the committee on foreign rela-
tions, who arraigned Spain and her gov
n Ion
1.-The entire day in the house was spent
in the consideration of the Legislative ap-
propria tion bill, and considera BILE progress
was made. The speaker presented the pres
ident's veto of the bill to lease certain
lands in Arizona for educational purposes.
The senate was not in session on the 29th
ult. In the house the bill authorizing
the governor and local officers of Arizona
to lease the educational lands of the ter
ritory for school purposes, which was
vetoed by the president, was passed over
the veto by vote of 1888 to 3S. Most of the
day was consumed in the consideration If
the Legislative appropriation bill.
Bills were Iassed in the senate on the
I'd authorizing the addition of 1000 enlisted
men to the navy; to prevent the carrying
of obscene literature and articles designed
for indecent and immoral use from one
state or territory to another, and to estab-
| lish retired list for the revenue marine
service. Senator Allison's Ua) creden-
| tials for the term beginning March 4, 1887,
were presented E. In the house the strug-
/ Cling patriots in Cuba were eulogized and
! sympathized with in two-hours debate
/ and the resolutions by the house foreign
affairs committee favoring the insurgents
! were adopted as a substitute for those OF
| the senate by vote of 1853 to H. The senate
I joint resolution directing the secretary of
agriculture to purchase and distribute the
| seeds authorized by the current law was
adopted.