The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-17
THE WEEK IN CONGRESS.
Proceedings Of the Senate and House the
Past Week
WEDNESDAY.


WEDNESDAY,.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-The senate
held a brief session yesterday. Mr..
Hale, from the committee On naval
affairs, reported bill authorizing the
secretary of the navy to enlist addi-
tionsl men for the navy and it was
placed on the calendar.
In the house Mr.. SPsulding (Mich.)
introduced a resolution providing that
the Sandwich islands be formed into
a new state, to be called the state
of Hawaii, with a republican form
of government, to be adopted by
the people, through deputies in con-
vention, with the consent Of the exist
ing government The resolution pro-
poses as sn alternative that Hawaii
may be admitted as a stats by treaty
between the two governments, with
one representative in congress. The
resolution was referred and the house
soon adjourned.
THURSDAY.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 10-De bate on the
free coinage substitute for the bond
bill was again postponed in the senate
on the eth through the intervention OF
Senator Stewart, who made a speech
in favor of the Elkins resolution as
amended by Mr.. Butler to prohibit the
sale of bonds except by consent of con-
gress. At the conclusion OF Senator
Stewards speech Senator Jones ark
called up the senate free coinage sub
stitute, but it went over Senator
Baker Kan. offered resolution enun-
ciating the expansion of the Monroe
doctrine and spoke at some length.
The senate soon adjourned.
The house transacted but little bust
ness. The peesion appropriation bill
was reported. It carries an appropria-
ton of Sal, 325, 800 Mr., Livingston
| (Ga.) introduced a resolution that the
president be requested to forthwith
ascertain whether Great Britain is adj
vancing her outposts in Venezuela, aud
if SO he demand an immediate with
drawal. Went over under objection.
The house then adjourned,
FRIDAY.
WASHINGTON. Jan. lin the senate
yesterday a resolution was adopted ap-
propriating $3.50 for the purchase of a
/ picture of the late Allen G. Thurman.
! Several speeches were made in the
morning hour on minor matters and
then Mr.. Morgan offered a resolution
of eongra tulation to the Transvaal re-
public for its stand for independence,
MIR. Jones Ark then addressed the
senate il favor of the free coinage
substitute for the house bond bill, and
the senate adjourned until Monday
In the house Mr.. Tawney Mimi
offered a resolution relating to pen
sion claims, but it went over under OBJ
jections. MI Odell, IN, " offered a
resolution to direct the committee on
banking and currency to report an
amendment to the general banking
laws, giving power to banking asso-
Citations to invest not to exceed so per
cent. of their lawful reserves in bonds
of the United States, to be hereafter
issued under the acts of June IA. 1875,
and May 81, 1878. Objection was made
and it was referred The report OF
the committee on rules was then on
sidered.
SATURDAY.
WASHINGTON, Jan 13.--The senate
was not in session Saturday.
But little business was transacted in
the house, Most of the bills intro
duced were private pension bills by
Missouri and Kansas members. Mr..
Tracey Mo- offered bill providing
that all public lands in the state Of
Missouri which have not heretofore
been offered at public sale shall here
after be subject to disposal at private
sale, the same as those which have
been offered at public sale.
MONDAY.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. lathe only
feature Of interest IN the senate yes
terday was the speech Of Senator Nor
gan (Ala.), who addressed the senate
for two hours in opposition to the bond
bill He paid his respects to Senator
Sherman, who was an attentive listen
er, by characterizing him (Sherman)
as the author of five new measures
of finance that have given the peo-
pie and the government more trouble
in handling the little remnant of
S346, 100000 of greenbacks than it did
to pay s12 OGO 100000 of annual ex-
penditures for the support of the gov.
eminent and more than 50, 600, 900, 600
of principal and interest of the ma
tional debt that we have raised in the
last 30years. These measures were the
the demonstration of silver in 1873,
the sequestration of the gold reserve
in the treasury in 1878, the power given
to the secretary Of the treasury in 1890
to preserve the parity between the
metals, the power to sell bonds at pri-
vats sale and the power to enable pri-
vete persons by contract to dispense
with the legal tender laws in their
transactions. He said the senator
from Ohio had been known as the