Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-04-22
CONGRESSIONAL.

March, after protracted fight against appro-
prlations for private and sectarian charitable
institutions, was brought into tho House To-
day with the specific appropria tons stricken
out and containing in lieu Their ,of the appro
prlation of lump sum for charities to he
expended under the direction of the District
commissioners, with the proviso that no part of
the appropriation should go to institutions in
e:cIe 'lastlcal or sectarian control. The feature
OF tine debate was Wig 'rous attack on tho
A. r. A by Mr.. Fitzgerald, Democrat, of Massa-
chusetts The bill was passed as amended
After being In retirement for some weeks the
tariff silver bill was brought forward in tn,
Senate to-day as a text for a speech by Mr.
Mantle of Montana, one of the five Republican
Senators who voted against considering tn,
tariff. Mr.. Mantle defended the course of the
silver Republican Senators, declaring that the
Dingley bill not framed as patriotic
measure lie urged that unsectional protec-
ton should b, linked with bimetallism A
sharp tariff colloquy followed between Senators
Mills, Hoar, Hawley and Mitchell as to the eff
feet of the Wilson bill on wool The calendar
was cleared of all private bills after an hour
specially devoted to pensions
April 1].-The Senate took ND the question Of
sectarian Indian schools, but did not compl It,
1t. The debate was very temperate, and no
reference was made to tho organiza on which
has been active in opposition to sectarian
schools. Mr.. Carter of Montana pro-
posed to strike out the provision di-
recting that money should be
spent on eectarian schools. This led
to general argument in which Senators Car.
ter, Lodge, Gray, Ho1r, Hawley, Allison and
Gallinger participated. An important bill
passed at the close of the day was that provid-
ing for Trans Mississippi and International
exposition at Omaha, Neb. in 1898
The House spent The entire day in general
debate on tho filled chose bill" without
reaching vote
April 11.-After two DAYS debate the Housa
By vote of 40 to SO, passed. tlo Grosv.nor
filled cheese bill The Democrat, voted
soildly against thu measure, together with
eleven Republicans The bill requires the
manufacturers OF filed cheese to pay tx of
81 " annually, tho Wholesale dealers 81 20 and
the retail dealers S12, AMI for failure to paw
such tax imposes upon manufact urers a fine of
from SiO) to Sh0)), upon who, esale dealers
s. U to $1,000, and upon retail dealers from SD
to % o. 1t asO require; tho branding of
'hlled cheese" and its sale only from ORIGINAL
packages. The penalty for falls, branding is a
hne OF from S 20 to 500. The bill requires all
retail dealers to post in conspicuous pla @;
sign, FILLED cheese soil here
APRIL l3-At the Instance of Mr. German
the Senate deermins to open the pub ication
OF the Patent Office Gazette to general comma
tltlon reference was made during the dis.
custom to the .investi cation some months ago
into the circumstances By which frien of tho
then assistant secretary of state. Mr. Josiah
| quincy, was awarded tho contract Mr. Cor
man CdTFIeI his amendment Tor
! petition, although Mr. Platt, cha rman of tn,
committee on patents, was in opposition Tho
resi- OF the day was llTen to the Dupont case,
/ senators Burrows of Michigan and Brown of
Utah, supporting Mr.. Dapont's claim
The House devoted tho day to District of
! Columbia business
| April 1.-THE House passed without amop5
ment tho fortificationS appropriation bill,
| carrying appropriations and author cations
lnvolv.n! an expendi ure of ST. 1854 si3 The
| appropriations for fortifi cations since the
Eldicott commission in 1881 reported its plan
| for the defense OF twenty seven seaport, at an
! approximate cost o. SD ,0J0,0O have avsrlped
! so nethlng over S2,9O),N0) annually. During
! tho deb lte thcro were number of references
! 10 our foreign complications and the necessity
| OF preparing for any possible emergency. Only
enc voice was raised againss tho passage of the
! Dill Mr. Berry, Democrat, of Kcntu,k
thought 1t would be wisdom to build ships
! capable of coping with the most powerful
oattieships or Other nations rather than erect
! hxed Qualifications on our coasts.
1t was mado apparent aftor lively colloouv
| in tbs Senate that there was no disposition
among the silver and Populist Senators to allow
| the resolution for a Senate inquiry into recent
bond issues to lapse By unanimous consent r.
nau been set for cons derat on at 2:I tod1y
! Dut a. that tlm1 Mr. Chandler was Drocaedinr
with speech on the Dupont case Mr. Grav
| was waiting to follow. and Mr.. Cullom had an
appropriation bill in reserve. This precipitated
clash in which Mr. PETER, reinforce by
Mr. Wolcott of Colorado and Mr.. Stewart Of
Nevada. ASSERTED with emphasis that le bond
resolution could not be crow led out either nv
| design or inadverteace. An agreement was
! finally reached that the bond resol ution would
come up Immediately after Mr.. Chandler and
Mr. Gray concluded their speeches Mr..
| Squire, Republican of Washington made an
elaborate presentlti IN of the pressing need of
| coast defenses pointing out the dafense!ess
condition OF our great seacoast harb rs Mr.
! chandler occupied most of the aft ernoon in
| support of Mr.. Dupont's claim to a seat in the
! Senate
| April 15.-In the Hous, Mr. HUI, RepubIic
| an, of Iowa, chairman of the commit ee on
! militia y affairs. called up the resolution for
the appointment of William b. FRANKLIN of
| connecticut. Thomas Hen lery on of Illinois
| George L. Beale of Maine Id George w Steele
OF Indiana as members of tho board of mana.
! gers of the Nat onal Soldiers Homes Durino
the consideration of the resolution Mr. Blue,
Republican, of Kansas ma1> a selsa ional
| sp ech against General Franklin, charg-
| ing him and Governor Smith for whom
he sail General Franklin wa, respol si-
ble), with cruel and brutal trea tment of tho in
| matei OF the homo at Leavenworth h III. He
moved to substitute the name Of General o o.
Howard for that of General f anklin. In an.
swer to specific question as to the personal
! character of General Franklin. Mr. Bluo no.
led teat he charged that General Franklin
| was Their grossly negligent or dishonest He
! also charged that the general treasured, Gen
cral Fran <lns man Friday" forced balances
according to inspectors reports; He further
charged Governor Smith of tho Leavenworth
| Home with drunkenness and intimidation of
! the inmates of the Home Mr. Steele. of In.
diana and Mr. Curtis of New York spoke
| strongl in favor of Franklin and Smith De-
bate went over until tomorrow.
The Senat, spent the entire day on the DIN.
! pont case, Mr.. Gray of Delaware arguing
against the claim or Mr.. Dupont b lis wsrs
mas n m an inrr tho lo,x,
lection of salmon fisheries in Ala-k for the
| of Missouri