The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-05-15
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another lnStallment TO his speech
against the bond investigation resolu-
ton, in which he severely critised SEN
| ators Pettigrew and Wolcott. Several
test votes were made during the day
on the resolutions which showed that
| they will pass. The Cuban question
again came to the front when resolu-
| ton was presented requesting the
President to protest against the eXecu-
| ton of American citizens taken on
board the schooner Competitor by a
| Spanish gunboat. Mr. Morgan, of Ala
bama, moved that resolution intro
| duced by him some time since, for u
| recognition of the belligerency of the
Cuban insurgents, be referred to the
committee on foreign relations in order
to take the sense of that committee.
He said that developments had occur
red which made it sheer justice to our
| own people, without reference to it's
effects on the Cubans, that we should
declare that state of war exists there.
HoUsE-Thc house served notice on
the senate and the country that it had
transacted its business and was ready
for the final adjournment by passing.
without division. resolution for final
adjournment Monday. May 18. The
house proceeded under the special
order to consider private pension bills
| and acted upon them at the rate of
one every five minutes. BY the terms
of the order debate on each was limited
to 10 minutes. In five and one-half
hours - bills were favorably acted upon.
SENATE.-12lst day-The bond reso-
lutions passed, and thus, by the deci-
sive vote of 81 to 6, the senate inaugur-
| ated an investigation, to be conducted
by the senate committee on finance,
into the facts and circumstances con-
nectcd with the sale of u. ). bonds by
the secretary of the treasury during
the last three years. The final day of
debate was very hot, involving an in
teresting set-to between Senators
Palmer. of Illinois: Vest, of Missouri.
and Cockrcll. of Missouri. Mr.. Palmer
roasted the Republican candidates for
the presidential nomination and was
bitter against snap conventions to
commit the Democracy to silver. Mr.
Vest took turn at President Glove
lands administration for alleged use of
federal officials to control Democratic
conventions, notab in Michigan. Mr.
Hill also had hand in the closing
scene, opposing the resolution. The
conference agreements reported on
the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill. including the item
of salaries for L. $. district attorneys
and marshals, was agreed TO. Several
other minor matters were disposed
of also. HoUSE.-The net result of
three and half hours session was the
passage of bill to amend the act
creating the court of appeals so as to
allow appeals from the supreme courts
of the territories to the court of appeals
SENATE. --122d day.-With the bond
resolution out of the way the senate
gave its attention to an accumulation
of minor measures before going on
with the river and harbor bill. The
bill for the erection of bridge across
the Detroit river, at Detroit, was post
poned until next session, on the request
of Mr.. Sherman and the assent of the
Michigan senators, Mr.. Sherman stated
that there would be strong opposition
HoUsE-The members of the house
voted themselves 500 per month for
clerks hire during the recesses of con-
gress. A number of minor bills were
disposed of. An evening session was
devoted to private pension bills.
SENATE.-123d day.-The senate gave
most of the day to passing the accumu-
lation of bills on the calendar and sue
ceeded in disposing of large number
of them. Considerable progress was
also made on the river and harbor bill.
HoUsE.-No session.
SENATE.--124th day.-In reporting
the bankruptcy bill from the judiciary
committee Mr.. Teller stated that it
favored the substitution of the senate
bankruptcy bill for that passed by the
house. Mr.. Mitchell added that the
minority of the committee favored the
house bill. The river and harbor
bill was then taken up, the ques-
ton being of the only remaining
amendment for deep water harbor at
Santa Monica, Cal. Mr.. Berry, Dem.
Ark, a member of the commerce COM
HllClec, Spohc III oppoSlClpu 10 inc
amendment, declaring that this pro-
posed expenditure of $3,OOO,OO0 was
against the public interest and in the
private interest of c. p. Huntington, of
the Southern Pacific. Senators Vest and
Gallery took the ground that no appro-
priation should be made at present.
Mr.. Frye, chairman of the commerce
committee, replied to the structures
upon the proposition. HoUsE.-The
session of the house was almost entirely
devoted to the consideration of District
of Columbia business. Bills were
passed to authorize the secretary of
the treasury to detail revenue cutters
to enforce regulations at regattas and
other matters of only local interest.
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