Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-05-28
BOND ISSUES.
The Bill to Prohibit Them OBJ
structed in the Senate.
A BILL TO PENSION I. I. HOOVER.
The House Passes 1t Over the Presidents
veto--An Appeal for Old soldiers
Kansas Petitions for the Loud
Bill-A War Claim.

Bill-A War Claim.
WASHINGTON, May 22.-The senate
had an hour of much excitement with
a resort to obstructive tactics and sew
eral heated personal controversies at a
late hour yesterday. The early por-
ton Of the session had been given to
the routine of agreeing on conference
reports on appropriation bills At Eve
o'clock Mr.. Butler, of North Carolina,
moved to take up his bill prohibiting
the further issue of interest. bearing
bonds. Mr.. Hill Immediately moved
an adjournment, securing an aye and
nay vote in order to gain time The
motion to adjourn was defeated,
whereupon Mr.. Chandler followed with
motion for an executive session. Mr..
PettiVrew asked leave TO offer
supplementary conference re-
port on the Indian bill The
consent being given Mr. Hill imme-
diately demanded the full reading Of
the report This was an unexpected
move for delay, as the report was very
voluminous. Mr. Allen said he hoped
the senate would not violate every de-
cency and propriety by these obstruc'
tive tactics. AT $50 1t was evident
that no action could be secured, as
senators we're slipping away from the
building, and Mr. Butler moved to ad-
journ, which was carried Early in
the session the river and harbor bill
conference was taken up Mr.. Bacon,
OF Georgia, argued against approving
the agreement to omit the appropria-
tion for the Brunswick, Ca, harbor.
In order TO do this the senate disagreed
to the entire report and recommitted
1T to conference. Mr.. White, OF Cali.
fornia, gave notice that he would ask
the senate to insist on the amendments
relating to the California harbors.
The conference report on the legis-
lative. executive and judicial appro-
priation bill was taken up and led
to considerable debate on the item
relative to the United States commits
soners. The house had included COM
missioners with district attorneys and
marshals in change from the fee to
the salary system. The senate omitted
commissioners from the plan OF reform.
The conference report abolished the
present office OF United States commits
sioner and in its place created commits
sioners to be named by the district in
stead OF by the circuit courts for terms
of four years. Mr. Platt declared that
this was the unjustihable legislating
out OF office OF 400 to 600 officials. 1t
proposed term making the new Of
ices political in character to those
scrambled Tor every four years. An
extended debate followed as to the APP
pointlve power OF congress, in which
Senators Platt, Chandler, Thurston,
White, Cockrell, Gray, Mills, Cullom
and Hill participated. 1t developed
much opposition to the conference re-
mort. Mr.. Cullom's motion to agree to
the report was defeated-yeas 90. nays
a. and the bill was then sent back to
conference
In the house Mr.. Kirkpatrick. from
the committee on invalid pensions
called IN the president's message veto
inc the hill granting a nension Of S50a
month to Francis r. Hoover. formerly
NJ the Twentv.Third Indiana reri.
ment and moved that the hill be
nassed over the veto and the house.
bv n vote NJ lqe tn AZ. nassed II over the
nresident,s veto
No Revryrr pIr1s THIS SESSION
WASHINGTON Nav 99-The senate
committee on finance was called TO-
cether in snecial session Yesterday at
the instance of Senator Sherman IN |
consider whether if was not nossible
even IN formulate some bill to increase
the revenue of the government upon
which the democrats and republicans
could agree ana thus insure us passage
during the present session. The meet
ing was a very brief one and it imme-
diately tecame apparent that there
was no possibility of reaching a com
mon UNDERSTANDING
AN APPEAL FOR OLD SOLDIERS
WASHINGTON, May 22.-Representa-
tive Blue made a strong appeal yester.
day before the committee on accounts
to have all old veterans employed by
the house continued on the pay roll
during the vacation ofcongress. There
are eight of these men, all more or
less crippled and manned The matter
was referred 10 suo-coihinlI'ee con-
sistlng OF Long, OF Kansas ana oooo'
OF Missouri
EANeAg prTITIONg FOR TUE LOUD HIT,I.