Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-04-23
TWO YETOES.
President Declares Himself Against
Two Private Pension Bills.
GREER COUNTY OFFICERS.
The Old OElclalS tO Remain In Charge I'M
til Their Successors Are Eleoted-MLs-
sIssippi River Improvement
Sound Money Democrats.

NCLOeS OI TWO pTlNdJo pcuolOu NAAAS'
The messages were referred to the
committee on pensions. Petitions
from Baptist churches in relation to
the arrest of Bishop Diaz, a natural
ICED citizen, in Cuba, were presented
and referred, and resolution asking
information on the same subject from
the state department was agreed to.
Mr. Mitchell addressed the senate in
favor of bill extending the act of
July 81, 1892, which grants pensions to
the survivors of the Black Hawk, Creek,
Seminole and Cherokee Indian wars,
to the survivors of those who served in
various other wars from 1917 to 1856.
The bill also includes the widows of
survivors Under objection the bill
remains on the calendar. The Indian
appropriation bill was then taken up
and the amendment offered by Mr..
Cockrell allowing the contract Indian
schools to be continued until 1898 in
cases where the children could not be
educated in government schools, but
prohibiting it absolutely after July
1893, was agreed to by vote Of IS to
"a.
The first business of the house was
to declare Albert T. Goodwin (pop.)
| entitled to a seat from Alabama and he
was sworn in. The bill of Mr.. Cock
rell, of Texas, providing that in Greer
county, formerly of Texas, now part
/ of Oklahoma, the same officers in
charge when the supreme court rem
dered its decision should remain in
office until their successors should be
elected next November, was passed.
The supplemental land bill, also for
Greer county, was also passed.
Mississippi River improvement.
WASHINGTON, April 29.-In the SEN
ate committee on commerce yester-
day the appropriations for the Mis-
sissippi river in the rivers and harbors
bill YES reached, Senator Ycst took a
determined st~nd against the appro-
priations made for levees. He de-
clared himself in favor Of using all the
money available for the improvement
of the channel by the new dredging
process. Senators Berry and Caffrey
spoke in favor of the levee work. The
result of the discussion was that the
committee decided to make no mate
rial alteration in the levee appropria-
tions, 1t is more than likely, how
ever, that in regard to that portion of
the river on which Missouri borders
Senator Vest will be allowed to have
his way. and that the use of all the
money appropriated for the Mississip-
ri Improvement between st. Louis and
Cairo will he confined to dredging the
channel. This is what the st. Louis
merchants are fighting for. Some of
the appropriations made for levee
work above st. Louis will probably be
| stricken out and the sums named added
to the amount made available for chan
mel improvement.
Hopes OF sound Money Democrats.
WASHINGTON April 90. --Reports of a
surprising and encouraging character
are reaching the democratic sound
money headquarters, recently estab-
lished in Washington. They are made
by democrats upon whose judgment
the managers of the bureau declare re-
lance can be placed. Basing their es-
Inmates on these reports, the sound
money democrats claim that they will
elect 20 sound money delegates from
Ohio, 12 from Indiana and 1G from Illi-
nois. Until now the sound money men
have in their estimates of probable
strength in the convention conceded
Illinois and Indiana entire to the free
silver side. One of the most interest
ing bits of information given out by
the sound money men is that four of
the Missouri district delegates elected
at Sedalia are not of the radical six
teen to one order, but are conservative,
and will be ready to meet the sound
money side in compromise.
What Senator Brice Thinks
WASHINGTON, April %. - Senator
Brice has changed his mind. He is
going to the Chicago convention. He
will 90 there full of fight and will
neither expect nor take quarter.
Speaking on the subject, he said: "In
my opinion, there will be good deal
of talk about free coinage platform
until about the middle Of June or the
LIST of July, but after that it will dis
appear. There will be no free coinage
plank in the Chicago platform, and
there will be no free silver candidate
nominated It is possible that there
may be majority Of silver men in the
convention, but you mark my word,
there will be no free coinage plank.
The democratic party will not commit
hari-kari this year.
A Federal Psnltentlary.
WASHINGTON, April 92.-Mr. Broder
icll reported favorably from the house
judiciary committee the bill providing
for a federal penitentiary at Fort
Leavenworth. Kan. 1t locates the
proposed penitentiary and authorizes
Warden French to put convicts to work
getting out the stone. making the
bricks and preparing the heavy tinbers