The Dickinson press., 1896-04-04
WORK. OF CONGRESS
Prsceedinxs in the Senate and Moass
Of Representatives.

PrsceedinlIs I'm the Senate and llOnss
Of Representatives..
Washington. March II. The first
reference to the adjournment of coll
gress came in the senate to-day In Il
formal resolution offered by Mr..
Platt, proposing an adjournment May
2. Mr.. Platt said his purpose. was to
call attention at this time to the de-
STABILITY of an early adjournment
The resolution was referred to the ;lp
preparations committee. as any. deter
mination rs to Adjournment must d ~
pend upon the c"ll,lili"m Of arlnoprin.
tion bills. The adoption of Il resolu-
tion allowing OK President Harrison to
receive decorations from Spain and
Brazil was postponed hy an Objection
from Mr.. Allen NPop.l During the day
Mr.. Gallingrr of New Hampshire pro
POSED an amendment prohibiting the
United States or any state from Civ
ing any recognition or financial aid to
any church or religious institution.
Most OF TIL" day was spent Oh the l"giS-
lative appropriation bill. which is
not yet completed. The paragraphs
substituting salaries for fees for Unit
ell States district attorneys and mar
SlalS We're agreed to after q lengthy
discussion.
The house mad" rapid progress with
the naval appropriation bill.
Washington. March 1S.-At the open
ing Of the session of the house. Mr..
Heatwole ntrr.. Minn) introduced the
following resolution. which was TO-
ferrc,l:
Whereas. in lien of our present
inadequate bank mg and currency sys-
tenn. il is desirable tia, con yrcSs llav"
the aid of such recommendations as a
non-partisnn commission "f experts
might he able to offer.
.'Itesolved. that tho president is
hereby authorized to appoint nine clti
zenS, eminent in trade. political
economy and banking to act with the
controller of the currency as such
commission. and that such commits
sion report it's conclusions to con-
grrSs"
The naval appropriation bill was
passed by the house without Substan-
tial amendment. An effort was made
by the advocates of Il larger increase
of the navy than was authorized by
tho bill to increase the number of bat
tleShipS from four tu six. This in
crease WAS supported on the floor by
MeSSrS. llanley Ntcp.. IndD. Cummings
Dem.. kyl. anl Johnson Ntcp.. Cali
and opposed by MeSSrs. Rnlltelle. chair
man of the committees. IlulicZ tRcp.,
Ohio and Robinson tItcp.. Pa.,. The
house by Il large majority stood by the
recommendation of the committee, the
proposition for six ba,tlesllil,s muster
ing but 32 votes against l3l. The bill
various amendments were offered but
failed
Tie senate spent most of the day
on the legislative appropriation bill
but did not complete owing to Mr..
Shrrlnan'S motion to strike out the
proposition for the change from fees
to salaries for United States district
attorneys and marslnls. Tie subject
was debated at length but WAS not
voted on
Washington. March 23.-Thc senate
indulged in an acrimonious political
debate which developed much per-
sonal ana party feeling and brought
on Two sharp personal exchanges Do
wcen Mr.. Hill and Mr.. Elkins. ana
between Mr.. Brice and Mr.. Elkins.
'Cllc controversy arose over Mr. Hills
motion to strike from the pending ap-
preparation bill the proposed change OF
the date of assembling. the New Mex
leo legislature from december to May.
Mr. Hill bitterly denounced the change
as II political trick" which had been
"sncakHl into" this appropriation bill
III order, as lie claimed. TO postpone
the meeting Of the Democratic legis-
laturc in the hope that Il Republican
president would he elected and the po-
litical control of thu, territory changed.
Mr.. Elkins protested against the use
Of the words "sneaked into" The eX-
change between the senators was very
animated. but Mr. Hill persisted In
the use of his adicctives. Later Mr..
Brice sought to question Mr.. Elkins
when the latter brought up the offen-
sive personal dispatch which had been
sent to Mr.. Brice from New Mexico.
The debate took Il wide range. scna-
tors German. Faulkner. Cockrell and
other Democrats attacking the pro-
vision as political while Senators Elk
ins, Carter Cullom and other Repub-
lican senators defended it. Mr.. Cnl-
lon sought to table Mr.. Hills motion,
but n motion to this effect failed-21
to -, whcreupon Mr. cullom yielded
to the Hill motion. and the New MeXi-
co provision was struck out. At the
close the senate passed the legislative
appropriation bill carrying sd 100000.
Aside from providing the usual appro-
priations the bill is important in ef-
fccting Il reform of the system of COM
penSation for United States district at
torIlcys and marshalS. salaries being
substituted for fees.
The appropriations committee at
tempted to take up the Sundry civil
appropriation bill to-day but men,
bers who were interested in bills on
the private calendar defeated them by
vote of 142 to q. Members from
the North who We're interested in pen
sion legislation and those from the
South who We're interested in war
claims have been chatting for some
time over the inability to proceed
with the work on the private calendar.
After tho house went into committee
the Republicans forced a motion to
pass over all claims on the calendar.
The Southern men rcthliatcd by fill
clustering against the pension bills SO
that the net result was less than half
dozen bills passed.
Washington, April l. - The senate
is to have Il revival of financial and
bond discussion as Il result Of an ami
mated debate shortly before the ses-
sion closed to-day Mr. I'effer's reso-
luton for the appointment of special
committee of five senator's to investi-
gate recent bond issues has been rele-
gated to the calendar owing to the Op-
position Of Mr. Hill. but it was reached
in the regular order today. Again Mr..
Hill sOugh, TO have the resolution 60
over. but he was met by energetic pro-
tests. not only by Mr. PETER, but also
by Mr. Wolsott and Mr. Teller Tho
latter gave notice that further delays