Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-16
CONGRESSIONAL.

raigned the Supreme court for the income tag
decision; he laid tho responsibility for the
lack of revenue at their door, when they ex-
cmpted the "sordid wealth OF the land" from
taxation; he cOntrasted the records of tho
present and past admins trations; he de.
nounced financial dependence OF this country
and others upon the moned influence ;
he attacked tho President and Score.
tary Of Treasury for their proposition
to retire the greenbacks and ace the cir,ula.
tiOn in the hands OF the National banks (;
quoted Secretary Carlisle against himself, and
in conclusion, declared the conflict between bi.
metallism and gold standard was irrepressi
BILE, and that the sooner it was decided the
better it would be for our public and private
life The other feature of the session grew out
of tho introduction by Mr.. Chandler OF bill
for popular loan through the issue of postal
savings certificates In the course Of MIR. Chand-
lers remarks, the cable replies of the Prince of
Wales, the Rothschilds and others to the New
York World were allu led to, and Mr. Lodge
claimed that the editor of the World had been
! guilty otYiolating Section S33j OF the Revised
, Statutes, in holding communication
with officials of another government,
| the purpose of which twas to interfere with Il
measure OF the United States" Mr. Gray, Of
Delaware, rebuked both Mr.. Lodge and Mr..
| Chandler for the suggestion that public opinion
any question. and affirmed that Just public
opinion in all civilized centers must be tn, final
arbitrator of all disputes Mr.. Jones, Demo.
crat, of Arkansas, reported from the finance
committee the free silver substitute for the
House bond bill AMI gave notice that he would
call it up tomorrow and ask the Senate to con-
slider it.
Another brief session of the House was held
at which the only important business trans
acted was the admission OF tho new member
from the state of Utah, Mr.. Allen. and the
adoption OF resolutions calling upon the attOr.
ney general for infOrma ton concerning the en-
forcement of the antitrust law and for recon-
mendations of new legislation on the subject,
and on the secretary OF the treasury for Ia
tisti;s concerning the seal fisheries OF Behring
sea.
Jan. s-In the senate Mr.. Hale from the
committee on naval affairs, reported back IA
YorablY bill authorizing the secretary of the
navy to increase the number of enlisted men in
the navy. He directed attention to the im-
portance of the bill and gave notice that he
would call it up at an early day. At 1850 the
senate adjourned till tomorrow
The subject of the annexation of the Hawaiian
islands was preached in tho House by Mr..
Spaulding, OF Michigan, in the form of a TesO-
luton which provides that tho Sandwich
Islands DO formed into new state, to be called
the state of Hawaii, with n republican form OF
government to DO adopted by tho people
through deputies in convention, with the con-
sent of tho existing government. The resolu.
| tiOn proposes that Hawaii may DO admitted as
a state by treaty between the two governments,
with one representative in Congress, and pro-
poses an appropria tiOn of $4,000 for making
the treaty Tho resolution was read by unan.
imOus consent and referred to the committee on
foreign affairs.
Jan. a-ln the senate Mr. Baker, Republican,
of Kansas offered the following resolution,
enunciating an expansion of the Monroe doc
trine: Resolved That the United States will
regard it as an unfriendly act for any foreign
power, without our consent, by war. treaty,
purchase or otherwise, to extend its territorial
limits in the Westean hemisphere on either
of tho American continents, or to any
| of the islands adjacent thereto which
this country deems necessary for its self
preservation. And the United States reserves
the right to be sole judge of the necessity for
the maintenance of their national entities.
| That the principle herein enuncilted is found
| in the law of self-preservatiOn which from
necessity adheres in and belongs to every civil
| lied nation as a sovereign and inalienable right,
and this principle Is attested by WaIhingtons
farewell address and President Monroe's ever
memorable message of December2, 1923" After
"A speech by Mr. Baker tho resolution was re.
| ferred to the foreign relations committee Mr..
Stewart OF Nevada then followed with a set
| speech against the bond issue
In the House Mr.. Livingston of Georgia intro
ducCda resolution calling upon the President
| for information as to whether England was adj.
| yancing her outposts on the territory in dis
put> between Venezuela and Great Britain.
Referred to the foreign relations committee.
| After some minor proceedings the House adj
| journcd.
Jan. D.-The debate on the senate free coin
| age substitute for the house bond bill was
| opened by Senator Jones of Arkansas, in two
hoursFspcech, which was followed with close
atten by senators on both sides of the cham
Der Mr. Jones took strong ground for the free
and independent coinage of silver. contending
that WAS the only method by which
| the distress of the CO 'ntry could
be al eviated aud the treasury depart.
ment relieved from it, present depend.
ence upon the speculative holders of
gold. During the morning hour, Mr. Pritchard,
Republican of North Carolina, made speech
in favor Of the re-enactment of the Mckinley
| law. and Mr. White Democrat of California,
made some remarks in favor of amending the
rules Of the Senate so as to give the majority
the power to bring measure to a vote when
ever it saw tit Mr.. Morgan, Democrat, Of Ala
bama, thu former chairman of the committee
| ON foreign relations, offered a resolution which
was referred without debate, conveying the
congratulations of Congress to President
! Kruger,
! The House gave its time to tho discussion of
tho proposed amendments to the rules of the
| Fifty-hrst Congress whi;h were temporarily
adopted ut the beginning Of the session. Tho
proposition to allow the committee on coinage
weights and measure tn privilege of reporting
bills at any time was defeated. Th1 discus
cussiOn was not finished.
Jan Ex-senator Morgans speech on the sill
YER bond bill was the event of the Senate, al.
though a sharp personal cOllouuy between Mr.
Hill, Mr. Butler and Mr.. Pritchard enliyened
the early Ii ,urs. Mr. Morgan frequently adj.
dressed himself personally to Mr.. Sherman,
who sat across thu aisle, and for two hours
arraigne the Ohio senator for the series of
financial acts with which he is identified. At
times Mr., Morgan was bitterly personal He
referred to Mr. Sherman as the Napoleon OF
finance who was near his Waterloo, and who
would 10 consigned to st. Helena. In tho
main, however the speech was scholarly pre-
sentation of the silver question. Mr.. Hills
collOquy with the two North Carolina senator's
brought out considerable discussion Of the New
York senator's political consistency, and was
amusing to tho galleries for the sharp sallies
and witty reioinders durin: the triangular de-
bate
The House. after deyoting an hour to the
consideration Of business reported from the
District of Columbia com nitt5e, took up the
pension appropriation bill General debate on
tho bill consumed the day W. A. Stone OF
Pennsylvania, in charge Of the bill, OK.
| Dlaiucd it, DrOyisiOns Mr. Graft of Illinoia