The Globe-republican., 1896-01-16
CONGRESSIONAL

CONGRESSIONAL.
Jan &-Tho session OF The House was exceed.
| inelv brief. 4r. Broderick Of Kansas preferred
| request for unanimous consent Tor the swear
ing in Of Clarence E Allen, elected to rs1tssent
the new State Of Utah. He explain3d that
Ar Aliens election vas regular, and there
was no contest, but - tho Goveruor and
other State officers did mot assume thsir
| Offices. under tho President's proclama-
| tion, until to-day, their signaturesD to
| M. Aliens credentials Of co0rDe had not
been attached. Mr.. Crisp did not question the
facts, As stated but thought Mr. Allen should
not be sworn in until q report had been made
! upon the case By committee The matter was
therefore refered to the judiciary committee.
With leave to r,port at any time. On Mr.. Hits
motion resolution was adopted appointing
Hon. William Il. Wilson on tho board Of re-
| gents OF the Smithsonian institute At ESQ
/ the house adjourned until tomorrow
Jan. Tho Senate va. treated to ono Of
Senator Vests characteristic speeches. He ar
raisned the Supreme court for the income tax
decision: no laid the responsibility for the
! lack OF revenue at their door, when they ex-
empted the "sordid wealth Of the land'' from
taxation: no eontrasted the records Of the
present and past administrations: he d.
no1ncett financial dependence of this country
| and others upon the monied influence;
be attacked the President and Secre-
f, tary OF Treasury for their proposition
to retirc the greenbacks and place the cir.ula-
ton in the hands Of the National banks;
quoted Secretary Carlisle gainst himself, and.
IN conclusion, declared the conflict between BIZ
! metallism and gold standard vas irrepressi.
BILE, and that the sooner it IVES decided ting
4 better IL would be for our public and private
life The other feature Of the session grew ont
of the introduction by Mr.. Chandler Of bill
for popular loan through the issue Of postal
L en- NJ ~ In ~
ler's remarks, the cable replies Of tho Prince OF
Wales. the Rothsch:lds and others 70 the Now
York World were allu led to. and Mr. Lodee
claimed that the editor Of the World had been
guilty Of violating Sscti ON soS OF the Revised
Statutes, in holding communication
with officials Of another eovernment
the purpose Of which was to interfere with u
| measure OF tho United States" Mr.. Gray, Of
Delaware, rebuked both Mr.. Lodge and Mr..
Chandler for the suggestion that public opinion
| could not be solicited either here or abroad on
any question. and affirmed that . just public
opinion in all civilized centcrs must be this final
| arbitrator of all disputes. Mr. Jones, Demo
| crat, of Arkansas, reported from tho finance
| committee the free silver substituts for tho
House bond bill AMI gave notice that he would
| call 1t up tomorrow and ask the Senate to con-
slider it.
at which the only important business trans
| acted was the admission Of tho new member
from the stat, OF Utah, Mr.. Allen. and tho
adoption OF resolutions calling upon the attor-
ney general for infOrma ton concerning tho en-
l.forcement of the antitrust law and for recon-.
mendations of new legislation on the subject,
and on the secretary of the treasury for 8 ia
tisti:s concerning the seal fisheries of Behrinx
sea.
Jan. SIN the senate Mr.. Hale from tho
committee ON naval affairs reported back,fa-
vorably a bill authorizing the secretary of the
navy to increase the number Of enlisted men in
| the navy. He directed attention to the inn
portance of the bill and gave notice that he
would call it up at an early day. At 1850 tho
senate adjourned till tomorrow.
The subject of the annexation of the Hawaiian
islands was preached in the House by Mr..
Spaulding, Of Michigan, in the form of a 1880
luton VIII ich provides that the Sandwich
islands be formed into a new state. to be called
the state OF Hawaii, with a republican form of
government, to DO adopted by the people
through deputies in convention, with the con-
sent of the existing government. The resOlu-
ton proposes that Hawaii may be admitted a.
| a stat, by treaty between the two governments,
| with one representative In Congress. and pro-
poses an appropriation of $4,000 for making
| the treaty. Tbs resolution was read by unan-
| imOus consent and referred to the committee on
foreign affairs.
Jan. AIN the senate Mr. Baker. Republican.
of Kansas offered the following resolution,
enunciating an expansion of the Monroe doc
tsine: 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 the 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 enunciated is found
in the law of self-prcservatiOn which from
necessity adheres in and belongs to every civil
lied nation rs a sovereign and inaienable right,
and this principle is attested by Washington 8
farewell address and President Monroe's ever
memorable message of Decembcr2, 1873" After
a speech by Mr. Baker the resolution was no
ferred to the foreign relations committee. Mr..
Stewart OF Nevada then followed with q set
| speech against the bond issue
| In the House Mr.. Livingston of Georgia intro
duced a resolution calling upon the President
| for information as to whether England was ad.
| vancinS 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 ad.
journed.
Jau. 1.-The debate on the senate free coin
age substitute for the house bond bill was
opened by Senator Jones Of Ark ansas in q two
hours speech, which was followed with close
attca t,on by senators on both sides Of the cham
Der. SIR. Jones took strong ground for tho free
and independent coinage Of silver. contending
that w4s tn, only method by which
the distress Of the country coold
be al eviatetl and the treasury depart
ment relieved from its present depend
ence upon tho speculative holdes Of
gold. During the morning hour. Mr. Pfitehard,
Republican Of North Carolina. made Q speech
in favor Of the re-enactment Of the Mckinley
Law. and Mr. White. Democrat, Of Calhoenia,
made some remarks in favor Of amending tn
rules Of the Senate 20 as to give the majority
the power to bring . measure to . vote vhsn
ever it saw fit Mr.. Morgan. Democrat, Of Ala
| hama. tho former chairman OF the co0mittoo
| on foreign relations, offered resolution which
was referred without debate, conveying The
| congratulations Of Congress to President
| Kruger.
The House gave its time to the discussion Of
the proposed amendments to the rules Of the
Fifty-6rst Congress whi:h wero temporarily
| adop ted at the beginning Of the session. Tho
proposition to allow the committee on coinage.
weights and measure tn privilege OF reporting
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