The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-05-21
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.


Extraordinary Session.
WASHINGTON. May 4-SENATE-After
long period of calm, the senate was consider
ably agitated Thursday, first by discussion
of the senate sugar investigation, and then by
a preliminary skirmish on the tariff bill The
Allen resolution TO bring Eiverton Chap
man before the bar of the senate. was debated
in somewhat monotonouS style until Mr.. Till
man Is c. gave present interest TO the
subject by referring to reports that senators,
within the last week, had speculated in sugar
stock. After a long discussion the senate ad-
tourned until Monday
HoUSE--The Indian appropriation bill was
dis posed of in the house Thursday with the
exception of the provision for opening the
Utah Gilsonite lands, which was postponed
until Monday. The conference report, which
establishes an Indian warehouse at Omaha
ratihes the lease of the Seneca oil lands and
adds one judge in the Indian territory courts
was adopted by vote of 81 to AZ Nearly two
hours were consumed in a parliamentary
sQuabble on the point raised by Mr. Wheeler,
| of Alabama. that the rule for semi weekly
sessions was in violation Of the constitution
At 3:l8 o'clock the house adjourned until
| Monday.
WASHINGTON, May 1s.-SENATE-Cuba en-
crossed the attention Of the senate Monday
| First came the question of relief to destitute
| and starving Americans in Cuba, and at two
| o'clock Mr. Morgans resolution caused splr-
! tied debate The first question was present.
| ed in the presidents message as soon as the
| session opened Immediately following its
| reading Mr.. Davis, chairman OF the committee
on foreign relations, presented favorable
! report on a Joint resolution originally in
! troduced BY Mr.. Gallinger appropriating
| $50 900 for relief of American citizens in Cuba
| Promptly at O'Clock the Morgan Cuban res
olution vas taken up and debated at length,
but no vote taken During the session
! bills were passed as follows Appropriating
| 800 OO1 for a public building Salt Lake
! City. Utah: comforting jurisdiction on the
court of claims in the case OF book agents OF
| the NJ E. church south against the United
| States appropriating SlC0 900 for public
building at Abilene. Tex, and like amount
for Aberdeen, y. D.
! HOUsE-The house confronted the Cuban
question Monday, made party issue of 1t,
| and adjourned without taking any action.
President Mckinley's message was received
| without demonstration. and on its heels Mr..
Hit asked unanimous consent for considera-
| tion of bill in response to the president 8
request Mr. Bailey, of Texas, asked for con-
sent to consider in connection with the
bill amendment embodyIng Senator
| Morgan's resolution for recognition
| Of the Cubans as belligerentsL Mr..
Dingley would not CONSENT to consider
the amendment nor Mr.. Bailey to consider
the bill without the amendment. so. for the
time. the question was side-tracked Then
the house devoted two hours to debate on the
dian appropriation bin opening to settlement
the Gilsonie lands on the Uncompahgre In
dian reservation in Utah. refused to accept
the compromise agreed on by the con-
ferees and asked for another con-
ference with the senate on the
bill In the meantime the senate resolution
practically identical with Mr.. Hits bill, had
been sent to the house and Mr.. Hit asked
unanimous consent for its consideration.
The deadlock between Mr. Dingley and Mr..
Bailey was re-enacted and while Mr.. Bailey
was endeavoring to get consent for the con-
sideraton of the two Cuban propositions to-
gether Mr.. Dingley put in motion to ad-
journ. This motion was carried by vote OF
30 to 60. - answering present Under the rule
for BIZ weekly sessions recently adopted the
adjournment carries the question over to
Thursday.
WAsHIHGToN May 19-SENATE-The Cuban
question occupied the attention most of the
day on Tuesday. II drew large crowds to the
galleries and brought two not Ible speeches,
one by Mr. Mason, of Illinois. in favor of the
Morgan resolution, and the other by Mr.. Hoar
of Massachusetts. in opposition, to it. The
Illinois senator pictured in fervid terms the
distress in Cuba, dwelling particularly on the
starving condition of 800 United States citizens
as reported by the president, and called upon
the senate TO throw off it's lethargy and pass
the Morgan resolution During the morning
hour several bills were passed, among them
the IOllOWlnS. GSO,UVV lOF q
quarantine station at Astoria, Ore: author
izing bridge across the Red River of the
North, at Drayton, n. D The conference re-
port on the Indian appropriation bill was pre-
sented and agreed to. At 4: 20 the senate al
journed.
HOUsE-Not in session.
WASHINGTON, May 20-SENATE Another
stirring de pate on Cuoa occurred Wednesday.
1t was of the give and take order, with sharp
parliamentary fencing. The main speeches oil
the day were made by Senators Foraker
co., Cannon tUtIh), Lindsay (ky.)
and Hoar (Mass) 1t the first
speech OF any length made by Mr..
Foraker since he entered the senate, and in
addition to this the Ohio senator is one of the
Cuban subcommittee of the committee on
foreign relations He spoke in favor of a ref
erence of the resolution to the committee but
on the general question declared
his purpose OF supporting the res
olution recognizing Cuban belligerency
when it should be reported by the committee
Mr.. Cannon was bitter in his denunciatiOn OF
Spanish atrQcity, characterized the captain
,neral of Cuba as that mad dog Weyler. "
Mr. Lindsay declared If the information fur
shed Dy United States consuls SO
| shocking as to subject them to danger
of assassination if their were
;sclosed. it time to send warships to
Cuba and to terminate all diplomatic rela-
tons with that country. No action on the
resolution was taken. but Mr.. Morgan said he
hoped to secure q vote Thursday on Mr.. Hale 5
motion to refer He desired to do this he
said, in order that the Cuban resolution might
not antagonize the tariff bill on Monday. Adj