The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-02-25
CONGRESSIONAL
Important Measures Under censidsratien
IN Beth Hoassa

49, 49, ,Naok &AAs" oatA hAnh ACRuoAASoA
Ohio, gave notice that he would move to go
into executive session Thursday on the arbi-
tration treaty, and that he hoped then to get
final action on 1t.
, Mr.. Chandler, Republican, New Hamp-
shire, spoke in support Of his resolution de-
claring that the United States should not
permanently acquiesce in the single gold
standard.
The bankruptcy bill was taken W, but no
action was reached.
The House refused to pass a bill granting
n pension mt the rate Of $50 n month to
Nancy G.. Allabach, widow of Peter II. ALA
bach, in the later years of his life captain OF
the Capitol police, which President Cleye-
land vetoed.
5lsr DAY.
BY the very close vote OF "a to 81, the Sem
ate today passed the amended immigration
bill agreed upon by the Conference commit
tee. As the House has already agreed to
the report, the bill now goes to the Senate.
The Corliss amendment directed against
alien laborers who return to their own coun-
try after working here, Canada being that
especially aimed at, had much to do with
taking votes from the bill among Senators
whose States border on the Dominion. As
retaliatory legislation by Canada is probable,
1t is feared by some that this country will
gain, many American citizens OF border
States being temporarily employed in Can,
ada.
The House to-day by n vote OF 1877 to 81,
reversed the finding of n majority OF the
elections committee, and decided the con.
tested election case Of 7. n. Hopkins VS.. J.
NJ. Kendall, from the Tenth Kentucky dis
trict. In favor OF the Republican contestant
Mr.. Hopkins. Eleven Republicans, includ
ing Adams and Leonard of Pennsylvania
and three Populists, voted with the Demo
Gratis against unseating Kendall.
In the senate Mr.. Vilrs (Dem., Wis. J
secured the passage OF a bill TO extend the
use Of the mail service by using n patent
card and envelope. with coupons attached
The senate then went into executive session,
though Mr.. Quay (Rep.. Pa wanted to &C
on with the bill for Il commission to look into
labor problems.
Senator sherman gave notice that be would
tomorrow move an executive session to con
slider the arbitration treaty alone and that he
would ask that the session be continued until
Its fate should be known.
53D DAY.
The Senate was In executive session from
1880 to-day until 8 O'Clock tonight on the
arbitration treaty with Great Britain, and
adjourned without having accomplished
anything. Mr.. Nelson, Republican, Mime
sofa. advocated his resolution TO postpone
consideration OF the treaty until after March
4 because Of the pressure OF other business
Mt present. Mr.. Plat, Republican, Con.
n~ecticut, and Mr.. Frye Republican. Maine,
urged immediate action. Mr.. Teller, Silver,
Colorado, spoke for postponenent, saying
that the treaty had been bungled and did
not protect American interests, and as the
State Department had been four years a,
work on 1t. the Senate should not be asked
to vote upOn il in n few weeks.
In committee of the whole the House took
up the deficiency appropriation bill, and
when an effort was made to limit debate,
Mr.. Grow, Republican, Pennsylvania, In.
sisted on his right to speak as long as he
wished. The committee by a vote OF 90 to
1876 refused to limit debate, so Mr.. Grow
carried his point. and spoke for forty MT
utes on the Oklahoma free homestead bill.
A long discussion followed over an item to
pay special attorneys for defending suits
against the United States, and the deficiency
bill was not finished,
9Th DAY.
The Senate ado oted a resolution offered
by Mr.. Cameron, Republican, Pennsylvania,
-exr7fhng syrrpofs9 20 Ahss- gvvcrfnsrffAS "
Greece In its Intervention TO free the people
o. Crete from the tyranny OF foreign OPP
prtessors. and to restore peace, with the
blessing OF Christian civilization, to that
distressed island"
Representative Phillips's bill for the mp
ppintment Of a labor commission was laid
aside by a vote Of "a to 28 in favor OF con-
stderation OF the Indian appropriation bill.
1the item OF 81, 200, 900 for schools led to a
Sharp discussion, In which Mr.. Lodge, Re-
publican, Massachusetts, said hat this
amendment opened again the sectarian
schools, which it had been provided were to
be discontinued after July /. 1897. Mr.. Hoar,
Republican, Massachusetts,, and Mr.. Hawley,
Republican, Connecticut, defended the Cath
Ollie church, which, it had been said, was the
only one to be benefited by this amendment.
No vote was reached.
The house devoted the day TO the de-
fciency appropriation bill. There was a
warm debate over an amendment by Mr..
Hopkins, Republican, Illinois, to take out
the item Of sl2, 200 to pay members OF the
Fifty-third Congress for amounts withheld
from their salaries Tor absences, in accord
alce with a rule adopted by that congress.
MIR. Hopkins said that Speaker Crisp had
enforced that rule to hold "a quorum, md
Democrats should not apply to q Republican
house for reimbursement. Mr.. Hopkins car
ried his point-ll3 to 55.