Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-07-26
It reservation Of the

lection of the forest reservation Of the
country.
The Republican headers Of the House
decided at the opening of the session
to pursue a policy of inactiOn in order
to throw the responsibility for delay
ing the tariff bin upon the Senate, and
therefore the committees were not an-
nOunced until the close Of the session,
and only urgent matters were consid-
cred.
Fifty thousand dollars were appro-
priated for the relief &C American cit
liens in Cuba at the Iaiieitation of the
President: $500. 900 was appropriated
for the relief Of the Mississippi food
sufferers: a resolution was passed au-
thorizing the Secretary Of the Navy to
transport supplies contributed for the
relief Of
THE POOR AND VANISHING
in India. and $4,000 were Appropriated
fer the entertainment and expense OF
the delegates. to the universal postal
convention, who met in this city The
only expensive piece Of general legis-
latiCn enacted by this congress, except
the tariff bill, were the laws to prevent
collisions at sea and to place In force
regulations to prevent collisions upon
certain harbOrs, rivers and inland wa
tiers Of the United States; and the bill
authorizing the President 10 suspend
discriminating duties on foreign YES
sells and commerce.
The Senate, not being confined as
to the scope of its legislation, dealt
with a number Of important subjects,
beth in and out of executive session.
One of these, which attracted world
wide attention, was the general arbi-
tratiOn treaty, negotiated by President
Cleveland with Great Britain. After
exhaustive consideration, despite the
great pressure brought to bear upon
the Senate by religious and commercial
bodies throughout the country, the
Senate rejected the treaty.
The Hawaiian
TREATY or ANNEXATION
negotiated by President Mckinley was
siIl Enacted upon when Congress adj
jOurned
In open session, after much debate,
the Senate passed the Cuban billiger-
ency resolution, a bankruptcy bill, in
GLIDING both voluntary and involul-
tary features, and the Free Homes
bill. Bu, none of these important
question received consideration in the
house.
The following minor bills and joint
resolutions became laws, managing 70
escape objection from any member:
Authorizing the Secretary Of War to
receive for instruction at the Military
Academy at West Point Carlos GWier-
rez. Of Salvador; to amend - s3t en-
titled. An act to provide 81 the en-
try Of lands in Greer coVfty, OklahO-
ma. 10 give preference rights TO set
tiers, and for other purposes" approx
ed January is, 1891; reappropriating
$4,000 not expended for the relief OF
the Mississippi flood sufferers, for
THE FLOOD SUFFERERS
at FL Paso, Texas, authorizing foreign
exhibitPlS at the tTanS-Mississippi and
iDfeivLtional exposition TO be held in
the city of Omaha, Neb., during the
yea. 1898, to bring to the United States
foreign labOrerS from their countries
respectively, for the purpose Of prepar-
ing for and making exhibits; to pro-
vide for the immediate repair of dry
dock No. 8, at the New York navy
yard; making appropriation for the
improvement of the Mississippi river
from the head of the passes to the
mouth of the Ohio river, and to supply
deficiencies in appropriations for the
fiscal year ending June so, 1897; and
three bills authorizing the construction
of bridges across the Pearl river, Mis-
sissippi, the ST. Louis river between
Minnesota and Wisconsin, and across
the clinch river, Tennessee.