The Holly chieftain., 1897-12-17
NATIONAL LAWMAKERS.
Work of the Fifty-Fifth Congress IRON
Day TO Day Ia Brief

DAY To DAY w pfsr'-
IL the senate on the 9Th : major Aiieh '-'tu'l
offered resolution declaring it to be the sense
o, the senate that congress should NJ one
acknowledge by appropriate act the poll,lcai
independence of Cuba The senator itIaHe .
strong speech in support OF the reSo'utiol' -
expressed the belief that the owners oil SpAhASh
bonds in this country and American citizens
holding property in Cuba. injured or deStroseu
By the insurgents. had Joined to prevent inc
recognition of Cuba's political indcpehucnee-
He also thought hat President Mckinley was
under obligations TO carry out the pledge "nioii
his party had made The news OF the ueath o'
Representative Wright (MaSs) was then com
municated to the senate and an adlourhuen'
was taken out of respect TO his memory =. ne
session OF the house lasted only ID minutes,
The pension appropriation bill was reporteu
by Mr. Stone CPn) and the committees on
elections and banking were given leave 10 SIT
during the sessions Of the house
THE senate on the 9Th passed 81 private pen
sion bills in an hour. resolution was also
passed asking for information regarding the
sale OF the Kansas Pacific railway and some
work was laid out for the following week SEN
ntor Carter tAiontD securing the right OF way
for his census bill and Senator Lodge tMass
getting the immigration bill made unhnishea
business. Senator boar tMassl presented
protest containing .eBJ names. from native
Hawaiians against the annexation OF their is
lands to the United States The house en-
tered upon the consideration Of the pension
appropriation bill and lively debate took
place Mr.. Allen (MiSsb presented several
amendments They prohibit the granting OF
pensions to widows whose applications were
not filed during their widowhood and the
granting OF pensions to widows whose applica-
tions were based on marriage contracted aiter
the passage OF this act. and to permanently in
sane or idiUti. minors. who had REACHED their
majority. Mr. Cannon. chairman of the COM
satarNt4 al
TO his colleagues To see that not one dollar
was appropriated which was not absolutely
necessary for the good OF the pnohc service
The senate was not in session on the 10Th.
The house passed the pension appropriation
bill. the debate on it covering Wide range,
touching not only the gu 'stion OF our pension
policy but ihaf OF civil service reform and the
receipts and expenditures OF the treasury un-
der the Dingley tarin law. Tn, pension bill
carries III 2f5 $50 MI Maxwell, of Nebraska,
introduced bill to punish bribery. coercion or
Intimidation Of yCterS
CHhPLAIs MlIBuRS. in his invocation at the
opening of he senate on the 18th, made a
touching reference to the d a'h OF President
McEiuiey's mother Senator Psttgrew Is d.
called up the bill granting 10 'ttlers the right
to make second homestead entries of loo acres
and it was passed. An agreetnrnt to vote on
the immigrat on bill January IL was reached.
Senator Butler ~. c. thou ST oke in favor of
the afnenuntAlN ne h4u oH-t 20 the oilA pto-
yiding for postal savings bank system. Sen
ator Perkins tCaL) introduced bill TO amend
the paragraph Of the revised statutes rclating
to the appeal on hnbeaS corpus of criminal
cases to the supreme cour. of the United
States ... In the house the blind chaplain re-
ferred to the death OF Mrs Mckinley in his
prayer and attc- the lca:iS ative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill had been reported
the balance of the session was spent in adjust
ing personal disput between Mr.. Hepburn
Qa-) and Mr. Norton tOj. which occurred last
week during the debate on the pension bill, as
TO whether the word most or many waI
used MI Hepburn wlS sustained.