The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-03-26
IN SPECIAL SESSION.
The Fifty-Eifth Congress Assemblies In Rs
spouse to President MeKinley's Procla-
Usati1E.

The Eifty-Eifth Congress Assemblies In Rs
spouse to President MeKinley's PFOcla-
nation.
4 LARGR number Of bills we're introduced IN
the senate on the 18Th Senator Gsllinger On,
~ proposed an amendment to the constitution
prohibiting legislation on behalf Of any Feii-
gious denomination, Senator Turpie Ind.)
gave notice OF spesch On the election Of sena-
tors by popular vote and introduced resolu-
tion proposing an amendment to the constitu-
ton Tor the purpose. Senator Gear
qa) made report from the COM
mittee On Pacific railroads faYoTing
The bin for an adjustment Of the Pacific rail-
road debt by a commission consisting OF the
secretaries Of the treasury and the interior and
The Encouragement The senate then went
into executive session for an hour and after
wards adjourned go In the house Mr., Hender-
son (Ia.) announced that the ways and means
committee was not ready to report the tariff bill
and an adjournment was taken, the house only
being in session for 10 minutes, which vas taken
up In reading the journal
TX the senate on the 18th q resolution for the
preparation Of a comparative statement on rev
enue questions was agreed to. a resolution by
Senator Pettigrew Is. D. for committee Of
I'VE senators to look into Pacific railroad QHes-
tons was referred. Several nominations were
confirmed, amongst them being John Hay to be
ambassador to Great Britain and Horace Porter
to be ambassador to France "A special order
was adopted in the house that night sessions
should be held on the tariff bill and that the
measure should be passed on March 81. The
sundry civil bill was then taken up, 20 minutes
being allowed for debate on either side, and
finally passed. Next came the general def
cienoy bill and after the 20 minutes allowed
for debate had expired, that, too, was passed
and the house adjourned. The sundry civil bill
carried $50, 1851 and the general deficiency
bill s8i466,2i4
IN the senate on the goth Senator Vest GIo.)
introduced bills fixing the salaries Of the
United States mafshals and court clerks Of
Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and the Indian
territory 80. The house passed the Indian ap-
preparation bill It carries 81, 900 for the ex-
penses Of the Dawes commission and not only
extinguishes the tribal courts, but gives the
president veto power over the acts of their
council Mr.. Maxwell (rJeb.) introduced bill
for beet sugar bounty.
THE AnglO-American arbitration treaty was
advanced considerably in the senate on the
I'D, all the amendments recommended by
the committee on foreign relations be-
Ing agreed to. The four appropriation bills
the agricultural the sundTy civil the Indian
and the general deficiency failed in the
astCongress, were received from the house and
referred to the appropriations committee A
resolution was agreed to calling on the presi-
dent for all correspondence relating to the i'm
prisonment and death Of DR.. Ruiz in Cuba The
nomination Of Powell Clay ton, of Arkansas, to
be minister to Mexico, was confirmed as were
several other nominations. Two hours were
spent in the house in having the tariff bill read,
after which Mr.. Dingley the chairman Of the
ways and means committee, opened in an hours
speech for theTepublicans Mr. Wheeler (Ala)
then spoke on behalf Of the democrats and
afterwards Mr.. Bell Coll took the floor on be-
half of the p0pulist party, Mi Bailey CTex)