Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-03-11
FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS-


W AsHlNGTON, March S-SENATk-1ne sen
ate Monday, in the space in about one noun
and an hour passed the District oi
Columbia appropriation bill. carrying s7.iH.-
6I7, being excess OF 81 ,6S5 900 over the bill,
rs IL passed the house Half of the amount l.
to be paid out Of the treasury and half out of
the revenues of the District OF Columbia.
Then the naval bill was taken up II
carries sB.72s ~, n little over three and
half millions more than the bill
contained when it left the house Two mil
lion and a half we're added for the purpose OF
establishing government armor factory.
HouDE-The house Monday passed a num-
Der Of this Of a private character, defeated
the economic post hill discussed and left
pending the bill to prohibit the extensive
publication nv newspapers and periodicals
the details OF the doings Of prize fighters and
accounts Of prize fights. The last named
measure was warmly discussed. ana
motion to lay It the table was
agreed to. Mr.. Adrich rep M demanded
the yeas and nays ON the question His re-
quest was carried one-nfth Of those voting
on the motion To table. voting for roll call
WAsHINGToN, March - SrsArE-Bila
passed: For the prevention Of the introduc-
ton and spread Of contagious diseases IN the
United States fertilization bill. appropriat-
ing s97i7.IiI The house amendments
To the senate international mon
etary conference bill were concurred in.
without a division. The remainder Of the
session was occupied by the general dell
cheney which appTopriates 40. 334 go, nearly
s2.OOO 900 more than was in the bill aS IL
passed the house. At $50 a recess was taken
until sp
HoUsE--A concurrent resolution was passed
authorizing the printing OF 1000 copies of the
hearings before the committee ON banking and
currency. A motion TO suspend the rules and
pass the bill for a settlement by suit or COM
promise OF the claims OF the United states
against various states on account Of defaulted
interest on Indian trust funds was
defeated MIR. Aldrich R, nLl
endeavored to brin; up this
hill prohibiting tho transmission of papers
containing illustrated accounts Of prize fight
ing, but the house voted - To % to take a re-
cess The evening session had not adjourned
at o'clock "Wednesday morning.
wAsHINGroS March -SESArE-The bus
mess of the senate Wednesday was principal
ly in connection with the conference reports
The first TO be presented was on the appro-
prlation bill for the District Of Columbi'. 1t
was not fnal report. however, as the con-
ferees had failed to reach an agree
ment on the series of senate amend
ments appropriatlng various sums for
the charitable Institutions OF the city The
partial report was agreed to. and a further
conference was ordered The next conference
committee was on the bill TO amend the laws
relating to navIgations The conference re-
preparation bill and was agreed to-
HoUsE-when the house reassem bled Mt
10: 30 o'clock. Mr. Sherman rep ~ W cllled
up the conference report on the Indian bill.
which the senate rejected Tuesday. When
the house took recess at $40. IL was under
stood that the conferees had agreed as to
all the amendments except two. A hotly con-
| tested fight was made to secure concurrence
in the senate amendment to the general det-
cheney bill providing for payment of Bowman
act claims for supplies furnished the union
army, adjudicated by the court OF claims. but
| IL failed. In accordance with the arrangement
made Tuesday the house considered President
Clevelnnd's veto of the immigrs-
tion bill. and by a vote of 1893 to 81 decided Ia
| pass the bill the objections Of the president
notwithstanding. Final action was taken
upon the bills to amend the tariff law so as to
| forfeited smoking opium, TO amend the navi-
CATION laws, revise and amend the patent
| laws
WASHINGTON. March 5-SrSArr-The for
NAL proceedings OF the senate continued
| through the morning. further disagree
ment on the deficiency bill was reported,
! and it was ordered back to conference.
At 10 O'Clock the venerable Senator Nor
| ril OF Vermont. offered resolutions ex-
| pressing the appreciation of the senate
| for the able and impartial discharge OF
| the duties OF presiding officer by Mr.
| Stevenson. There was unanimous and hearty
| agreement to the resolutions. At 1880 the
formal proceedings were fast nearing an end
and on motion of Mr.. Hoar the usual resolu-
| tion was adopted for a committee Of two sena-
| tors TO wait on President Cleveland and in
| form him that the senate had concludst
| its labors and was ready to adjourn
| Senators Hoar and Price were appoint.
| ed as the committee. MIR Hosr announced
that the committee OF congress had waited OF
| the president and that he had asked them &C
convey his congratulations on the close Of
| their labors. "a motion Of Mr. Cockrell Il
| was agreed that the daily sessions shall be.
| gin at L. Thercupon, at l2:i0 p m, the sen.
| ate adjourned until Friday.
| HoUsE-The house WAS still in the legisla
| tive day of Tuesday when il adjourned with
| out day The closing h ours were uneventful
| The statesmen had worked all night to get tn,
sundry civil. Indian and agricultural bills L
the president, only To have them pocket We
toed. while the general deficiency failed
| of passage because the house refused to SUBJ
scribe 70 the half mi lion OF Bowman claim
| which the senate insisted upon The onl,
feature OF the closing throb OF life was the en-
thusiastic reception accorded Speaker Reed
and the unanimous standing vote Of thank:
| rendered him.
| WASHINGTON. March 6-SENArE-In exec
utive session Friday the senate CONFIRMED
| Mckinley's capinet appointments, as follows
John Sherman, of Ohio. to be secretary o
state. Lyman j. Gage. OF Illinois. to be sec
Rotary OF the treasury; Russell A Alger
| of Michigan, to be secretary OF war
Joseph Mckenna, OF California. to be
attorney general: James A. Gary OF Mary
land TO be postmast general: John d. Long, o
| Massachusetts, to be secretary OF the navy
Cornelius n. Bliss, OF New York, to be secre
tary of the Interior; James Wilson, of Iowa
TO be secretary OF agriculture