The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-12-24
NO WOLCOTT REPORT
The Senator Will Make a State
ment After the Holidays.
RELIEF FOR THE KLOyDIKE MINERS.
Both Houses Pass Measures AppropriatIng
Money for the Sufferers i'm AIaska-NO
Aggressive Action by Democrats
-POpuII.ts Hold a Caucus.

conference upon the silver question,
said in the senate yesterday that the
committee had not made a report to
the president, and it was uncertain
when a report would be made. Nego-
tiations for a bimetallic conference,
he said, are still pending, but Mr. VOL
colt assured the senate that the COM
mittee had no intention of prolonging
its effort beyond the point where rea-
sonable hope of success should exist.
Mr.. Wolcott promised to explain fully
the work of the commission in speech
to be delivered after the holiday recess
A resolution directing the secretary
of war to send supplies to Americans
and other sufferers in the Klondike
region was passed. Mr.. Pritchard, of
North Carolina, chairman of the civil
service investigating committee, deliv-
cred brief speech upon the execution
of the civil service law as developed by
his committee.
Mr.. FRYE, of the commerce commit
zee, favorably reported, and the senate
passed, a bill directing the secretary
of the treasury to purchase or con-
cutter service on the Yukon river in
Alaska, to cost not to exceed $40. 900.
Mr.. Allison, of the appropriations
committee, reported favorably the
house joint resolution providing for
recess of congress from December Is,
1897, to January ID, 1898. The resolu-
tion was adopted.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE house
yesterday passed bill appropriating
$175, 900 for the relief of people who
are in the Yukon river country, and
also the bill passed by the senate
Wednesday to prohibit pelagic sealing
By American citizens. The former bill
encountered practically no opposition.
As passed, the sum carried by it is to
be expended under the direction of the
secretary of war for the purchase,
transportation and distribution of sub
sistence stores. 1t provides that these
subsistence stores may be sold at prices
fixed by the secretary of war or do
mated where the people are unable to
pay for them. 1t empowers him to
purchase reindeer and employ drivers
not citizens of the United States, and
afterward dispose of the reindeer.
Representative Ray, of New York.
introduced bill regulating absolute
divorces and declaring marriages void
in certain cases in the District of Co
lumbia and the territories. The OBJ
iect is to make the divorce laws enact
ed by congress conform to the law of
New York as the highest grade of the
state codes. and to install the proposed
uniform marriage and divorce law to
be obtained by constitutional amend
ments. The law is intended to cover
cases in Oklahoma.
Representative Smit h, of Illinois, by
request, introduced bill to permit the
naturalization of Americanized Chi
nese of good repute, resident in the
United States for ten years, who have
discarded the Chinese dress, adopted
that of this country and who speak |
English. The Chinese Equal Rights !
League of America, composed of about |
s, 900 Chinese residents of the United !
States, has submitted a memorial to |
congress in support of the bill.
NO AGGRESSIVE ACTION.
WASHINGTON, Dec. III eading dem |
ocratic members of the house of repre- |
s atatives say no aggressive action is
Anticipated to carry out the declara- |
tons of the recent democratic house |
caucus on Cuba, finance and bank /
ruptcy. The caucus action will be al |
lowed to stand as showing the policy |
of the minority. 1t is said, however, |
that it would be useless to force the
Cuban question before the house. as the |
rules would not permit the minority /
to bring the question to a vote. They |
are more hopeful of giving expression
TO the caucus action on finance. The |
ma jority will doubtless bring forward |
financial measures on the lines sug-
gested by the president and Secretary
Gage, and the democratic caucus policy
will be given effect by the casting of
the solid democratic vote, numbering
125, against these measures. On the
bankruptcy question it is expected
that the minority will frame a bank
ruptcy bill. calculated to meet the eau
Gus declaration for wise and just"
of this character, The bill,
when framed, will be offered as sub
stitute to the one to be urged by the
on judiciary after the holt
days.
POPULIsTS HOLD A CAUCUS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. IA caucus of
the populist members of the house
was held at the National hotel last
night The following resolutions were
Resolved, That il is the sense Of this caucus
hat we Will resist all efforts TO 50 modify the
existing civil service law as to enable any party
that may be in power to I'LL the different posi-
lions in the civil service with partiSanS
Resolved, That we are opposed TO and will
resist all efforts to destroy our greenbacks and
treasury notes, whether it be by direct legiSla-
ion or by the Subterfuge of refusing TO issue
he same except in exchange for gold.
Resolved, That we are opposed TO any scheme
IF enlarging the powers of national banks
hat we oppose the cOnterrlng OF the power 70
ssue notes designed 20 have the same func-
ions as money TO any bank corporation or in
ividual
Resolved That wefavOr the early cOnSidera-
ion and passage of :. j0int resolution recogniz-
Nc the independence Of the Cuban republic
Resolved That we are in favor Of the early
:assing OF an equitable voluntary bankruptcy
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