The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-09

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| SHORT STUFF IN rnE SENATE
| DencdeEcy Appropriation Bill and Cuban
1 &ssolutions.
Washington. July S.-The session O,
the senate today was uneventfd, the de-
fciency appropriation bin being consid-
cred throughout the day. Among its pro
visions is one accepting the invitation o,
France TO participate in the Paris expo
sition Of 1900. The bill was not compIe..
ed up TO the time Of adjournment. Dur
/ ing the day Mr.. Berry (Ark) offered a
i resolution requesting the president to de-
mand Of Spain the release Of Ona Mel
ton. one Of the Competitor prisoners. The
resolution was referred to the committee
on foreign relations.
| Washington, July S.-The tariff bill
through the senate, work there today was
| resumed under normal conditions.
| During the routine business Mr.. Berry
(ArkanszD offered the following resolu-
ton:
sResoltad by the senate. That the pres
ident be Gd he is hereby requested to
demand th4 release Of Ona Melton. ma
tive-born Vuzen Of the United States.
| who was raken prisoner on board the
| Competitor and who is now confined in
| a Spanish prison in Cuba"
1t wassreferred to the foreign relations
committee.
Mr.. HAe desired to 90 on with the de-
with an earnest effort to have the pend
ing Pacific railroad resolution taken up.
The appropriation bill. however, was
he'd to have the right of way.
The committee amendment accepting
the invitation OF France to take part in
the international exposition at Paris in
1900 and authorizing the president to ap-
point special commissioner at a salary
of 5000 to secure space and arrange for
proper exhibit, caused extended dis
cussion, Mr.. Morgan urging that the COM
missioner was given too.much power.
On Mr.. Hale's explanation that this
was preliminary step binding US to an
acceptance Of the invitation and then
giving time for mature preparation, the
amendment was agreed to.
A new committee amendment was
agreed to. appropriating $1,000 in full in
denntiy TO the heirs of the three Italians
lynohed in Louisiana in 1896. as was also
one appropriating to the widow Of the
late Representative Cook Of Illinois
5000.
Mr.. Butler On. c. offered an amend
ment limiting the cost Of armor plate for
new battle ships to $500 per ton. and pro-
viding for government armor pate
plant II private bids were nat within
5000.
The amendment went over.
An effort to have several claims added
to the bill led to long debate on the pro-
priety Of paying government claims. the
general sentiment being that a bill COW
ering all claims should be brought in at
the next session Of congress.
At 500 p. m. the bin was laid aside,
and after an executive session the sem
ate adjourned.
DAYS LIST OF NOMINATIONS.
Washington. July s.-The senate today
confirmed the following nominations:
Hiram C. Truesdale of Arizona, to be
chief Justice. and the following named
to be associate Justices of the supreme
court Of Arizona: G. r. Davis, F. NJ.
Doane, r. E. Sloan.
Francis Is. Loomis of Ohio. to be min
lister to Venezuela; W. w. Rockhill OF
the District Of Columbia, to be minister
to Greece.
Washington, July 8.-The senate COM
mittee on commerce, after exhaustive in
quiry into the charges against John
Goodnow. nominated as consu, general
to Shanghai, and B. H. Warner. Jr.,
nominated as consul to Leipsic, agreed to
report both with favorable recommended
lions. There was no division in the COM |
nittee on the Warner nomination. Sen
ator Berry voted against Goodnow. The |
committee also voted upon a favorable |
report in the case of F. H. Huestis. NOM
mated for collector Of the Puget Sound |
district in Washington.
Washington, July S-The senate COM
nittee on military affairs today decided
lpon an adverse report on the promotion
II Lieutenant Colonel Henry E. Noyes
II the Second cavalry, nominated by the
president, to colonel. The charge made
against Colonel Noyes is that Of failing
o meet his financial obligations.