The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-16

Senate and HoasS-Coegreas0ea OrOo.
vssor and Linnsy: Jump on the Civil
Service.
For The CAUCASIAN.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec. IL, 1897.
Aside from the introduction Of va
nous minor bills and resolutions in
| both branches, very little vas done
during the frst week OF Congress.
| Tts various committees Of the two
/ houses have given considerable time
in outlining work for the session.
SENATE.
The first discussion 10 tie Senate
| was on Tuesday, and arose over the
form Of the credentials presented by
Hon. .HernandO D.Money, appointed by
the Governor Of the state Of Aissis-
sippi to fli the unexpiHed term Of Sen
atOr George, whose death occurred q
few months ago. Exceptions was taken
by Senators Chandler (Of New Hamp-
| shire) and HOar (of Nassachusetts) to
the wording Of the credentials, which
they claimed were err0neOusly drawn
up in that they attempt to give TO the
| Executive Of the State OF Mississippi
the power to revoke the appointment
Of Money at any time. They withdrew
their obi bjection, as it vas evidently an
error, but gave notice that in future
they would insist upon credentials be-
ing in proper form. Errors of this
kind have occurred in one or two pre-
vious instances.
| The President submitted commune
cation to Congress in which he recon-
mended an appropriation of ab >ut one
million dollars for the exhibit to be
1 10 hoh oh~1f Of
the Paris Exposition in 1900.
Senator Morgan (Of Alabama) intro
duced and passed q resolution which,
after citing from the Presidents mes
sage with reference to the Kansas Pa
cific Railroad, in which the Preident
submits the question to Congress
whether the government, rather than
accept less than its claim on this road
should become a bidder and thereby
the owner of the property di-
rects in the resolution the At
torney General to send TO the
Senate full statement of the au-
thority for and proceedings under
which the proposed sale of this road is
to take place on the 10th inst. and re-
quests the president to obtain post
ponement of such sale in order to give
Congress reasonable time in which
to consider and set upon the recon-
mendatiOns in his message. Senator
Butler offered some amendments to
his postal savings bank bill which he
introduced during the last session of
Congress, and gave notice that he
would at an early day submit some re.
marks in support of his bill and
amendments.
| Wednesday Senator Davis, of Min
! nesOta, offered in the Senate q bill
prohibiting the killing of fur seals in
, the waters of North Pacific Ocean, but
on motion of Mr.. Hale, of Maine, its
consideration was postponed for furth-
er examination of the bill on account
of its great importance.
Senator Allen, of Nebraska, was the
first to introduce the Cuban question
this session. He offered q resolution
, declaring 1t the sense of the Senate
that Congress should with all c0nven-
lent speed acknowledge the political
independence of the Republic of Cuba.
Senator Allen made q very patriotic
speech in support of his resolution
He took the position that the United
States should recognize the Republic
of Cuba as an independent political
, power, and not to be content with
: simply recognizing the belligerency
: of the insurgents.
) Senator Kyle, of South Dakota, in.
= tr0duced q resolution directing the
!. Senate Committee on Foreign Rela.
tiOns too look into and report what
progress has been made toward the
! settlement of the claim of Bernard
Campbell against the Haytian Govern.
s ment. The resolution cites that Camp.
/ bell, an American citizen, while EN-
: ployed as marine engineer in the yeaI
1889 was cruelty and inhumanly treat
ed while at Cape Haytian, Island O
= !. Hayti, by an attempt to force him OF
I board a man-of-war in the Haytial
I service. Campbell's claim for indem
= nifty against the Haytian Government
!. has been pending for some time bu
l. nothing has been done. Mr.. Kyle tool
a occasion to contrast the manner of tn
n United States and Germany in deal
ing with cases of this kind, referriD,
J to the premptOry demand which Ger
many recently made upon Hayti 70
indemnity because of arrest and i'm
pris0nment of Herr Leuders, one o
her subjects. The case bids fair
prove interesting.
Considerable time was given in tn
Senate Thursday to the discussion an
consideration of private pension bill
Senator Hoar presented to the Sen
ate a petition signed 81 ,269 native Ha
waiians, protesting against the an
nexation of Hawaii to tthe Unite
20 States.
ls The Senate adjourned from Thurs
=. day to Monday.
- THE HOUSE.
The first wrangle in the House aros
on Tuesday, when the usual res0lutio
to delegate to the different committed
the different subjects treated of in tt
Presidents message, appertaining
the respective committees, was 0ffere
" by Mr.. Dingley, of Name, Chairma
of the Ways and Means committe
s. Mr.. Walker, Of Massachusetts, chail
IL man of the Banking and Currenc
.. Committee, objected to that portion
at the resolution which delegated to Il
of Ways and Means Committee pow,
e. over questions of "national finance
I'D maintaining that the question of q,
m tional finance came properly With
the province of the Banking and Gu
ne rency Committee. The Dem0cra
c. who took part in the discussion su
u ported Mr.. Walkers position. Aft
's- about an hours discussion of the ma
rs. ter Mr.. Dingley consented to {
n, amendment to his resolution viii,
ht followed the language Of resolution
,ly heretofore passed regulating the di
he tributiOn of the Presidents message.
d. Mr.. Grosvenor, of Ohio, who is lea
;er ing a crusade against the Civil Servi
lar system, regaled the House with sor
choice selections from his opinion
the Civil Service method. He took
sue with the President who stated
be his message that the system met "wi
,ee the approval Of the people" He "a
is the people would never submit to t
.e Inauguration of q permanent syste
Ve of life tenure in official position. E
~ attention WAS called TO the fact tt
ply he was out of line with official decl,
he ations of his party in the position
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