The Holly chieftain., 1897-04-02
IN SPECIAL SESSION.


sponre to President Mckinlcy's Procla-
nation.
IN the senate on the 25th the Torrcy bank
ruptcy bill was read at length and Senator Nell
son tMinn) offered Il substitute, differing in a
number OF particulars from the committee bill
| There was no debate on the subject. The
amended credentials OF John W. Henderson.
appointed by the governor OF Florida to Mr..
Cali $ seat. were referred TO the elections COM
mittee. The senate then went into executive
sessions for two hours on the arbitration
| treaty ... In the house the four days general
debate on the tarin bill was closed ut night and
the fiye-minute rule entered into force. Messrs-
Simpson and Curtis tkan.) and DeArmond tMo)
were among those who made speeches on the
| subject Mr.. Callahan (Ok) introduced two
| bills One Is to authorize persons who have
| made homestead entries in Oklahoma to COM
plete their entries OF leo acres, where they
were unable to do so by reason OF the fact that
their lands were surrounded by Indian allot-
mcnts The other is to enable the citizens
| band of Pottawatomie Indians to obtain patent
| to their lands
| A BRIEF discussion of civil service rules oc-
| CURED In the senate on the 26th. Senator Gal
| linger IN. H. showing that the commission re-
quired applicants for tTpesctters to be able to
hop on one foot for Il feet resolution was
adopted asking the president for information
as to the death Of two American sailors in
| Cuba. also resolutions asking Attorney-Gen-
|
sition to sell the Union Pacific railroad
Among the bills introduced was one imposing
u penalty on companies charging passengers
more than three cents a mile for transporting
them through the territory OF the five civilized
tribes Another bill authorized the president
TO employ idle men in the construction Of pub
lie works The arbitration treaty was taken
up In the executive session -. In the house the
tarin bill was thrown open for amendment un-
der the tive-minute rule, but during seven
| hours OF work only nine pages Of the 1872 pages
| of the bill were disposed OF. All the amend
| ments offered by the democrats were rejected.
THE senate was not In session on the 27th
| The house worked on the tarin bill and. during
| the discussion on free hides, Mr.. Simpson
| tkan.) said that IA duty on hides would be OF
more importance to the farmer than all the
other duties In the agricultural schedule but
Mr. Payne IN. W insisted that imported hides
did not come into competition with American
| hides. rs the former were used almost exclu-
sively for sole leather.
| A RESOLUTION was agreed to In the senate
| on the 29th asking the secretary OF the interior
| for Information relating to Mr. Cleveands or
der establishing sorest reserves. Senator Allen
(Neb.) introduced n resolution declaring that
tariff taxes on necessaries should not be laid so
| as to enrich one class at the expense of the
masses. The bill to prohibit the exhibition of
prize fight pictures was reported fayorably
from the judiciary committee and placed on the
calendar. A joint resolution npproprating
ESQ 600 for the immediate improvement OF the
Mississippi was passed -. The house had an
exciting incident over the debate the tariff.
1 Mr. johnson und) made vigorous protest
against the irrelevant discussions with which
the time OF the house was being taken up and
10 times the irate Indinnian was admonished to
take his seat by the presiding officer and finally
Speaker Reed had to be hurriedly summoned
| to enable business to go on. Mr. Spaulding
tMich.) introduced u joint resolution providing
for the annexation OF Hawaii and making 1t
into a state. The senate resolution appropri-
ating money for the Miss issippi river was
| amended and passed.