The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-02-04
FIFTY-BOURTH CONGRESS

FIETY-BOURTH CONGRESS
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ler and WaS refeffs1 70 Ne Judiciary eQmntt.
tee And then. In n,pursuaAes Of prsvtous no.
tiee, Mr. Turpis dem. Ind) eddrpssee the
senate A, . losg po4Syttntienat Astuntub -
provide that the primary and psrsmount Sew-
or 70 rsoeeaniss raw etate ,is iyesssdt nos In
the president Of the United States.
but IN congress- under that clause
Of the cehssftutsSal wAaeh declares
that congress shall have power 70 regulate
intercourse with foreign states He spoke for
two hours and half and had not concluded
when the hour Axed for eulogiss on ex-Speak-
er Crisp, Of Georgia. arrived.
HousE-The house, Monday disposcd of .
lot Of miscellaneous huslhSes md towsrd the
close of the session entered upon the considera-
tton Of the Indian appropriation bill, II the
time allotted to general debate on the meas
ure. Mr. johnson (rep INDY gave to the house
at length his views upon the necessity for
revision Of the banking and currency laws
After disposing Of about q quarter Of the text
Of the bfll. which includes about 90 printed
pages. the house, st 10 o'clock sdjourned un-
I'll Tuesday. 3l - ~
wAsHIxGroR. Jan sz-ssNA1s-ss senator
Turpie Tuesday concluded his address favor
ing the recognition Of Cuba The remainder
Of the days session was occupied by Mr..
Daniel, dem. va) in . speech against the
Nicaragua canal bill as being /" In fraud Of the
contract" At M, the senate adjourned
until Wednesday
HousE-A bill to restore Jonshan SCOTT, o
veteran Of the Fifth lows cavalry to the PEN
sion roll, from which he was dropped by the
bureau in 1894, 1t the rate Of e72 . month, for
total blindness, failed to receive Mr.. Cleve-
lands approval Upon Recommendation OF
the committee on invalid pensions the house,
BY . vote of 1877 to b2 passed the bill over the
veto. - et
WASHINGTON JON 28-SHnArH-The mill.
tary academy appropriation bill was passed
In the senate Wednesday, aster . long and
somewhat amusing controversy over one
amendment providing for the attendance OF
the West Point cadets ct tho inauguration
parade The amendment was rejected, yeas,
90 nays. es and the bill was passed II ap-
propriates S470, 81. or Is 900 more than the bill
US 1t passed the house This 5000 10 for the
purc chase Of the Maxim semi fve-
FOUNDER quick firing gun. The memorial of H.
A. Dupont. of Delaware, in which he asserts
that his claim to q seat In the senate was de-
fe ted last session through misoount, or
through mistake about pairs, was presented
by Mr. Chandler (rep, N. H. and was referred
to the committee on privileges and elections.
y
Wednesday agreed to the conference report
on the immigration bill, which embodied sub
stantially new measure, being different in
some respects from either the sem
ate or house bill Speeches In IA
vor of the report made by Messrs Teanford
ees: @. S. Stone rep. Pa). johnson trep.
Ind.), Corliss (rep, Mich), Morse rep,
Mass.) Wilson (dem., s C.), Taylor (rep, O.)
and Hepburn (rep, la J, and in opposition to
1t by Messrs Bartholdt (rep, MOI. chairman
Of the house committee on immigration; Buck
(dem., La). Parker (rep, N. J.) Walker (rep..
Miss.) Cannon (rep, nl) Grosvenor (rep.,
o., Dolliver (rep, La and Boatner dem :,
La).
WASHINGTON. Jan. 29-SENATE-Thursday
Senator Allen introduced q resolution which
seeks to impede and prevent the attorney gen.
eral from selling the Union Pacific road un-
der foreclosure proceedings, went over with,
out action Tho bill for commission to an
international monetary conference was taken
up and Mr. Chandler. rep. N. H., made o
short statement in favor Of It He accepted
IN amendment offered by Mr. Bacon, dem,
Ca. giving the president authority speefncal-
y TO call an international conference at such
point ss may be agreed upon All the rest of
the time. that was left Of the morn
ing hour, to which the consid-
GRAFTON Of the bill WAS limited. was occupied
by Mr.. Stewart, (pop Nev.), In speech re.
counting the Ills inflicted upon the poor by
the gold standard but declaring In the end
that he would allow the bill to pass In any
form that its friends desired. Notice of o de-
sire to speak on the measure was given by Mr..
Pettigrew. tsil, SD.) and then the bill wont
over.
HoUsE-The Indian appropriation bill b..
gun on MondaI- last was concluded and the
bill passed with some material changes, all
reducing she score Of thameasure Mr.. Wads.
worth (rep. N W, chairman ON the commit
49, na-A
Ing appropri Attons for the agricultural de-
partment for the year 1878 No 90
ADu taken During the day NE Crout
(rep. VIZ reported the APPROPRIATION
bill for the District Of Columbia. Mr. Thomas
(rep. Mich gave notice that on wednesday
report Of election committee No. : on the coh-
test Of Cornett W Swanson. from the Firth
Virgins district y 34ai f.. N. .5s
WASHINGTON jan sn-ssxArA Tho bill
for the representation Of the United States %
any International monetsrr ooniersnce that
may be called occupied the sonste Friday al.
most exclusively and was passed By the
triumphant majority Of 4eto I II suthorizes
the president 70 sppoint Ave or more commits.
stoners - any international conference, with
view 70 securing hxity Of relative value
between gold and silver - money. BY means
OF common rsti0 between the metals. with
FREQ mtntage Ut such rates; and 1t also su-
thorixes the president to call In his discretion
such conference to assemble st such point g
may be agreed upon. A. b:20 the senate ad-
iourned till Monday next
HoUsE-Ths report Of the conferees on the
Incorporation Of the purchasers of the Allan
tic and Pacific railroad was rejected by vote
Of u to i4s. and the conferees wore instructed
to insist upon the retention In the bill Of the
house amen dme nts. the principal one Of which
forbade the iss ue Of stock except for par value
received. The bill making appropriations foE
the military academy went 70 the conference
ON the senate amendments there. The house
refused to take up bills on the private calendar