The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-01-08
FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS
Second Session.


WASHINGTON, Jan 6-SENATE-There WERE
as shown by call Of the senate. AZ senator's
present Tuesday: only four more tnan Ino
number necessary to constitute a quorum
The proceedings were as unimportant as tnoS
were uninteresting Mr. PETER (pop., hasj'
read a speech in favor of joint resolution III
troduced by him on the 18th OF December III
the appointment of a national monetary COM
mission to examine and study the genera
subject of finances in its practical relatione
TO the business affairs of the people OF ING
United States After Mr. PETERS speech .no
Joint resolution was on motion referred 10 1no
committee on finance. A memorial was pr
sented from the Massachusetts, Historical So
ciety for the repair and preservation OF 1n0
famous old frigate Constitution as naVsl
museum Just as Nelson's battleShlp VlctoIi"
is preserved at Portsmouth. A joint resoiu-
ton was introduced by Mr.. Call (dem.. i"-'
instructing the president Ito demand tne iln-
mediate release of Jules SangullIy, con
demned to perpetual imprisonment FOR nis
connection with the Cuban insurrectlon- Inc
matter went over until Wednesday, when MT
Call is to address the senate upon IL. AT @'oO
o'clock the senate adjourned until wednesday
HoUsE-Only about half the members OF
the house were in their seats Tuesday Wnen
that body was Illed TO order after the hoiluay
recess and entered upon the bulk OF the "orA
of the last session of the Fifty-fourtn con-
gress resolution introduced by Mr. Bro
derrick (rep. Kas.) was agreed to, calling upon
the secretary of the interior to report TO tne
house the reason why patents Tor Ianos IL
Kansas. granted to the old Kansas PACING
Railroad Co, had not been patented TO tne
company and why homestead entries upon
them were being permitted to De
made by the officers of the Topeka
land district By the terms OF the
order adopted December 10 the mousse
resolved itself into committee OF the Wnole 10
consider the Loud bill to amend the postal
laws by excluding sample copies and serial
novel publications from second-class mall
matter which held the floor for the rest OF
the day. The passage of the bill was adVo-
Gated by Messrs. Kyle dem. M iss), burton
and Bromwen (reps, o. and o den toem.'
La }, and opposed by Messrs. Quigg rep, N
w Johnson (rep CALI and Cummings (dem
N W At 4:40 the house adjourned until
Wednesday when the bill will be further dis
cussed until o'clock and vote then taken on
its passage.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7-SENATE-Senate bill
to amend the act repeating the timber culture
law was passed Wednesday; also the house
bill for the appointment by brevet of active
or retired officers Of the army. The senate
Joint resolution requesting the government of
Great Britain to pardon Mrs. Florence May
brick, which was reported adversely last ses-
sion. was taken from the calendar and
indefinitely postponed McCalls resolu-
tion calling upon the secretary OF
state for copies of the correspondence
to; his joint resolution demanding the imme-
date release of SanQuilly was referred House
bill providing for free homesteadS on the
public lands in Oklahoma territory, amended
so as to apply to all lands obtained from In
! dian tribes, was taken up as the unfinished
| business and was discussed for nearly two
| hours, and went over until Thursday without
| action At o. m. the senate adjourned until
| Thursday
HoUsE-After two days debate the house
Wednesday afternoon by vote of 144 to 105
passed the bill introduced By Mr.. Loud, chair
man Of the committee on post Offices and post
roads, to amend the laws relating to second
class matter The principal features of the
bill were those denying to the mails, as sec
ond-class matter, sample copies of newspa-
perS and serial novel publications., and with
drawing from news agents the privilege of re.
turning to their principals at the pound
rate, unsold copies Of periodicals. Imme-
6iately after the reading of the
journal, Mr. Grosvenor Gep, o., ad.
dressed the house on a question of persona
privilege Ee called attention to the fact that
resolution introduced by him and opted by
the house June last. calling upon the heads Of
the several departments for certain informa
ton as to the operation of the civil service
law. had as yet received no response from any
one of the cabinet officers. He felt justified
he said, in raising the question whether or no
congress h been properly treated in this re.
gard, expressing the opinion that this silence
Of seven months showed that the heads of the
several departments. as we'll as the executive
himself had begun to ignore the demands o
congress. A resolution, asking each cabine
of1cer to inform the house why no response
had been made to the original resolution, wa.
agreed to without division.