The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-04-02
IN sPEclAL sEssIoN.

The Eitty-Eifth Congress Assemblies in Re-
Spouse 20 President HcEinley's PrOels-
nation.
IN the senate on the 18th the TorFey bank
Euptoy btl was read at length and Senator Nell
son (siinn.) offered a substitute differing IN
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..
Calls seat, were referred to the elections come
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 tariff bill was closed at night and
the hYe-minute rule entered into force. Messrs.
Simpson and Curtis (Kan.) and DeArmOnd MOI
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 150 acres, where they
were unable TO do Sc by reason Of the fact that
their lands were surrounded by Indian ailot-
ments The other is to enable the citizens
band OF POttaWat0nie Indians to obtain patent
to their lands.
A BRIEF discussion OF civil service rules oc-
Cured in the senate on the 26th, Senator Gal
iihger N. H showing that the commission re-
quiFed applicants for typesetters TO be able to
| hop on one foot for IL feet A resolution was
adopted asking the president for information
as to the death Of two American sailors in
CuDai also resolutions asking AttOrney-Gen-
! erai MeKenna for information Of any propO-
| sttion to sell the Union Pacific railroad
/ Among the bills introduced was one imposing
penalty on companies charging passengers
more than three cents mile for transporting
I fhnu1 Ffn niuiIf7ad
| 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 o.. In the house the
/ tariff bill was thrown open for amendment uu-
| der the fve-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 E1th..,,
! The house worked on the tariff bill and, during
the discussion on free hides, Mr.. Simpson
| (Kan.) said that duty on hides would be Of
more Importance to the farmer than all the
other duties in the agricultural schedule, but
Mr. Payne On. " insisted that imported hides
did not come into competition with American
hides, as the former were used almost exclu-
| siVely for sole leather,
4 RESOLUTION was agreed to in the senate
on the 18th asking the secretary OF the interior
for information relating to ME Cleveland S Or
der establishing forest reserves. Senator Allen
CSeb.) introduced q resolution declaring that
tariff taxes on necessGries should not be laid so
as to enrich one class at she expense Of the
masses. The bill to prohibit the exhibition Of
prize fight pictures was reported favorably
from the Judiciary committee and placed on the
calendar, A joint resolution appropriating
$3.50, COO for the immediate improvement Of the
Mississippi was passed. ... The house had an
exciting incident over the debate on the tariff.
Mr. Johnson Qnd) made vigorous protest
against the irrelevant discussions with which
the time Of the house was being taken up and
20 times the iTate Indianian was admOnished to
take his seat by the presiding officer and finally
Speaker Reed had to be hurTiedly summoned
to enable business to 20 on. Mr. Spaulding
Mich introduced a joint resolution providing
for the annexation of Hawaii and making it
into state. The senate resolution appropri-
ating money for the Miss issippi river was
amended and passed.