The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1897-04-02
FIT Y-HIFrH CONGRESS.
Report OF the Proceedings from Day
to Day.
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MoNDAY.-The legislative session of
the Senate lasted about IO minutes, the
arbitration treaty between tho United
| states and Great Britain beng taken
up thereafter, behind closed doors In
the short open session nearly 200 bills
! were introduced and many others were
reported back from committees. In
cluded in the latter were the ''free
homestead bill, and the immigration
bill, with the provision as to Caradian
laborer eliminated, both of which were
, under consideration in the last Con-
gress, the latter failing to be ONE
law owing to President CleN"'ands
veto. The four great approl,i iation
bills. the agricultural, the India IA, the
| sundry civil and the general deficiency,
which also failed for lack of Mr.. Cleve-
lands signature, and which were re-
introduced and passed last week by
the House, were referred to the COM
mlttee on appropriations. The House
| Joint resolution was passed extending
until December next the investigation
as to the use of alcohol in the arts, by
! joint commission of Congress-
| TUESDAY. The Senate indulsed in
an almost one-sided denunciatlon of the
civil service law and its administration.
| Only one Senator, Lodge, defended the
| law, and the upshot of it all was that
] motion was agreed to, without divis-
| ion, but amended so as to instruct the
committee on civil service and retrench-
ment to inquire and report whether the
civil service law should be continued,
amended or repealed. Turpie dem. J,
of Indiana, made an argument in favor
, of n constitutional amendment to make
United States Senators elected by the
| popular vote instead of by tho State
Legislatures. These bills were passed
by the Senate: Directing the Secretary
of War to furnish q thousand tents to
shelter and relieve the sufferers from
the flood in the Mississippi ri er; to
amend the act repeating the timber cul-
| ture laws. a constitutional amend
ment to mako the Both of April
Inauguration day was introduced by
Mr.. Hoar.
WEDNEsDAY.--The Senate spent only
half an hour in open session
today, the remainder of the time
| being given to the consideration
of the arbitration treaty, behind
! closed closed doors. The agricultural
! appropriation bill, one of the four
money bills that failed at tho last ses-
| sion, was reported back in the shape in
! which it passed the House last week.
and was placed on the calendar. 1t will
be acted on ut an early day.
The attack upon the civil service law
! and its administration, which distin-
! gulshed yesterdays proceedings, was
! followed up today by the introduction
of two bills, one by Mr.. Allen, Popu-
list, of Nebraska, for the repeal and
annulmcnt of the law and of all execu-
tive orders issued under it: and the
other by Mr.. Pritchard: Republican of
| North Carolina, chairman of the COM
mittee on civil service and retrcuch-
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the Government Printing Office.
| While in executive session the Sen
ate confirmed the nominations of Bin
| ger u hermann, of Oregon, to he Com
missioner of the General Land Office,
and Ernest {. Timmc. of Wisconsin, to
be Auditor of the state Department.
THURSDAY. Among the bills intro
duced and referred was one by Mr.
Foraker. Republican, of Ohio. to pro-
! vide modern organization Of the ~
tiilery of the army. Mr.. Pasco pre-.
sentcd, in an amended form, the crc-
dentials of John \. Henderson as Sen
ator from the state of Florida, m.der
! appointment by the Governor. until the
next meeting of the Legislature in
April next. Mr.. uoar stated that no
action had been taken bv the commit
tee on privileges and elections III the
matter Of the admission Of Senators, the
At in.oo ON nn,inn If Ar. Dov;s Pc
onblicon of Njinnesota oct;mr chnir
man of tbe comm;ttno mn fora;,,n rnIa
tions tho Sonatc ,rncnr,IeJ tn tho cnm.
siderntion with The doors closed nf
the mhitrotinn trcntv Atn N m thn
doors were rc-onenrl onI the nnfin-
ishcd bnsincss the honkrnntcv hill wns
tolen mo- The Iiii heinz" rand in exten'
SO. The reading OF the bill occupied
mnuts wnrn n,,,roj Nv, Mr. IiHnr a,, !
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