Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-28
The National Solona.

The session of the Senate Friday de-
veloped three distinct sensations. Among
these was the presentation by Mr.. Sher-
man of IL letter from Minister Rodriguez.
the representative Of tho Greater Repub-
lie Of Central America Including Nicara.
gua). in effect protesting against the exc.
cution of the Nicaraguan canal project
by the United States under the conces-
sion granted in 1887 to the Nicaraguan
Canal Company As the bill for this pur-
pose was about to be voted on by the Sen
ate, the appearance of the letter created
CONSERVATION among its friends. Mr..
Morgan, its ciiicf supporter, ut once de-
clared that the letter was inspired by
Great Britain. who sought to drive the
United States from the isthmus by using
the Central Americas as a catspuw. He
asserted that Minister Rodriguez had
come here to execute such a plan, and
that it was an open threat against Amer
lean control Of the canal. The debate
was very earnest and the letter made q
profound impression on the Senators. Sen
ator Villas declared that it struck a death
blow to the canal project proposed by the
pending bill. Earlier in the day the Sen
ate unexpectedly found itself discussing
the new Anglo-American treaty. The ex-
pressions were free and full from Messrs.
Sherman. Gray, Cullom, Lodge, Hoar and
others. The statements of these Senators
were uniformly favorable to the high
principle of the treaty. Shortly after the
session began Mr.. Turpie caused a prelim-
mary furry by criticising the reported
agreement between Mr. Olney and Mr..
Sherman, by which no action was to be
taken as to Cuba before March 4. Mr..
Sherman cmphatically denied that any
such agreement had been made. These
three incidents relating to current for
eign questions made the days session one
of the most eventful of the session. Fri
day was private bill day in the House, and
most of the time was consumed with small
bills. The House adjourned until Mon
day.
The Senate confined itself strictly to
business Saturday. passing large num-
Der of bills. including those for Il statue
of President Lincoln at Gettysburg. Pa. !;
appropriating $1,000 to pay one of the
old claims of the late John Roach for the
use of his shipyards and reclassifying the
railway postal service. A resolution by
Mr.. Morgan was agreed to requesting the
President for all correspondence on the
Nicaraguan Canal since 1887: also a reso-
luton by Mr.. Allen asking the attorney
general for information as to the re-
ported Pacific Railroad settlement be-
tween the executive authorities and the
Reorganization Committee of the road.
The bill to recassify the railway postal
clerks and prescribe their salaries fixes
the following classes and salaries: First
class, not exceeding $500; second class,
$500: third class, $1,000: fourth class,
81. 100; fifth class, 1900: sixth class. ST.
300; seventh class, HOO: eight class,
81 800; ninth class. $1,000; tenth class,
81 800. A bill was passed authorizing
a railroad bridge across the Illinois River
at point within five miles above Graf
ton. Ill. The House bill to prohibit the
sale of intoxicating drinks to Indians was
passed. The bill extends the present law
making it an offense to sell Indians any
article which may have an intoxicating
effect.
In the Senate Monday Mr.. Turpie, of
Indiana. characterized Capt. Gen. Wey-
Ter as the "Herod Of Havana. the muir
derer of women and children" and as an
''indescribably diminutive reptile" These
bitter words were incident to Mr.. Tur-
pies speech of two hours on the Cameron
Cuban resolutions. Mr.. Turpie frequent
~ turned aside from his argument to pay
a glowing tribute to the insurgent gov
eminent and it's leaders. After 3 o'clock
the day was devoted to eulogies on the
late ex-Speaker Charles +. Crisp. Early
in the day memorials were presented from
tho preS Lent iO1 eloctorS If della WA ro n CD
ing for a congressional investigation of
alleged fraud and political irregularities
in that State. After consuming most of
the day in disposing of District of Column
bia business the House took up the Indian
appropriation bill and made fair progress
with it before the hour for adjournment
was reached The bill carries S7.525. 791.
1896, 194 more than the current law and
$246, 265 more than the estimates. TWEEN
ty of the seventy pages of the bill were
disposed of. A bill was passed calling on
the War Department for an estimate of
the cost of a water route from Galveston
to Houston. Tex. Mr.. Johnston (Rep.)
of Indiana took advantage of the latitude
allowed in debate to read a speech in
favor of an early reform of the banking
and currency laws. Mr.. Curtis (Rep.) of
Kansas offered an amendment to the In
dian bill to permit merchants to 60 into
the KickapoO reservation in Kansas to
collect their accounts. 1t was explained
that this year for the first time merchants
had been excluded from this reservation.
The amendment was adopted
Sparks from the Wires.