The Holly chieftain., 1897-03-26
in SPECIAL SESSION.
rhe Ftfty-Fifth Congress Assemblesln Re-
sponse to President McISinley's Procia-
& nation.

fhe F1fty-Fifth Congress Assemblies In Ro-
sponae to President Mckinley's Procla-
nation.
A LARGE number Of bills were introduced in
The senate on the 18th. Senator GaliinRer IN.
IL } propoSed mn amendment to the constitution
prohibiting legislation on behalf OF any reli-
gious denomination. Senator Turpie QntL)
gave notice of u speech on the election OF sena-
tors by popular vote and introduced resolu-
tton proposing an amendment TO the constitu-
ston for The purpose. Senator Gear
(Ia) made u report from the COM
the bill for an adjustment OF the Pacific rail-
road debt by commission consisting of the
secretaries Of the treasury and the interior and
the attorney-generaL The senate then went
into executive session for m hour md after
wards adjourned. =. In the house Mr.. Hender-
son ua) announced that the ways and means
committee was not ready to report the tarin bin
and an adjournment was takon the house only
being in session for Is minutes. which was taken
up In reading the Journal
In the senate on the 10th resolution for tho
preparation OF u comparative statement on rev.
enue questions was agreed to. A resolution by
Senator Pettierew Is d. for committee Of
nve senator's to look into Pacific railroad qucs-
tions was referred. Several nominations were
confirmed. amongst them being John Hay to be
ambassador to Great Britain and Horace Porter
to he ambassador to France, IA special order
was uuopteu III inc mousse tnut nlgnG sessions
should be held on the tarin bill and that the
measure should be passed on March 81. The
sundry civil bill was then taken up, 20 minutes
being allowed for debate on either side, and
finally passed Ncxt came the general def
siency bill and. after the 40 minutes allowed
Tor debate had expired, that, too, was passed
and the house adjourned The sundry civil bill
carried 1914 1851 and the general deficiency
bill Is. .l85, ,2lL
IN the senate on the Goth Senator Vest (Afo)
introduced bills fixing the salaries of the
United States marshals and court clerks Of
Kansas, Missouri. Oklahoma and the Indian
territory 80. The house passed the Indian np-
preparation bill 1t carries ss5 900 for the ex-
pcnses of the Dawes commission md not only
| extinguishes the tribal courts. but gives the
president veto power over the acts of their
council Mr.. Maxwell tNeb) introduced n bill
Tor a beet sugar bounty.
THE Anglo-American arbitration treaty was
| Advanced considerably in the senate on the
I'd. nll the amendments recommended by
the committee on foreign relations be-
Ing agreed to. The four appropriation bills
the agricultural, the sundry civil, the Indian
and the general deiciency-wh failed in the
| last congress, were received from the house and
| referred to the appropriations committee A
| resolution was agreed to calling on the prcsi-
lent for all correspondence relating to the i'm
prisonment and death of DIR. Ruiz in Cuba. The
| nomination OF Powell Clay ton. of Arkansas, to
be minister to Mexico. was confirmed US were
| several other nominations. -. Two hours were
spent in the house In having the tariff bill read,
| after which Mr.. Dingley. tho chairman Of the
| ways md means committee, opened in an hours
speech for the republicans. Mr.. Wheeler (Ala.)
| then spoke on bshalf Of the democrats and
| afterwards Mr.. Bell Coli took tho floor on be-
half of the populist party Mr.. Bailey (Tcx.) }
presented the minority report on the tariff bill