The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-03-04
! CONGRESSIONAL.
LAST DAYS OF THE FIFTY
FOURTH CONGRESS.
C1bo and the Appropriatloa Ails Shat
Out An Other work n the Donate
House Passes Anti- Ticket Scalper 8iM
sunday 8eseloa.

sunday sessios.
Feb 2a-The usual Sunday quiet of the
capitol bui ding was disturbed by 4 session
VI .ue senate. made necessary to pass APP
PUPr,ation bills Large crowds hlled tue
SSees and overlooked to the corrioots.
nue attendance of Senator's was even greater
.u~n tnat through the week. the absences,
tnan those out of town or SICK nun
O-In 6 twelve The venerable figures OF inc
e.a.e-Morrill, Hcar, Sherman Morgan
anu falmer-were among those present
.U.e on the sugar bounty amendment was
.'Aeh as soon as the session opened and IL
was agreed to, 81 to II. The amendment.
eppropriates 81 OS5. 156 for the balance OF
oounues earned from August. 1894, toJune.
1880. The river and harbOr items next
were considered. most OF the committee
amendments being agreed 10 as reported.
An amendment to the river and harbor bill
was unanimously adopted multiplying the
PRESIDENTS order Withdrawing from the
pubic domain q. OOO.hOO acres of land in
wyoming. Utah. Colorado. Montana. Wash
lngton Idaho and South Dakota as forest
reserves.
27-The Senate turned from thestirring
tneme OF Cuba to the commonplace appr"-
priatiOn bills giving the entire day to the
postofnce bill There was L somewhat SEN
satiOnal diversion when Mr.. Dubois of Idaho
made statement warning his FORMER he
publican associates that they could not con.
troll the next Senate and that the silver Rec
pubiicans would never Cooperate with
them while they chung to the single gold
standard The Senate held i long night
session, which continued until $50 Sunday
morning. The pOStoffice bill was passed.
The sundry civil bill was then taken up and
an agreement was made to take recess
from 2:3O to o'clock Sunday afternoon.
The anti-scalper bill passed the House by
the vote of 142 to 81. after I FIVE hours de-
bate Under its provisions only authorized
agents can sell railroad tickets. The House
non-concurred in the Senate amendments
to the Indian appropriation bill and it was
sent to conference.
Feb 26-After the dramatic Cuban debate
in the Senate Yesterday. .he discussion to-
day was comparatively spiritless. The In
dian bill was considered up to p m. when
for three hours general discussion of the
Sanguilly case and tho effect Of The pardon
occurred. Mr.. Frye said At the outset
that the Sanguilly resolution should be
retired, as it was useless to waste
powder in making a noise. M. Morgan Sc
cured the adoption of anoth.r resolution,
calling for information as - the imprison-
ment of George Washington Asrirre. He
also reviewed the Sanguilly case. declaring
that the action of the Senate yesterday had
warned Spain against collision with the
Uni: ed States. and HAD moved the queen To-
the unusual expedient Of pardon by cable.
The Senator severely criticised the presi-
dent and the secretary of state COR alleged
inactiOn in this case.
The House passed the Senate information
al monetary conference bill Despite the
seeming wide divergence of views on the
money question. the bill was passed, after u
lively debate of two hours. by vote of 279
to 8 1t was supported alike by Republicans.
silver Republicans. gold Democrats and
silver Democrats The silver Democrats
and silver Re pub!icans disclaimed any faith
in this attempt to secure bimetIilism, but
they expressed themselves as willing ana
anxious to have the test made
Feb. 25-Thc Senate was storm swpct
to-day by such passionate debate such ex-
demonstrations III the crowded
galleries and such dramatic personal ex-
changes between the conspicuous figures of
the Senate as to make che day one OF the
most memora able in the annals of the upper
branch of Congress. Cuba was the theme.
and seemed to stir ali the pcnt mp
emotions of mouths The debate was
on 4 resolution demanding the re-
lease of Julio Sanguilly. held in a
Havana prison. Secretary Olncv asked that
no action be taken He had advised San
gully to Withdrew his appeal from his SEN
tence and accept a pardon The senate
committee objected Oh the ground that
such action would be equi ralent to plea of
guilty and wOulI bar any claim for DAM
ages by Sanguiliy. The resolution was re-
ported over Olney's protest. During the
dav. while the debate was proceeding. Il
message was received stating that San
guilly'S counsel had withdrawn the appeal.
Later Spanish Minister De LONE received L
dispatch frorn Madrid stating that the
Queen regent had signed Sancuili;'S par
do1. The resolution finally went over with
out action
In the House all the appropriation bills
have been sent 10 The Senate. Final action
was mad on both ne agricultural ana army
bills and bill was passed to clothe post
office inspectors with the power OF United
States marshalS in the matter of making
arrests Quite unexpectedly. the banking
and currency committee brought forward
the bill to authorize rational banks to take
out circulation 20 the par value of the bonds
deposited. and i; ptsscd-liI to 40 y reso-
luton was unanimously adopted requesting
the President 20 transmit To the House all
correspondence Oh :i!c III the state depart
ment relative to the in: pri,o;:'nent OF Amer
.can prisoners in CG:l.
Feb 24-Attenticn was recalled to the Gu
ban question in the senate by the prescn:a-
ton of three resolutions or that aubject
One of these came by unanimous vote from,
called for the immedia:. unconditional re-
lease of Julio Sanguilly. held in Havana.
Another resolution by NJ. Allen cslls on the
President to protect American citizens in
Cuba. and for that purpose 10 send battle
ships to Cuban waters Both went over
until tomorrow. third resolution by NJ.
Hill was agreed to requesting the secretary
of state for all correspondence with Consul
General Lee relative To Americans impriS-
oned in Cuba. The yes. Of the day va. de-
voted to the Indian appropriation bill which
was not completed.
The feature OF the session Of the House
was the appearance of william J. Bry an,
late POpulist candidate for President. on
the floor. He had come IL the city TO attend
a dinner given in his honor by John X Nc
Lean of the Cincinnati Enquirer. and as An
ex-member was entitled to :he u. viiegcs OF
the floor. He WAS warmly welcomed by
Democrats and Repn biica:'s alike. Most Of
The day ~as devoted TO Distri,: ~: Columbia
business
The Dlspansary sSsscms Fzvoeesl.
TOPEKA, Kan.. Ma-ci, 1.-The senate