The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1897-02-19
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bynopsis of Proceedings In the Senate and
| House.

bynopsis of Proceedings In the Senate and
House.
Washington. Feb. 13.-The senate yes
serday passed a resolution offered by
iiill Of New York requesting Secretary
Olney TO use every effort toward bet
tering the condition of Sylvester Scovei,
the newspaper correspondent impris-
oned in Cuba. and to insist on all treaty
rights to which he is entitled. Morgan
offered resolution for the abrogation
Of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. The bal
ance of the day was spent in executive
session, where Blackburn gave notice of
an intention to move the postponement
of the arbitration treaty; Hoar spoke in
favor of the treaty and Stewart made
an Anglophobic attack on 1t.
The house passed the postoffice APP
preparation bill, carrying $95.4S5,714.
Washington, Feb. 15.-Saturday the
senate passed a resolution authorizing
the secretary of the navy to send yes
sci, naval or otherwise, loaded with
supplies to the famine sufferers Of In
dia, others to furnish the supplies. In
executive session several amendments
were offered to the arbitration treaty,
the foreign affairs committee offering
one that practically requires a new
treaty every time dispute arises. The
treaty is probably dead for this session.
The house devoted the day to the sun
dry civil bill ostensibly but to politics
really, the Wilson and Mckinley bills
being defended and attacked. Demo-
Gratis declared that the appropriations
for this congress would aggregate ST.
O45, 100000. Cummings offered aresolution
asking information about the alleged
stripping Of their clothes by Spanish Off
Gals Of two ladies on board an Ameri-
can vessel in Havana harbor and Muir
ray another one for an inquiry as to
whether South Carolina has republic
an form of government.
Washington, Feb. 16-Shortly after
called up his resolution to abrogate the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty and started to
speak. Sherman made several points of
order, all of which was sustained by
Vice President Stevenson, when Morgan
accused Stevenson of ''victimizing" him,
an accusation that was warmly denied
by the vice president. Finally a vote
was taken and Morgan won-32 to 81.
The senate went into executive session
and Morgan made his speech. Upon re-
Stunning the open session a bill was
passed providing penalties for starting
forest fires on public lands; the bank
ruptcy bill was read; the conference re-
port on the legislative bill was agreed
to; twenty-four private pension bills
were passed.
In the house the sundry civil bill, car
rying S50,644, 74S, was passed under sus-
pension of the rules; Boatner was con-
firmed in his seat, contested by Benoit;
the conference report on the consular
and diplomatic bill was agreed to; the
bill authorizing the secretary Of the
navy to provide a ship to take contr!-
buttons to India was passed, as was the
bill to supply the national guard with
45-calber rifles and bill authorizing the
loan of tents to Buffalo for the c. A. r.
encampment. A night session was held
for private pensions and nine bills were
passed.
Washington, Feb. 17-After listening
to a long speech by Chandler in favor
of bimetallism as against monometal-
lism of any kind the senate held an
executive session and upon opening the
doors Hoar spoke in favor Of the bank
ruptcy bill. No business OF Importance
was done.
The house vacated the order for night
sessions to consider private pension bills
and took them up in the daytime, pass
ing thirty-nine. The presidents veto of
the pension for Nancy Allabach, widow
of a Pennsylvania volunteer, was sus-
tained-not two-thirds in favor of pass
ing it over the veto.