Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-02-04

ANE T.S<iJN.ii y &. ~ y.
Washington, Jan. 25.-Senator Iur-
pie (dem.. Ind. y occupied most OF The
DAYS session OF the upper house OF
congress in his speech III favor Of ,hs
Cameron Cuban resolutions. Al
o'clock he yielded for the special or
der eulogies on the late eN-Speake1
Crisp. The tributes were heartfelt an'
impressive. Memorials We're present
ed from the presidential electors o.
Delaware asking for a CONGRESSIONAL IN
yesJigation of the alleged fraud ana
political irregularities IN that sIaNs
Mr.. Chandler rep, \. H. pFeseh'eu
a bill providing that no person sn""
he tried in he courts OF the lnllSd
States for acts i'll aid Of the repuAIc OF
Cuha. Mr.. Allen (rop., Neo.) intro
duced a bin making pooling by railroad
companies misdemeanor under the
act Of 1890 relative 10 unlawful re-
straints and monopolies
After consuming most OF the time
in disposing of District OF CO.
lumbia business the house took up lhe
Indian appropriation bin and made
fair progress with il before the hour for
adjournment was reached.
Washington. Jan. 26.-Today Mr..
Turpie tdem,, Ind) closed his speech
on the Cuban Cameron resolu-
ton. urging that Spain had utterly
failed to quell the outbreak and the.
United States should intervene.
The Wolcott bill for an international
monetary conference was considered
for the first time Messrs. White
dem, CALI, Cannon (rep., Utah ana
Daniels dem, Va.) urged that CON
ference would be futile and was not
intended as a serious movement TO-
ward bimetallism Mr.. Stewart lpop,
New offered an amendment proV'oihs
that in case the conference failed, the
secretary Of the treasury shall wlthln
thirty DAYS begin free and unlimited
coinage of both gold and silver. NO
final action on the bill was taken
The Nicaragua canal debate was re-
sumed, Mr.. Daniels speaking against
the measure, Mr.. Morgan dem, Ala)
submitted letter from president
Hitchcock of the canal company reply
ing to the recent letter OF Minister
Rodriguez. Mr.. Morgan also oHerea
an amendment designed to meet the
objections presented by Rodriguez.
In presenting a remonstrance against
a bill. said to restore the practice OF
Hosging on vessels, Mr.. Frye rep. Me-
said that there was no measure pend
ing which, any way restored hoSslns'
hut on the contrary the bill referred
to gave greater security than ever be-
fore 70 sailors against brutality on
shipboard.
Washington. Jan. 26,-The lower
house OVERRIDE another OF the pres
ident's pension vetoes by vote OF l3'
TO 50. The bill pensions Jonathan
Scott of the sixth Iowa cavalry VINO IS
now living at Oswego, Kas., at the
rate OF ST. per month. Cleveland
vetoed it on the ground that the DIS
ability for which the beneficiary was
pensioned was not contracted in SER
vice
The rest of the day was devoted to
a continuation of the debate on the IN
dian bill. Mr.. Hartman rep, Mont)
offered an amendment which produced
a howl of laughter, recalling as 1t olo
the recent exposures in connection with
The Seeley dinner in New York. 1t
provided for AN appropriation oil 81
900 900 600 for the education and civil
iZation of the "Seeley savages of Man
haitian reservation" The amendment
was ruled out on the point OF order
that it was new legation"
Washington, Jan, 27.-The house
adopted the conference report OF the
immigration bill by a vote of 13l TIC
118
Washington. Jan. PA crisis in
the debate on the Nicaraguan canal bill
was reached in the senate. II
brought an energetic statement
from Senator Sherman in which
is foresnadowed a new treaty by which
The United States could build the canal
without the INTERPRETATION of private
concession. The senator declared that
the government execution Of the
project was the only feasible one and
that all private efforts in that direction
had proved failures Senator Villas
dem. Wis., followed with a motion
10 recommit the canal bill to the COM
mittee on foreign relations; a step
which Mr. Morgan dem, Alal charac
terized as an insult The motion was
changed to make the recommttal to
a special committee of which Senator
Morgan is to be chairman. The sem
ate adjourned before a vote was taken