The Bourbon news., 1897-02-19
FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
second session.

ing an aggregate of S, ,695, ,3O8 was passed after
some caustic remarks by Mr. Morgan (dem-.
Ala) on an item of 80, 900 for minister plen-
ipotentiary to the states Of Nicaragua. Costa
Rica and Salvador. An agreement was
reached to have the vote on the conferences
report 50 the immigration bill taken at p m
next Wednesday. At 1880 the senate went in
to executive session on the arbitration treaty
and continued to sit with closed doors till 4:45
when it adjourned.
HOUSE-A displaced semi-colon in the bill
providing for the refunding of the bonded in
debtedness of the several territories was the
innocent cause of wholly unexpected debate
on the monetary question in the house Thurs
day. lasting two or three hours At Mr. knoxs
suggestion the semi-colon was replaced by a
comma. On Mr.. McMillan's suggestion the
bonds, other than the Arizona gold bonds
named were made payable in the lawful
money of the United States and the bill was
then passed The sundry civil appropriation
bill for the year ending June 90 1898. was re-
ported by Mr.. Cameron and pl iced on tne
calendar.
WASHINGTON Feb 13-SENATE-A joint
resolution was introduced Friday. declaring
the Clay Bulwer treaty of April 10. $50.
abrogated. The joint resolution went over
till Saturday, Mr. Morgan announcing his
purpose of then addressing the senate upon it,
The question of the right of the congress to
recall from the president sent to nim
for his approval Except to correct
du III SuSEOSSLlCut VI en-
rollmenD came up again Friday. and
! was under a resolution offered By Mr.. Hill
(dem., N W. referred to the judiciary COM
mittee for examination and rerOrt.
HOUSE-The day devoted to the con-
sideration CT the post cfice appr opriat!on bill
An effort to strike out tie provision FOR spe-
cial mail facilities between Boston and New
Orleans was defeated, but IN amendment to
the section was agreed to making this service
operative between New York and New Or
leans. This allowed q reduction Of
about S25 900 in this appropriation,
leaving it at SI71,2 ,298 One or two amendments
of minor Importance were agreed TO and the
bill passed. The sundry civil appropriation
bill was taken UP and its first reading begun
The house adjourned until SATURDAY.. doing
away with the usual Friday night session
WASHINGTON. FEB l5.-SENATE-Tne dis
! cussion of the arbitration treaty in the ex-
| ecutiVe session SATURDAY. took the course OF a
constitutional debate 1t wis precipita5ed oy
| the presentation of an amendment by SENATOR
! Turpie, of Indiana. to the first article Of the
| treaty, providing that all questions TO SUBJ
mitted to arbitration must be considered and.
| proposed by the tceatr-making power. the
! president and the senate After long debate
| the amendment was voted down Adjourned
| until Monday.
| HoUsE-Rep preventative Cummings, OF New
! York, has introduced L resolution requesting
| the secretary of st tie 20 give the house OF
representatives any inform itiOn ne may nave
concerning the incident OF the stripping OF
/ three lady passengers on board the United
! States mail steamer Olivette, IN the harbor Of
Havana. by Spanish soldiers and detectives.
| The resolution recites that the alleged occur-i
! renee was desert bed in New York paper.
| The resolution referred to the committee
| on foreign affairs, and report is expected il
! few days.
! the bankruptcy bill came up as the unfn-l
| ished business. The senate substitute for thet
| bill was read in full and substitute for the
! 16 sections offered by Neison(rep, Mimi.
1t was not read The bill was then laid aside
| A conference report on the senate bill to pro-
! vide time and places for holding terms Of thel
| United States courts in Utah presented
and agreed to. The house amendments
were concurred in conferences
report the legislative. executive and
| judicial appropriation bill was presented and
| agreed to. E~S
| HoUsE-The sundry civil bill was passed.
Monday. Senate amendments to the agricul-
| tural appropriation bill were non-concurred
in and sent to conference. Bills passed: To:
supply the national guards of the various
states and territories with modern SPRING.
field rifles of 45 caliber in exchange for their
present rifles; extending the time for the
completion of the St Paul. Minnesota and
| Manitoba railway in Minnesota; senate resolu-
tion authorizing the secretary OF the navy to-
furnish naval or other ship to transport to-
|
states for the relief OF the starving poor of
that country. The bill to provide for the ad-'
juStment OF claims of the United States.
against the state of Tennessee and the claims
of the state of TenneSse5 against the United
States was defeated-yeas So nays A. two
thirds being necessary to pass the bill
WAsHINGToN. Feb H-SENATE-Senator
Chandler rep. n. H } spoke for three hours
Tuesday in support of his resolution declar-
ing it to be the sense of the senate that the
| United States should not permanently acQui-
eSce in the single gold standard. The bank
ruptcy bill was taken up and Mr. Hoar (rep.
! Mass }. chairman OF the judiciary committee.
pleaded for it in a half hours speech. No ac-
tion was taken, and the senate at $50 p m
adjourned.
HOUsE-A number OF house bills granting
pensions, which had been amended in the
senate, were laid before the house and the
amendments agreed to- A bill was passed
upon recommendation OF the committee on
patents, regulating and making uniform tn q
jurisdiction of circuit courts OF the United
States in cases of infringement of letters pat
ent The rest of the day was spent in cousid-
Grafton of private pension bills, aboat % OF
them being passed
WASHINGTON. Feb. I8-SENATE-After a
four hours debate in the senate Wednesday
the conference report on the bill to amend the
i'm migration laws was agreed to by q vote OF
"a to 81 AS the report had been agreed to in
the house. the bill modified in conference
now goes to the president 1t adds to the
classes of excluded aliens all persons over 10
years OF age, who can not read the English
language, some other language ex-
cept that admissible immigrants may bring
with them, or send for, illiteraJe parents
or grand parents lover so years OF age). wives
and minor children. 1t also prohibits from
employment on public works aliens who como
regularly or habitually into the United States
for the purpose Of engaging in any mechanical
| tPq6 mn apt19l 1-hn md hn h1u Of
made declaration o. intention TO become
American citizens The secretary Of the treas
ury. however, may permit the entrance OF
aliens for the purpose of teaching new arts or
industries And the act is not to apply TO per-
sons coming here from Cuba during the con-
tinuance Of the present disorders there
HOUsE-By very decisive vote of 96 to q
the house Wednesday affirmed it's intention to
abide by the policy of limiting pensions for
widows of general officers TO $50 month and
grading from that sum down for widows or
officers of lower rank The conference re-
port the legislative. executive and