The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-01-29
FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS
SECOND Session.

Onduuier rep, N H. anu was reIefreu H
the committee privileges and elections 1
Thursday a certificate of election was pre-. +
sented by the same senator, and 4 was
similarly referred, to the effect thai
Mr.. John Edward Addicks has beer
legally elected to the vacant seat in the
senate from the state of Delaware An I'M
successful attempt was made by Mr. Hill
dem, N. W, backed by Mr.. Chandler, to have
bill considered and passed fixing the tern
of office of all postmasters at four years.
HoUSE-After 1875 members Of the house o.
representatives, including SO republicans, nae
voted in accordance with the recommendation
OF the majority of the committee on election,
No g. that Mr. Tucker (dem,) was entitled tt
retain his, seat as a mem Der of the Fifty
fourth congress from the Tenth Virginia dis
trict which was contested by Mr. Yost (rep)
two hours were spent in making the vote ef
fective and finally settling the matter. The
case had been discussed from noon until An
o'clock The resolution declaring Tucker en-
tilted to the seat was adopted at $50 O'CLOCK
by vote of 119 to AZ. ii members being pres
emit and not voting. The result was clinched
by the adoption of the usual formal motion tG
reconsider the vote and to Law that motion on
the table and the house then adjourned. =
WASHINGTON. Jan. 23.-SENATE Senator
Turpie gave notice that he would call up the
Cameron res solution recognizing the republic
of Cuba on Monday. In an informal way the
arbitration treaty was discussed for some
time, when the whole debate was declared out
of order After this there was lull of some
20 minutes in the proceedings during which
the military academy appropriation bill was
under consideration, its passage being i'm
peded by a proposition to have the West Point
cadets participate in the inauguration pa
rade. Before th-t knot had been disentan-.
gled the morning hour expired and the Mica
ragua canal bill was taken up as the
unfinished business
-Erid h
there was little of public interest done in the
house. Mr.. Cooper (dem Tex called up ane
the house passed over the presidents veto the
bill to establish a new division of the eastern
judicial district Of Texas. The feature of the
debate on this matter was caustic criticism
by Mr.. Grosvenor rep o. upon the execu'
tiv order which denied senators and repre-
sentativeS access to the president except
through the private secretary Of the presi'
dent At five o'clock the house took the usua
recess for the consideration of private pension
bills. Ten pension bills were passed at the
night session and the house adjourned until
Monday.
WASHINGTON, Jan % -SENATE-The senate
confined itself strictly to business Saturday,
passing large number Of bills. includin
those for 4 statue of President Lincoln al
Gettysburg. P. pnropriating $500, 900 te
paw one of the Oh Gains Of the late Johr
Roach for use OF his ship yards, and re-
classifying the railway postal service. Over
100 private pension bills were passed
during the dav, thus clearing the cal.
endar. A resolution by Mr. Morgan was
agreed to requesting the president for all cor
respondence on the Nicaragua canal since
1887 also resolution by Mr.. Allen asking the
attorney general for information as to the re-
ported Pacific railroad settlement between the
executive authorities and the reorganization
committee OF the road.
HOUSE-Not in session.
WASHINGTON Jan 70 -SENATE-A bill pro.
viding TINT no person shall be tried in
United States cou : for acts in aid Of the re-
public of Cuba was introduced by Mr. Chand-
Ter and was referred to the judiciary commit
tee And then. in pursuance of previous no.
tice, Mr. Turpie (dem., Ind) addressed the
senate in long constitutional argum It to
provide that the primary and paramount pow
er to reorg 'nize new state is vested, not il
the president Of the United States
but in congress under that clause
of the constitution which declares
that congress shall have power to regulate
commerce-that is, according to Mr.. Turpie
intercourse with foreign states He spoke foI
two hours and half and had not concluded
when the hour fixed for eulogies on ex-Speak-
er Crisp. of Georgia arrived.
HoUsE-The house, onday. disposed of
lot Of miscellaneous business and toward the
close of the session entered upon the considera-
tion of the Indian appropriation bill, In the
time allotted to general debate on the meas
ure, Mr.. Johnson (rep. Ind) gave to the house
at length his views upon the necessity for
evision of the banking and currency laws.
After disposing of about quarter of the text
Of the bill, which includes about 80 printed
pages, the house, at 81 10 O'Clock adjourned un-
Til Tuesday.
W WASHINGTON, Jan. 2Z-SENATE-SenatoI
Turpie Tuesday concluded his address favor
ing the recognition of Cuba The remainder
of ne wa nv Mr.
Daniel dem, Va.) in a speech against the
Nicaragua canal bill as being " in fraud of the
contract. At 5:45 M, the senate adjourned
until Wednesday.
HoUSE-A Dill to restore jonathan Scott,
veteran Of the Fifth Iowa cavalry to the pen
sion roll, from which he was dropped by the
bureau in 1894. at the rate of S72 month for
total blindness, failed to receive Mr. Cleve-
lands approval Upon recommendation OF
the committee on invalid pensions the house.
by vote of 137 to 50 passed the bill over the
veto.
tary academy appropriation bill was passed
in the senate Wednesday, after long and
somewhat amusing controversy over one
amendment providing for the attendance of
the West Point cadets at the inauguration
parade The amendment was rejected, yeas,
90 nays, % and the bill was passed II ap-
propriates S479.57! or $1,000 more than the bill
as it passed the house. This 5000 is for the
pure base Of the Maxim semi-automatic five
FOUNDER quick firing gun The memorial of II.
A. Dupont. of Delaw. re- in which he asserts
that his claim to seat in the senate was de-
feated last session through 4 miscOunt, or
through mistake about pairs, was presented
by Mr. Chandler (rep. N. H. and was referred
to the committee on privileges and elections.
The Nicaragua canal bill was taken up 1t
gave rise to quite spirited deblte in the
course of which MI. Sherman suggested that
although he would vote for the bill in any
form presented. that it would be better to let
it lie over until next session and intimated
that he would favor, the negotiation of a new
treaty nthe lines of the Frelinghuisen. Sc
vala treaty. A motion to recommit the bill
was made by Mr.. Villas, dem Wis., and was
pending when the senate at 4:45 adjourned un-
til tomorrow.
HoUsE-By vote Of 131 to l1S the house
Wednesday agreed to the conference report
on the immigration bin, which embodied sub
stantially new measure, being different in
some respects from either the sem
ate or house bill Speeches in IA
vor Of the report made by Messrs. Teanford
(rep, o., who presented it from the confer
ees: c. S. Stone (rep, Pa). Johnson rep,
Ind.), Corliss (rep, Mich.), Morse (rep.