Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-01-14
WORK OF CONGRESS.
What Our Senators and Representatives
Are Doing at the National Capitol.

What Our Senator'S and Representatives
Are Doing at the National Capitol
WHEN the senate reassembled on the 5th.
AFTER the holiday recess. Senator Call Pia-) IN
troduced resolution requesting the president
to send to the senate all reports relating to the
conviction of Sanguilly. American citizen, in
Cuba, and also resolution directing the secre-
tary OF state to demand Sanguilly's release
Senator PETER made an address on his reSolu-
ton for national monetary commission The
homestead bill was then taken up, but went
over and. after passing the bill reducing the
cases in which the death penalty should apply
the senate adjourned 49, In the house most OF
the day was devoted TO the Loud bill to amend
the laws relating to second-class mail matter.
resolution was adopted, on motion OF Mr..
Broderick Okan-) asking the secretary of the
interior to report about certain Union Pacific
lands to which patents had not been issued. but
which had been sold to purchasers, and on
which the Topeka land ONCE was allowing en-
tries to be made.
In the senate on the 9th Senator Cullom Qll.)
reported adversely from the committee on for
eign relations the bill to grant 81. 500 to ex-
Consul Waller and the bill Indefinitely
postponed. resolution was adopted directing
the secretary of state to send to the senate any
information touching the recognition by the
president or secretary OF state OF any foreign
people OF power as an independent government
The house bills relating to timber culture and
authorizing brevets to army and navy officers
were passed. The free homes bill was then de-
bated, but final vote was not reached. -. The
house passed the Loud bill to amend the law
relating to second-class mail matter by vote
of IA to los. Mr.. Grosvenor (O) created
slight furry by his comments on the failure of
several departments to send information to the
house relative to the administration of the civil
service law.
THE senate on the 18th passed a number of
minor bills the calendar Progress was
made on the bill for free homesteads on Indian
lands, but final vote not reached. Sena-
tor Mills (Tex.) introduced joint resolution
declaring that the power of recognizing new
republic resides in congress. recognizing the
Cuban republic and appropriating $4,000 for
United States minister to the island. The bill
to give preference rights to settlers on lands in
Greer county, Ok, was passed Senator Sher-
man CO., sought to secure the passage OF a bill
to establish a uniform standard of grain and
cereals, but the bill went over on objection
After a brief executive session the senate adj
iourned to the 18th The Pacific railroad
funding bill was considered in the house. the
members manifeSting great deal of interest
in the measure. Mr. Powers (Vt) argued for
two hours in support of the bill Mr. Hubbard
(do.) spoke in opposition to it. Mr.. Van Horn
(Mo.) introduced a bill to regulate the erection
by railroads of bridges over navigable streams
THE senate was not in session on the Sth -.
The house debated the Union Pacific refunding
BILL Mr.. Johnson (Cal) creating sensation by
a v1tuperative attack on Editor Hearst, of the
the San Francisco Examiner and Mayor Sutro,
of that city, and saying that they were terror
izing Pacific coast members Mr.. Harrison
gave notice of a substitute that he will offer to
provide for a commission to consist of theSec-
rotary OF the treasury, the secretary of the in
terror and the encouragement to negotiate the
settlement OF the debt and at five O'Clock the
house adjourned.
THE senate was not in session on the 9th.
After brisk controversy in the house an order
made on the previous night for the arrest by
the sergeant-at-arms of all members absent
from the Friday evenings session, pension
night was vacated to the abstraction of over 200
members to whom the order of arrest applied.
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Sldered in a fragmentary manner, incidental to
fve-minute debate and was not productive
of any noticeable features, coming to a close at
five p. M, when the house adjourned.