The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03
NATIONAL LAWMAKERS.
Condensed Proceedings from Day to Dag
of the House and Senate.

of the House and senate.
THE senate on the g2d listened to the reading
OF washington's farewell address by Senator
Daniel (va.) and then took up the Indian APP
preparation bill The clause directing tempo
rary contracts for seetarian schools was agreed
TO. o provision being added that IL was the set
tied policy OF the government hereafter TO
make no appropriations whatever for the sup
port of sectarian schools. The house passed
the general deficiency appropriation bill after
a long debate over the item Of t1,1oOW Tor the
payment Of the claim OF the Southern Pacific
railroad the house refusing to strike IL out
warm discussion was also raised for an appro-
d ration to pay members who had their salaries
locked for absence during the last congress.
but the members who wanted the appropriation
were beaten by fss to % The naval bill was
then taken up and 10 Of the ~ pages were CON-
pleted.
THE senate on the 23l disposed Of only one
item of the Indian bill, that directing the open
ing Of the uhcomPahgre Indian reservation In
Utah. Several senators sharply criticised the
presidents recent order withdrawing from the
public domain some 81 coo. 900 acres OF land for
forest reservations A resolution by Senator
Mills TEX was adopted asking the president
for information as to the death Of DIR. Ruiz, In
Cuba. Senator Morrill, Vt) announced that
he would soon deliver Cuban speech The
house during debate over the bill to permit
the governors Of territories to appoint certain
officers without the consent Of the legislative
councils got into political discussion on the
subject OF civil service reform. Mr.. Bailey tTexD
saying that on March there would be 3O,Uc
republican office-seekers and 5000 Offices Mr..
Grosvenor (O) ridiculed civil service reform
and predicted that the tide was rising which
would sweep the law out Of existence and give
the young men q chance. Mr. Brosius PAL de-
MED that the law was antagonistic to young
men and that the merit law gave them chance
to aspire TO Office without begging at the feet
of bosses, The naval bill was afterwards
passed with little opposition.
IN the senate on the 2ith Senator Morgas
(Ala.) introduced o resolution from the COM
mittee on foreign relations calling for the i'm.
mediate release OF Julio Sanguilly. imprisoned
in Havana. Senator Allen (Neb) introduced
resolution calling on the president to send bat
tleships to Cuba and effectively protect An1eri'
can prisoners there. Senator Hill On. W in
troduced a resolution calling on the secretary
of state for all correspondence with Consul
General Lee relative to Americans imprisoned
In Cuba. The indian bill was then taken up,
but so little progress was made on 1T that sem
ator Allison Ua) warned the senators that the
status of appropriation bills was most danger
Gus and it was agreed that the senate should
sit from now on until midnight The feature
of the house was the ovation given TO William
J. Bryan, who appeared on the floor, the con.
fusion being so great that Speaker Reed was
forced to call for order. Most OF the day was
devoted to District of Columbia business The
conference report on the bill to define the
rights of the purchasers OF the Atlantic s. Pa
cihc railroad under the foreclosure sale was
adopted
THE senate on the a5th INDUCED in an excit-
ing debate over the Cuban resolutions intro
duced the previous day Senator Allen (Neb.)
severely arragned Spain for cruelties against
women and children. Senator Morgan (Ala)
followed in speech reciting the breach OF
treaty rights in Julio Sanguilly's case, and Sen
ator Daniel (Va) spoke Of the outrageS to
American citizens and insults to American on
Gals committed by Spaniards in Cuba The
gallery several times applanded and the vice
president was powerless to restrain It No
final action was taken on the resolutions AT
the evening session the Indian bill was taken
up. e.. In the house Mr.. Suzer On. W intro
duced bill declaring war between Spain and
the United States and for issuing letters of
marque to armed vessels of the United States
against Spanish vessels The conference re-
port on the bill to amend the act for the repeal
Of the timber culture laws, so as to permit set
Tiers on the Sioux reservation in South Dakota
to commute their entries and receive title upon
paying II per acre, and the conference report
On the agricultural appropriation bill were
agreed to.
THE senate on the Goth gave little evidence
Of the excitement over the Cuban resolutions
Of the day before. Senator Frye (Me.) said at
the outset that as Julio Sanguilly hal been
pardoned by the queen regent Of Spain it was
useless to waste any more powder on tie case
and the resolution went to the calendar. Sem
ator Morgan (Ala) secured the adoption OF an
other resolution, calling for information as to
the Imprisonment of George Washington
Aguirre. A resolution by Senator Cab FLA,
calling on the president for information on the
death of DR.. Ruiz in Cuba, went over. senator
Quay Pa.) endeavored to get the bill for COM
mission to investigate labor problems taken up,
but objection was made. The Indian appro-
priation bill was then discussed and at 80 p.
N. passed -. In the house the senate iuterna-
tional monetary conference bill was passed by
o vote of 279 to g. The bill to provide for the
arbitration of differences between the carriers
Of interstate commerce and their employees and
the bill to prevent the importation OF impure
tea were also passed.