Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-01-13
CONGRESSIONAL.

Jan. 5.-Senate passed House hill abolish
| ing the death penalty except in followine Q
| cases; treason, criminal assault murder
| and two offenses applicable to the army and
| navy. In all other offenses hard labor for
| life is substituted as maximum punishment
| Mr.. Call (Dem.) of Florida introduced reso-
| lutions calling for information as to the
condemnation of Julio Sanguily at Havana
70 life Imprisonment, and also directing the
secretary of state to demand Sanguily's i'm
| mediate release. Mr.. PETER Pop) of Kan
sas delivered speech in support of his res
! olutfon for a national monetary commission.
| The House discussed the Loud bill to
| amend the laws relating to second class
mail matter all day. Mr.. Loud the author
OF the bill, led the debate, and Mr. Quigg led
the opposition.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-The Oklahoma free
homestead bill was debated vigorously in
| the Senate for two hours. Senator Petit
| grew of South Dakota, chairman of the
committee on Indian affairs, and Senator
carter OF Montana, were it's especial cham
plons MI Call made his promised speech
on his resolution concerning the condemna-
ton of Julio Sanguily at Havana At the
close OF Mr. Calls speech the Senate agreed
10 MS resolution asking the secretary of
state for all the correspondence in the case
of Julio Sanguily.
The Senate then went into executive ses-
sion.
Tne Loud second class mail matter bill
passed the House by the vote of LA to 1O5
II amends the laws relating to second class
mail matter as principally to deny to
newspapers the sample copy privilege and
oenY TO books sent through the mail as seri-
as the newspaper pound rates
Jan. latter a number of unimportant
Dllls had been disposed of progress was
made on the bill for free homesteads on In
olan lands, but a final vote was not reached
Mr. Platt opposed the bill in lengthy
speech, pointing out that it would cost the
government loss of many millions 1t was
disclosed during the day that Representa-
tIVe-elect Edward F. Robbins was the author
OF the letters from Havana read in the
senate by Mr.. Call The other Cuban de-
Velopment Of the day was Joint resolution
onered by Mr.. Mills, Democrat of Texas. de-
clarlng that the power of recognizing a new
republic resides in Congress-; recognizing
the independence of Cuba and appropriat-
ing SlOOOO Tor United States minister 10
the republic of Cuba. Mr.. Mills will speak
ON the resolution next Monday. Mr.. Sher-
man OF Ohio sought to secure the passage of
Dill dfrec ting the secretary of agricultur e
10 establish uniform standard of grain
and all classes of cereals, to be known as the
United States standard, but there was sharp
opposition and the bill went over.
Inc mousse begun general debate on the
Pacific railroad funding bill There we're
only four speakers-Mr. Powers, Republican
OF Vermont, the chairman of the Pacific
exhaustive two hours argument in support
OF the bill, Mr. Hubbard, Republican, of
missouri, the minority member of the COM
mlttee, who has charge of the opposition,
and Messrs. Grow, Republican, of Pennsyl-
van1a and Bell, Democrat, of Texas, who
spoke respectfully for and against the
measure.
Jan. 9.-The Pacific railroad refunding
debate was continued all day in the House
Johnson, Republican, of California the ONLY
member of the delegation in favor of the
Dill, made bitter personal attack on Editor
Hearst of the San Francisco Examiner, and
Mayor Sutro. Mr.. Cooper of Wisconsin said
II was the most disgraceful attack in the
legislative annals of the United States The
other speakers were: Patterson, Democrat
OF Tennessee; Arnold, Republican, of Penn
sylvania, and Hepburn, Republican, of 10y a.
in favor of the measure; and Messrs. Har-
rlSon, Democrat, of Alabama; Boatner
Democrat of Louisiana; Swanson. Demo-
crat of Virginia. Mccall, Rpublican, of Mas
sachusetts; Wheeler, Democrat of Ala
bama; Cooper, Republican, of Wisconsin:
Shafroth, Republican, of Colorado; Bell.
Populist, of Colorado, and Parker, Repub-
hcan, of New Jersey, against it