Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03
IN SPECIAL SESSION.

The Fifty-Fifth Congress Assemblies In Re-
Spouse to President MckinIey's Procla-
nation.
ruptcy bill was read at length and Senator Nell
SON (Minn-) offered a substitute, differing in q
number of particulars from the committee bill.
There debate the subject The
amended credentials of John w. Henderson,
appointed by the governor of Florida to Mr..
Calls seat, were referred to the elections COM
m1ttee- The senate then went into executive
sessions for two hours on the arbitration
treaty In the house the four days general
debate on the tariff bill was closed at night and
the fve-minute rule entered into force. MeSSrS.
Simpson and Curtis (E2an.) and DeArmond (Afo)
were among those who made speeches the
subject Mr. Callahan (Ok) introduced two
bills One is to authorize persons who have
made homestead entries in Oklahoma to COM
plete their entries of 100 acres, where they
were unable to do SO by reason of the fact that
their lands were surrounded by Indian allot-
ments The other is to enable the citizens
band of Pottawatomie Indians to obtain patent
to their lands
A BRIEF discussion of civil service rules
CURED in the senate on the Goth, Senator Gal
Hnger On H showing that the commission
quired applicants for typesetters to be able to
hop one foot for II feet A resolution was
adopted asking the president for Information
as to the death of two American sailors in
Cuba; also resolutions asking Attorney-Gen-
eral Mckenna for Information of any propo-
sition to sell the Union Pacific railroad
Among the bills introduced was imposing
a penalty on companies charging passengers
more than three cents a mile for transporting
them through the territory of the five civilized
tribes. Another bill authorized the president
to employ idle men in the construction of pub
lie works. The arbitration treaty taken
up in the executive session -. In the house the
tariff bill was thrown open for amendment
der the fve-minute rule, but during seven
hours of work only nine pages of the 1872 pages
OF the bill were disposed OF. All the amend
ments offered by the democrats were rejected.
THE senate was not in session on the 27th-.-.
The house worked on the tariff bill and, during
the discussion free hides, Mr.. Simpson
Qxan.) said that a duty hides would be OF
more importance to the farmer than all the
other duties in the agricultural schedule but
Mr.. Payne On. W insisted that imported hides
did not come into competition with American
hides, the former were used almost exclu-
sive1y for sole leather.
A RESOLUTION was agreed to in the senate
the Goth asking the secretary of the interior
for Information relating to Mr.. C1eveland,S
der esta bliShing forest reserves. Senator ALLEN
(Neb.) introduced resolution declaring that
tariff taxes neceSSarieS should not be laid SO
as to enrich class at the expense OF the
masses. The bill to prohibit the exhibition of
prize fight pictures reported favorably
from the judiciary committee and placed on the
calendar A joint resolution appropriatiEg
$3.50 900 for the immediate Improvement Of the
Mississippi passed The house had an
exciting incident over the debate the tariff.
against the irrelevant discussions with which
the time of the house being taken up and
20 times the irate Indianian was admoniShed to
take his seat by the presiding officer and finally
Speaker Reed had to be hurriedly summoned
to enable business to go Mr. Spaulding
(Mich.) introduced a joint resolution providing
for the annexation of Hawaii and making it
into state. The senate resolution appropri-
ating money for the Miss issippi river
amended and passed.