The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-02-04
WORK oE CONGRESS.
What Our Senator. and Representative,
Are Doing at the National Canfe.,l

What Our Senators and Reprcsentatives
Are Doing at the National CapisoL
THE senate on the 23i passed over 100 pension
bills and cleared the calendar. bill for the
erection Of statue 10 President Lincoln At
gettysburg. Pa. and one for reclassifying the
railway postal service was also passed. Two
resolutions one asking the president for all
correspondence about the Nicaragua canal
since 1851 and the other asking the attorney
reneral for information about the reported Pa
cifc railroad settlement were agreed to =. The
house was not In session.
IN the senate on the 25th Senator Turpie
Ind) made speech OF two hours length on
the Cameron Cuban resolutions He bitterly
denounced Capt-Gen. weyler, characterizing
him as the "Herod OF Havana" and paid
glowing tribute 70 the insurgent government
ane it's leaders. Eulogies were then delivered
on the late Speaker Crisp and a memorial was
presented from the presidential electors OF
Delaware. asking for n congressional inyestiga-
tion OF alleged election frauds in that state eel.
After consuming most OF the day in District OF
Columbia business the house took up the In
dian appropriation bill. Mr. Curtis CKsn) got
an amendment adopted permitting merchants
to go into the Kickapoo reservation TO collect
their accounts. The conference report on the
immigration bill was presented and Mr.. John
son Qnd.) made a speech in favor Of the early
reform Of the banking and currency laws
IN the senate on the 26th Senator Turpie
0nd) closed his speech on the Cuban resolu-
tions, holding that Spain had utterly failed to
luell the outbreak. and that the United States
should intervene. The Wolcott bill for an in
ternational monetary conference was consid-
cred, but no final action taken. The Mic
aragua canal bill then debated. After
wards the amendments to the senate bill for
survey OF a water route from the mouth OF the
ietties Mt Galveston, Tex. to Houston, were
agreed TO and the bill finally passed. Tho
house passed over the presidents veto the bill
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the rate of s72 month. The Indian appropria-
tion bill was then considered bill also
passed to satisfy claim for keeping 30 African
slaves. landed at savannah. Ga in 1859, until
they were sent back TO their country.
THE senate on the 27th passed the military
academy appropriation bill after the defeat OF
the amendment for the participation Of the
West Point cadets in the Inauguration cere-
monies The Nicaragua canal bill was then
taken up and debated Senator Villas (Wis.)
made a motion to recommit the bill but the
senate adjourned before vote WAS taken 90.
The house, after a debate OF four hours. adopted
the conference report on the immigration bill
ny vote OF 1871 to IFS, Mr.. Bartholdt (Mo) speak,
ing against the report
THE bill for an international monetary con-
ference was debated in the senate on the 2Sth,
Senator Chandler IN. H. speaking in favor Of
It. Senator Stewart (Nev.) criticised the COM
mission as futile, but stated that he would not
oppose the measure. The Nicaragua canal bill
and the bankruptcy bill were before the senate
for a brief time, but no progress was made on
either OF them. Early'in the day lively de-
bate occurred over the resolution Of Senator
Allen Neb.) questioning the presidents right
to foreclose against the Pacific railroads. The
resolution went over for a speech by Senator
Thurston CNeh). number Of petitions urg-
| ing the speedy ratification Of the Anglo Ameri-
can peace treaty were received. Senator Pef-
fer Ohan.) stated that the sentiment in Kansas
appeared TO be strongly in favor Of the early
ratification Of the treaty. The appointment OF
William s. Forman, of Illinois, as commits
sioner OF internal revenue was confirmed
The house passed the Indian appropriation bill
and entered upon the consideration OF the agri-
cultural appropriation bill. The feature Of the
day was the scoring Mr.. De Almond (Mo) gave
the secretary of agriculture for the recent issue
Of pamphlet entitled The Farmers Interest
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