Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-02-04
FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS-
Second session.


NANHiNGTuN Jan d -NENATE-N biz pro.
Vidins tn { no person shall be tried in 9
United States court for acts ia and OF tho re-
pun lc "i I uta VS. introduced b. Mr. Jhaud-
Ter AMI WIS referred To the Judiciary commit
tee And then in pursuance Of PREVIOUS no
tcc, Mr. Turgie tiem.. IndJ addressed the
senate Ia long constitutional argument to
prov 'dc that ne primary and paramount pow
CT 10 rcorg tni,e new state 1, vested NOT ir
the president OF tbs United States
hut IN congress under that clause
"f the constitution which declares
that congress snail have power to regulate
commerce i, according to Mr. Turrie
intercourse with foreign states. lie spoke fot
two hours and u hat ana h1d not concluded
when the hour fixed for culOsIes on X-SpeaE-
cr Crisp Of Georgia, arrived.
HuU>F-1he house, Monday disposed Of a
lot Of miscellaneous lu>incsS and toward the
cl,s' of the session catered upon the considcra-
ton OF the Indian appropriation bin. In the
time allotted to general debate on the meas
ure. Mr. Johnson trcp ludD gave To the housC
at length his views upon the necessity for q
revision Of the banking and currency laws
After diSposing Of about a quarter Of the text
of the Tin, which includes about ~ printed
p.gcs the house, at ;: 10 Oc'ock adjourned un.
al Turs,ia.
NASHINGroN, Jan 1-SENATE-Scnator
Turpic TUESDAY concluded his address favor
ins the recognition of Cuba The remand n
Of the days session was occupied ty Mr.
Daniel. tdem. Va in speech against the
Nicaragua canal bill a. being &c in fraui OF the
contract" Al 5: Is p m, the senate adjourned
until WedneS Law
HoUSE-A Dill to restore jonathan Scott. q
veteran Of the Fiith Iowa cavalry To the pen
sion roll from which he was dropped by the
hu' eau in 1891 at the rate OF s1a a month. fO-
total blindness. failed to receive Mr.. Cleye-
ifnds approval Upon recommendation OF
the committee on invalid pensions the house.
Ivy a vote OF l37 TO 81 passed the bill over the
veto
WASHINGTON, Jan ss-SESATE Tho mill
tary academy appropriation bill WIS passed
in the senate Wednesday, after a long and
somewhat amusing controversy over one
amendment providing for the attendance of
the West Point cadets at the inauguration
parade The amendment was rejected, yeas.
70 nays, - and the bill passed IL APP
p-opriatcS St7g57., or - on more than the bill
as II passed the house This > 0Ol IL for the
purchase Of the Maxim semi lutOmltic i've
FOUNDER quick hrtns gun Tn" memorial Of III.
\. Dupont Of Delaware, in which he assert
that his claim to a seat in the senate was de-
fcated last session through miscOuut, or
through a mistake about pairs, was presented
| by MI Chandler trep. y. H. and was referred
to the committee on privileges and elections.
HoUSE-By a vote OF I3l to llS the house
Wednesday agreed to the conference report
on the immigration bill. which embodied sub
stantially new measure, being different in
some respects from either the SEN
ate or house bill Speeches in IA
vor of the report made by Messrs Teanford
(rep. o., who presented it fro n the confer
ees. {. :. Stone trep, PaI, Johnson rep,
Ind). Corliss Oep, Mich). Morse rep.
MassD Wilson tdem., = O., Taylor (rep. q }
and Hepburn trep, Ia , and in opposition 70
| 1t hy MeSsrS Bartholdt trep MOI. chairman
. Of the house committee on immi,ra,ion. Buck
! NJ sS). Cannon (rCp, III, GroSvenOr (rcr
o., Bolliver rep, La and BOatEer tdem
I La
WASHINGrcN. Jan. 20 -SENATE-Thursday
/ Senator Alen introduced a resolution which
seeks to impede and prevent the attorney gen
/ eral from sclln; the Union Pacific road un-
/ der foreclosure proceedings, went over with
/ out acton The bill for commission to al
/ international monetary conference was takeI
| up. and Mr. Chandler. rep. y. H., made
| short statement in favor of it He accepte,
an amendment offered BIZ Mr. Bacon, dem
{ Ca, giving the president authority specifioal
| " to call an international conference at such
! point as may be agreed upon. All the rest o
/ the time that was left Of the Morn
ing hour to which the consd
/ Grafton OF the bill was limited, was occupie,
| by Mr. Stewart, (pop New. in a speech re-
/ counting the ills inflicted upon the poor by
| the gold STANDARD, but declaring in the enc
/ form that its friends desired Notice of de
| sire to speak On the measure was given by MIR
Pettigrew, (sil, : D. AID then the bill wen
, over
HoUsE-The Indian appropriation bill be
/ gun on Monday last was concluded and thu
I bill pissed with some material changes, al
| reducing the score Of the measure MIR Wads
| wo=th rep. y W, chairman on tie commit
| tee on agri, u ture, had called up the bill max
| ing appropri tonS FOR the :riculturIl de
partment for the year ls97-s No &C
tion taken During the daJ Mr. CrOu
! trep. VIZ reported the appropriation
bill for the District of Columbia. Mr. ThomI
trep, Mich gave notice that ON Wednescai
next he wouli ask the house 10 consider tins
I report of ele. ton committee No on this con
I test OF Coruett vs. swanson. from the Flftl
q Virginia district
. WASHINGTON. Jan 81. -SENATE The bill
Tor the representation OF the United States o.
F. any International monetary n'erence tina
+ may tie called occupied the senate FRIDAY al
most exciuively ami was passed b. tn
triumphant majority of 46 to 4 1t authorize
the president TO aTpD.nt five or more commits
sioners TO any Internal -cnal conference, wit
view to securing nNiIy Of relative valu
between gold ard silver money. by mean
of common ratio between the metals. wit
! free m.ntlce at such rates; and IL also au
( thorizes ths president TO call in his discretiO
such conference to assemble at such point a
may be greed upon. At $50 the senate ad
Journed TIL Monday next
HoUsE-The r, rort OF the conse-ees on tn
incorporation of the purchasers Of the Allan
tic and Pacific railroad was rejected b. avot
of IL to i4i. and the conferoes were tnstructe
TO insist upon the retention in the bill If III
P house amendm nts. the principal one OF whic
forbade the is ne of stock except for par valu
received The bill making appropriations fC
the military academy went to the cOnferenc
? on the senate amen iments there. The hous
refused TO tak up bills on the private calenda
but for nearly an hour continued in committe
Of the whole and Consi Ter d the agrcultur.
bill gthoue completing it, In the course
its discussion, Ma rdy (rep. Ind began
; sIeech in favor Of the acquisition Of Cub
and being refused permits sion to include. "a
! i've minute rule being in operation. gave nc
I tice that no till should pass the house b
unanimous consent for the remainder of III
session. At > O'Clock the house took a rece>
until n m, the evening session to be for III
consideration OF private pension bills
WAsHINGToS. Feb I-SENATE-Not
session SATURDAY.
HoUSE-No business 81 general IMPORTING
transacted In the house Saturday.