The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-01-29
WORK OF CONGRESS.
What Our Senator's and Repr esCnfativ
Arc Doing ut the National Capitol


What Our Senator's and Repr esCntativ
Arc Doing ut the National Capitol.
Senator Turrie Qnd-) continued his speech in
opposition 70 the Nicaragua canal bill ia the
senate on the Goth The legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill was passed
Senator Pettigrew Is. d. severely criticised
the government for concluding the Venezuelan,
boundary agreement. characterizing it a
complete surrender of Venezuela to Great Brit
ain Unanimous consent was secured for TAX
ing up on the 18th the bill for an international
monetary conference The house resolution d.
recting the encouragement to print in his re-
port all correspondence relating to the Chicago
strike was adopted Senator Perkins Cali Of
fered a resolution for establishing bureau of
mines, which was referred. Senator PETER
(kan.) presented a favorable report from the
committee on pensions on a bill to grant the
widow Of the late Senator Bishop ". Perkins
(kan.) a pension of SO a month -. The house
spent most OF the day debating the Yost-
Tucker contested election case from Virginia
without concluding it The conference report
on the army appropriation bill was agreed to.
SENATOR TURPIE (Ind-) concluded his bitter
invective against the Nicaragua canal bill in
the senate on the 2lst- The house bill was
passed detaching Audrain county, Mo. from
the Western district and attaching it to the
Eastern district of the state Senator Hill On.
" called up his bill establishing term of
four years for poStmasters 1t was aboC. 20
pass when Senator Sherman (O) objecled and
contested election case OF Yost versus Tucker
from the Tenth Virginia district, by denying
the seat to Mr.. Yost and confirming Mr.. Tuck
er's title thereto. The republicans were badly
divided, 81 Of them joining with the democrats
and supporting the claims Of the democratic
contestee.
THERE were three sensational incidents in
the senate on the 22d. The first was when
letter was read from Minister Rodriguez. the
representative Of the Greater Republic of Cen
tral ~
of the Nicaragua canal project, which created
CONSERVATION among the friends of the meas
ure. The next sensation was the senate dis
covering itself publicly discussing the Anglo
American treaty when the discussion should
have been restricted to executive session.
The third furry was over the reported agree
ment between Secretary Olney and Senator
Sherman by which no action was to be taken a.
to Cuba before March 4, Senator Sherman en-
phatically denying that any such agreement
had been made. Senator Turpie Qnd) gave no.
tice of a speech on the Cameron Cuban reSo-
luton on the 18th In the house the bill to
provide for holding terms of the United States
court for the Eastern district of Texas at the
town of Beaumont was passed over the presi-
dents veto by vote of IA to IS. The rest OF
the day was given to small private bills.
THE senate on the 23l passed over 100 pension
bills and cleared the calendar bill for the
erection of 4 statue to President Lincoln at
Gettysburg. Pa. and one for reclassifyipg the
resolutions, one asking the president for all
correspondence about the Nicaragua canal
since 1887 and the other asking the attorney
general for information about the reported Pa
cific railroad settlement were agreed to-. The
house was not in session
IN the senate on the 25th Senator Turpie
Qnd) made a 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 a
glowing q
and its leaders. EulogieS were then delivered
on the late Speaker Crisp and memorial was
presented from the presidential electors of
Delaware, asking for a congressional investiga-
ton of alleged election frauds in that state.
After consuming most of the day in District OF
Columbia business the house took up the In
dian appropriation bill. Mr.. Curtis CIan.) 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 ana Mr. john
son Qnd.) made a speech in favor of the early
reform of the banking and currency laws.