Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-02-03
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
First Regular Scssiln,

WASHINGTON. Jan - SIN ATE ITOIu>eu an /
nrNatiun uf Hawaii was somewhat extensively |
reviewed 10y Mr.. Morgan t.NlaD Monday, while !
speaking to a question ot personal pr, ilrgc. |
TAn Alabama senator lad pccn represented as /
Saying in executive session substantially that !
CN-Prc~id"ut cleveland WIS IA fJN,r II /
Hawaiian auucNa This statement called /.
out u denial from Mr.. cleveland. ami IN support |
of hi, original statement Mr.. Nor AN address, 7
the senate at great lcu"th. one of tho feat I
uTc~ Of he session Wa an elaborate sn"rch by |
Mr.. TLrpir ot lIdiaua IN support oi the Teller /
resolution. The pension appropriation Hill I
was called up end debated Tor nrdrl, three .
hour. hut WAS not pa ~tu-
HuU~E The house spent couple uf houTI
Monday trau~actiuE business relating 10 the |
District Of columbia ami the remainder Of tho ]
day on tn" Indian appropriation hlll During
the consideration ui the latter hill lively pu-
litical debate was prvcipitatrd by an allu~Iun
made 10y Mr simpson tp"p., kJuD relative 10 /
an alleged interview with the president ou the
subject Of immigration. Nh t.ru-Nvuur .
took occasion to express the upIU-
ion that the president had never
used semi, of the ugudgc imputed to him and
thr.drbatc drlftrd into 4 general discussion Of
OuT Industrial conditions
NA~mINaIpN. Jan. III SENATE Tuc-,iaV's
session uf the senate Was characterized hy "A
heated. almost acrimonious discussions # the
financial question. For nearly four hours th,
Teller resolution was under Cou>i i,rtiI, %. thH
principal speeches hrins male by Mr.. A 90
uuwaD Mr.. Berry tAriS.D and MIR. lluar MASS
The SharpcNt cOlluquv WAS at times iuduls.u IN
between the advocates and the Opponents II
the resolution. the debate often approaching
bitterness. The feature of the diScuS-iun
Was a speech delivered bN Mr.. Teller
HuU~r Under the parliamentary fiction Of
discuS>,u. the Indian appropriation bill the
house devoted almost the entire day To p0lit-
ical debate in which the main question Was
whether prosperity had come I" the country
as a result IL the advent of thu present admin
istratiou. A. the speeches were limited Ia
nVr minutes each many members par
tIcIpatrd and partisan spirit kept the
interest keyed up To- Il hirh pitch. Tho
ucrimony which usually charactcrizCS such
debates was almost entirely absent, but al
though good naturcd some hard knocks were
given and received, Mr.. smith. tn" delegate
from Arizona. made aU attack on the system ri
educating the Indians and Mr. Walker moved
To- strike out the appropriation for the Car
Isle Sci, oil No vote Wa, taken on the motion
Tuesday
WASHINGToN Jan. .. SENATE-For more
than six hours Wednesday the senate had I'M
der discus ion the TcllcTN resolution roNtding
that the government may pay the principal
and interest of the bonds of the United States
in silver. By agreement the resolution and
pending amendments are to hc voted upon he
fore adjournment Thursday. The debate Wed
ncSday WIS devoid Of the sensational incidents
ana acrimonious colloquic~ which characterized
that If Tuesday hut II Was Trplctc with
argument and uratory The time Wa, con-
Sumcd ~ MIR. Teller t~ilNcr Cob. the author
of the resolution. and Mr.. Daniel tdcm., ,,
who supported the resolution. and hv Mr..
lloar trCp., Ma~s.D and Mr. Plat rep. Gu in
opposition. No set speeches. except Mr..
Hoar'S, whose speech Was in reply to some
points advanced by Mr. Teller Tuesday No
other business was transacted.
HOUSE The house devoted another day TO
the consideration Of the Indian appropriation
bill, most of the time being consumed aS on
the two previous days in discussing cNtranrUuS
subjects by far the most interesting feature
of the day was the dchat" ON tn" question II
reducing the mail carrier service in the lar-'e
cities owing To the failure OF the ~cult" To at
tach the estimated deficiency Of SiGLbn to the
urgent deficiency bill This subject : been
agitating the metropolitan cities ever since the
order was issued for cutting down the force on
February \ dozen representatives from
many different places Interested against the
proposed reduction and urged an immediate
appropriation. The motion To strike out the
appropriation for the Carlisle Indian = .hool
was defeated after considerable debate, ~ to
6a Ten pages of the bill we're disposed Of
! Wednesday. The conference report on the
urgent deficiency bill was adopted.
WAsHINGToS. Jan. y. -SESATE-Friday At
| six p M. the senate will vote upon the Teller
resolution and the pending amendments there
To. When the senate Thursday took up the
resolution the agreement made last week that
| the final vote upon il should he taken before
| adjournment Thursday was changed in order
| that all senators might have an opportunity to
speak The speeches will be confined to
| IL minutes each. Thursdays session con-
| tinued for more than six hours, the resolution
| being under discussion throughout practically
! the entire session. The speeches in support
| of the resolution were delivered by Mr.. Daniel
Na.l, Mr.. Lindsay kyD. MIR. Smith IN. -
| and Mr.. Cockrcll MOI. Mr.. Daniel concluding
| the speech he began "Wednesday evening. Mr..
| Lodge Mass and Mr. Gallery tlcm.. La.D op-
| posed the resolution. While the speeches for
| the most part were studied efforts, the session
was replcte with lively incidents and spicy
/ cOltOQCeS.
ell in passing the Indian appropriation bill and
political debate which has been ra"in" since
Monday was transferred to the District NJ Co
| lumbia bill which followed it, The only two
| important changes made in the Indian
I bill, aS passed, were the elimination Of
| the provisions for the leasing Of
the GilSonite mineral lands Of the
| kiOwa, Cumanchc, Apache and Wichita rCSCT-
walton. both Of which went out on points Of
| order. The features Of the debate Thursday
were the speeches of Mr.. Hartman (NilvcrrepD.
| Montana. in denunciatior of the financial policy
O. the administration and of Mr. Bolliyer rep,
| la.) in reply to the general attacks Of the OPP
| position
| WAsHINGToN. Jan. 2.-SESATE-Afte q
| debate. animated at all times and occasionally
| acrimonious. which occupied the greater part
| of this week. the senate Friday evening 10y the
| decisive vote of 47 to 81 passed the Teller con-
| current resolution. The resolution is pTacti-
| cal realtrmation of that of Stanley Matthews
| in 1873 and is as follows: THAT all the bonds
! of the United States issued, or authorized -
be issued, under the said acts of congress he -
in-before rected are payable, principal and in
| a
United States in silver dollars Of the coinage Of
| the United States containing four hundred and
twelve and one-half grains each Of standard
| silver; and that to restore to its coinage such
! silver coins legal tender in payment OF
said bonds, principal and interest. is not in
| violation Of the public faith nor in dcroEation
| of the rights Of the public creditor. All cf-
| forts to amend the resolution were voted down
| by maiorities ranging from five to -. Mr..
| Lodges gold standard substitute being defcat-
ed by the latter majority. The vote the
| Lodge amendment was, yeas "a nays -, Ad-
journcd until Monday.
| HoUsE-The bill to pay the book publishing
company of the Methodist Episcopal Church
| South, S2SS. 90 for damages sustained by that
| corporation during the war, after encouuterng
| an obstinate tlibuster which STAYED OF a vote
on two previous private bill days. was piotcd
to its passage in the house Friday 10y Mr.
Cooper of Texas. who was in charge of the
measure. The friends Of the measure proved
themselves in an overwhelming majority, and
the opposition Friday finding it could hold out
no longer, reluctantly yielded. The vote on
| the bill Was 1851