The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-01-14
THE WORK or CONGRESS-
Condensed Daily ProeeedIngs OF the fifty
Fifth Regular EsasIeu.

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Fifth Regular Session.
TIE senate met On the 5th. after the holiday
recess, and q sharp civil service debate ensued
over the replies Of the cabinet members views
on modifying the law Senator Davis, chair
nan OF the committee on foreign relations, gave
notice that On the 10th inst he would move that
the Hawaiian annexation treaty be considered
until disposed Of Senator Teller Coll intro
duced 3 concurrent resolution declaring United
States bonds payable IN silver Senator Mason
| GIL) also introduced q bin to ok a special
tax upon the manufacture Of mixed -four
A civil service debate was started in the house
over the item in the legislative, executive and
judicial approximation bill for the maintenance
Of the commission Mr. Clark Qa) introduced
q bin making the gold dollar the sole unit Of
values directing every national bank 70 redeem
its notes IN dollar o. such value, and restrict
ing the denominations Of treasury OF national
bank notes to SO or its multiDIeS Mr.. johnson
q. d. introduced BIN 70 repeal the pelagfc
sealing law recently enacted
TIE senate was only in session for two hours
on the 9th Bills were passed providing for
congress Of the representatives Of the Indian
tribes Of the United States to be held at Ona-
Ia Neh, during the progress Of the interna-
tio1al exposition FOR the erection Of public
buildings at Fergus Falls. MINI. and Newport
News, Va, and TO protect the name and insignia
OF the Red Cross society The civil service law
was debated IN the house The crowded CALLER
les were plainly in sympathy with the OppOn-
euts OF the law and became 50 noisy IN their
the chair was compelled 20 call them to order.
Mr. Overstreet (Ind) introduced a cOmprehen-
slye bill for carrying out the plan OF the none
tary commission for the reform Of the currency
and the bill was referred A bill was also in
trOduced By DELEGATE Callahan ok TO eL-
tend the jurisdiction Of Oklahoma over the In
dian territory and the land occupied by the i've
tribes and the admission Of the territory into
the union
The senate on the Tth read a repIv from the
in In he
Information about the civil service in which he
recommended that attorneys employed by his
department and United States marShals ought
to be excepted from the operation Of the law
Senator Allen CSeb-) offered q resolution for
the free coinage Of silver at sixteen TO one
Senator Teller denounced the press reports
that silver men were trying TO create dissension
between the president and his advisers and At
tackled the republican party for advocating the
gold standard and said he would do all in his
power 70 defeat IL in 1900 Senator Turner
tWash) called up the immigration bill and
spoke against the educational qualifications
Senator Butler u c } presented joint resoiu-
tiOu for the election Of the federal judiciary By
the people The senate then adjourned TIL the
l0th----Ths civil service debate was continued
in the house and Mr. Bartholdt (MO-) spoke in
defense Of Carl Schurz Delegate Callahan
OBJ introduced bills 10 give q preferred right
Of entry TO persons procuring cancellation Of
fraudulent allotments TO Indians and TO enable
persons to obtain patents for lands Of which
they want 20 dispose
The senate was not IN session on the STU.
The civil service debate was continued in the
house Mr BOtkin CEan) introduced bill
granting TO the state Of Kansas the entire re-
naming portions Of the abandoned Fort Hays
military reservation for the purpose Of eStab-
fishing branches Of the Kansas agricultural
college and OF the Kansas state normal school
Mr. Howe N " introduced civil service
bill giving preference TO h0norably discharged
soldiers and sailors who served between 1851
and 1865 in appointments and promotions in
government departments EulOgi we're then
made upon the late Representative Wright
CIass)-
A BILL was reported favOrsbly from the In
dian committee in the senate on the 10th pre-
venting railroad companies from CHARGING
more than three cents q mile for passengers
through the Indian territory An executive
session was then held TO consider the Hawaiian
annexation treaty Senator PCttigreW Is d.
offered q motion TO conduct the debate with
open doors but the motion was antagOnized By
Senator Davis C8Iinn-) and others Senator
COcFrell CAfo-) presented petitions from differ
ent associations in Missouri asking that cigar
cites when sent in original packages in state
shall become subject to the laws thereof ----
The house considered the civil service Law,
nine Of the II speakers being opposed to the
law Mr.. Peters Ckan-) and Delegate Gala
han OH got the committee on agriculture to
insert q clause in the appropriation bill reduc-
ing TO five cents per carcass the fee for inspect
ing pork for export Mr.. Peters also succeeded
in getting an amendment apprOpriating $50 COG
additional for the bureau Of animal industry.
Delegate Callahan introduced q bill TO allow
Oklahoma to lease the arid lands in the west
turn the money into the territorial school
fund