The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-01-20
FIFTY.FIFTH CONGRESS-.


First Regular Session.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1l.-SENATE-Tn accord-
ance with his previous notice, senator Davis,
chairman OF the senate committee on foreign
relations brought up the subject OF the ratih-
cation of the Hawaiian annexation treaty in
the senate Monday. His motion was made
soon after the disposal Of the routine morning
business and the entire remainder OF the days
| session except the time given to the confirma-
tion OF nominations was devoted to the con-
sideration of the ques tion as to whether the
| treaty should be considered in open session or
| behind closed doors In executive session.
| After debate Of almost two hours upon this
point an informal vote was taken, the ayes
| and noes not being demanded. The decision
was overwhelmingly against an open session.
HoUsE-The opponents of the civil service
| law had much the best Of the debate In the
| House Monday, so far as the number OF those
| engaging in 1t were concerned. Nine OF the
eleven speakers were of the opposition The
| friends OF the law are very anxious To shut on
| further debate, and in this will have the CO.
| operation Of Speaker Reed and the rules COM
| mittee. Mr.. Moody. who has charge q the
bill, gave notice that he would test the
sense Of the house Tuesday on .a a
opposition Immediately sent word TO all In
their ranks to be on hand, and they say they
will have no difficulty in defeating the motion.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-SENATE-Except for
| q few minutes given to q controversy over
| some minor post office conf rmatons. the en-
tire time Of the executive session Of the senate
Tuesday was consumed by Senator Davis. Of
Minnesota. in u speech in support OF Hawaiian
| annex ition. Mr.. Davis is chairman Of the SEN
ate committee on foreign relations and his
speech was generally accepted as the semi i-ofi-
cial utterance Of the majority of the committee.
| He spoke about two hours and when the senate
] adjourned had not finished. Mr.. Allen intro
| duced and secured the adoption OF resolution
calling upon the president for information in
! his possession relative to the boundary line be-
tween Venezuela and British Guiana and to in
| form the senate whether the United states
| now has any clerks or other employees at work
| upon the Venezuelan boundary question and
| also what part of the 100000 appropriated for
| the Venezuelan commission has been expend-
| ed. At 3:35 p. m, the senate adjourned.
HousE-The civil service debate which was
| inaugurated In the house week ago was end
| ed Tuesday. 1t opened with a row, but ended
| very tamely. There was not even vote on the
appropriation in the legislative, executive and
| judicial appropriation bill for the commission
upon which the debate was predicated. The
! republicans who ore seeking to modify or re-
peal the law decided to let the debate come to
close Tuesday, but 1t required the casting
vote Of the spea ker to accomplish this
! WASHINGTON, Jan. lS-SENATH-Senator
Davis continued and completed his speech In
the executive session Of the senate Wednesday
|
Senator Allen, Of Nebraska, who spoke in op-
position. There was apparent Wednesday Q
disposition on the part Of some senators who
announce themselves undecided rs to what
| course to pursue on the Hawaiian question to
mix it with the Cuban problem. They are
friends Of Cuba, and their desire is to have the
| administration take o more pronounced posi-
tion in the interest Of Cuba as return for their
assistance on the Hawaiian treaty. At $50
the senate adjourped.
HousE-The house Wednesday passed an
urgent deficiency bill carrying sl,74l,s4a One
| Of the items authorizing further expenditure
| Of $4,000 for the soldiers home at Danville,
ILL.,, for which s1500OO was appropriated in the
| last sundry civi. bill, was used by Dearmond
| (dem MOI as basis for a bitter personal at
| tack upon Chairman Cannon whose home is at
Danville. The bill was passed. There was al
| so o lively debate over the provision in the
bill requiring the owners Of bullion hereafter
| to pay the cost Of transporting bullion from
| assay Offices to the mints.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 14-SENATE-The senate
did not make great progress with the Hawaiian
| annexation treaty Thursday. Several speeches
| were delivered, but in every instance the
speakers announced that Thursdays remarks
| were merely preliminary to what they should
| say before the close of the debate. The execu-
| tive session opened shortly after oclock with
Senator White on the floor, but Senator Stew
art interrupted and others cut the California
spoke were Senators Stewart, Frye and Nor
gan.
HoUsE-The house Thursday completed the
consideration Of the agricultural appropriation
bill in committee Of the whole and then ad-
journed upon the motion Of those opposed to
| the printing Of another edition of the famous
Horse book" There was the annual fight
over the question OF free seed distribution to
| the farmers but the effort to strike out the ap-
preparation &l3OOOO failed as usual; the ma
1ority against it Thursday being 3l6. One of the
| important amendments adopted provided
for the inspection of horse meat for export
purposes in the same way that the meat Of
cattle and other animals is now inspected
During the debate Thursday some very caustic
criticisms Of the proceedings in the senatorial
| election in Ohio from DR.. Dearmond dem,
MOI. called forth a warm defense of Senator
| Hanna from Mr.. Mahany (rep., N. ", who
| eulogiZed the Ohio senator us the man who had
overthrown The bosses of the republican party
| in 1896
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-SENATE-Almost the
entire four hours of the executive session of
| the Senate Friday were devoted to the indirect
consideration Of the nomination of Hon. Joseph
Mckenna. now attorney general, to be asso-
| ciate justice of the supreme court The dis
| cussion was the result Of an effort on the part
| of Senator Allen, of Nebraska (pop) to
secure a poStpOnement for two weeks.
| In the end compromise was reached
deferring consideration until a week from FRI
| day, on the condition that the Nebraska sem
| stor should agree to allow u vote to be taken
| on that day. The Hawaiian treaty was not
touched upon during the session 1t was 4:30
| In the afternoon before an agreement was
| reached for concluding the McKenna matter at
the sitting on next Friday, and by general con-
| sent the senate postponed consideration Of the
Hawaiian treaty until next Monday.
HoUsE-It was the intention of the house
managers to proceed with the diplomatic and
h,,t
| to the excited condition of affairs in Havana
and the wildly exaggerated reports afoat. they
decided to avoid the possibility of opening up a
Cuban debate by relinquishing the day to the
committee on claims In charge of bills Of the
| private calendar. Before this order was en-
tered upon the agricultural bill was passed.
| Most of the day was consumed In tilibuster
against bill to pay the publishing house Of