Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-01-28
FlFTY-FlFTH CONGRESS.
SENATE.

FlFTY-FlFTH CONGRESS.
SENATE.
Washington, Jan. sl.-An agreement vas
reached by tho senate to-day that Il final
vote on the Teller resolution ard al pend
ing amendments thereto should be taken
next Thursday before Adjournment. Tho
tive session.
SENATE.
Washington, Jan. 222.-Tel.Hr's silver re
outon was under consideration to-day
Nelson offered an ancnGmc.i, declaring for
tho maintenance OF the parity Of our GOLD
and silver money. and SpoCncr offered an
other declaring it to be the policy Of the
government to maintain tho gold standard
unit international acrc, ment for free coin
age of silver Is reached,
HOUSE
Bailey, the democratic leader. arose To Il
question of personal privilege and. reit-
Grated the statement that an agreement he
had with Mr.. Hit had been violated Hit,
Henderson and others denied this, and
the speaker supported them. Tho Indian
arproprir lion bill came up, and during the
general debate Cummings made an eloquent
speech in favor Of Cuba.
SENATE.
washington, Jan. "a. -'Turpic made an
address in favor of the Teller resolution.
Morgan made an exhaustive review Of the
Hawaiian question. The pension arpro-
priation bill came up aid Allen offerec. an
amendment raising all pensions now tess
| thun IS month to that point. A point Of
| order being raised against the amendment,
| Allen made al address in which nc claimed
| the republican party was the worst enemy
| the old soldier had.
| HOUSE.
| Two hours were spent in consideration
! Of District of Columbia business, after
| which consideration of the Indian api,ro-
| priAtion bill was resumed. Seven pages Of
| the bill WAS a'1nplcted.
| SENATE.
Washington, Jan. 25.--Allen's amendment
to pension bill raising all pensions to IS pc,
month was ruled out of order. After an
effort by Allen to have the appropriation
carried by the bill Increased had failed tho
bill passed The Teller resolution came up
and Allison insisted that it gave the secre
tary of the treasury no more authority
than he now has, but the secretary mus,
, do all in his power to maintain the parity
Berry, of Arkansas, followed in an appea
for the passage of the resolution on thu
ground of public interest. Teller in hi
address declared that the treasury depart
ment had been making its own laws TO-
twenty years. Hale declared the debat
had shown the;advocates of the resolution
wanted to bring the country to Il silve
bSsis. Vest insisted that opening the mint
to silver would not be in violation of tn
public honor.
House,
Under the parliamentary fiction of dis
'cussing the Indian appropriation bill, til
/ house devoted almost the entire day to
A political debate in which the main ques
4 ton was whether prosperity had come t.
the country rs {; result of the advent o
the present administration.
SENATE.
Washington, Jan. 2G. The debate to-da,
on the Teller resolution was devoid of sen
sational Incidents which characterized yes
tcrday's date. The time was consumed b,
Teller and Daniel, who supported the reso
luton, and by Hoar and Platt of Connect
cut in opposition to it. All delivered Sc
speeches.
HOUSE.
The house went into committee Of tn
whole On the Indian appropriation bin ant
ten pages of tho bill We're disposed of. Tn
conference report on the urgent defieienc
bill Was agreed to.
Washington, Jan. 27.--Ihe final vote O,
the Teller resolution was to-day postponed
until tomorrow at y. m, in order that al
may be given an opportunity to be heard
To-day the speeches in support of the reso
luton were delivered by Mr.. Daniel, of Vir
ginia, Mr.. Lindsay Of Kentucky, Mr.. Smitl
OF New Jersey, and Mr.. Cockrell of Mis-
souri,. Mr. Lodge of Massachusetts ant
Mr.. Caffery Of Louisiana opposed the reso
luton. While the speeches for the NOS
part were studied efforts, the session WA
replete withlively and spicy colloquies.
| HOUSE.
The house succeeded in passing the Indian
appropriation bill, and the political debat'
was transferred to the District of Columbi:
bill, which followed it. The features O.
the debate were the speeches Of Mr. Hart
man, silver rep, in denunciation of the
financial policy of the administration, ant
Mr.. Dolliver, rep, in reply to the genera
attacks of the opposition. The resolutio,
calling on the president for the authority
under which SIC negotiated the treaty pro
yiding for the payment of ,00(
Hawaiian debl was laid on the table,
DEFENDS AMERICAN NAVY.
Secretary Long Believes 1t as Efficient as