Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-06-15
FlFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.


| WASHINGTON, June z. SENATE ncvoud the
| passage of al urgent dcnclcucy bin made
necessary by The war with spain. The senate
accomplished little Monday The deficiency
measure carries appropriations for the Warand
naNy establishments acgrcratinr si-.stsooN
These appropriations are la addition % the
amounts 10 be- carried later by the general de-
ncicncy Hill During the greater mart AZ the
session the measure providing fo- az, taking
1 OF The twelfth and subsequent ccn~u-os WAS
indcr consideration. but no progress was made
towards It's completion
Hovsh--Arcr thc revenue Din was sent to
rontcrcace the session OF the house Monday
vas devoted 10 routine bus iuc~s. chiefly undcr
suspension OF the rules a number 81 bills be.
ng passed ADJOURNMENT VAS taken ponainr
the disposal Of measure rroVidinc u code OF
criminal law and procedure Tor Alaska.
WAsHINoroN. juno SrNArF-Thc hin
ior the projection OF tho people OF tho Indian
territory passed. IN provides Tor the allot-
/ ncnt m srNcralty 90 certain lands % the In-
| uians OF the territory. the payment % Interest
| claims 20 the Chickasaw Indians and the r,tf.
neation OF the agreement affected with tho Ia.
| dams hy the Dawes commission. The discus.
sion 81 the census bin prcc lpitated Il clNl scr.
vice debate which had not been concluded
when the senate adjourned
HousF After disposinr OF the urgent ,,at
| deficiency bill as passed with amendments py
| the senate, the house Tuesday considered the
| conference report upon she sundry civil bill
me report 80 far as 10 embodied agreements.
| "A' "N'lA'N anu we mousse then began Nntinp
| >cNetally upon The senate amendments upon
which NO agreement had been reached In con.
| terence or these there are a. The house
| tuesday considered eight OF these acting
| taNonhly upon three and rejecting the re.
mainder Consideration viii continue Wcdnos-
| lay.
| WASHINGTON. June q. SKNArE-A BIN pro-
Niding Tor tho taking Of the 18th census was
passed "Wednesday. after debate which oc.
| cupicd the greater part OF three DAYS Under
M. u hf. la.t.
census. an assistant director and nyc expert
stdtisticians will be appointed Immediately &c
Il make the preliminary arrangements for the
taxing OF the census OF 1900 determined cf-
| tort was made 20 provide that the employees of
| the census bureau should be examined and
certified 10y the civil service commission hut
| ~ failcd by a vote Of n 10 81 \ provision was
Inserted that not moro than two-thirds of the
suporNisors ana cnumerators should belong 20
one political party.
HousE The house "wednesday disposed of
| tho senate amendments of the suudrv civu
bill and agreed 10 further conference The
eoniorece report upon the post ONCE ap-
preparation bill was adopted without debate
nnd the house proceeded 60 consider the bin 10
/ provide Tor the participation of voluu tccr
soldiers In congressional elections Adj
lourment was taken pending dis
| posnl. and 10 Will come up Thursday Tho scs-
sion began and ended Wednesday with Hawai-
| IAN Incidents Mr.. Grosvcnor rep. o. "a leader
OF the onncNatCnists. figuring in each instance.
rhey grew out OF the anxiety OF those who
| wnnf early consideration lest the opposition
win victory and occct undue delay IN not tho
defeat of The resolutions az this session.
! WAsHtNuroN, June iO--SEN ArE- Mr. Lodge
/ fMassl mado come sensational disclosures
concerning the disposition 81 the money app
! prupriatud by congress % short time ago Ina
payment 81 % claim of The book concern OF the
! Methodist Episcopal church south lie intro
duccd "A resolution directing the claims COM
nitioe 10 make an investigation OF The matter
ana report To the senate what II any action
| could bc taken. The omnibus claim bin %
carrying something over s9.oO0OO 90 private
| pension bills and several measures from the
| general calendar were passed.
| hursE--Aftcr i've hours devoted Ia the con-
ridcrouuu 81 the hil % enable volunteer
soldiers TO vote Ia congress ional elections tho
| conference report on tho war revenue hiil was
presented o. the house Thursday. Consldera-
| ton was Interrupted boy recess M o'clock
| Thursday evening. az which hour tho r,,Dort
| bate, Involving wide range OF subjects and
some sensational features 10 was voted
/ up on aud adopted, i5i 10 ~ Tho election
measure VIII bee disposed al FRIDAY inrne-
dinteiy after the meeting 81 the house. Thurs
duy MIR. Pierce dem, Tenn made a vigorous
attack upon the prosecution OF the war
| and tho alleged unwarranted delay ia sending
| relief 90 the Cubans. \ sensational font-
ure was the clash between Mr.
Grosycnor 0rop. o. and Mr. swanson
dem, Na.) growing out Of the formers nttncIr
! on the latter's speech in criticism OF The rov-
onuc bin The Hawaiian nuucxationists made
| strong hight 10 get the election bill out Of The
Wy 20 prevent IT, going over as privileged
and likely 90 postpone another day their iu-
! tended effort 20 force consideration OF tho an
/ ncNatlon resolutions loo the house.
WAsHiScToN june ti-srSArr FRIDAY
tho conference report on tho war revenue biii
| was agreed ~ hy the senate after discussion
l lasting four hours The debnte uppu the
| measure was without special incident and was
| entirely devoid 81 acrimonious features. n
! was forcRonc conclusion that the report
| would De- sHreod 20. and che only question OF
| interest involved was how soon n vote could
/ bc reached. The report was agreed 10 bv the
| decisive vote OF - 90 - Every republican voted
Tor The measure ana their votes we're supple
/ mented by those n eight democrats one silver
! republican ana enc Independent The demo-
I Gratis who voted Ter the adoption ~ The rep0rt
we're Nossra. Cuncry. Gormun. Lindsay Mc-
] Emery Mitchell. Morgan Murphy aud Turple.
| the silver republican was Mr. Mantle aud the
| independent was Mr KYLE The vote npnfu.f
I ycr republicans aud three popuifsts. A. soon
/ as the rniro-sed bin can boz signed Dy the pre-
! siding officers 81 tno tao braachos 81 congress
I o. will Boz sent 20 the president
/ HorsI The feature ~ Fridays session Of
she house was The securing 81 an agreement 10
consider and vote upon the Ncwiands re.olu-
/ ton 90 annex HawaiL Beginning saturdny
tho debate viii proceed until O'Clock next
/ wednesday afternoon when % vote will be-
taken. Tho annexatlonisfs came Friday a..
! termincd to force con Liberation and for three
/ hours The opposition nlihusfored Tho bill 10
| enable volunteer soldiers 80 vote 90 congre.-
| sional elections vas pa-scd and re- number az
| minor measures. chiefly 90 private nature.
/ we're considered.