Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-13
THE WORK OF CONGRESS.
Condensed Daily Proceedings of the Fifty
Filth Rnrnlnr ReaRIon.

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| THE senate met on the 5th after the holiday
recess, and sharp civil service debate ensued
over the replies OF the cabinet members Views
on modifying the law Senator Davis, chair
man 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 or Senator Teller Coli intro
duced q concurrent resolution declaring United
States bonds payable In silver Senator Mason
| Qll) also introduced q bill TO fix q special
tax upon the manufacture Of mixed -four 10.
A civil service debate was started In the house
over the item In the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill for the maintenance
Of the commission. Mr., Clark Qa) introduced
a bin making the gold dollar the sole unit OF
value; directing every national bank TO redeem
Its notes In dollar Of such value, and restrict
Ing the denominations OF treasury or national
bank notes to $40 or It's multiples. Mr. Johnson
IN d. introduced bill TO repeal the pelagic
| sealing law recently enacted.
THE senate was only In session for two hours
on the 9TH Bills were passed providing for u
congress Of the representatives Of the Indian
tribes Of the United States 10 be held MT Oma-
ha, Neb., during the progress Of the interna-
tional exposition; for the erection of public
buildings ut Fergus Falls Mimi, and Newport
News, Va, andt 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-
ents OF the law and became so noisy In their
demonstration OF approval at one juncture that
the chair was compelled to call them to order.
Mr. Overstreet Qnd) introduced a comprehen-
sive 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 ex-
tend the jurisdiction Of Oklahoma over the In
dian territory and the land occupied by the five
tribes and the admission Of the territory into
the union.
THE senate on the 9TH read reply from the
attorney general in answer to the request for
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 (Neb) offered 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 to defeat 1t in 1900. Senator Turner
tWash.) called up the immigration bill and
spoke against the educational qualifications
Senator Butler IN. O. presented joint resolu-
tion for the election Of the federal judiciary by
the people, The senate then adjourned till the
10th ,. The civil service debate was continued
in the house and Mr. Bartholdt (do.) spoke in
defense of Carl Schurz Delegate Callahan
(Ok.) introduced bills to give preferred right
of entry to persons procuring cancellation Of
fraudulent allotments to Indians and to enable
persons to obtain patents for lands Of which
thew want to dispoSe