The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1898-03-25
HOUSE COM MITTEE
Completes the Naval Appropriation Bin
Measure Carries Between $4,000, 900
and % 900, 900.

f'farhfe sfFFles betNetn hBO,OOO,OuO
and s31 100000.
WASHINGTON, March 22.-The house
committee on naval affairs completed
the naval appropriation bill Monday
afternoon and it will be reported to
the house Tuesday. While the foot
ings of the various items were not com.
pletcd when the committee adj journcd,
the bill is roughly calculated as carry
ing between $50, 200, 900 and So, 200, 900.
of which abvu, $4,000. 600 will he ex-
pended on this year work on the three
new battleships, six torpedo boats and
six torpedo boat destroyers The com.
mittee had a long session Monday Civ
ing final touches To the bill but there
was no significant change made, the
important items standing as hereto
fore announced. The bill may be
brought up in the house Wednesday.
Representative King, of Utah, IN
troduceA->soUaay the following 5os~e'
resolution recognizing the indcpend-
cnce of Cuba:
Resolved, BY the senate and house OF
representatives, that the republic of
Cuba having established and maintain
ed an independent government cap
able of performing those duties, for
cign and domestic, which appertain to
independent governments and it APP
pearing that their is no longer any
reasonable prospect of the successful
prosecution of the war by Spain |
against said state, it is expedent and |
proper and in conformity with the |
laws of nations and the practice of
this government, in like cases, that
the independent political existence of
said state be acknowledged by the gov
eminent of the United States.
WASHINGTON, March 22-Immediate- |
ly after the reading of the journal in
the house Monday, the speaker recog- |
nized Mr.. Boutcllc rep, Maine), chair |
man of the committee on naval affairs, |
who called up the bill for the relief of |
the survivors and victims of the Maine |
disaster.
Mr.. Cannon, chairman OF the commit |
tee on appropriations, offered an
amendment to allow the surviving of. |
fcers and men IL months sea pay with |
out rations in full compensation for |
losses sustained by them. This provi. |
sion he thou ght preferable To one TO !
lttu lut loSStS HuS
tanned, limited in amount to ~ months
sea pay. lie called attention to
the fact that in the case of the
Samoan disaster the compensation in
each case was about the maximum. lie
thought provision for compensation
for actual losses might lead some of
the survivors into the temptation of
magnifying their claims. There would
be also this advantage in voting di-
rectly a years sea pay. 1t would OBJ
viate delay and the mediation of
claims attorneys
The house rejected the Cannon amend
ment, and passed the Maine relief bill
unanimously. Representative Cousins
made an eloquent speech announcing
that patient and patriotic people
Hats ref4x faSu .shs htYieeo sRdn t9s nteh sif
| vatc calendar.
| WASHINGTON, March %. -Representa-
! tive Wheeler, of Alabama, Monday in.
troduccd in the house the following
resolutions:
Resolved. that joint committee consisting
Of seven members OF the senate. 10 be appoint
Ell by u vice president, and seven members
OF the house, To be appointed by the speaker,
be- created 10 consider the question of our rela-
lions with Spain, growing out Of the Cuban
question, That all messages heretofore re.
cciVed or which may hereafter be received
from the president referring TO this question be
referred to said committee
That such committee he authorized to send
for persons and papers, 10 take evidence and
to administer oaths to witnesses. That said
committee be authorized to employ o clerk, and
one assistant q stcnographer and messenger,
and that said committee report with as little
delay possible the true conditions which
prevail in Cuba what portion Of the Span
ish debt il burden upon revenues
collected In the island, the protection
given TO American and American
interests In that island by the Spanish govern
mcnt and the truth regarding the inhumanties
and atrocities which have come to our knowl-
edge through semi-Chicial aud other sources
The committee will recommend To congress
what action should be taken by this body The
committee shall have authority TO report ut
Any time"