The Globe-republican., 1898-03-31
CONGRESSIONAL.

OVvUxlCAJC1O
March 2i@The stirring s:encs Of the
11fty-drst congress. when members Of the
minority were charging down the aisles
protesting against the rulings of Speaker
Reed. were recalled to-day in the turbulent
protests made by the minority against
rulings of the chair during the COO.
siceration of the naval appropri alton
bill. The ruling in effect compelled
members to cDnfne their remark.
under the i've minute rule. to the subject
before the house. and was made gainss Mr..
Hartman. silver Republican, of Montana,
who attempted to make a political speech
The ruling was denounced as a usurpatior,
and appeal af.er appeal was taken. When
all else failed, every expedient was resortec
to to block progress of the bill As result
but four pages were disposed Of
March 2&-The naval appropriation bill
was aSen up in the HOUSE. and after con-
siderable dimculty An ar angement was
made to close general debate at o'clock
tomorrow. There was great pressure for
time, blu: the leaders desired to limit As
far as possible. the opportunity for
innammatory utterances The debate
to-day was not on sensational lines but
every radical expression was cheered to
the echo by the crowded galleries The
speeches of MessrS Dayton of West Viz.
ginia and Arnold of Pennsylvania. both Of
whom took advanced positions in favor of
aggressive action to stop the war in Cuba.
aroused intense enthusiasm MeSsrS Bcu-
telle. chairman of the naval committee. and
Meyer, Democrat of Louisiana, also a
member of the committee. confined their
remarks close Y To the bill and the extra
ordinary emergency which necessitated the
large increase it carried Several of the
other speakers discussed political qucs-
tons
The Senate passed these bills: For the
protection of songbirds providing that the
importation into the United States OF birds
feathers or parts OF birds for ornamental
purposes be prohibited, and prohibiting the
transportation or sale of such articles in
any territory of the United States or in the
Di .trict IF Columbia: to extend for one year
the time of beginning the construction of
a bridge across the Missouri river at st.
Charles, Mo-: to place Lieutenant Colonel
Alexander Stewart Webb on the retired list
of the army and to provide for the pur-
chase of a site and the erection of a pu bic
building thereon at Joplin, Mo-, at cost of
100000.
March 23-R T. Thorpe was given the
seat from the Fourth Virginia district
Sidney p. Eppes who obtained the certsd-
cate of election, vas unSeated by a strict
party vote. Mr. Thorpe was given the seat
by vote of Isl to $50.
March 90 "A feature of the Senate wss
an extended speech by Mr.. Caffery of Louis
lana in support of the pending national
quarantine bill In the course of his argu-
ment Mr.. Caffery said that he wanted the
whole quarantine power in the hands OF
the United States government the oEly
authority which could make I quarantine
effective, and he added that he was as
stanCh states rights advocate as any
Iii -. g.:
lowing: To prevent the app ointment OK
cadets to the naval or military acade my Of
the United States from states, territories or
districts in which such cadets do not re-
side. to raise the age of protection for girls
in the district of Columbia and in the ter
ritories to eighteen years;to pay the state Of
Wyoming s7,7sO. money expended by the
territory of Wyoming in protecting and
preserving Yellowstone national park dur
ing the years 1SS4-S5-S6.
The naval appropriation bill was reported
to the House, but as it had not been printed
the contested election of Thorpe versus
Eppe from the Fourth Virginia district was
taken up and de bated until 4 O'Clock when
house adjourned
March 81 - The house unanimously
pa >sed the bill for the relief of the survi-
vors and victims of the Maine disaster.
The bill relmburses the surviving on1cerS
and men for the losses they sustained to an
amount not to exceed years pay. and de
reefs the payment of 4 sum equal to years
pay to the legal heirs of those who per-
ished. There was quite a spirited de-
bate over An amendment suggested
by Mr.. Cannon 20 give the survivors
each years pay on: of hand instead of at
tempting to reimburse them for actual
losses Mr.. Cousins of Iowa aroused the
galleries to spontaneous applause when he
said tina, while the vul -ures might 30
watching over the dark waters of Havana
harbor for the belated dead. above all the
eagles piercing eye was watching for the
truth
The Senate devoted the day to minor
routine business
March 19.-The House has passed the
pcstonice appropriation The main points
of attack were the appropr atoms Of 80.
100000 for railway transportation of mails.
sl7l 900 for special facilities between New
York and New Orleans ana e25. O0O for spe.
cial facilities from Kansas City to Newton,
Kansas Mr. Simpson of Kansas advocated
the appropriation of Us 900 for specia.
facilities from Kansas City to Newton,
Kan. He said that unless this appropria-
ton was made the mails from Western
Kansas Northern Texas and Oklahoma