Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-02-10

nouis,una, IN sappors o. sae resoiuv.Y.
reported by the committee on PRIV.
leges and elections declaring that
Henry W. Corbett is not entitled 70 a
seat in the senate from the state OF or'
epon. Mr.. Corbett was appointed SEN
ator by the governor OF oregon
after the failure OF the legls-
lature to elect a senator to sue
coed Senator Mitchell. Mr.. Caifery
maintained that the governor OF a
state had no authority to appoint 70
fill an original vacancy-a vacancy De-
ginning with a new term-after the
legislature had had an opportunity 70
elect and had failed to do So
The agricultural appropriation olli
was under consideration during the
greater part of the afternoon and was
finally passed. Mr.. Platt, of Connectl-
cut, expressed regret that the commit
tee had not stricken from the bill the
appropriation for the purchase ana
distribution of seeds. He read letter
from member Of Connecticut grange
in which the statement was made that
the seeds sent out by the agricultural
department were not good, could not
be depended upon, and were OF no use
to the farmers or gardeners.
la reply to Mr.. Platts brief state
lnent, Mr., Allen thought that the CHIEF
opposition to the governments distrl'
button of seeds came from those who
themselves had seed for sale. Mr., Ba'
con, of Georgia, thought there ought
to be reform in the distribution OF
seeds. lie believed the department
ought to purchase seeds for distribl
ton from persons who were known tc
raise or produce seeds of value In
many instances the seeds purchased
we're neither valuable nor rare.
During the discussion Of the appro
priation bill, Mr.. Cullom yielded to Mr..
white, of California. for the introduce
ton OF the following joint resolution
Resolved. That OF right 1t belongs wholly tc
,he people Of the Hawaiian islands to establish
and maintain their own form OF government
and domestic policy; that the United states
OUGHT In no wise to interfere Herewith ant
that any intervention In the political analrs OF
| these islands by any other government Will Dc
REGARDED as an act unfriendly TO the United
| States
The resolution was passed by the
senate on May 81, 1894, having beer
reported by Mr. Turpie, of the com
mittee on foreign relations. Mr. White
asked that the resolution lie upon TIT
table.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-The houst
spent the day ostensibly considering
the Notifications appropriation bill
In reality the major portion OF thu
time was consumed in the discussion
of political topics. Mr.. Foote, OF New
York, devoted some time to the criti
cism of the Notifications bill. At thu
rate Of appropriations provided in this
BILL he said, it would require Is year
to carry out the plans of the Endicot
board. He asserted that on the soutl
Atlantic and gulf coasts there was moi
q gun that could be fred in defense O
the harbors.
Mr. Hemenway, Of North Dakota, Ii
charge Of the bill, denied that thes'
coasts were defenseless. At Charles
ton, said he, there were three eight
! inch guns, one ten-inch and eight NOR
tars. II the coast was in the condition
represented by the gentleman from
, New York, he said, he would be will
! ing 10 appropriate SlO,0OO,OOO. Mr.
lIemenway declared that the coas
was fairly we'll protected, not as wei
as he would like to see it, or as i
would be. The pending bill carried
every dollar which the government
could afford to appropriate at this
time.
At three o'clock the general debate
closed and the bill was taken up fol
amendment under the tive-minute rule
Mr.. Mcclellan, of New York, offered
an amendment to increase the appro
priations for guns and mortar batteries
from $1,000, 900 to $1,000, 900. 1t wa
voted down.
! A bill was passed appropriating $40,
900 for n survey and report on the prac
tipability OF securing a 55-foot cnanne
in the southwest pass of the Missis
sippi river.
Mr. Cowherd introduced a bill to ex
tend the time for completing tn
bridge across the Missouri river a
Lexington. 1t grants one year for tn
beginning of the work and three year
for completing it. Mr.. Peters intro
duced his bill providing for the ney
federal building in Kansas City, Kan
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