The Mena star., 1898-04-13
CONGRESSIONAL.
...u,,.a summary of the Proceeo'"g' Of senate and House fro" D"s
 Day-Important Bills

- ...oasa exnectancy Tn the seaAOo .. tho etb over the presidents messase o after assembling at the request oi e1.,s.ia- Allison Gal the sundry civil plil "i, og-, grs,or ered At 1:30 Senator Davis lMliln' e a .t the committee on foreign relations so' oi sno sa ar executive session carried ID .,sieh bo announ+ed that the preslueh. hies
 --o ,,-o,ld moi he sent in that day Elghb mn ntes after the senate resumed US open ses9sS.' ~ ana tb. snndrv civil bill vas pracucal,S A. eV s,iatad ,,,han laid aside .. The house ueO0eoe tbe army reorganization bill but lt aterdesou little or no attention, being colaplesoly tta shadowed by the more absorping suoyeSs o' ,aS s., SDanish- American dihicuity anu ls.a,t,s orreat dfsappointment felt at the plesteTN z, s,essa,,e haing hold back Mr Pearson IN OJ iatrodnced a joint resolution for recognizing Cuban independence.
 THE senate on the 7th took up the sunery civil appropriation bill, the question penuans heinz the amendment of Senator Pettus tAla-l ,,roxine for such improvement of the haruoI ~ Mobile. Ala. as would enable Wafships ~ e tain coal and other supplies there 9ena.ol 9. Moran tAla) made bitter speech onat e.-7 inc concentrations committee with dlSeIllllha- tion The amendment was lost At two oclocK the bill was laid aside and the remainder or the afternoon was devoted to eul0gies oi tne late Senator James z. George tMiss). Afterwards the senate adjourned until the llth 70. During the debate in the house on the aris reorganization bill MT. Lentz e. chafeeu that the administration's policy or aeiay was in the interest of stock jobbers Mir GrosNehor (O1 denied the charge and defended the ao- ministration. MT. Sulzer then made Vlgol- ous pro-Cuban speech in support Of the plil and Mir Lewis fWash.) assaile1 the measure and charged that it was part Of prograHihe to increase the regular army ln tune or peace. motion was finally carried to strike out aii but the first two sections of the bill ana IL was afterwards rteommitted Mr. Robblns FAJ introduced a resolution to recognize Cuban in- dependence The house then adjourned until the llth
 EVERY available seat on the floor and galle- ries were crowded on the ilth when Vice Presl- dent Hobart called the senate to order Sena- tor Quay. (Pa.l presented some petitions about Cuba and made q speech advocating the use or our army and navy in making Cuba free The presidents message was then laid before the senate. It occupied 42 minutes in the reading and was then referred to the committee on Tor eign affairs Senator Stewart (Nev-l then made brief address in favor Of recognizing the independence of the Cuban insurgents Senator Butler N O offered resolution au- thorizing the president to use the army and navy to stop the war in Cuba The resolution went over Another message from the presi- dent transmitting the Cuban consular reports was laid before the senate and was referred to the committee on foreign relations At l:lo P m an adjournment was taken. The presi- dents message was read in the house ln the presence of a big assemblage and referred to the committee on foreign affairs without de- bate. Some District of Columbia business was then transacted, after which the contested election ease of Fairchilds-Ward from the Eighteenth New York district was settled by confirming Wards title to the seat