The Monticellonian., 1898-06-17
NATIONAL LAWMAKERS.
Condensed Report of tie Doings of Our Senators and Representatives in
 Washington.

LITTLE was done in the senate on the 9th beyond Che passage IT an urg mt deficiency bill. carrying tlr 745 OJ) for the war and navy establishments During the greater part Of the session the measure providing for the talk Ing Of the twelfth and subsequent census was eRdef consideration, but no progress was mada toward it's completion .... Mr. Dalzeu (Pa) in the house, immediately on receipt of the war revenue measure from the senate, presented a resolution providing for an immediate vote upon general nOn- concurrence and sending the bill to conference It passed and MessrS Dlngley (Me), Payne (N. Yl and Bailey tTex@ were named as conferees MT Curtis (kan.) reported the Seminole treaty bill and secured a suspension of the rules and had the bill passed. MT Hartman tMont) introduced a joint resolution directing the secretary of the navy to have prepared suitable medals of honor for Lieut. Hobson and his crew for their gall lant service at Santiago It appropriates a500 for the purpose
 TIE senate on the 7th passed the Curtis bill which radically changes existing conditions in the Indian territory IL has many amendments incorporated by the senate and will have to go to conference to have them adjusted, The een- sus bill Was then taken up.... The house. after disposing of the war deficiency bill as passed with the amendments by the senate, consid- cred the conference report upon the sundry civil bill The report, so far as it embodied agreements, was adopted and the house then began voting seyeraIly upon the senate amend ments upon which no agreement had been reached in conference Eight out of 45 were acted upon, when the bill was laid aside,
 IN the senate on the sth a bill was passed providing for taking the twelfth census One Of the provisions is that no more than two- thirds of the supervisors and enumerators shall belong to one political party. bill to organize naval hospital corps and another bill authorizing the construction of bridge over he Missouri river at Qaindaro, Kan. by the Kansas City Northeastern X Gulf railroad, were also passed... The business transacted by the house was unimportant MT. Grosvenor t01 asked unanimous consent to read and have referred to the committee on rules resolution providing for giving the Hawaiian resolution precedence over all other business except con ference reports until disposed Of, but on ob- lectlon the resolution was forced into the regu- lar channel Consideration of the senate amendments to the sundrY civil bill was then proceeded with.
 M the session of the senate on the 9th Sen ator Carter (Mont) charged Pacific coast ship owners with compelling the government to pay an extortionate sum for transports Senator Perkins [CaID denied the charge. Senator Lodge (Mass.) made some sensational dsclo- sufes concerning the disposition of the money appropriated by congress in payment of the claim Of the book concern of the Methodist Episcopal church, south He introduced res olatian directing the claim committee to make an investigation. Without disposing of the res olution the senate lookup private pension bills and passed II of them The senate substitute for the omnibus claim bill. was also passed It ear- res oTer f9.09) 900 ,... The conference report on the war revenue bill was adopted by the house by vote Of t5l to l0I The Hawaiian annexa- uonsts made strong fight to get the bill to enable volunteers to vote ia congressional elee- tons out Of the way as to force considera- ton of the annexation resolution, but the bill went over Mir Pierce t1enn made an attack of the prosecution of the war and the alleged unwarranted delay in sending relief to the Cuhans.
 TIE conference report CT tho war revenue bili Was agreed to in the senate on the l0lh by thadecisiye vote of B to 22 Every republican voted for the measure. together with eight democrats, one silver republican and one inde- pendent The vote against the report was cast by 1t democrats, three silver republicans and three populists The vote east against the adoption of the report reflected tha opinions Of those senator's who were opposed to any in- crease in the interest," bearing debt .... The feature of the house session was an agreement 70 at once take up the NeWlands resolution to annex Hawaii and take a vote on the matter on the 18th The bill to enable volunteer soldiers to vote at congressional elections was passed and number of minor measures, chiefly of a private nature, were considered