The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-05-05
FlFTY-FlFTH CONGRESS.
First Regular Session.


rom the general calendar Bills were passs,
Ill as follows; To amend m act granting I,
vc thc Arkansas. Texas and Mexican Contra
at haii"ay Go. right OF way througN
in inc Indian territory; 10 enable IN,
. ohccrN. warrant oftcrr-. petty officers an,
~ marines of the United States navy who ma,
D. distinguish themselves in action 10 rcceiy,
4. medals Of honor ro>eattos and ribbons; IN
NJ, reference 20 the civil sorry ice and appolntmcni.
hereunder adorliay additional advantages III
y honorably DISCHARGED soldiers: to amend the
"a navigation laws relating to the licensing oT
V oihcor' oi steam We, els 10 place ON the retired
y ilst OF the army aN scrgcantS four survivors
. ot the Franklin Arctic expedition
House The var rcycnu, bin WAS rcported
To the house Tuesday ant by an arrangement
e made the debate will begin Wednesday anc
y continue 40 night sessions unt FRIDAY Atl
4 o'clock on that day the vote viii bc taken
ne contested election case OF Wise s. Young
rom the second virginia district was decided
tuesday IN favor of the contestant Dr.
) Nl>'. Who Is republican. hy rarity vote
? speeches Tor the contestant were made bv
! | MeS,r> Crumpackcr (rep.. InID and Gro..
tcnor rep %. }. Jones dem. Va.
followed Tor pa" Coate,tec. Tho ,cpat,
amendments To the naval appropriation bill
Z were non-concurrci IN and conference re-
quested. The speaker appointed Mc,sr> Bou.
ieie. llilboru and Cumming, confcrcc>
hilI was passed granting 20 the Sanjc Fc and
Grand Canyon Railroad Co right Of way
ihrohsh the Grand canyon forest reserve Al
40 the house adjourned
WASHlNGToN. Arru 81 SENATE The son,
ar" was m session about au hour and a hall
wednesday. during which time no important
business was transacted
House The general debate unon the meas.
urc framed 10y the way, and means committee
to meet the extraordinary expenditure Tor th,,
/ War WITH Spain Wfll
| IhurNday and on Friuay at 1 o'clock the voto
VIII bc taken. There was a si,,nal absence M
| that partisan rancor which ha. AWAY, here
| toiore characterized debates on revenue meas
| ureN Both sides. speaking through their
| respective leaders. Mcs,r- Dinglcy and Bailey
! concurrcd In this necessity which existed for
Immediately raising of hundred, Of millions t.
Prosecute The war but the opposing doctrines
/ which they held clashcd at flc FIRST onset over
the methods by which the revenue should be-
| raised The section providing for 500 OOO0Oo Of
! bonds became The target 81 the democratic and
populiNtic opposition and Mr.. Bailey in
an hour speech argued FOR An income tax
which would raise flUO0OOO a year the coin
age of the silver sciguorage and the issue Of
i5S.oo0.0O OF legal tender a. an alternative
proposition.
NAsHlNGrON. April % SENATE Again
Friday the senate va, In the attitude of wait.
lhS Tor business 10 reach IT, \ few bill, of un-
important character were pa. ,ed bur no BUSH
ne of general interest va, transacted
HorsE The general debate ON the war
frvcnun bil closed Thursday night after eight
ana half hours ot speech malNng The de-
laic Friday lacked both spirit and interest
There wa little di,cus.io Of the internal
revenue features OF the bill. The democrat,
continued their ,auitS on the bond feature
and their .dyocacy of the income tax. The
latter was ridiculed as "a substitute Proposition
by the republican,, The authority 10 borrow
money wa, defended by tAom a. absolutely
necessary
WASHlNrroN. April - SiNArE-At Fri.
daY session of the senate the report ~ the
conicrecs on the naval APPROPRIATION bill va,
presented and agreed TO- The measure -,
perfected carrie, "A little more than ~ OODOn
No other business OF general inheritance va.
transacted \ bll granting perml,siO 10 the
Z hatianooga Rapid Transit Co. to cros. the
Dry valley road and extend Do, line, 10 Chick.
mauRa Natioual park was pas-,d Ati1
p ~, on motion of Mr. Allison. the senate
went into executive session and AZ Id pm
adjourned until Monday
House. The bill 10 provide Additional t.x,I
oad loan, to carry ON the war wcr throuea
the house Friday by ~ 10 70. very nearly
party vote after many effort, tpamcnd it NJ
DihEl'} has uo idea how long the senate vi
'e IN dealing with f. The proceedings vcfi
interesting all day Fortunately there wefi
10 unpleasant sensational scenes aud NJ
n>c'mly quagrcl> \ motion by Mr. Levi,
dem. WASH to make The bonds rcdcemablt
pccihcally in gold or silver coin at the optic.
j ihe gov 'rnmcnt wa, defeated lB to 1885
mother d. Mr SharOtl TO mike tht
onds rcdccmabe one half In gold anI
nr-hat ia silver met similar fate. SOY.
raj other propositions Of the sar.1
nor were voted down. The vote va, the
N.s.s.
nd u was defeated l3i 10 lI Mr. BlanI
lem. Mo- offered q, q sub,tltIte "A provision
ISSUE fl5tUOtOJ trca ury notes II va. lost
o6 20 ~ Mr Lluham dem Tex moved
strike Out the bond section ami IL was losb-,
3 10 49,
WASHiAGToN MAY B. SENATE At tho opens
= 81 the >caatr session the chaplain on red
Fout thank, for the g.0riOu, victory won b,
'mmodore De"ey's squacrOn Mr. Turpis
nd chiirmaI of the dem 1cratic caucu4 pre.
nicd an order appointing M Chiffon (dcm..
'Xj 10 MI the vacancy on The n1ancc commit.
f. caused by the death OF senator Wal.haIL
le order was adopted \ conference on thu
ndry ciyu bill va, agreed 10 ana Mes,r. Al
on. quay ana German were named a, tho
nate c0nicrecN. The final Conference rcpors
the naval appropriation bin was ugr,ed TO-
bl!l 10 amend the act to permit the use OF
.ht Of way through public lands to tram.
81 war measures we.c passed by the senate
H. Notwithstanding their importance nos
Of them e.iclci The slghte.t dcbah
oOaOly The most important meaeurc passed.
the senate HAi the emergency war deficiency
]. carrying f1.1D9D Not moro than ten
nuteo were consumed in ps IN IL. that be-
occupied In reading the iac sure
IoUsE The Ia,ea2e OF the emergency war
piopriation bi.l vas :ne feature = M.ndays
i,n by the house. The naval appropriation
with ihe ,eadt' Amendment DrOyiin.
the payment Of officers Of tn navy for no
Of their invention, by the soyernmens
icken on. va, reported from confer
= and passed. Il now goes 10 the
sldent Mr Lacy dAJ Trcsent.
the conference report on ths
eral Alaskan bill extending the homestead
: 10 and gran ting railroad right. Of way IA
o territory. The bill 70 increase tie num-
of surgeon, IN the army wa, passed A
outiOn from the senate providing f9F TIA
Iistmen; and settlement of claim, and
nter tlaims between the Euiiei state, AMI
state OF Ten1c,sc Va, passed Mr.. L9uI
L) called up a resolution piO.iding fer
creation OF a COngrcs cssiOaal comm sion Ia
&c an exhaustive exam Ina,i)n into n. pos.
service ami report to congress-. In >uoport
he resolution Me,sr& Loud and Fl.mie,
> said frequent statement, had been made
ongreSs and the press suggesting a tu,h
, had grown up in the service and the fell
apparently Oac Inviting Investigation.
resolution Was passed
'orth Csrolnian Win Fight the Spanish
Lieutenant