Abilene weekly reflector., 1898-02-17
Mr.. REED ATTACKED.
Senator Allen Says the Speaker
Stops Meritorious Legislation.
FILIDUS1ERIyG IN THE HOUSE.
Trouble Over En- forcing the Rule Against
Discussing Irrelevant Subjects-W Widows
Not to lie Barred from Pensions
Germany Called Down.

most the entire session OF the senat
yesterday the Indian appropriation
bill was under discussion. The read
ing of the bill was completed and al
OF the committee amendments wer
adopted. Subsequently several amend
ments of minor character were at
tached to the measure Mr.. Allen, O
Nebraska, enlivened the proceedings
few minutes before adjournment by
making an attack upon Speaker Rect
for preventing the enactment, as thu
Nebraska senator declared, of meri
torious legislation sent to the house o
representatives by the senate. Wher
point OF order was made agains
him for the use of improper Ian
guage concerning the other branch
Of congress, Mr.. Allen said that hi
was stating only the truth, and tina,
he was responsible here or elsewhere
at any time, for his statements ltwa'
expected to conclude the consideration
Of the pending bill yesterday, but
when an appeal was taken from rul
ing Of the vice president by Mr.. Allen
that an amendment offered by Mr.
Thurston, of Nebraska, was not in or.
der, the point of order was made by
Mr.. Allen that quorum was not pres
ent A roll call disclosing the absence
OF a quorum the senate adjourned.
Gen. William Booth, of London, found
er of the Salvation army, oficiated as
chaplain at the opening Of the session.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE / house
was in a very bad temper yesterday
and the whole session was consumed
in filibustering against two bills of
minor Importance, one to issue du-
plicate check and the other to make
Roclsland, Me-, support of entry.
Neither got further than the cngross
ment and third reading, The trouble
arose over the enforcement of the rule
against the discussion of irrelevant
subjects, when Mr., Handy, of Della
ware, attempted to reply on the floor
during the consideration of those bills
to n letter recently written by Thomas
i. Bayard, in denunciaton of the free
silver democracy. Roll call follow ed
roll call all day long and partisan feel
ing reached high pitch. Finally,
when 1T became evident that no prog
ress could be made with the bills pre-
sented, an adjournment was taken un-
til Monday.
Mr.. Walker, republican, of Virginia,
presented the report of committee on
election No. on the contested elec-
tion case Of Thorp VS.. Fps, from the
Fourth district of Virginia, The ma
jority report was signed by all the re-
publican members OF the committee,
and was IN favor of seating the con.
testant, Mr.. Thorp.
Mr.. Henderson, Of Iowa, chairman OF
the judiciary committee, asked unan-
imous consent for the consideration of
the bankruptcy bill on Wednesday,
Thursday and Saturday of the next
week, with provisions for vote at
four o'clock on the following Monday.
There was no objection and the order
was entered,
WIDOWS AND PENSIONS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE contest
which has been waged in the house
committee on invalid pensions ever
since the assembling of congress over
the question of barring from the pen
sion rolls the widows and children of
soldiers who marry hereafter came to
an end yesterday in the defeat of the
proposition. A measure with this end
in view was introduced by Represents
tive Samuel Smith, of Michigan, and
it had the Endorsement of Commissions
er of Pensions Evans The question
has been agitating the com.
mittee at each of its meetings, and yes
terday after very spirited discussion,
Representative Norton, democrat, of
Ohio, brought it to a sudden close by
demanding a vote on the question of ia.
vorably reporting 1t to the house. The
vote disclosed five members of the com
mittee in favor of it and seven against
1t, the division not being on party
lines. This probably ends the effort
TO secure the enactment of a general
measure along these lines at this ses-
sion. Chairman Ray, who was in
structed at the last meeting to appoint
subcommittee to draft u service pen
sion bill, notified the committee that
he would appoint the committee in a
few days.
GERMANY CALLED DOWN.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE state de-
partment yesterday sent to the senate
the correspondence with Germany re-
garding the exclusion Of American
fruit 1t shows that Ambassador
White and the state department both
took vigorous and prompt steps on
learning Of Germany's action ana that
Germany disavowed any intention to
avert competition, saying it merely in
tended to prevent the introduction of
the San Jose scale with apples Sec
retary Sherman sums it up by saying:
From the foregoing report, 1t will be
seen that the action of this govern.
ment and of its diplomatic representa-
tive at Berlin for the protection of all
legitimate commercial and exporting
interests iniuriously affected by the
German prohibition was prompt and
effective and that, as the matter now