Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-02-12
Of CONGRESS
DISCUSS THE NATIONS AFFAIRS
Leaders in Both Branches of the Nu-
tional Legislature Consume Time
in Talk as Well as Transact Some
Public Business-What Has Been
Done.

One of the features of THURSDAYS Ses-
sion Of the senate was a speech by Senator
Gallery of Louisiana in support of the
resolution reported by the committee on
elections, declaring that Henry W. Cor
bett is not entitled to a seat in the senate
from Oregon. Mr.. Corbett was appoint
ed by the governor of Oregon after the,
failure of the legislature to elect to sac
ceed Senator Mitchell. Senator Catfery
claimed that no governor had the au
thority to appoint a man to fill vacancy
"a vacancy beginning with a new term
after the legislature had had an opportun
ity to elect and failed to do So The ag
ricultural bill was under consideration
during the greater part of the afternoon
and finally passed. After a brief exec
utive session the senate adjourned.
In the house the consideration of the
Notifications appropriation bill was re
s,med. The debate drifted into politics
and Mr.. Burke. democrat, of Texas. and
Mr. Grosvenor, republican, of Ohio, Joined
issue on the subject of Mckinley pros
perity.
Granting Rights of Way.
In the house bill was passed to
amend the act of January 81, 1895, grant
ing rights of way through the public do
main for t1amways, canals and reservoirs.
so AS to grant those rights to cities and
private corporations. At present the
rights of way are given only for mining
and irrigation purposes.
The senate passed a bill providing for
the erection of a public building at Beau
mont, Tex, at a cost not to exceed $780,
900. Senator Lindsay then took the floor
to speak on the resolution of the Ken
tucky legislature, asking him to resign
The senator review his votes against sill
yer in the extra session of 1896. which
repealed the purchasing clause of the
Sherman act, and continues:
SIN the discussion of the bill | declared
merely experimental with a change of
ratio or that did not provide reasonable
safeguards to insure the maintenance of
the parity of gold and silver dollars. |
stand today precisely where ] stood then,
when l received the unanimous indorse
ment of the democrats in Kentucky for
senator. If those who We're in accord
with me four years ago are not SO today
it is because they have changed their
opinions; but | protest against being de
nounced as a betrayer of my trust be-
cause my views remain unchanged, The
sonata al ,,Dti1 NTouIay
Coast Fortifications.
The senate was not in session Satur-
day.
The house during its entire session had
under consideration the bill making APP
preparations for Notifications and coast
defenses. Little interest seemed to be
manifested in the proceedings, less than
one-h half of the members being present
during the session. The bill was passed
by the house CARRYING S4119l92. against
$9,l57 ,l4l last year.
Teller Favors Annexation.
Senator Teller of Colorado occupied the
entire three hours of the executive ses
sion in the senate Monday in discussing
the Hawaiian annexation treaty. During
the course of his speech in favor of an
ncxation, Senator Teller took occasion to
say that he should have been glad to dis
cuss the treaty i'll open session, and to the
remark he added the opinion that the
time had almost come when the question
of annexation should be debated ON a bill
looking to legislation by both houses of
congress rather than on the basis of the
treaty. While he thought there might
be a bare possibility of receiving the nee
essary 60 votes to ratify the treaty, he
conceded that under the present circum-
stances this was exceedingly doubtful, and
he thought the sooner the fact was recog
nized and change of front made, the bet
ter it would be from all points of view.
The house passed the military academy
bill with only one more important amend
ment The debate on the measure was
desultory and touched a variety of po-
litical topics. AS passed, the bill carries
1885, $40, being s26O32 less than the
amount carried by the current law. The
bill to limit the periow for the refundine
of the certificates of deposit Of 1879 to
December 81, 1899, was passed.