The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-08

TO exercise sovereign jurisdiction, shall
be annexed to and become a part OF th
| territory of the United States of Americ,
and shall be subject to. the national powe
and sovereign jurisdiction thereof; it II
hereoy enacted and declared that said ces
sion Is accepted, ratified and confirmed
and that the said Hawaiian islands are
ANNEXED as part of the territory of the
territory OF the United States Of America
anu are subject to the sovereign to the
sovereign jurisdiction: thereof.
Mr. Davis of Minnesota, chairman OF
tne committee on foreign relations. moved
that the resolution of Mr.. White and the
amendment thereto proposed by Mr.. Nor
gan be referred to the foreign relations
committee, and after brief colloquy be-
tween Mr.. White and Mr.. Morgan, the
resolution and amendment were SO re-
ferred. On motion of Mr.. Davis tho Sen
ate then went into executive session and
az QUO p. m. adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
Washington, February 1.-THE attend
ancs In the House today was small. A
bill was passed to retify the ct of the
territorial legislature of Arizona authoriz-
ing the erection of capitol building.
Without further preliminary business
the Houses went into the committee OF
the whole on the military academy ap-
preparation bill. The bill carried $685.
$40 being $ls6, ,796 less than the estimates
and $26, ,036 less than is carried in the our
rent law. 1t was arranged that general
debate should run for two hours. Most of
that time was consumed in9the discussion
of extraneous matters.
Mr.. Samuel Smith submitted some re-
marks relative to the needs Of the postal
service.
!. Mr. Clark, Republican of Iowa, spoke
on the Loud bill, increasing the rate on
the second class mail matter, and Mr..
Greene, Populist of Nebraska. made some
observations on the much mooted subject
of returning prosperity.
He read despatch from Wheeling, w.
Va, giving an account of the alleged
tearing down of McKinlays picture by
workingmen. Gentlemen might cry pros
perity, prosperity was here, but there was
no prosperity. "And others howl, calami-
ty," cried Mr.. Perkins, Republican Of
iowa.
Mr.. Olmstead, Republican of Pennsyl-
vania, in reply to Mr.. Greene, produced
clippings from newspapers in all parts of
the country. showing great revival Of
Du61n0SS AuG kEhu6s ILL. Ollu6tCclu 61lu
that the continued agitation of the silver
question was the only thing that retarded
the full measure Of prosperity that would
naturally flow from the Dingley law.
The threat contained in the Teller resolu-
tion had driven $40, 900, 600 to Investment
in foreign securities.
The whole purpose. OF the Republican
party in the defeat Of that resolution, Mr..
Dearmond declared, was to commit the
iova h1v the CyOId
standard. 1t had at last thrown off all
subterfuges and sham and now had the
shameless effrontery to boldly proclaim
she robber which 1t always secretly con-
nived at, but never before had the hardi
hood to avow.
MIR. Low, Republican of New York,
said it was no marvel that the Democrats
prosperity which confronted them on all
sides. When Democrat was brought
face to face with prosperity he shook like
an aspen leaf Mr.. Perkins, Republican
Of Iowa, said that in the matter of wheat
and wool the high prices prevailing had
been charged to blind chance 1t was said
that the Republican party was the party
of good luck. II that were true 1t fol-
lowed that theressmust be a party of bad
luck For himself he preferred to affiliate
himself with the party which was identi-
fed in the present and the future, with
the prosperity and happiness of the people.
After some remarks by MIR. Williams,
Democrat of Mississippi, and Gaines,
Democrat of Tennessee, the general debate
closed and the bill was read for amend
ment under the five minute rule.
With only one unimportant amendment
the committee rose and the bill was
passed. Mr. Dingiey asked unanimous
consent for the consideration of q bill
reported by the com ittee
on ways and means, limiting the time in
which the outstanding refunding certif-
Gates Of deposit of 1873 can be refunded
into bonds of 1907 to December 81, 1899.
About s4o, ,OCO,oO of these certificates were
issued in furtherance of the redemption
act. But S42, 900 of them remain now out
standing. There was no objection and
the bill was passed.
The Senate amendments to the legisla-
tive, executive and judicial appropriation
bill were disagreed to and the bill was
sent to conference.
At $40 the House adjourned.