Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-01-25
DAYS WORK N CONGRESS BRrErEp.
Both House Occupy Their Time Principal
ly In Much Talk.

>>oss' Ahousc occupy 1neir lime Hrinctpal-
ly In Nue., Talk.
Washington, Jan. 25.-The proposed
annexation OF Hawaii was somewhat
extensively reviewed by Morgan yes
terday in the senate while Speaking to a
question of personal privilege. The Ala
bama senator had been represented as
saying in executive session substantial
ly that eS-President Cleveland was in
favor of Hawaiian annexation. This
statement called out a denial from
Cleveland and in support of his original
statement Morgan addressed the senate
at great length. One of the features of
the session was an elaborate speech by
Iurpie OF Indiana, in support of the
Teller resolution. The pension appro-
priation bill was called up and debated
Tor nearly three hours. but was not
passed, the senate adjourning pending
the disposal OF a point of order made
against an amendment to the pending
bill.
During his speech on Telers resolu-
ton Turpie said: IF we abandon silver
and agree to pay al of our obligations
in gold we should simply cinch the hold
OF the debt syndicate upon the country.
H. however. we maintain another met
allie standard and enforce that position
by opening our minis to the free COIN
age of silver the syndicate of national
debt would become as strong friends of
silver as Is my friend from Colorado,
the author of this resolution: for they
would naturally see to it that they
womb
ings Of government obligations" Turpie
analysed the bill props sed ny the none.
tary commission and sharply attacked
the proposition that all debts should be
payable in god. Turpie did. not believe
any such proposition would ever find
public favor in the United States.
The house spent a couple of hours
transactinG business relating to the Dis
trict of Columbia, and the remainder of
the day on the Indian appropriation
bill. During the consideration of the
latter bill a lively political debate was
precipitated by an allusion made by
Simpson relative to an alleged inter-
view with the president on the subject
OF immigration. Grosvenor took &C.
casion to express the opinion that the
IIesl2tHt Hau never USED some OF the
language imputed to him, and the de-
bate drifted into a general discussion of
our industrial conditions, in the course
of which the strike in New England the
high prices for wheat in Kansas and
the defaulting Republican officials in
Nebraska successfully played their
parts.
After Sirlps m had concluded a rather
extended speechon economy Dingley re-
piled in some good natured remarks in
which he twitted Simpson on having
ceased to wall of the miserics Of bleed
ing Kansas. and was now looking for
misery elsewhere. We have PopulisS
rule in Kansas POW. and there is no
longer any misery out there" inter-
posed Simpson.
isn't Populist rule misery enough?''
exclaimed Henderson of Iowa
Curtis Rep) of Kansas, commenting
on Simpsons statement about the reap
pearance of prosperity in Kansas owing
to Populistic rule. said that in one year
of Republican rule in this country the
farmers Of Kansas had paid off $780,
100000 Of mortgages, while under Popu-
listic rule in Kansas every state insti-