The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-03

After four days of consideration the
House on Saturday passed the bankrupt
cy bill reported by the House Committee
on Judiciary as substitute for the Nell
son bill passed by the Senate nt the extra
session last summer. The bill is known
as the Henderson bill, and contains both
voluntary and involuntary features. 1t
is considered less drastic than the meas
ure passed by the last House by vote
of 15I to 81. The involuntary feature,
however. had but 16 majority. On Sat
urday motion to strike out the involun
tary feature was defeated by a majority
of 10, and the bill was passed by n major
ity of %, the vote standing, yeas 15S,
nays 125. Eighteen Republicans voted
against the bill and twelve Democrats for
it. The Populists, with one exception,
voted against it.
Monday was private bill day in the
House. The feature of the day was a
spirited contest over the bill to pay New
berry College, Lutheran institution in
South Carolina. $4,000 for damages by
Federal troops. 1t was finally passed.
On motion of Mr.. Bailey, the Democratic
leader, the House voted-5S to 35-to OBJ
serve Washington's birthday by adjourn
ing over until Wednesday, but Mr.. Ding
ley raised the point of no quorum and
| before further action could be taken the
House recessed. For three hours the
Senate had under discussion the bill pro-
viding for the taking of the twelfth and
subsequent censuses. 1t was amended
so as to place the census bureau under
the Secretary of the Interior, but the ex-
tended discussion which followed disclos-
ed so wide divergence of views as to
the various features of the measure that
no further action was taken. A resolu-
ton offered by Mr. Allen. directing the
Committee on Naval Affairs to make an
investigation of the Maine disaster, was
adopted without debate
In the House on Tuesday Mr.. johnson
of Indiana made sensational speech op-
posing the annexation of Hawaii. Polit-
ical speeches occupied the rest of the day.
The sundry civil bill was before the
House. The debate was finished. In the
Senate a bill was passed increasing the
army by two artillery regiments In ex-
exutive session the Cuban question was
discussed.
On Wednesday a variety of subjects
occupied the attention of the House dur
ing the consideration of the sundry civil
bill. Mr.. Mahany of New York made an
attack on the patriotism of some of the
social leaders of New York, who, he said,
held high revel while the nation was
bowed down with grief over the loss of
life resulting from the Maine explosion.
The Southern members, who have for
years been fighting the appropriation for
"informers" on illicit distilleries, succeed
ed in killing the appropriation in commit
tee of the whole, but Chairman Cannon
gave notice that he would demand yea
and nay vote in the House. resolution
was adopted inquiring of the Treasury
Department what has been done by the
United States to prevent the conveyance
TO the Cubans of articles produced in the
United States; also as to the prevention
of tilibustering In the Senate the entire
day was devoted to debate on the Cubar
question. BY vote of 81 to 5, Mr.. AL
lens proposition to add belligerency rid
er to the consular and diplomatic appro
priation bill was rejected.
The House disposed of thirty additiona
pages of the sundry civil appropriation
bill on Thursday. The fact that the Gov
ernment is preparing for contingencies
was recognized when Chairman Cannon
who has been laboring to keep down ap
preparations. accepted without a word o
protest an amendment to increase the ap
preparation to care for the unused machin
cry at the Springfield arsenal. Resolu
tions which were objected to a few week
ago for the appointment of two extr
naval cadets to positions in the enginee
corps of the navy were also adopted. On
of them will fill Il vacancy caused by tn
death of Lieut. Merritt of the Maine
feature of the Senate's session was tn
speech of Mr.. Spooner wisconsin, on tn
right of Henry w. Corbett to a seat il
the Senate from Oregon under appoint
ment of the Governor. Mr.. Spooner mad
constitutional argument in favor of seat
ing Mr.. Corbett. An effort was made t
obtain consideration of the Alaskan home
stead and railway right of way bill, bu
on a parliamentary technicality it wen
, over The resolution offered on Wednes
day by Mr.. Allen (Nebraska) to appoint
committee of FIVE Senators to investigat
the Cuban situation was withdrawn b
its author when it was laid before tn
Senate.
In the House on Friday long an
somewhat exciting debate over the que:
, tion of river and harbor appropriation
, was precpitated during the considerable
of the sundry civil appropriation bill.
was practically agreed by all those wh
participated that there would be no rive
and harbor bill at this session of Coz
gress. The item appropriating $4,000
for San Pedro harbor. California. wa
passed, and the Oakland harbOr appr.
priation remains in the bill by vote
11S to Ii. An unsuccessful effort wa
made to secure consideration of the bi
passed by the Senate for two addition;
regiments or artillery. but on ObjectiO
from Mr.. Cox dem. Tenn.Is it wei
over. In the Senate Henry w. Corbett
right to n seat in the Senate from Orego
was under consideration for five hour
A bill permitting the building of da
between Coon Rapids and the north lir
its of Minneapolis. across the Mississip
, River. was passed. Early i'll the sessiC
? an attempt WAS made to get up the Ala
, kan bill, but it failed.
, News of Minor Note.
f Artificially spotted tobacco raised