The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-02-03

1he District of Columbia approx -iat;on
bill was bebre the House OH Saturday,
but the daywas spent in political debate.
The controerted question as to whether
prosperity hid arrived attracted the most
attention am interest. and testimony pro
and con wa offered throughout the day.
AT times considerable acrimOny was dis
played, but is Il rule the debate was good
natured, bob sides seeming to recognize
that it was merely struggle to score
political advantage. The Senate was not
IN session.
In the Senate on Monday two of the
general appropriation bills. that for the
army carrying S23 .2i3. 400. and that for
the legislative. judicial and executive de-
partments. carrying $21 .6JS.520 were
passed, the after consisting of 121 pages.
occupying tie attention. of the Senate dur
ing the Greatcr part Of the session. After
brief executive session the Senate ad
jourued. IL the House all day was spent
in debate m the Teller silver resolution.
1t was dcfe,ted by vote of 132 to 1S2.
The feature of the short session of the
Senate on Tuesday was statement made
by Mr.. Clark tRen., WyO.). as matter
of personal privilege. concerning his vote
in favor oi the Teller resolution He
maintained that his vote was in no way
inconsisten, with his RepublcaniSm. and
declared he would not permit anybody to
read him out OF the party as he was
satisfied the masses of the party would
not convict him of political heresy. The
House devoted most of the session to the
District of Columbia appropriation bill.
but had not completed it at the time of
adjournment. Some politics was injected
into the debate just Mt the close. the fea-
ture of which was bitter denunciation
of W. A. Stone of Pennsylvania by Mr..
Mahany Rep.. N W, for the formers
position in favor of the immigration bill.
Mr.. Stone did not see fit to reply Before
the district bill was taken up several bills
and resolutions of minor Importance were
passed.
After three days spent on the District
of Columbia appropriation bill, mostly in
political discussion. the House passed the
measure on Wednesday and then took
up the bill to provide for Notifications and
coast defenscs Several Democrats. nota-
bly, Mr.. Mcclellan of New York. criticised
the measure because it cut down appro-
priations for these works below what
has been appropriated in recent years.
Beyond the reading of the agricultural ap-
preparation bill and agreeing tG the amend
ments proposed by the committee, the
Senate transacted no business of import
ancc in open session. The greater part
of the afternoon was passed in execu-
tive session, the discussion being upon
the Hawaiian annexation treaty.
Thursday in the House was spent os-
tensibly in considering the Notifications
appropriation bill. In reality the major
portion of the time was consumed in the
discussion of political topics. The exist
ence of prosperity in the country was
again the main question of dispute. All
attempts TO increase the appropriations in
the fortificatiOns appropriation bill or to
amend il in any respect We're voted down.
One of the features of Thursdays session
of the Senate was speech by Mr.. Caf-
fiery of Louisiana i'll support of the reso-
luton reported by the Committee on Priv
ilegcs and Elections declaring that Henry
W. Curbeit is not entitled to seat in the
Senate from the State of Oregon. Mr..
Corbett was appointed as Senator by the
Governor Of Oregon after the failure of
the Legislature. to elect q Senator to sue
ceed Senator Mitchell Mr.. Caffery main
tanned that tkc Governor of a State had
no authority to appoint to fill an original
vacancy--a vacancy beginning with a new
term-aftcr the Legislature had had an
opportunity to elect and had failed to dc
so. The agricultural appropriation bill
was under consideration during the great
er part Of the afternoon and was finally
passed After IL brief executive session
the Senate adjourned.
Friday was private bill day in the
House. but by systematic filibustering the
private calendar containing the bills re-
ported by the Committee on Claims was
not reached. the whole day and evening
being consumed in passing thirty-seven
private pension bills favorably acted upon
by the House at the session last Friday
night. During the consideration of one
of the bills AZ Interesting discussion OF
the sale of the Kansas Pacific Road was
precipitated by Mr.. Fleming (Dem., OF
Georgia., who with his Democratic col
leagues. desired legislation to require the
President to bid the full amount of the
debt. principal and interest. Mr.. Powers
chairman of the Pacific Railroad Com
mittee. contended that the real purpose OF
the opposition was TO compel the Govern
ment to take the road and operate it. He
said he thought the administration, which
had secured every dollar owing from the
Union Pacific, could be safely trusted tC
protect the Governments interest at the
sale of the Kansas Pacific. In the Sen
ate no business of Importance was trans
acted in the brief open session. After
the executive session of three hours the
Senate adjourned until Monday.
A Musical Mousetrap.