Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-15
WORK OF CONGRESS
Senate Provides for Eight
New Revenue Cutters.
AT OF S2,025,00O
Resolution Authorizing the Maine Court of
Inquiry to Send for Persons and
Papers ADOPTED. Short Ses-
sion OF the House.
(Bv TtlegnOh.)

its Session Of three hUuls todly the : n
2pe passed 4 considerable number oil
biiS from the enerAl calendar, among
tile number being one authorizing qae
construction VI eight new G.Veule Cu.-
te1%$ not exceeding an aggregate c.S.
ot $2.o2o.tVo. 1.le n~ataOG1! uuITanGne
hil was mad" The regular order OF busI-
mess ana WEI be taken up probably On
Wednesday,.
y resolution offered last THURSDAY by
Mr.. Chandler, IF New Hampshire. au-
thorlZIng tn committee on navA! al
fairs to send for PERSONS and papers in
The course Of the Investigation III tht.
Maine disaster was tdJpt,d.
Almost immediately afterwards. Mr..
Alien, Of Nebraska. inquired IF Mr..
Snaniier what Ihe naval affairs com
m1ttee had one regarding the Invest
CATION of tla Maine catastrophe uIs pro
vided for by HIS resolution Of -everl!
weeks ago.
Mr.. Chandler. IN reply, called att n
ton to the absence Of the chairman Vi
the naval committed. Mr.. Hale. and
iisciaiIned any desire or ~Gntent.on Ia
speak for the committee. He said.
however. That as yet the committee had
taken no artinn regarding the ~inv"sti-
CATION beyond presenting and securing
the passage Of the resolution authoriz-
ing the 0mmitt TO proceed as a court.
He expressed the opinion that tn" p19i-
cy of the committee would be to W. t
the action and findings of the navJ'
court OF inquiry. He called attention
to the interesting fact that naval courts
nave no authority under the law t."
C.pInpei Witnesses to testify or to puEds.s
th.n Ef they Mould refuse. He Thought
therefore. that tine naval committed, in
making its nvestigatnn ought t. t2
empowered to force testimony from wit
nessvs or suffer a penalty for refusal.
is the senator advised as to whether
the naval affairs committee VIII make
an investvga tEun Of the Name liSaS-
ter 2" inquired Mr.. Allen.
Il am not prepared To sl'etk for the
THE resolution. l take it, places an in
Junction upDn the committee to conduct
Am investigation and tine resolution
agreed 10 a few minutes ago Is in line
with the injunction. This is a subject
(which | do not think ought to be dis
cusSed in public. | desire /" commend
the senator from Nebraska Tor Ms pa
triDtic restraint IN retralning from DIS
cuSSing this matter
The conference report on tn" army
appropriate hi.l WIS presented hy MY.
Quay. of Pennsylvania, and was agreed
Mr.. Lodge. of Massachusetts Of th"
foreign relations committee. called up
nh. JOINT resolution Tor the r"l"f OF NJ
gust IaItten and GustaVe Itchcit2u. in"
resolution as reported form IN" for
eign relations COMMITTEE is as follows:
That the President Of the InIt"d
Suites 0oe, and IS hereby c~inplWcr@t' t"
take such measures as IN ms luiE-
ment may be necessary. to "o'l'n lh'
Indemnity from tine Spanish govern
Gnent for the wrongs and injuries sui
rftrel rby August ,RulIpn and GuSthNc
lNc!le.ieu. by reason of their wrongful
arrest and imprisonment by span 81
authorities at de Nuoa IN rh'
wear 1898, and to secure this end n" is
authorized ana requested t" employ
such means or exercise such power as
-snay be necessary
m. ~TG75 %tjpn, to which Objection
was made a fe" days Ag'' WIS pass"
without debate.
To pay Hapt e \. Phillips. Willow IF
John PhjnipS. $1,000 for services rem
deird by JOIN rhhlips IN hearing DIS
pal;ct.-s from Ihe commanding fee
ar F.Irt PM Krarny 10 Fort Laramie,
in percmher. 1866. after the MASSACRE
of The Entiei States soldiers uE'.er
H~.heNtmant Colonel F'Tr"rmln, hv the
Sioux Indians. ana 10y who's $"lvl IS
the garrS n at fort t'mi Nelrny. then
s.rrcpml cd by SIOUX ImiAaS. WIS res
cuc3 and saver from ANN. hiiar."n; t"
increase t,s pension # MIS-. i-atita
I'y.er S%cnIu,Nr, a daughter of President
John Tyler. to $50 a month.
The biM authorizes the secretary az
the treasury II, have constructed =. ght
vessels for the leVenu" cutter serric"
providing for them as fol ""s:
One un take the place M thu ~s'"aln'"1
Seward. Ct st not 10 cNcGit $l|o.too;
one to take the place of he N%l-hne,
cost rpi to exceed $lG0. 600; one t. rake
the place OF the CrlfaX cost mort ~
cXr eei $3.50, 900: one to take IN" 'ln't
Hf ne IA utWeN. Cost not 70 exceed $l"o.-
N0: enc for SerViCe. on and in the Vi
entity of the Columbia RIVER lar, Pa
E-itir coast, cost n.'t to exceed S2nb,''h'
one for h..rlrDr service At Philtdri a.a
t. rtpdc. The steamer Washington. COS;
not 10 exceed $l5, 600: on" for halhol
service at Boston t" replace tfta steam
CT Hamlin. cost rot /" exceed 600:
one for har+iarr service at New York 70
replar the ChaHlLer, cost NOT to "X-
H-cl $45. COO.
vt $40 p. NJ. the Senate on mot on
of Mr.. O,ay. Wen, INTO cxccntiv" SEES
S"n. ard soon Ifl"rWard odh urnei
HOUSE q REPRESENTATIVES,.
WASHTNGTON. March I4-fev. pr
EIale. W Boston. del vrretl the invona-
zion IN the House today. TINS he'rg III,
second Mcndav " tn" month it was
G vtrG over. under htta RUE. to TIE con-
siIeration ~ business r~etatinG 10 tn
Distinct Of Columbia. The district bus
mess was c0s7c'u1t II at i:35 +. NJ. \
few S,r0lt" bills wyrs. rnsS"d and Mt :
O'Clock the H. use adjourned.