The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-16
NUMBER n.
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
First Regular Session.

Ni"iNlN 10 the nltha~aN lnNiaNN AMI the Fhl
hcaiion * the agreement affected with the n
y dians hy The Dawes commission. The discus
20 sion of The census bin prccipitated civil sci
vice debate which had not been conclude
- when the senate adjourned
n HOUSE After dispo,ing OF the urgent wa
G. deficiency bill as passed. with amendments d
, the senate. The house Tuesday considered th
conference report ui on the >undry civil bill
!. The report so FAR as 10 embodied agreements
= was adopted and the house then began votin
Seycraiiy upon The senate amendments. upo
/ which no agreement had been reached in con
I ference OF these there are l5 The houS
. | Tuesday considered eight of these. actin
hyoraoly upon three and rejecting ihe rc
mainder Consideration will continue Wcdncs
day
WASHINGTON juno SENArE-A bill pro
viding FOR the taking of The lsfl census wa,
passed Wednesday. after debate which oc,
cupiod the greater part oi three days Uudci
n. 4 IL should become q law. "a director of tho
census. an assistant director and i've expert
SiotIs,icians will be appointed Immediately to
make the preliminary arrangement, for the
taking ~ the census of let0 \ determined ct-
fort was made 90 provide that the emp Dyes 90
the census bureau should Doc examined and
certified by the civil service commission hu.
D. failed by vote of Is to b. \ provision WAS
inserted that not more than two-thirl, of tho
supervisors and cnumcratorS should belong To
one political party.
HoUsr The house "Wednesday disposed ot
the senate amendments OF tuc >undry civil
bill and agreed to further conference The
coufcrcce report upon the post office ap-
| preparation bill was adopted without debate
| and the house proceeded to cons lcr tho hil 90
provide for the participation of volunteer
soldiers ia congressional elections ADJ
! lourment was taken pending di,-
| po,al and 10 Viii come up Thursday The sc>-
sion began and ended Wednesday with Hawaii
Ian incidents Mr. Gro,rcuor rep. O). "a lea lcr
| OF the annexatioui,t,. figuring boo each instance
! They grew out ot the anxiety of those Who
want carly consideration lest the opposition
win victory and effect uuoun delay. B.. not the
defeat of the resolution, 40 tai, session
WAsnINcroN June lO-SEN,rr Mr. Lodge
tMa>,) made some sensational disclosures
concerning The disposition of thc money APP
rropriatcd hy congress, % short time ago in
payment of q claim OF the book concern of the
Methodist Episcopal church south llc intro
duced resolution directing The claims COM
mittee 10 make am investigation of matter
and report to thc senate what if ans action
could bc taken. The omnibus claim bin"
carrying something over $4,000 % private
pension bills and several measure, from the
general calendar were passed
HoUSr--Aftcr five hour. devoted 10 tho con-
shcration Of the bill TO enable volunteer
soldiers TO vote ln cougrc~ ional elections, the
conference report on the war revenue bin Was
presented % the house Thur-d s. Con,iderl-
uon was interrupted by rcc,s, az so'clock
THU oday evening. at which hour The report
W., taken mp aeain and after lhrcc hours de-
bate, involving % wide range of sab Gets lnd
SOME sensational features. b. was voted
up on ANA adopted l5l 90 lt7 The election
measure viii he disposed az Friday. inme-
dlutcly after the meeting of the hou-c. Thurs
day Mr.. Pierce dem. Tenn made aNlpotous
attack upon the prosecution of the war
and The ALLEGED unWarrautcd delay in sending
relief 10 the Cubans. \ sensational feat
urc was the clash between Mr.
GroSycnor (rep. o. AMI Mr. swanson
dem. NaD growing our of me former, attack
on the laticr, speech in criticism of the rev.
cnuc bin. The Hawaiian auncxaiioui,ts made
q strong fight - get ihe election b.ll out Of the
WY to prevent us going over. "a, privileged
and likely 20 Postpone another day their ill
tended effort to force consideration ~ the an
ncXatlon resolution, ih The house
WAsHNGroN. June H. SENATE Friday
.he conference report on TIE war revenue biu
was agreed tO by the senate after adi-cus,i0n
lasting four hours The debate upon the
measure Was without special incident and was
utIW!y devoid OF acrimoniou, features. 10
Wa a. forcg0uc conclusion that the rcpor.
would be- agreed to and the only question ~
interest involved Was how soon vote could
be- reached. The report was agreed 90 by tho
decisive vote OF 3to22 Eyory republican voted
or the measure and their Vote, wte supple
nentcd D} those of eight democrats. one silver
cpubioau and enc independent. The demo.
rats who voted f.r fhc adoption Of The rcpori
we're Me->r-. tancry. German. LINDSAY Nc
.ncry Mitchell Morgan Murphy and 1urpic.
De silver republican Na- Mr Mantle and tho
independent was Mr. KYLE. The vote against
he report Wa. cast by lG democrats three sll-
cr republican, and three populi,t-. A, -oon
$ the cngro,,ed bll can be- signed by the pre-
lding officer, of the tUo brauchc, ~ congress
viii be ,cat ID The president
HOUSE The feature of Friday, c~+ion Of
nc house wa, the securing of an agreement 10
ousdcr ana vote upon the NcwlAn3- resOiu-
o 10 annex Hawaii beginning Saturday
be- debate ain Iroc -cd until O'Clock mex
Wednesday afternoon when a vote viii be-
iken. The anntNati,ni,t8 came Friday de-
rmined 20 force con -idcrail0n aud Tor thrco
cur, The opposition niibu,tered. The bill TO
lablc volunteer soldier, 10 vote at congress
onai elections was pa -,e.l. and a number Of
llncr measure, chiefly Or private nature.
ere considered.
WAsHfNGToN June i4-SENATE For near
TWO nour- Monday tho senate had under dis-
I~>ion the resolution Oi Mr Lodge (MassD.
ifeciius the claims committee 10 make aa
iquiry 81, 10 the DISPOSITION II tho
I0ney appropriated hy congress % pay
be- claim of che bO concern Of the
thoiist Episcopal Church South
Gated c0lioquy between Mr. Chandler fN H.
1d Mr. Pa-co was thc feature of thc discus
on. At2o'cloce ihc consideration o.. the bil
-oy!Gius FOR The Incorporation Of lhe inicrna-
onal American bank was begun. The meas
rc was still under discussion when the senate
iJourncd
House The debate upon Hawaiian anaexa-
on continued in the house M1nGaY. ten
lccche> beng m.dt Very iitt.c interest
auiie-t. either upon the floor or iu the ga.-
rie> icN occnpau,, ~ tAe latte. NJ Pc
nj ana the attendance upon the floor hardly
lcel diug q, amy time 80 mCmbcrs. 4 nignt
'S,ion u .ll be- held Tte-d ,y evening Co 10 q
DpOrtunify FOR many m'mber, tJsIc.k %
HON otherwise ~ wOuli be
possible 10 give tine before The
otc Wednesday afternoon The spccctcs
ade Monday were by Mes p. y .Wlands t,il-
Pr, New. Pearson rep. y o.. Hcnry rcD
ld.) Barrows rep Mass.) Stewart rep y
,. Kirkpatrick rep. Pa). Mann rep IlL)
" ana by Mcssr- Bell lpop. C0A). Bland
Iem.. Mo- and Smith dem de.c;ate. Arizl
gainst The resolution. The house passed
ll appropriaung s,75. l5l25 10 pay the Bcbr-
Is sea award.
Creer's Plurality.