The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-02-24
CONGRESSIONAL.

Feb lathe House passed the Henaer,or
bankruptcy biN BY vote of yeaa 1S0: nava
126. The vote shows that eighteen Rep4b-
leans voted against the bill and twelve
democrats for It An amendment to strike
out the Involuntary feature was defeated.
Feb 1a-The House debated the bant.
ruptcy bill until noon, and then passed .
Senate resolution appropriating s2OO 600 to
raise the warship Maine ana recover the
bodies The bankruptcy debate was then
continued the rest Of the day. Bland, De-
bill. ''--
Feb 1.-THE debate ON the han h,un,
oail dragged along listlessly In the House.
interest In It being overshadowed bv the
Aa1ne disaster. The speeches on the floor
attracted almost no attention. and were De.
hvered In most instances to a handful of
members.
After spirited debate occupvinr mor.
tnan two hours the Senate, by a vote of "a
to %. agreed to the resolution of Mr.. Tur-
PIE. OF Indiana, declaring the Senate's op-
position to the conhr ma ton of the sale of
the Kansas Pacific railroad.
Feb 16.-The debate on the bankruntc
Dill opened IN the House to-day, but II at
traceed little attention, the intereit of the
members being entirely absorbed by the
disaster to the Maine. At times the All Of
the House was almost deserted Mr.. Bon.
telle. chairman of the naval committee.
presented resolution. which was unaui.
mousiv adopted, expressing regret for the
disaster. coincidence with the families of
those who lost their lives. and sympathy
with the injured
Senator Morrill, of Vermont, occupied the
entire time of executive session of the Sen
ate with speech opposing the rattle alton
OF the Hawaiian annexation treaty
Feb 1a-The resolution OF INQUIRY offered
Yesterday by Mr.. Harris, of Kansas, precip-
itated spirited discussion of the PACING
railroad question in the Senate The reso-
!nton called upon the attorney general for
the reasons which induced him to abandon
his plan Of redeeming the first mortgage
bonds OF the Kansas Pacific br anch of the
Union Pacific and having the road
operated by receiver. Mr.. Har-
rs denounced tine present plan
to sell the road at the bid of the
reorganization committee as defraudine
the government oct of something m IRE
than s6. 600 COO Mr. Foraker of Ohio ex-
planned the view taken Of the matter by
the administration. showing the President
was convinced the Reorganization commit
tee proposed to pay for the road all that it
was worth. The resolution was finally
passed In amended form The attorney
general replied that for the government to
bid In and opcrat the road through re-
cefver would be attended By many legal
difficulties, ana that the government
thought 1t best not to undertake the task
A bill was passed to create 4 10: al board
for the examination of steam vessels in
Alaska.
The House put in busy day. The time
was devoted to the consideration of bills
and joint resolutions presented under the
call of committees, and sixteen of more or
less public importance were passed Mr.. |
Cooney, Democrat of Missouri rising t O |
question OF privilege, called attention to the !
fact that resolution of inquiry introduced |
by him ecember Il calling upon the sec
rotary of the treasury for the statement |
and accounting of the receiver of the First |
National bank of Sedalia, Mo-, which was
referred to the banking and currency COM
mittee. had not been reported back. MIR |
Johnson of Indiana. chairman of the COM
mittee. said that report would be mlIe
tomorrow