The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-06-16
EIFTY.FIFTH CONGRESS-



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WASHINGTON, June c7.--SLx..1E-Beyond the
passage Of an urgent def, .cncy bill made
aeecsssry BY the war With spain, the senate
accomplished little Monday The deficiency
measure carries appropriations for the war and
navy establishments aggreratine ei7,745.0o0.
These appropriations are In addition to the
amounts TO be carried later by the general de.
hciency bill. During the greater part OF the
session the measure providing for the taking
Of the twelfth and subsequent censuses was
under consideration. but no progress was made
towards its completion.
HoUsE--After the revenue bill as sent to
conference the session Of the house Monday
vas devoted to routine bu, iness, chiefly under
suspension OF the rules. number Of bills be-
ing passed Adjournment was taken pending
the disposal OF measure providing code Of
criminal low and procedure for Alaska.
WASHINGTON, June s-SENArE--The bill
for the protection Of the people Of the Indian
territory passed. 1t provide, for the allot-
ment In severalty Of certain lands to the In
dians OF the territory, the payment Of interest
claims to the Chickasaw Indians and the rati-
ncation Of the agreement affected with the In
oisns BY the Dawes commission. The discus
sion Of the census bill precipitated civil SER
vice debate which had not been concluded
when the senate adjourned.
HoUsE-After disposing Of the urgent war
deficiency bill as passed, with amendments by
the senate, the house Tuesday considered the
conference report upon the sundry civil bill
The report so far as It embodied agreements,
Was adopted and the house then began voting
severally upon the senate amendments, upon
which no agreement had been reached In con-
ference. OF these there ore 45. The house
Tuesday considered eight Of these, acting
favorably upon three and rejecting the re-
Eainder. Consideration will continue Wednes-
day.
WARRINGTON, June 9--SENATE-A bill pro-
viding for the taking Of the 1ath census was
rassed Wednesday. after o debate which oc-
cupted the greater part Of three days. Under
It, II 1t should become law, director Of the
census, an assistant director and five expert
statisticians will be appointed Immediately to
make the preliminary arrangements for the
taking Of the census Of 1900. Adetermined ef-
fort was made to provide that the employees Of
the census bureau should be examined and
certified by the civil service commission. but
1T failed by vote OF 18 to 81 provision was
inserted that not more than o-thlrds of the
supervisors and enumerators should belong to
one political party.
HousE--The house Wednesday disposed of
the senate amendments OF the sundry civil
bill and agreed to further conference. The
conferece report upon the post ONCE ap-
preparation bill was adopted without debate
and the house proceededto consider the bill to
provide for the participation Of volun teer
soldiers In congressional elections Ad-
jourment was taken pending dis
posal, and it will come up Thursday The ses-
sion began and ended Wednesday with Hawai-
ian Incidents, Mr. Grosvenor (rep., o., leader
Of the annexationists, figuring IN each instance.
They grew out Of the anxiety OF those who
want early consideration lest the opposition
win victory and effect undue delay, II not the
defeat Of the resolutions at this session.
WASHINGTON June io-SENATE-Mr. Lodge
AHnc rrndA Nrvxa
concerning the disposition Of the money ap-
propriated by congress short time ago in
payment of o claim of the book concern of the
Methodist Episcopal church south. He intro
duced resolution directing the claims COM
mittee to make On investigation Of the matter
ana report to the senate what II any action
could be taken. The omnibus claim BILL"
carrying something over ee.0o00O0, 10 private
pension bills and several measures from the
general calendar were passed.
HOusE--After fve hours devoted to the con-
sideration OF the bill to enable volunteer
soldiers TO vote In congressional elections. the
conference report ON the war revenue bill was
presented to the house Thursday. Considera-
tton was interrupted by Q recess at 8 o'clock
Thursday evening. at which hour the report
WAS taken up again and after three hours de-
bate; involving q wide range OF subjects and
up on and adopted. l64 to l07. The election
measure will. be disposed Of Friday, imme-
diately after the meeting Of the house. Thurs
day Mr.. Pierce dem, Tenn.) made vigorous
attack upon the prosecution OF the war
and the alleged unwarranted delay In sending
relief to the Cubans A sensational feat
ure was the clash between Mr..
Grosvenor (rep., o. and Mr.. Swanson
dem, Va) growing out Of the formers attack
on the latter's speech In criticism of the rev.
enue bill The Hawaiian annexationists made
. strong fight to get the election bill out Of the
w y n me-
and likely to postpone another day their in
tended effort to force consideration Of the sn-
nexation resolutions in the house.
WARRINGTON, June ll.-SESATE-Friday
the conference report on the war revenue bill
was agreed TO by the senate after . discussion
lasting four hours The debate upon the
measufe was without special incident ind was
entirely devoid Of acrimonious features. It
Was > foregone conclusion that the report
would be agreed to, and the only question OF
interest involved Yves how soon q vote could
BE- reached. The report wss agreed to by the
decisive vote OF - q Every republican voted
for the measure and their votes were supple-
mented by those Of eight democrats, one silver
republican and cne Independent. The demo-
Gratis who voted fer the adoption OF the report
were Nessrs. Ca6ery German. Lindsay, Nc
Emery. Mitchell, Morgan, Murphy and Turpie
Independent was Mr.. Kyle. The vote against
the report was cast BY Is democrats, three sill
yer republicans and three populists. As soon
a. the ensrossed bill can be signed by the pre-
siding ofncers Of the two branches Of congress
It win be sent to the president
HousE-The feature Of Fridays session Of
the house was the securing OF an agreement to
consider and vote upon the Newlands resolu-
tton to annex Hawaii Beginning Saturday
the debate will proceed until s O'Clock next
Wednesday afternoon when . vote will he
taken. The snnexsticniss came Friday de-
termined 70 force con liberation and for three
hours the opposition hlibustered. Tho bill to
enable volunteer soldiers to vote ct congress
sional elections was passed. and . number of
minor measures, chiefly OF . private nature.
were considered.
Ihink the War 4 Nearly Over.