Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-02-17
CONGRESSIONAL.

Feb 1.-THE Indian bill was passed by
the Senate. Senator Pettigrews amend
ment restoring the free homestead law
to Indian lands coded to the govern
ment was adopted Bills granting to
the state of Kansas the abandoned Fort
Hayes military reservation for the
purpose of establishing Western
branches of the Kansas Agricultural
college and of the Kansas State Normal
school thereon, and for public park; and
80 provide for the revision and adjustment
of the sales of the Otoe and Missouri reser-
walton lands in Kansas and Nebraska, and
confirm the titles under the sales were
PASSED.
Feb 10-During almost the entire ses-
sion Of the Senate the Indian appropriation
bill was under discussion. The reading of
the bill was completed and all of the COM
mittee amendments were adopted Suisse
quently several amendments of a minor
character were attached to the measure.
Mr. Allen of Nebraska enlivened proceed
ings few minutes before adjournment by
making an attack upon Speaker Reed for
preventing the enactment as the Nebraska
Senator declared. of meritorious legisla-
tion sent to the House of Representatives
by the Senate. He denounced the speakers
action In this regard as disgrace" to Con-
gress and to the American people.
The House was in very bad temper, and
the whole session was consumed in hlibus-
tering against two bills of minor impor-
tan CO. one to issue a duplicate check and
the other to make Rockland, Me-. a sub. port
of entry. Finally, when it became evident
that no progress could be made with the
bills presented, an adjournment was taken
until Monday.
Feb 9-The Republican majority was in
creased from forty-nine to fifty, when the
House, by vote of Las to 113, unsea ted Mr..
Plowman, Democrat, from Alabama, giving
the seat to Mr.. Aldrich, Republican
special deficiency bill was passed carrying
100000 for the payment of jurors fees in
United States courts, and $4,000 for wit
ness fees.
For more than three hours the Senate
chamber rang with the eloquent appeals in
behalf of the Cuban insurgents. Announced
speeches were delivered by Mr.. Cannon of
Utah and Mr. Mason of Illinois in advocacy
of the adoption of belligerency resolutions.
Mr.. Hale of Maine addressed the Senate
briefly, urging the Senate to uphold the pol
icy of the administration.
Feb s.-The House entered upon the con-
sideration of the Aldrich- Plowman contest
ed election case from the Fonrth Alabama
district The majority of the committe re-
ported in favor of seating the Republican
candidate on the ground of conspiracy, an
allegation vigorously denied by the Demo-
cratic majority. Mr. Plowman's plu-
rality, on the face of the re-
turns, was 1857 The majority revised
the figures so as to give Aldrlch plurality
of $40 Two speeches were made on each
side, by Messrs Taylor of Ohio and Mann of
Illinois, and by Messrs. Fox of Mississippi
and Settle of Kentucky for the minority
In the Senate Mason of Illinois Allen of
Nebraska and Cannon of Utah introduced
resolutions calling upon the President to
recognize Cuban Independence Chandler
of New Hampshire spoke in favor OF seat
ing Corbett as senator from oregon. Sem
ate then went into executive session on
Hawaiian treaty Pettlgrew of South Da-
kota spoke again0t annexation.