The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-04

q committee OF f1ve senators who
should 60 to Cuba and ascertain the
precise situation on the island, IN
der the rules it went over until to-
morrow. Both the military academy
and the diplomatic and consular appro-
priation bills were passed. Mr.. Hans
brough attempted to secure action on
the bill to regulate the laws of
Alaska, but on objection from Mr..
Turner of Washington it went over.
a variety Of subjects occupied the
attention of the house during the con-
sideratioi Of the sundry civil appropri-
alton bill. Mr.. Mahany of New York
made All attack on the patriotism of
some of the social leaders of New
York, whom he said held high reyel
while the nation was bowed down
with grief over the loss of life result
ing from the Maine explosion. The
Southern members who have for years
been fighting the appropriation for Gin
formers" on illicit distilleries succeed
ed IN killing the appropriation in COM
mittee Of the whole, but Chairman
Cannon gave notice that he would de-
mand TN aye and nay vote in the
house. Early in the session O resOlu-
ton was adopted inquirfng of the
treasury department what has been
done by the United States to prevent
the conveyance to the Cubans of arti-
cles produced in the United States,
also as to the prevention of filibuster-
ing. General debate having closed
Tuesday, yesterday the reading of the
sundry civil bill for amendment I'M
der the five-minute rule was begun.
Washington, Feb. 25.-The house de-
voted itself strictly to business to-day
and disposed of thirty additional pages
of the sundry civil appropriation bill.
The fact that the government is pre-,
pairing for contingencies was recog-
nized in the house when chairman
Cannon, who has been laboring to
keep down appropriations accepted
without q word of protest, an amend
ment to increase the appropriation to
care for the unused machinery at the
Springfield Arsenal.
Mr.. Gillette explained that necessity
for using this machinery might occur
at any time. Resolutions which were
objected to a few weeks ago for the
appointment Of two extra naval cadets
to positions in the engineer corps OF
the navy We're also adopted. One of
them will fill a vacancy caused by the
death of Lieut.. Merritt Of the Maine.
Mr.. Savers (Dem., Tex criticised the
item in the bill placing only the I'M
expended epidemic funds of past years
ut the disposal of the quarantine SER
vice. He thought 100000 additional
should be appropriated.
After considerable discussion the
amendment was lost.
After completing 30 pages of the
bill. the committee rose.
At 5:15, the house adjourned.
A feature of the senate's session
was the speech of Mr.. Spooner WISH
OIL the right of Henry w. Corbett to
q seat in the senate from Oregon .un-
der appointment of-<the governor. Mr..
Spooner made constitutional argu-
ment in favor of seating Mr.. Corbett
and had not concluded when the senate
adjourned.
An effort was made to obtain con-
sideration of the Alaskan homestead
and railway right of way bill, but on
a parliamentary technicality it went
over. The resolution offered yesterday
by Mr.. Allen (Neb) to appoint COM
mittee Of five senators to investigate
the Cuban situation was withdrawn
by it's author when it was laid before
the senate.
Washington, Feb. 26. - A long and
somewhat exciting debate over the
question of river and harbor appro-
priations was precipitated in the
house during the consideration of the
sundry civil appropriation bill. It
was practically agreed by all those
who participated that there would be
no river and harbor bill at this ses-
sion OF congress, and this led Mr..
Moody to attack the contract items
carried in the sundry civil bill. He
selected an appropriation of $35O,OOO
for Rockland, Me-, which is in Mr..
Dingley's district, and his remarks in
Remuneration of what he termed favor
ltlsnl approached the sensational. Mr..
Dlngiey denied that he had ever sug-
gested the appropriation to the COM
iilittee OH appropriations or to any in
diyidual members of the committee.
1t was intimated that there was a plan
to defeat all the items in the bill so as
to force the consideration of a general
river and harbor bill. but the intima-
ton was not borne out by the vote on
the amendment upon which the de-
bate re"ted. Mr.. Berry Of Kentucky
succeeded in securing the adoption of
an amendment increasing the appro-
priation for the Kentucky river from
100000 to $35O,OOO. The senate
amendments to the army appropria-
ton bill were agreed to without de-
bate. When the item appropriating
100000 for San Pedro, Cal, was
reached there was some debate. after
which the item was passed vithout
amendment. An unsucesssf IL effort
was made to secure consideration of
the bill passed by the senate for two
additional regiments of artillery, but
on objection from Mr.. Cox Of Tennes-
see it went over. An amendment ap-
rropriating $15O,0OO for Yaquina bay,
Oregon. was pending when the house,
at s o'clock, recessed until s. The
evening session was devoted to PEN
sion bills.
In the Senate.
Hon. Henry w. Corbett's right to q
seat in the senate from Oregon was