The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-01-20
WHAT CONGRESS-
Is DOING.
rHE SENATE ON HAWAIIAN
ANNEXATION.

ThE SEuATE ON HAWAIIAN
ANNEXATION.
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i've appropriafiou ball. vkieh had
| been under consaderafion since sca~
time before the holidays. and ope
paragraph Of which. that rolatins 90
appropriation for Civil k~rvios Con.
mission. provoked saeh . long dis-
cuksion- After ell the talk irdnlsed
is however by the aufi-eisl service
Copgressnen. not . singi~ one moved
20 strike out the paragrapk or ts
amend u IN any vay. ft 40 svtderf
that they we're islkiag for the bone
az and oousuupton alone Of their
once seeking constituents. and after
their dsnaneisiory speeches consid-
cred that they had dcns their duty
and ele>r~d their eonsciences.
The weeks roatins in both Houses
is as follows:
Monday tI0th). The Wee Press
dent laid before the senate comma
nications from the Posim asssr- Cen
erai, the Secretary of the Navy and
Secretary of the Interior In respops.
TO Senate resolutions Of Decemter
18th. stating what eiiices in their re-
spective departments should. IN their
opinion, be exempted from Civil Ser
vice.
After o short time consumed 10
introduction of minor bills, etc, of
local imporfsase. Mr.. Dawn. OF Com
mittse Of 70. .eign kelaiiops. moved
an sNecutivs session Tor considera-
ton OF Hawaiian Annsnaiion.
The follosing nominations for
today received by the Senate. 4. n.
Lybrook, Winston; j. J. Martin.
Tsrboro; William T.. Ornsby. Salem.
The Senate confirmed the nomira-
ton Of Alfred Y. Holtor TO be Aftor-
pey for Western district of North
Carolina. and Thos. e. Faller 60 be
Associate Justice Of Court of Private
Land Claims.
Tuesday ultb). There was q bill
reported today from Com mities on
Pensions adversely, however. hut
which went 90 the calendar for fu-
ture consideration. which. AZ passed.
will set . very dangerous precedent.
lt is To pension the tvo daughters Of
Ms General George Gordon Meade
At the rate Of siev per month each.
IL these are penkionsd Of courss the
the daughters OF every other Union
soldier vill have right TO ask for q
pension.
Mr.. Fairbanks, of Indiana, made
lengthy speech in support of Sen
Ate Bill TO amend the immigration
laws Of the United States, IN which
he included some very interesting
statistics. He made the point that
until recently tnnce about 1850 the
larger per cent. OF immigrants we're
from the United Kingdom. Germany.
Sweden. Norway and Denmark. Who
. we're IN the main intelligent. indus
trious and liberty LOVING. but that
. beginning With the last decade
! change had occurred in both nation
, ality and quality Of our immigra-
ton, and submitted table showing
. that whereas the per cent. of immi-
, grants from the countries above re-
ferred to had dvipdied down from "a
per cent. in 1850 10 % per cent. an
1897, the percentage from Hungary,
Italy, Poland and Russia had in
creased from per cent. IN 1850 TO
!. II per cent. in 1897.
The Senate vent into executive
session 10 CONSIDER Hawaiian qoes-
Q ton.
4 Wednesday n2tb). A joint reso.
o luticn vas passed authorizing the d.
, rector Of the geological survey "a
o prepare . map Of Alaska showing oil
known topographic and gsoIogic
o features, including what 10 known OF
Q the gold-bearing roeks, the bss,
d method Of reaching the gold fields
, etc.
d Most Of the time was spent in er
70 ecutive session.
VI Edward c. Duncan Vas today con
frmed 20 be Collector Of interpa
,f Revenue for the Fourth district ot
., North Carolina.
y, Thursday (l3 b. In view Of fh.
L.. 81 -.
Of Offices and the general riot IN Hs
N vana, Mr. Cameron offered . resoIu
~ ton looking 70 the profection o.
10 American property and citizens II
%. Cuba.
q. Mr.. Csf-ry, Of Louisiaua, made /,
" speech favofibg immigration.
=, The Hawaiian question vas the,
q taken up in executive sesslcu.
I'd Friday nith). The Hswaiia,
ny question IN exesutive session con
fumed most Of the time.
A joint resolution TO amend cor
st.tutiou wss introducsd nakisg q,
cd piration Of term Of once Of Pres.
~ dent and seaators. etc., April J0.k
A instead Of March 4sh, which vas n
hs ferrod 20 Committee on Pfivilegs
o- aad Elections.
In Senator Better, Of North csrolinl
,ev secured the passage Of . joint res.
,er lution yeste.~Ay TO carry into e6es
t1o resolutions Of the Contlnsafa
Congress directing monumenss 60
to erected 10 the menorv Of Gen. Fra,
lr- els Nash and Williso Lee DaviAso,
DO Of North Carolina. the cost Of ese
se- 10 b 8. 900.
ms Conhrmstions Of North Csrolir
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