The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-03-12
PROCEEDINGS OF congress
DISCUSS THE NATIONS AFFAIRS
Leaders I'm Both Branches of the Ma
tionaI Legislature Consume Time
In Talk as Well az Transact Some
Public Busfness-Wbat Has Been
Done.

The resolution providing for congress
sional investigation into the murder of the
postmaster at Lake City, S. c., and his
family, and the burning of his home, was
laid before the senate. Senator McLaurin
of South Carolina said he hoped the reso-
luton would go to committee without dis
cussion. The state authorities were ex-
ceedingly active in investigation of the
crime and he was assured every effort was
being made to bring the perpetrators, of
the outrage to justice. He then had read
clippings from the Columbia Is. c. State
tnewspaper) to show that the people of
South Carolina were not only not in sym
pathy with those who committed the
crime, but keenly reprobated it, Senator
Hawley said the crime was clearly within
federal jurisdiction by the fact that it was
a federal official murdered and government
property destroyed. He expressed the
opinion that the federal authorities ought
to maintain close watch upon the pro-
ceedings. The resolution was then re-
ferred to the committee on contingent ex-
penses.
BlllS were passed as follows:
Granting free entry to set of bells
presented by the car of Russia to the
Orthodox Russian church at Bridgeport.
Conn.
To provide for the transfer of the Syd-
ney military post reservation to the state
OF Nebraska for educational purposes.
TO establish an assay office at Seattle,
Wash. ., ~..... ..
The house further considered the Loud
bill, relating to second class mail matter.
Alaska Bill Passed.
A resolution was passed by the senate
Friday authorizing the printing of $4,000
copies of the pamphlet by, Commodore
George W. Melville, on the commercial.
military and strategic advantages to the
United States of the Nicaraguan canal and
the Hawaiian islands. BY vote of 48 to
the paragraph in the Alaska bill reserv-
ing to the government the right to pur-
chase any railroad. tramway or wagon
road at its actual cash value, was stricken
out. The Alaskan bill passed the senate.
Senator Morgan announced that it was
his purpose to introduce resolution ut
an early date making a second call upon
the president for consular correspondence
bearing upon the condition of affairs IN
Cuba. He said the resolution proposed
by HIM would be cOuched in terms. de-
handing the submission of the correspon-
dence.
Before the regular order the bill
of the conference committee on pension
appropriations was agreed to in the house
Mr.. Hit chairman of the committee on
foreign affairs, presented the report of tho
committee on the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill. 1t recommended the
adoption of all the senate amendments.
which was agreed to. Both pension and
diplomatic bills now 90 to the president.
The house then took up consideration Of
bills on the private calendar
Artillery Bill Passed.
Chairman Hull, of the military commit.
tee, in the house Monday moved the pas
sage, under suspension of rules, of the
Hawley bill creating two additional regi-
ments of artillery Debate on the bill de-
/ veloped nothing exciting, but there was a
great outburst of enthusiasm when NJ.
Hay democrat, of Virginia, declared he
stood ready to vote for the measure in
view of the emergency which confronted
the country. Mr.. Jones of Virginia and
Mr.. Cox OF Tennessee spoke against the
Dill, which was passed without division.
Mr. Norton of Ohio introduced in the
house resolution. which was referred to
the committee on rules, setting aside
Thursday and Friday for consideration of
a Joint resolution to recognize the indie
pendenee of the republic of Cuba. a4a
Defense Bill Passed.
The appropriations committee of the
house, at meeting Tuesday morning.
unanimously agreed to report favorably
the bill appropriating $50,O0O,0OO for ma
tional defense There was practically no
discussion in the committee. Members
had informally discussed the bill and il
met with the approval of all. The bill
was reported as a deficiency bill and in
cluded in addition to $5O,O0O,O00 for ma
tional defense, the following items: For
printing, $4,000; bureau of medicine and
surgery, naval establishment, 10000; bn
reau of equipment, naval establishment.
100000; bureau or ordnance naval estab-
lishment, $1,000; total, $50, 1884, 900. The
debate closed at ago, when the question
was put on the passage of the bill Mr..
Cannon asked for the roll call, so that
every member could go on record. The
bill passed by unanimous vote.
The senate considered the District of Co
lumbia appropriation bill.