Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-22
WORK OF CONGRESS TODAY.
Teller Resolution Receives Consideration in the
Senate.
Senator Cannon Wants the Pension List
Published-Alien Gets Flowers
Cuba and Hawaii.


Washington. Jan. 22.--Jn the desk OF
Mr.. Allen (Nebraska) at the opening Of
today's session of the Senate. was a
stand OF beautiful American Beauty
and Brides roses. 1t was 20 testimonial
from ladies of the departments for
your noble and brave defense of n
woman's honor
Mr.. Allen championed the cause of
Mrs. NJ. f. Roberts, who was sum-
flee.
Mr.. Cannon CUtah) Introduced a
bill providing for the publication of the
pension roll.
Mr.. Gallinger New Hampshire) intro
duced an amendment bill providing
that hereafter no pension shall be paid
on authority of attorneys OF pension
ers residing In foreign countries
The resolution of Mr.. TELLER pr'vid-
Ing that the bonds of the Emitted States
may be paid in silver. wns thon laid
before the Senate. and in accordance
with notice give yesterday, MIR. Stewart
(Pop., Nevada) addressed thu Senate.
He said that disregard " the resolu-
ton. which IN Already INV Of the
United States. had brought many ca
lamities upon the land. and thar the
cause of such disregard had been dis
astrous and lamentable. RE attributed
the panic of 1893 directly to the disre-
gard of the law.
AT tne COncluslon OF Mr.. stewart 8
speech, Mr.. Nelson tMinn.) offered the
following amendment to the Teller
resolution: And that 1t is the duty
of the United States government under
existing laws to maintain the parity
in value of its gold and silver money.
so that the dollar OF the one metal
shall for all monetary purposes al
ways be equal in value TO the dollars
of other metal"
After Mr.. Stewards speech, the
Senate passed a nmber of bills to
| which there was no objection, includ-
ing one providing that the widows
whose marriages to discharged SOL
diers take place after the passage of
the act shall not be entitled to pen
sion, and another to grant $4,000 acres
of public lands in Alabama to the ne
gro schools at Tuskegee, Ala
HOUSE.
Washington, Jan. 22.-In the House
today some odds and ends of legis-
lation were cleaned up by unanimous
| consent.
On motion of Mr.. Cooper. (Dem.,
Texas,) a bill was passed appropriatinG
$4,000 for operating dredge boat at
Sabine Pass.
Mr.. Hit, chairman of the foreign
affairs committee, submitted privi-
| legged report from his committee recon-
mending the passage of resolution
in inquiry requesting the state depart
ment, II not Incompatible with the
| public interest to transmit to the
House all information In Its possession
relative to the military execution OF
| Colonel Ruiz, a Spanish envoy to the
insurgent camp OF Aranguez. The reso-
luton was adopted without division,
| Mr.. Hit also reported back with an
unfavorable recommendation the
Lonis resolution. calling on the state
department for draft OF the Hawaiian
| annexation treaty and for information
as to what constitutional way the Presi-
dent had to contract for the payment
of "a Hawaiian debt of S4,O00,000 out OF
the public treasury. Mr.. Hit ex-
planned that the resolution had beer
offered at the last session and as the
| treaty had been public there was nc
necessity for its passage.
Mr.. Bailey, (Dem., TeNas,) thought
that the latter part of the resolution
preached question of Importance and
one that could be inquired into with
| propriety.
MIR. Hit cut off further debate with
demand for the precious question.
| The demand was sustained by Mr.
| Dinsmore (Dcm., Ark), who said the
members of the foreign nifairs commit
tee stated that the report was unani-
nous. as 1t appeared to them that the
main purpose of the report was to
|
| been printed. He would vote to sus-
| tain the committee.
Mr.. Bailey declared that he was un-
| willing to vote to lay on he table q
resolution which sought to obtain the
| Presidents authority for contracting
to pay out 100000 OF the public
| funds.
The resolution was laid on the table
1924 TO 105.
Mr.. Bailey the Democratic leader
created a furry by rising TO question
| OF personal privilege in connection with
| his controversy with speaker Reet
at the close OF the Cuban debate last
| Thursday.
Mr. Bailey made n long explanation
| and reviewed the entire controversy
and In conclusion reiterated several
times the statement that the agreement
he had with Mr.. Hit had been violat-
ed. Mr.. Hit. MIR. Henderson and
others. In reply. pointed out that nc
such agreement. II made (Which they
| insisted was not the case). would bt
| valid because 1t involved n waiver OF
| the rules of the House. The Speaker
| from the chair emphatically support
| ed this view of the case and re-
affirmed his statement that no agree.
ment was made. The House then tool
up the Indian appropriation bill.