Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-06-16
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.


Birss Regular Session.
WASHINGTON June 1-SINATE- Beyond the
passage Of an urgent deficiency bill made
necessary by the war with Spain, the senate
accomplished little Monday. The deficiency
measure carries appropriations for the warand
navy embellishments sggregstihs sH.7S,oo
These appropriations are in addition 10 tho
amounts to be carried later by the general de-
nciency bill During the greater part Of the
session the measure providing for the taking
Of the twelfth and subsequent censuses was
under consideration but no progress was made
towards its completion.
HOUSE. After the revenue bill WIS sent TO
conference the session OF the house Monday
was devoted to routine business, chiefly under
suspension OF the rules, number Of bills be-
Ing passed ADJOURNMENT was taken pending
the disposal Of a measure providing a code OF
criminal law and procedure for Alaska.
WAsHINGToS. June s.-SENATE The bill
for the protection OF the people OF the Indian
territory passed. IL provides for the allot-
ment in severalty of certain lands To the In
dlanS OF the territory, the payment Of interest
claims to the Chckasaw Indians and the rati-
ication of the agreement affected with the In
dams by the Dawes commission. The Discus
sion of the census bill precipitated civil ser
vice debate which had not been concluded
when the senate adjourned.
HoUsE-After dispoSing of the urgent war
the senate the house Tuesday considered the
conference report uTon the Sundry civil bill
The report 50 far As II embodied agreements,
was adopted and the house then began voting
severally upon the senate amendments. upon
which no agreement had been reached in con-
ference. OF these there are ~ The house
Tuesday considered eight Of these. acting
favorably upon three and rejecting the re-
mainder. Consideration will continue Wednes-
day.
WASHINGTON. June p.-SENATE-A bill pro-
yidins for the taking Of the Isth census was
passed Wednesday. after debate which Oc-
cupted the greater part Of three days. Under
a.. IL IL should become q law. u director Of the
census. an assistant director and five expert
statisticians will be appointed Immediately TO
make the preliminary arrangements for the
taking Of the census Of 1900 determined ef-
fort made to provide that the employees Of
the census bureau should be examined and
Ger ified by the civil service commission but
II failed by a vote Of 10 to 81 provision was
inserted that not more than two-thrdS of the
supervisors and enumerators should belong TO
one political party.
House The house wednesday disposed OF
the senate amendments Of the sundry civil
bill and agreed TO further conference The
conferece report upon the post ONCE APP
preparation bill was adopted without debate,
and the house proceeded to consider the bill to
provide for the participation OF volunteer
| soldiers in congressional elections Ad-
lourment taken pending dis
| posal. and 1t will come up Thursday. The ses-
| sion began and ended "Wednesday with Hawai-
| ian Incidents. Mr. GroSyenor rep. o.. a leader
| Of the annexationists. figuring in each instance
1hev ,,rsx out 81 the anxietv Of those who
| want early consideration lest the opposition
win victory and effect undue delay, IL not the
defeat of the resolutions at this session.
| wAsHISGToS, June l0-SESATE- Mr. Lodge
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| dured n resolution directing the claims COM
| mite. to make an investigation Of the matter
| and rcrort To the senate what II any action
| corIt he taken The omnibus claim bill -
| carving something over $4,000 10 private
| pension bills and several measures from the
| general calendar were pa-sed
| Uorsy-After five hours devoted to the con-
| alteration Of the bill to enable yoluntf er
| soldiers TO vote in conrreSsi onal elections the
| conference report on the war revenue bill WAS
| presented To the h luSe Thursd v Consider =
| lion wa, intcrrupt.d by n recess AT y o'elocl,
Thursday evening. at which hour the report
| W st ken up again and after three hours de-
| bate involving a wide range of subjects and
| some sensational features, Il was voted
| IN on and adopte,i l.. To U7. The election
| measure will be disposed OF Frieay imme-
| diately after the meeting Of the house Thurs
| dav Mr. Pf rec dem. TENN made n vigorous
! attack uro1 the prosecution of the wal
| and the ALLEGED unwarrnnted DELAY in sending
! relief TO the Cubans A sensational feat.
| ure was the clash between Mr.
' t;rosvenor trep o. and Mr. Swanson
| dem. Val growing out of the formers attack
on the Iattcr's speech in criticism of the rev.
enuc bill The Hawaiian annexationists made
| "A strong fight to get the election bill out OF the
| W V to prevent its going over as privileged
| and likely to POSTPONE another day their in.
tended effort TO force consideration of the an.
| ntxation resolutions in the house.
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