The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-03-31
FIFTY-F1FTH CONGRESS.


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nroviding for the annexation Of the Hawaiin
Tsiands n the Tinted states The amendment
nrovides that the resolution shall not he effec-
live unt,, the question Of n onnexation shall have
heen submitted tn the qualified electors Of Ha-
waii and nassed unon aff,rmativelv nv
them Tho Amendment is tho same which Mr.
Racon ofered To the Hawaiian treaty and
| which is still pending. Mr.. Allen (Neb) Sc
cured the M ssaoe of N resolution calling ,pon
| the secretary of the interior for information
ms To the number of all classes Of pensioners
including the percentape of men and women
| and children. carried on the pension rolls
Several bills of minor importance were passed.
| HorrsE-The house Monday pnssed the bill
for the relief of the survivors and victims Of
| the Maine disaster The bill reimburses the
| surviving officers and men for the losses they
| sustained to an amount not TO exceed n wears
| sea nav and directs the bavment of a sum equal
| to a wears nav to the legal heirs Of those who
| perished There was quite n spirited debate
| over an amendment suggested by Mr. Cannon
| to give the survivors each n wears paw out of
| hand instead of attemptinp to reimburse them
| for actual los ses. Some old alleged scandals
| in connection with the reimbursement of
| the survivors of the Samoan disaster
| was raked up. but the debate in the
end was saved from rather sordid tone by a
beautiful tribute paid to the gallant dead by
| Mr. Cousins QaJ in a short but eloquent
| speech. He aroused the galleries to spontane-
Gus applause when he said that while the yult-
| ures might be watching over the dark waters
| of Havana harbor for the belated dead above
| all the eagles piercing eve was watching for
| the truth. The remainder Of the day was oc-
| cupied in the consideration of the old claim of
| John Roach. the ship builder, for 1891, 900 No
| action was taken upon the claim.
| WASHINGTON March 3-SENATE-Senator
Cullom Tuesday introduced a bill which had
| been sent to him by the National Business
| Mems league. The purpose OF the measure is
| to provide gold income for the United States.
A feature of the senate proceedings Tuesday
was an extended speech by Mr. Caffery Ga)
| in support of the pending national quaran-
tine bill. In the course of his argument Mr..
| Cafery said that he wanted the whole quaran-
tine power in the hands of the United States
| government the only authority which could
| make n quarantine effective Among the bills
passed was one to raise the age of protection
for girls in the District of Columbia and in the
territories to 1s years.
HousE-Representative Tawney Mimi.
member of the sub committee of the commit.
tee on ways and means Tuesday submitted a
substitute for the bill introduced by Mr.. Pearce
(Mo.). relating to adulterated -four The SUBJ
| stitute has been drawn to meet objections to
the Pearce bill The naval approuria-
tion bill was reported to the
house Tuesday but as 1t had not been printed
the contested election case of Thorpe VS.. Ep-
pes from the Fourth Virginia district, was
taken up and debated Until O'Clock when the
house. owing to the illness of Mr. Shea of Ken
tucky who was to speak Tuesday afternoon
adjourned until Wednesday,
WAsHINGToN March 24-SENATE-In the
senate Wednesday Mr. Carter (Mont.) called UP
the bill making further provision for civil
government for Alaska and resumed his speech
begun Tuesday upon the mea ,ure. After
brief discussion of the bill by Mr.
Carter, Mr.. Perkins (CaL) offered u
long amendment to the measure providing
for the placing Of license upon al
most every kind of business and for the taxing
and regulation of the liquor traffic. The tax on
q wholesale liquor establishment is fixed at
1900 per year; upon bal arroom or saloon in any
town Of more than i,5OO inhabitants. 81, 500 a
wear, and upon any retail liQuor saloon in COM
munities of less than 1,5OO inhabitants, a., COO
per year.
HoUsE--R. T. Thorpe was Wednesday given
the seat from the Fourth Virginia district.
| Sydney Z. Eppes, who obtained the certificate
Of election, was unseated by o party vote.
Mr.. Thorpe was given the seat by o vote of
ISL to 100. The republicans without a
break voted for Thorpe and the demo-
Gratis and populists, with the exception
Of Mr.. Howard (Ala.). populist voted
| for Eppes. Representative Berry Wednesday
introduced . bill to pension. at $50 q month,
Capt J. w. Hsrdemun. of Covington. Ky,
Twenty third Regular volunteers. Capt Har-
deman was postmaster at Covington during the
Harrison administration, and was an unsuc-
cessful candidate when Reynold was appointed
by President Mckinley.
WASHINGTON, March 25.-SENATE-The SEN
ate Thursday passed bill for the protection OF
song birds, providing that the importation in
to the United States of birds feathers or parts
of birds for ornamental purposes be prohibited l.
and prohibiting the transportation or sale of
such articles in any territory of the United
States or the District of Columbia. AT
} 2:SO in accordance with previous no.
tice Mr.. Bate CTenn.) presented resolutions in
memory of the late Senator Isham G. Harris
of Tennessee. Eulogies were delivered by Mr.
Bate, Mr.. Morrill, (Vt.). Mr.. Morgan (Ala.). Mr.
Hoar (Mass), Mr. Hawley (Ct) Mr.. Cokrel
(Mo), MIR. Stewart (Nev), Mr.. Chiffon (Tex.)
and Mr.. Turley (Tenn) At 4:45 D. M, as
further mark Of respect the senate adjourned
. until Monday.
HoUsE-The naval appropriation bill was
taken up in the House Thursday. and after
considerable difficulty an arrangement was
made to close general debate at / O'Clock Sa'.
urday. The debate Thursday was not on SEN
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