The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-03-24
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS-,


First Regular Session.
WASHINGTON. March l5.-SENATE-During
its session OF three hours Monday the senate
passed considerable number of bills from the
general calendar. among the number being one
authorizing the construction OF eight new rev.
enue cutters not exceeding in aggregate cost
the sum OF &2, OPS 900. The national quarantine
bill was made the regular order of business
and will be taken up probably on Wednesday.
HoUSB-The district business was concluded
at 4:35 p. m A senate bill was passed to
change the name of the port OF collection OF
Suspension Bridge to Niagara Falls a senate
bill passed which granted right OF way
through the Indian territory to the Dennison,
Bonham & New orleans railroad; also sem
ate bill granting right of way through the
Winnebago Indian reservation to the Omaha
Northern railroad.
WASHINGTON. March i8 8--SENATE-After
the passage Tuesday of numerous bills from
the general calendar. the senate began the
consideration of the measure providing for
national system OF quarantine. Little beyond
the reading of the bill was accomplished,
some desultory discussion occurring an
amendment offered by the committee, but no
PROCESS being made on the general bill.
Housg-The house agreed Wednesday to
consider the bill for the relief of the legal
heirs of the victims and survivors of the Maine
disaster as soon as the post office appropria-
tion bill, which was taken up in the house
debate on the post office bill members eagerly
took advantage Of the latitude flowed in COM
mittee Of the whole on the state Of the union 10
discuss various political questions and the de-
bate accordingly covered q wide range. Messrs.
Griggs dem, Ga) and Walker (rep., Mass.)
discussed the conditions of the cotton industry
and Mr.. Tawney (rep., Mimi, member Of the
ways and means committee, replied to the
speech of Mr.. johnson rep. Ind), made some
time ago. as to the advisability of annexing the
Hawaiian islands.
WASHINGTON. March Observation-Disclosures
in the legislative session of the senate We'd
nesday was confined to the passage of few
bills, largely of n local character. The ma
tional quarantine bill was not considered
HoUsE-The post Office appropriation BILL
which was technically the subject before the
house, was almost lost track OF in the debate
Wednesday. AS on Tuesday numerous topics
were discussed. but Wednesday for the first
time the Cuban-Spanish question which
had been kept in the background here
tofore forged to the front. Mr.. Cochran dem,
MOI brought the question into the arena and
in the course of the debate that followed Mr.
Grosvenor (O) took occasion to deny emphat-
ically the stories afoat to the effect
that the president desired an early ad-
journment OF congress in order that
he might effect settlement with
out congressional interference. The subject
of Hawaiian annexation also came in for more
| attention. Mr.. Williams (dem. Miss.) Mr..
Adams (rep. Pa.) and Mr. Berry (dem Ky.),
all members Of the foreign affairs committee,
made speeches on the subject, the former in
| opposition and the two latter in favor Of the
proposition.
WASHINGTON. March ls-SENATE-Bills in
troduced Thursday: To authorize the erection
| of statue Of the late President Lincoln at
Gettysburg, Pa. to cost $500 the Statue to
be erected by commission composed OF the
secretary of war, the commander Of the army,
the governor Of Pennsylvania and the COM
mander of the G. A. r.. to prohibit railroad
| companies from charging more than three cents
per mile for carrying passengers through the
Indian territory; to authorize the construction
Of q gunboat on the great lakes to take the
place Of the United States ship Michigan. and
to cost, exclusive Of armament. not TO exceed
$3.50, 600 At O'Clock the consideration of the
national quarantine bill was resumed. The
| conference report on the agricultural bill was
adopted. After q brief executive session the
senate at 4:S0 adjourned until Monday.
HoUsE-No political questions were dis
cussed In the house Thursday. The whole ses-
sion was devoted strictly to tho post office ap-
propriation bill which was taken up for amend
iment under the five minute rule The Ques.
tions which consumed the major portion Of the
time related to the allowance for clerk hire at
post off1ces and to rural free delivery The
house increased the allowance for rural free
delivery from 900 to $500. 900 and defeated
the proposition for increased clerk hire.
WASHINGTON, March t8.-SENATH-Not in
session.
HoUsE-The house spent another day on the
post office appropriation bill. but only disposed
Of two pages Of the bill Most Of the day was
devoted to debate on the merits Of the pneu-
matte tube mail service in New York, Boston
and Philadelphia, and the advisability Of con-
tinuing the existing contract An effort to
strike out the appropriation Of s225 900
was defeated, but the opponents of the
appropriation succeeded in securing the
adoption OF an amendment providing that no
additional contracts should be made An
amendment was adopted making it a misde-
meanor for any person to pad" the mails dur
| ing the period when the mails are being weigh
| ed to determine the compensation to be paid to
the railroads for their transportation The
amendment was recommended by the depart.
ment