Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-15
THE WORK OF CONGRESS.
Condensed Daily Proceedings OF the FIFTY
Fifth Regular Session.


THE senate was only In session for two hours
on the 9th. Bills were passed providing for
congress OF tho representatives OF tho Indian
tribes OF the United States 10 be held 1t oma-
hn, Neh, during the progress OF the interna-
tional exposition for the erection OF public
buildings ut Fergus Falls, MINI. and Newport
News, Va, and 10 protect the name and insignia
Of the Red Cross society .... The civil service law
was debated In tho house Thecrowded CALLER
les were plainly In sympathy with tho oppon-
ents OF the law and became so noisy In thcir
demonstration Of approval ut ono iuncture that
the chair was compelled to call them to order.
Mr. Overstrcet Qnd) introduced u,comprehcn-
sivc bill for carrying out the plan OF the none
tary commission for the reform Of the currency
and the bill was referred. A bill was also In
troduced by Delegate Callahan (Ok) TO OK
tend the Jurisdiction OF Oklahoma over the In
dian territory and the land occupied by the i've
tribes and the admission Of the territory into
the union.
THE senate on the 7th read q reply from the
attorney general In answer 10 the request Tor
Information about the civil service In which he
recommended that attorneys employed by his
department ind United States marshals ought
~ be excepted from the operation OF tho law.
Senator Allen (Neb) offered resolution for
the free coinage OF silver ut sixteen 10 ono.
Senator Teller denounced the press reports
that silver men were trying to create dissension
between the president and his advisers ana At
tackled the republican party for advocating thc
gold standard md said he would do MI In his
power TO defeat II In 1000 Senator Turner
(Wash.) called up the immigration Dill ana
smoke against tho educational qualifications
Senator Butler IN. c. presented joint resolu-
ton for the election Of the federal judiciary by
the people The senate then adjourned TIL the
10th. ... The civil service debate was continued
In the house and Mr. Bartholdt (Mo) spoke In
defense Of Carl Schurz Delegate Callahan
(ok) introduced bills to give preferred right
Of entry to persons procuring cancellation OF
fraudulent allotmcnts to Indians and TO enable
persons to obtain patents for lands OF which
they want TO dispose
THE senate was not In session on the sth...
The civil service debate was continued In the
house. Mr.. Botkin Okan) introduced Dill
granting TO the state OF Kansas the entire re-
naming portions OF the abandoned Fort nays
military reservation for the purpose oil cstnb-
fishing branches OF the kansas agricultural
college and OF the Kansas state normal school.
Mr.. Howe IN. W introduced civil service
bill giving preference to honoraDly dischargeu
soldiers and sailors who served between ieoi
and 1855 IN appointments and promotions In
government departments Eulogies were theh
huuC dPoh suc A"sS AsSp'N""'~
(Mass).
A BILL was reported favorably from the IN
dian committee In the senate on the 10Th pre-
venting railroad companies from Charging
more than three cents mile Tor passengers
through the Indian territory. An executive
session was then held to consider the Hawaiian
annexation treaty. Senator Pettigrew Is. ~
offered motion to conduct the DEBATE Win
open doors, but the motion was antagonized oy
Senator Davis tMinn) ana others senator
Cockrell (Mo) presented petitions from diner
ent associations In Missouri asking that cigar
cites when sent In original PACKAGES IN state
shall become subject to the laws thereon ...'
The house considered the civil service law,
nine OF the II speakers being opposed 70 inc
law. Mr.. Peters tknn') ana Delegate Gaia
han tOk.) got the committee on agriculture 10
insert clause In the appropriation olii reuuc-
Ing to hve cents per carcass the Zee Ior inspect,
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