The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-01-21
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Senator Teller Tuesday introduced
! bill in the senate regulating the inter
state traffic in wild game and making
it unlawful for any railroad company
or common carriers to ship game from
one state to another contrary to the
| laws of the state from which shipped.
The control of the traffic is placed in
the hands of the interstate commerce
commission.
Senator Gallinger, from the senate
committee on public health, Tuesday
reported favorably to the senate the
bill authorizing an Investigation of
the leprosy in the United States, and
in doing so presented in support let
ter from the surgeon general of the
marine hospital service. The surgeon
general expresses the opinion that
there are many more of leprOsy in the
United States than are actually known.
Representative Hepburn, of Iowa,
has introduced bill to construct eight
vessels for the revenue cutter service,
four to take the place of the revenue
cutters Seward, McLane, Colfax and
Boutwell, One of the others is
for service about the Columbia river
bar on the Pacific coast, to
cost not over $3.50, 600 and the three
others to cost S45O.OOO are for har-
Dor service. at Philadelphia replacing
the Washington, at Boston replacing
the Hamlin, and at New York replac-
ing the Chandler. Mr.. Hepburn has
also offered a bill increasing the pay
of chief engineers of the cutter service
to 50, 100 on duty and $1,000 on leave or
orders, and granting pensions to the
seamen.
Senator Platt, of New York, Tuesday
introduced a bill providing for with
holding the pensions of old soldiers
employed in the civil service under the
laws favoring them for such positions
in cases where their salaries exceed
1900 per annum.
Senator Morgan occupied the atten-
ton of the senate during the entire
time of the executive session Tuesday
in the presentation of his views on the
subject of the annexation of the Ha-
waiian Islands. He dwelt especially
upon the military Importance of the
islands, quoting Gen. Scofeld and Capt.
Mahan at length in support of his po-
sition that the islands were a natural
protection of our western coast and OF
our general commerce in case of war.
Mr.. Morgan predicted that if the
United States did not take advantage
of the present opportunity to acquire
the islands there would be war be-
tween this country and some other
power within ten weeks.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-The first con-
tested election case of the present con-
gress was disposed of by the house
Tuesday. Chairman Taylor, of com
mittee on elections No. 2, reported
that Thos. F. Clark, who filed notice OF
contest against Jesse f. Stallings, rep
, 'esenting the Second Alabama district,
, had abandoned his contest, and the
! committee therefore unanimously re-
ported a resolution declaring Mr.. Stall
; lings entitled to the seat.
The house committee o1V interstate
and foreign commerce has reported the
5 anti-scalping bill There was but two
/ dissenting votes in the committee
t T he army appropriation bill was
, passed in the house and the diplomatic
2 and consular appropriation bill taken
: up. The minority served notice that
they proposed to debate our foreign
: relations eXhaustively.
3 Mr.. Gallinger, of the committee on
t public health and national quarantine
? Tuesday reported favorably to the
senate a bill providing for an investi.
t cation of the subject of leprosy and il
| was placed on the calendar
l The senate committee on finance
: voted Tuesday to report the Teller
f resolution declaring for the payment
J., of the national bonds in silver as wei
] as gold. The vote stood 8 to 5. The
: resolution is practically the same a:
=. the Stanley Matthews resolution
adopted some years ago.