The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-07-07
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| The conference report on the bankrupt
| cy bill was reported to Congress Friday
afternoon and was Immediately agreed to
| in the Senate. The bill as agreed to is a
compromise between the provisions of the
| bills passed by the Senate and House re-
| spectively.. The Senate bill was known
| as the Nelson bill and that Of the House
| as the Henderson bill. The latter was
| far more liberal to the debtor than the
| former. The compromise leans to the
House side of the question. The Hawaii
an annexation resolutions were under dis
cussion in the Senate. The speakers were
Mr.. McEnery Dem., La.), who concluded
| his address begun on Thursday, and Mr..
| Turley Dem., Tenn, who presented a
| constitutional argument against the res
| olutions.
Fiibustering tactics were begun in the
Senate Saturday afternoon on the Ha-
waiian resolution. Senator Morgan took
| TO task the men who were defying public
| sentiment, and, as he said, misrepresent-
Ing their constituents and embarrassing
| the President. AS result Senator White
made an lnsinuation that may result in
a settlement outside of the Senate cham
Der. Mr.. White said that Morgan's state
ments proceeded from corruption or i'm
becllity, and the latter intimated that he
would require personal explanation.
The conference report on the sundry civil
bill was presented. A long discussion fol-
lowed on the proposition of the confer
ence committee that the Senate recede
from its amendment suspending Presi-
dent Cleveland's forest reservation order
and restoring to the public domain for
homestead entry the lands embraced
therein. Finally the conference report
(partiaD was agreed to and a further con-
ference ordered. The House was not in
session.
Consideration of the Hawaiian annexa-
ton resolutions was resumed on Monday,
and during the session Mr.. Clay Dem.)
Of Georgia, Mr.. Roach Dem.) of North
Dakota, and Mr.. Caffery Dem) of Louis
lana, addressed the Senate in opposition to
them. Mr.. Caffery had not concluded his
speech when the Senate adjourned. The
House devoted the days session to consid-
Grafton of legislation affecting the District
of Columbia. The messages of the Presi-
dent relative to Naval Constructor Hob
son, the Hudson officers and crew at Car
UcuaS duu Sdpt. l1OuSSOn, OI f1uXQ
Mccullough, at Manila were not read un-
til late. Few members were present, and
the reading was not marked by any dem
Onstration.
In the House on Tuesday the conference
report upon the bankruptcy bill was
adopted by vote of 134 to 50. When the
bankruptcy bill was disposed of Mr.. Ma
hon tRep., Pa.) asked unanimous consent
for disagreement to the Senate amend
ments to the war claims or omnibus"
bill, and for granting the request of the
Senate for a conference. Consent was
given and the chair appointed as con-
ferees Messrs. Mahon, Often and Rich
ardson. Several bills affecting the army
were passed, notably being those provid-
ing for the pay of volunteers from the
date of enrolment for service. and provid-
ing for increases in the ordnance, engineer
and quartermaster's departments. Al
most the entire session of the Senate was
occupied by Mr.. Caffery Oem., La) in
continuation of his speech against the an
nexatiou of Hawaii. At o'clock he had
not concluded, but yielded the floor in or
der that the general deficiency bill might
be considered. The bill was read and the
committee amendments, so far as they
have been offered. were agreed to.
A precedent that will be historic was es-
tablished by the Senate ut its session on
Wednesday. For probably the first time
in the history of the Senate a resolution
was adopted rendering the thanks of Con-
gress to common seamen, specifically nam
ing them in the resolution. The resolu-
tio1.s recommended by the President were
adopted, rendering the thanks of Con-
gress to Naval Constructor Hobson and
the other heroes of the Merrimac, and to
Liedt. Frank III. Newcomb, commander
Of the revenue cutter Hudson, for his gal
liant rescue of the Winslow and her crew
off Cardenas; and retiring on full pay
Capt. Hodgson of the McCulloch for dis
tinguished services at Manila. Consid-
Grafton of the general deficiency bill was
concluded and the measure was passed.
An amendment of great importance was
attached to the bill, practically by general
consent. 1t relates to the settlement of
claims Of the Government against the
Pacific railroads. The bill as passed car
ries about 1927 .OOO,O 900, the largest sum
carried by any appropriation measure
since the civil war. After the passage of
the deficiency bill consideration of the
Hawaiian annexation resolutions was re-
sumed. The House after sending the In
dian and sundry civil bills back to confer
ence, consideration of bills from the Mill
tary Affairs Committee, under the rule
adopted on Tuesday. proceeded. Notable
among the measures passed were those
providing for the enlistment of cooks in
the army. providing for the appointment
of military storekeepers for the army, pro-
yiding for the protection of harbor de-
fenses and fortifcations against wanton
and malicious injury, and giving the Sec
retary of War discretion to permit any
church or religious sect to erect its house
of worship upon the West Point military
reservation.