The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-01-21
A PRIVATE BILL DAY.
HOUSE TAKES A REST ON Gu
BAN SPEECHES.
The Invitation of Norway for Participa-
tion in the International Fisheries Ex-
position--The Amendment to the Ag-
ricultural IsiIl-ProceedIngs Yesterday
iu the Upper Honse.
Avoiding Cuban Debate.

Avoiding Cuban Debate.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15-The House
managers decided not to proceed with
the consideration of the diplomatic
and consular appropriation yesterday,
but to give the day for the consider
alton of private bills. This was doubt
less done to avert the possibility of
precipitating sensational Cuban de-
bate during the consideration Of the
appropriation bill. Infiammatory
speeches during the present critical
state of affairs in Havana would, the
conservative leaders believe, be par
ticularly unfortunate.
When the house adjourned Thursday
night the amendment to the agricul-
tural appropriation bill providing for
the publication of another edition Of
the 'Horse Book" was pending. Yes
terday the friends of the amendment
compromised with the appropriations
committee by agreeing to reduction
of the number to be printed from 1v.,
900 to $4,000. AS amended the bill
was passed.
The resolution accepting the invi
tation of the government of Norway
to participate in the International
Fisheries exposition at Bergen from
May to September, 1893, was called up
by Mr.. Simpkins (rep., Mass.). Mr..
Cannon, chairman CT the app, opriation
committee, said he thought on the ex-
position question congress was running
wild. We had had domestic exposi-
tions at Philadelphia, Chicago, New
Orleans, Cincinnati, Louisville, Allan
ia and Nashville, and were now about
to have one at Omaha. Abroad we
had participated in the eXpositions at
Vienna, Paris, Berlin and Brussels.
The anxiety of would-be commissioners
to have the honor and glory cf our
country represented at these foreign
expositions was agoniZing. Now here
came this exposition at Bergen. Twenty
thousand dollars to- be appropriated
now. If this resolution passed con-
gress would be called upon to foot the
bill for q deficiency of 10000. He gave
it as his deliberate judgment that the
interests of the United States did not
require our participation in this expo-
sition. If we did our duty by the
Paris exposition that would be enough
After some transaction of some rou-
tine business in the senate yesterday.
Mr.. Hoar, of Massachusetts, presented
the following joint resolution propos-
ing an amendment to constitution
That the following article be pro-
posed to the legislatures of the several
states as an amendment to the con-
StitutiOn of the Unied Safes:
The term Of office of the president
and of the Fifty-siXth congress snail
continue until the Goth day of April,
in the year 1899, at noon. The senators
whose existing term would otherwise
expire on the 4th day of March, in the
year 1899, or thereafter, shall continue
in office until noon Of the 30th day of
April, succeeding such expiration; and
the Goth day of April, at noon, shall
thereafter be substituted for the 4th
of March as the commencement and
termination of the official term of the
president, vice president, senators and
representatives in congress-
The resolution was referred to the
committee on privileges and elections
Mr.. Quay, CT Pennsylvania. offered
the following resolution, which was re-
ferred to the committee on Indian af-
fairs:
Resolved. That the secretary of the
interior shall be and is hereby instruct
ed to investigate the facts attending
the recent alleged atrocious burning
to death of two Seminole Indians by
a mob in Oklahoma Territory and
make report thereon to congress. That
the sum Of $4,000, Or so much thereof
as may be necessary, is hereby appro-
priated out of any money in the treas
ury not otherwise appropriated for the
investigation, apprehension and pun
ishment of the guilty persons, to be
expeded under the direction of the |
secretary of the interior