Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-02-03
THE WORK OF CONGRESS.
Cead~nse p-iiy Proceeding. Of the fIrt-'
ftfth Regular >e..tosa-


~ the senate or the atsh Seuaios NerFaa
tAial ,roke "a a question - rer~cnai rriss-
iexr abcut Fx-prrs frnt tacFel4al fcnylnx
ths assrrtian that Shen b. vas rrrs'dert b.
favcrri Hawaiian arrr4asian senator Nor
vsh stated that aarlns NJ tleveisnai's hrst ~
nihlssrasieu t ~as tnosn e. hl- frisnfs thas
tn prrSitent was IN fascf not only ~ the an
nesAticn of Hawaii tut also 81; cuha Seuafcr
waifhal sNissi rfcscntc,i rssaisticu e, The
Nisstssirri Legislature ufeiar The unii,i
States Foteremert 20 irtssfere N the Guta
war IN Teiirr trsoiutissa was ther iati t-s-
fore the senate snd Ssnatur Turrir tIui masie
m atirr~s IN support % it Thc pru~ica
appropriation vas Afterwards debated. senator
Aiien tNchf makins a amendment that no
-ss=sien should BE- loser than ., q manth Tne
discussion q the amentment pcsspsncl
The hcuSr transacted some tusiaczs relate
Ing % The uisfrtcs % Columbia aud spent the
remainder u the day discussing the tndsan sp-
prorriaiiou. Mr. Simp~pn gKanl raising live
" debate relative 70 an alleged interxies uith
the rrrsiasnt aboat irimisvaitos AMI Mr. Grc..
vener tn, d~uying that the president had u-~i
saxh i.nFuzs~ Nr ~tevfns ftexf intr~ire~d
q r~soiaslon requ~<tinr ne secretary of thr la
ierier 10 withhoid his approval q any further
iea~es q Cemauche. kiosa aai Apache lsnds
and 70 rive tnc house Information us~rinx On
the matter
THn Teller resolution "a. un.ier csnstfcr-
alton IN the senate Ca tar 1th fay nrAriY four
hours. the prtnciFsI sreakers sc.nx Seaators
Atii~an uab. hrrry tNrki Huar Mas and
Teller tCeli. Seu4tar Quay u'ai Securei the
passage e the tlii a. inaiemniiY fenn-y isania
Tor money expersirsi In i-es Tor militla caiicd
into service ~ ths government tn amount In
VOWED bring stte0 The senate thru tcok %
the pensisu spprrpriatioa hiit IN ths execu-
tive session ,hc nomination % , W GrisEs
governor - SsW Jersey. 20 b. attorney rrnrrAi
q the tnitei States 49, confirmed Thr
huu~e In discussing the insiian appropriation
bil sprnt nsariY the hole day in fve-uiinuts
sp-sehes. which wsre rhisrv political Mr
lNuctsry mo b lu sp-Akinr absut ne cotton
mill strike In New Enriand stated that the
trouble vas caused hy r-pso-iuciiea ami
that the strike had bcrn urEcil hv the of-FAtorS
IN order to dispose of their surrius stock
Ne~srS Smith tAriEl and walzer eNi.st
spoke against the present system - ssiueatlnf
the tutian and declared it % b. unsatisfactory
TEr senate on The aith considered the Teller
resolution providing that the government pay
the principal ADD interest - United states
bQnds IN silver Thr debate sas devaid %
sensational incidents senator's Teller lCoif
AMI Daniel tW VA spakc In favor % the
resolution ami Senators Hoar tMast1 and
f'iatt ,Connl Ia opposition 10 it The house
tisx xotesi the day 10 considering thc iulian ap-
Precipitation biiL ulost ~ the time being coa-
sumed IN discussing estFaneous subjects The
question q rssiueing the mail carrier service In
the iarrrr elites came up and Chairman Loud.
of the post oti'e committee. said the service
could not possibly suffer until June Is before
which time there souid - ample opportunity
70 pass dsncirney appropriation Hill The
notion 20 stsikr n1s ths apgrepr Iefinn f"r the
Carlisle iadisa school Sas defeated The con-
ferrncr report ou the urrent deficiency bill was
thea submittei AMI agreed 10
II the seuatc On the e7th the Teller rcsoiu-
tion sas practically under discussion through
out the entire session The speeches In sup
port Of d Wrrc delivered BY senators Daniel
VA. Lin.issy nNyf. smith ~ -. and Cock
rsit tMnt senators t.asiEe tNasSl aud CAT
fery la opposed the resolution. When the
senate took ~ the resolution the agreement 10
take vote GA it before adjournment wa
changed 10 the following day IN order 10 give
all senator's an opportunity To speak on the
subject The house passed the Indian bilL
the features % the debate being the deuuncia-
iion hy Mr. Hartman CMontp. silver republican.
of the financial policy Il the administration.
and Of Mr.. Dollivsr ual In reply To the gen
eral attacks 81 the opposition a bill was also
passed making santa Fe y. NJ thr permanent
capitol OF that territory The i.eNis resolution
calling upon President Mckinley for his author
ity 20 negotiate a treaty binding the treasury
to pay ,toso 90 TO the Hawaiian bondhoidcrs-
was laid on the table
THE senate on the ssth passed the Teller
resolution by the decisive vote of u to r. after
animated discussion which occupied the
greater part Of week All Efforts 20 amend
the resolution were voted down the gold
standard substitute OF Senator Lodge Mas
being defeated by 4 vote Of - ayes To 81 nays
No less than 70 senators embraced the oppor-
tunity 20 speak upon the subject under discus
sion aud from ten o clock In the morning until
seven in the evening the contest ragged In the
voting party lines were broken both sides
OF the chamber, but on the announcement Of
the vote there was no demonstration. After
wards. on motion of Senator Allison Tia }. an
adjournment taken until the aist 80. The
houSs passed the bill to pay the book publish-
ing company Of the Methodist Episcopal church
south sss,. 90 for damages sustained by that
corporation during the war. the vote on the
measure being t-- TO a. Mr.. Cooney iMo1
presented a petition OF the W. q T. u. 81
Rocheport Mo. protesting against kinctoscope
productions OF pugilistic encounters Mr.
Lloyd fMol presented petition Of citizens Of
shelbyvilie Mo-. for bill to protect tho first
day Of the week q day Of rest A session was
held In the evening and the entire calendar Of
- private pension bills was cleared before ad-
tournament