The New South., 1898-01-22
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
TIE FULL PROCEEDINGS or BOTH
HOUSE AND sfNATE


l 1t80 4<FftE0Iy -~-Vt1@s 4stAA1 H@e@k<~~>-
SENATE.
| MONDAY. Rev. Bishop Merrill, D.
D., OF Chicago. delivered the invoca-
ion at tho opening OF the senate to-
day. A bill was reported favorsbly
from the Indian committee, prohibit
ing railroad companies from charging
more than cents mile for passengers
through the Indian Territory. A res
oIution. looking to the filirstion OF the
water in the city Of Washington. caused
Senator Hale, before il was referred to
the District OF Columbia committee. to
say that ia the United States, no city
exists whose citizens are more imposed
npon and abused as to tho water sup
ply as are the citizens Of Washington.
AT 1850 pm. on motion OF Mr.. Da-
Wis, Of Minnesota, chairman OF the
committee on foreign relations, the
senate went into executive session to
consider the Hawaiian annexation
ieasy. The senate, at 1926 pm, ad-
| journed.
TUESDAY. The senate to-day briefly
| HtDttrstt III HAftiuC ltHOii hy tAt
pensions committee on bill to pen
sion Gen. Meade's two daughters at
| sl00 month each, Chairman CALM
ger saying the committee did not wish
to enter on the pensioning OF daugh-
| ters OF veterans. Senator Fairbanks
addressed the senate on immigration.
After this speech the Hawaiian treaty
| ua toL IN.
Mr.. Allen introduced and seconded the
adoption of a resolution calling upon
the president fnr information in his
position relative to the boundary line
between Venezuela and British Gui-
ana and to inform the senate whether
the United States has now any clerks
or other employees at work upon the
Venezuela boundary question. and also
what part of the Sl0O, 900 appropria-
ted for the Venhzuelian commss on
has been expended. At 3:45 p. m. the
senate adjourned.
WEDNESDAY. = Immediately after
convening to-day the senate went into
executive session, on the Hswaiin
treaty. At 2:50 p. M, the senate ad-
lourned.
THURSDAY. Immediately after con-
vening, the senate went into executive
seasion, to consider the Hawaiian an
nexation treaty. The senate did not
mako great progress with the Hawaiian
annexation treaty to-day. Several
speeches we're delivered, but in every
instance the speakers announced that
to-day's remarks were merely prelimi-
nary to what they should say before
the close OF the debate. Senator Nor
gan, OF Alabama, made the principal
speech Of the day, and occupied the
time OF tho SENATE until it adjourned.
He went into detailed history OF the
Hawaiian Iflands from tho time Of their
discovery to the present. He believed
it was the intention of President Cleve-
land to have restored Queen Liliouka-
lani to her throne, and after that trans
action to have opened negotiations for
the annexation of the islands under
her reign. This assertion brought
Senator Chandler to his feet with the
question as to what authority there was
for this assertion. Mr.. Morgan replied
that there was no special authority, but
that he wns expressing his opinion, and
that such course would have been in
keeping with the logic Of events. At
4.50 D. m. the senate adjourned until
tomorrow.
FRIDAY. Almost the entire four
hours of the executive session today
we're devoted to the indirect consider
alton Of the nomination of Hon. Jo-
seph McKenna. now attorney general,
to be associate justice OF the supreme
court. The discussion was the result
Of an effort upon the part OF Senator
Allen, of Nebraska, (Populist) to se-
cure the postponement for two weeks.
In the end compromise was reached,
deferring consideration until week
from today, on the condition that che
Nebraska senator should agree to al
low vote to be taken on that day.
The Hawaiian treaty was not touched
upon during the session. 1t was 4:3C
D. m. before an agreement was reached
for concluding the McKenna matter al
the sitting next Friday, and by gen.
eral consent the senate postponed con-
sideration of the Hawaiian treaty until
next Monday.
MONDAY The attendance OF the house
was light to-day. bnt tho galleries were
well filed. The civil service debate
was resumed, and Mr.. Cooney. Demo
crat, of Missouri. took the floor. Al
5 o'clock the house adjourned.
TUESDAY. The civil service debate
which was inaugurated in the house q
week ago, ended to-day. II opened
with a row, but ended very tamely.
There was not even vote on the ap-
preparation in the Legislative. execu-
tive and judicial appropriation bill for
the commission upon which the debate
was predicated. The debate to-day
was quite dull until the closing hour.
when Mr.. Simpson enlivened it with .
reference to tho Ohio senatorial ques-
ton.
WEDNESDAY,. The house to-day
passed an urgent deficiency bill carry
ing &1.741, S43. One of the items. au-
!, f..~aL.~ o~naudikurA nj