Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-02-17
FlFTI-FIFTH CONGRESS-.
First Regular Session.

mcUI 81 mrrc than ordinary importance and
Nl"nlic&ncr al lll> time was prupu eel in the
senate Monday LAY Mr.. MORGAN tAla.) to the
resolution ell red a few days ago 10y Mr. Whit,
{ al. MIR Whites resolution declared that
it WAS the right Of the people of Hawaii I,
malutain their own form uf government
and the United State, ought in II,
wise To interfere with it, Mr..
NJ Rams amendment provides distinctly
tus the annexation OF the Hawaiian Islands de-
ClnrinE that the present government has
right To- make such cc>~ion to this country
HORSE The house passed the military
academy appropriation hill Monday with only
one important amendment The debate ON The
measure was dr>ult"ry and touched variety
at political topics. ~ passed. the Till carrie,
SiGi.aih nciul S,i.u3t less than the amount ear
ricd 10y the current law. The hill to limit IN,
period for the rounding uf the certificates oi
deposits of ls'p tn December n 1889 was pass.
cd. Tuesday the house will take up the Al.
uriCh-llawman contested election case.
WASHINGTuN. Feb, {. SENATE Three prop
ositionS were presented to the senate for the
relief of the Cuban insurgents. Mr.. AllcI
tNChl offered ~ an amendment to the diplu
matte and consular appropriation hill a rr>nlu-
ti"n recognizing the hrllisrrcucy of the inSur-
gents, and said that he hoped thus To aiIurr
III" senate an opportunity To vote ON that prop
o~tliun. Mr.. Cannon tCtahD offered rr~ulu-
tiou urging the president to notify the kingdom
oi spain that II II did not recognize
the Independence Of the Cnhan rcpuhli,
before March l. 1855 the United State
would recognize the delinquency of the Cubans
and within 81 days thereafter would assert IN,
Independence of the Cuban republic Mr..
Mason lllD followed with resolution re-
qur~tinT the president Ia notify Spain that the
Cuban war must cease al once and declare tht
intention at the United States t" restore and
maintain pr.cr On the island OF cuba. The
ltFh f,f Ia "A
the senate form Orrruu occupied the ~"uatr's
attention Tor two hour. III" remainder of
the afternoon WITS spent IN cNcutiN" session.
IuI-~E- Tho hou~, Tuesday entered upon the
consideration "f the Aidrlrh- plowman con
tested elect ron case from the Fourth Alabama
district The majority ot the committee re-
ported ia fave 81 eating the republican con-
j,~'Iut ga the ground of the cons piracy. an al
LEGATION vigorously denied 10y the democratic
minority Mr. plowman plurality on the face
nt the returns WIS a9ii. The majority revised
the figure, >uas 10 give Aldrich plurality OF
81. Two speeches were made Tuesday on each
side; hy Mv~~r~. Taylor tDD AMI Mann IN.
and 10y Mc>srs. Fox (Mi~s.D aud Settle (ian.D,
for the minority. 1t is expected that a vote
will he reached Wednesday
WASHINGTON. Feb IO-SENATE- For more
than three hours Wcdn, ,day the senate cham
her rang with eloquent appeals in behalf If
the cuban insurgents. Announced speeches
were delivered by Mr.. Cannon tUtahl and
Mr.. Mason ullD in advocacy of the adoption Of
resolutions which they presented to the senate
Tuesday. Follow Mr.. Cannon : speech. MIR.
Hale tMc.D addressed the senate briefly, urg-
ing the senate to uphold the policy Of the adj
mini>tration. lie pointed out that much had
already been accomplished by President Me
kinley not onIy for the cause Of peace on the
| island, but also for the protection Of
| Americans and American interests, and
| for the relief of the rcconccntradoes
and pacihco> He maintained that it would
not lee good policy by the adoption Of any dra>-
! tic declaration to place the administration in
| leading strings that might interfere with the
| carrying into effect of a defined policy. Mr..
Mason followed MIR. Hale in a lun. and At times
| fiery speech in which he urged the president
| Immediately to intervene in the Cuban war aud
end the struggle which ON both sides had he
| come 81 brutal H. To shock the scnSiblities of
| the civilized world. lie did not believe war
| would result from Intervention, hut thought
| If 1t should it would be a war Of glory and of
honor.
HOUSE The republican majority was in
| creased Wednesday from ~ 10 80 when the
house by vote Of Ii3 to liz unseatcd Mr.. Plow-
man dem, Ala) and gave the seat to MIR.
| Aldrich trcpD. This was the first contested
election case decided 10y the present house
| against the setting member. Those who spoke
on the case Wednesday were Mcs>rs. Settle
| Iden-, ky), Hamilton rep, Mich) Bartlett
| ttcm.. Ga.), and Taylor trep., o..
| WAsHINGToS, Feb. iL-SESATE - During
| almost the entire session Of the senate Thurs
| day the Indian appropriation bill was under
| di cussion The reading Of the bill was COM
| pleted and all OF the committee amendments
| were adopted. Subsequently several amend
| mcntS of Il minor character were attached In
| the measure Mr. Allen (Ncb) cnliveucd
| the proceedings few minutes be-
| fore adjournment by making an at
I
| the enactment, as the Nebraska senator declar-
| ed of meritorious legislation, sent to the house
| of representatives by the senate. He denounc-
ed the speakers action in this regard as dis
| grace" Ia congress and to the American people.
| When a point Of order was made against him
| for the use of improper language concerning
| the other branch of congress Mr.. Allen said
he was stating only the truth and that he was
responsible here or elsewhere at any time for
| his statement
| HoUsE-The house was in a very bad temper
Thursday and the whole session was consumed
| in filibuStcring against two bills of niiTtar I'm
| portancc, one To issue duplicate check and
| the other to make Rockland, Me. sub port OF
| entry. Neither got further than the engroSs-
| mcnt and third reading. The trouble arose over
| the enforcement of the rule against the dis
| cus>ion of irrelevant subjects when Mr.. Hand =
| dem. DeL) attempted to reply on the floor
during the consideration of those bills to n let
| ter recently written by IhOHlaS +. BaNaru.
| secretary Of state under the Cleveland admin
| iStration. in Pronunciation of the free silver
| democracy. Roll call followed roll call all day
| long and partisan feeling reached a high pitch.
Finally when it became evident that nc
| progress could be made with the bills pre-
| scented, an adjournment was taken until Mon
| day.
| WASHINGTON Feb la-SENATE- Considera-
tion of the Indian appropriation bill was re-
| sumed by the senate Friday and after being
| amended to some extent the measure was
| passed. The most important amendment to
| the bill was that offered by Mr.. Pettgrew
| &. d. which il finally enacted. will
| restore the free homestead law So far as IL re-
| lates TO Indian lands coded TO the United States
| for which lands the settlers have been Obliged
| to pay the purchase price paid to the Indians
The bill! carries appropriations aggregatins
nearly s., 100000.
| HoUsE-Not in session