Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-03-24
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS-.
First Regular Session.

wAsHiNGToN, March ~ SENATE During
Its session Of three hours Monday the senate
passed a considerable number of bills from the
general calendar. among the numhrr being one
authorizing the construction Of eight nrN rev
cnue cutters not exceeding in aggregate cost
| the sum of st.0,aWn THE national quarantine
hill was made the regular order at business
and viii hc taken up probably ON "Wednesday.
HOUSE The district business wI> Conrludcd
at l3S n M \ senate hill was passed to
1 change the name VI the port " collection of
| Suspension IhIdrc Ia Niagara FAILS. \ senate
hill passed which granted rIrht at way
| through the Indian territory Ia the prnui>"n,
| liouham & New orleans railroad. also SEA-
| ate hui granting right of way through the
NrunChlao IrdIIu reservation To the Omaha
| Il Northern railroad.
WASHINGTON March III SENATE After
| the passage TUESDAY of numerous bulls from
| the general calrudar. the -cnat" began the
| consideration uf the measure providing Tor a
| national system NJ quarantine Lutte beyond
the reading at the hlll accomplished,
some dc>ultorv discussion occurring "n an
| amendment offered bv the committee, tut no
| PROCESS being made an the rcHrral hIIl
| House The house a-rrrd "Wednesday to
| consider the hill for the relief 81 H." lcall
( heirs Of the victims and survivors of the Maine
/ disaster soon the post o.hc" appr"pria-
| tion bill which Mas taken up IN IA" hou~"
| Tuesday. j. cut nf the way. DurIuG the rcnci Al
/
took advantage Of the lari AIDE low,d ia 4, NJ
! mittcc of the whole on the state of the union {
| discuss various political questions and the do
| bate accordingly covered = wide range. Mr~>r>.
| GrirgS ,dcm.. Gal and Walker rrp. Ma>~.l
| discus. Cd he conditions of IN" cotton industry
| and MIR. Tawncy (rcp. Mimi, member "t the
| ways and means committee, replied 10 The
! speech of MIR. johnson trCp.. Ind }, made some
! time ago. A. Ia the ldNisIbIlIty of anncAinG the
/ Hawaiian islands
wAsHINGrnN March H. SENATE Iiueincss
! in the legislative Session of the senate We'd
| uc>day Was confined To the passage III a lev
| bills. largely q i local character TIA" ma
tlonal quarantIn" hill WAS not considered.
| HoUSE-T The post oflicc appropriation hill.
| which was technically the subject before the
! house. Vas almost lost track of in the debate
| "Wednesday. ~ on Tuesday numerous topics
| were discussed. hut "Wednesday for the ur-l
time the Cubau-Spani>h question. which
| had been kept in the background hcr'-
/ ioforC. forged Ia the front Mr.. Cochran iiUm-,
| MOI brought the question into the arena ana
! In the course Il the debate that followed Mr.
Grosycnur 20 } took occasion to deny cmphat-
| ically the stories afoat To the effect
| that the PRESIDENT desired an early adj
journmcnt of congress in order that
| he might effect a settlement with
out congressional interference. The subject
/ az Hawaiian annexation also came in for more
attention Mr.. Williams cicm. M>>l Mr..
Adams trcp Pal and Mr.. Berry tdcm. Ey.D,
all member, Of the forci2n affairs committee,
| made speeches on the subject, the former IN
opposition and the two latter IN favor of the
proposition.
wAsHINGTox March SENATE Bills in
trnducCd Thursday: To authorize the erection
Of statue Of the late President Lincoln NJ
! Getty >burr. Pa To cost Sa1Un the statue Ia
lie erected by a commission composed Of Tho
secretary of war the commander NJ the army,
the governor of pcnnSy lyania and the COM
mander Of the q. A. X; Ia prohibit railroad
companies from charging mere than three cents
per mile for carrying passengers through Tho
Indian territory; To authorize the construction
of Eunhoat on the great lakes Ia take the
place Of the United States ship Michigan and
Ia cost. exclusive of armament, not Ia exceed
s,SoH0 At o'clock the consideration Of The
national quarantine bill was resumed. Tho
conference report On the agricultural bill was
adopted. After brief executive session thu
senate AT 4:aD adjourned until Monday.
HoUsE-No political questions were dis.
cusscd in the house Thursday. The whole scs.
sion was devoted strictly Ia the post oflicc APP
propriai ion bill which was taken mp for amend
mcnt under the five minute rule. The que>'
tions which con >umcd the major portion ~ tho
time related to the allowance for clerk hire at
post offices and tn rural fire." delivery. The
n, use increased the allowance for rural ire,
delivery from sI5o.Oo To s3o0.01 and defeated
the proposition for Increased clerk hire.
wAsHISGToN, March i9.-SESATE- Not in
session.
HoUsE-The house spent another day on tn,
post office appropriation hill hut only disposed
Of two pages Of the bill. Most of the day wa,
devoted To a debate on the merits Of the pncu.
matte tube mail service in New York, Boston
and Philadelphia, and the advisahility of con.
tinuing the existing contract. An effort I,
strike out the appropriation Of ssnG4
was defeated, but the opponents OF Tho
appropriation succeeded in securing tn,
adoption of an amendment providing that n,
additional contracts should be made Al
amendment was adopted making IL "a miSdc
meanor for any person to pad" the mails dur
ing the period when the mails are being weigh
ed 10 determine the compensation to be paid {,
the railroads for their transportation. Tn,
amendment was recommended by the depart
! ment.