The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-12-23
CONGRESSIONAL DOINGs.
The Closing Session of the Memorable
Fifty-Fifth ut Work ON Liquidation
Affecting the Nation.

SPEECHES were made in the senate on the
18th on the Nicaragua canal bill Senator
Money (Miss) urged postponement of the
question in order to have the Clayton Bulwel
treaty modified by Great Britain, but Senator
Morgan (Ala) antagonized the proposition
Senator Gallinger IN BY made a protest
against senators introducing pension bills In
cases pending in the pension ONCE and Sem
ator Vest tMo) protested against pension
bills being passed without due consideration.
-. In the house Mr. Danforth (O). chairman
OF the immigration committee. tried to get the
Lodge immigration bill up for consideration
but the house declined to take it up by vote
Of 100 to l0a Mr.. DeArmond CMo) then made
q speech on the decadence of the privilege Of
debate in the house and held Speaker Reed re-
sponsible for it. to which Mr. Reed replied BY
saying that the same complaint was made in
the time Of John Randolph. The pension bill
was then reported 1t carries s145. 233. $50. the
total number OF pensioners on the rolls being
993. IA
In the senate on the 18th the urgent deficiency
appropriation bills making provision for the
army and navy for the next six months. dis
placed the Nicaragua canal bill The bill was
passed after q spirited discussion turning prin-
cipally on the point of keeping the volunteer
soldiers in the service At the instance of Sem
ator Harris tKan) resolution was adopted
calling upon the president for confirmation as
to the status of the report of the Nicaragua
commission. The senate then went into exec
the 18th In the house Mr.. Barney (W1S.l
called up the pension Appropriation bill and
made a general explanatory statement of its
provisions The bill was read through without
word OF criticism and passed, the whole time
occupied in its consideration being less than
20 minutes The house then entered upon the
consideration of the bill to incorporate the In
ternational American bank
THE senate was not in session on the 10th -.
The house, after the passage Of some minor
private bills, debated the bill to incorporate
the International American bank. 1t was
finally defeated by a vote of 1t3 to 14a The
bill to extend the customs and revenue laws of
the United States over the Hawaiian islands
was passed without opposition. The bill re-
lating to second-class mail matter known as
the Loud bill. was reintroduced with an amend
ment allowing the mailing of sample copies of
newspapers at One-haH cent for every two
ounces stamps being attached in advance. Mr..
Rixey (Va.) introduced a bill to admit confed
crate as we'll as union soldiers to all soldiers
homes by the government
THE senate was not in session on the 18th.
The house passed the Indian appropriation
bill within three hours after it was called up by
Mr.. Sherman IN. Y chairman Of the Indian
committee. The bill carries az 347, 600
In the senate on the 10th Senator Plat
(Conn.) spoke against the Vest anti-expansion
resolution The speech was q constitutional
argument maintaining the legal right Of the
United States to acquire territory. The Mic
aragua canal bill was then taken up and sever
al speeches were made for and against the
measure The senate then went into executive
session. -. In the house Mr.. Bailey (Tex.) in
troduced q resolution for reference to the
judiciary committee as to whether any men,
Der had accepted any office under the United
States and whether such acceptance had va
Gated the seat Of the member in congress Mr..
Dingley, from the committee on ways and
means, offered the resolution for q holiday re-
cess from December 81 to January and it was
adopted without division. The bill for the
proposed Philadelphia exposition of American
products and manufactures in 1899 was passed
after short debate by vote OF 142 to 20. Bills
were also passed to authorize the distribution
Of the assets of the Freedmen's bank and to
enlarge the scope Of the fish commission to in>
clude game birds.