The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-18

70 Begin and End April ~3eth-Senste
Passes Nineteen Private Passion Bilis-
Resolution Passed for Erecting Monus
ments to Generals Nash aud DAVIDSON
House Managers AFRAID of n Discussion
on the Situation in Cuba.
SENATE.
Washington, January 14.-After the
transaction of some routine business
in tine senate today, Senator Hoar,
presented the following joint resolu-
ton proposing an amendment to the
constitution:
That the following article be pro-
posed to the Legislature of the several
states as an amendment to the con-
,stitution or the United States
The term of office OF the president
and of the Fifty-sixth congress shall
continue until the Goth day OF April in
THE year 1901, at noon. The senator's
whose existing term would otherwise
expire on the 4th day of March, in the
year 1899 or thereafter, shall continue
i'm office until noon Of the Goth day of
April succeeding ach expiration; and
the Goth day of April at noon shall here
after be- substituted for the Atm of
March as the commencement and ter
animation of the official term OF tine
president, vice president, senators n
representatives in congress-"
The resolution was referred to the
committee on privileges and elocutions.
Senator Quay, Pennsylvania, offered
the following resolution which was re-
ferred to the committee on Indian aft
fairs.
Resolved, That the secretary of the
interior Shall be and is hereby in
structed to investigate the facts at
tending he recent alleged atrOcious
burning to death of two Seminole In
dians by a mob in Oklahoma territory
and make report thereon to congress.
That the sum of $25, 900 or so much
thereof as may be necessary is hereby
appropriated out Of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated
for the investigation, apprehension and
punishment of the guilty persons, to
he expended under the direction of the
secretary of the Interior"
Senator Tillman, South Carolina,
announced that on account OF the alb
sence of his colleague, Senate Nc
Iaurin, he would ask that the eulo-
gizes upon the late Senator Joseph
A. f.. Earle, which were to have been
presented today, he postponed until
some later day, to be announced here
!af ter. The request was granted.
The senate the at 1870 O'Clock p. m.
- went into ~xecutiv session. The exc
cutive session continued until 4:3O pm.
when in open session a message from
the president transmitting his approx
al of the award OF the Belhring sea
commissioners, was received and read.
Consideration of bills on the pension
calendar was then begun and nine
teen were passed.
Senator Butler, North Carolina, Sc
cured the passage of a joint resolution
to carry into effect two resolution of
the continental congress directing
montmen to be erected to the MEM
DRY of General Francis Nash and Will
Ham Lee Davidson, of North Carolina,
the cost of each to be $4,000.
The enate then at 5:D5 p. m. ad-
journed until Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Washington, january 14.-It was the
intention of the house managers
to proceed with the diplomatic n
consular appropriation bill today, but,
owing to the excited conditions of aft
fairs in Havana and the wildly exag-
gerated reports afioat, they decided to
avoid the 1qosssr41uffr ~ ~ of opening up a
Cuban d8Rate, by relinqufsrfAS lhedaX
to 'the Committee IN claims in charge
ofCbills ON the private calendar. Be
fore this order was entered upon, the
agricultural bin was passed. Most of
the day was consumed in a ~filibuster
against a bill to pay the publishing
house of the Methodist Episcopal
church south at Nashville, Tenn, $685.
900 for the seizure and use of the prop
erty of that corporation during the
war. The opposition consumed the
time until 5 O'Clock when the house
adjourned.
when the house adjourned last night
the amendment to the agricultural
appropriation bill providing for the
publication of another edition. of the
horse book" was pending. Today the
friends of the amendment compromised
with the appropriations committee, by
agreeing to a reduction of the number