The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-01

the senate lasted SIX hours. Two VI INC
general appropriation bills, that for the
army, carrying s23 243, 1872, and that for the
legislative, judicial and executive de-
partments. carrying 81, 658, $40. were pass
ed the latter, consisting of 121 pages, oc-
cupying the attention of the senate dur
ing the greater part of the session. After
O. brief executive session the senate ad-
journed.
washington, Jan. 31.-John ]. McLaurin
was sworn in as senator from South Car
DINA to fill the unexpired term of the late
Senator Earle for the term ending March
4, 1903
Mr. Turpie Qnd) presented an amend
ment to the legislative, judicial and eX-
ecutive appropriation bill providing that
in the proposed reduction of the force OF
the pension Office honorably discharged
soldiers or sailors or their widows and
daughters holding positions in that bu-
reau should be protected. The amend
ment was referred to the appropriations
committee.
Mr.. Gallinger IN. H, chairman of the
pension committee, reported adversely
providing that all pensioners now receiv-
ing less than $40 a month receive that
amount after the bills passage. Mr.. Cal
linger said that the whole number of pen
sioners affected by the proposed bill was
46S.46S and that the total annual increase
in pensions would aggregate $15,S6,OOO. The
bill was placed on the calendar.
The agricultural appropriation bill was
reported by Mr.. Cullom Qll) and plaed
on the calendar.
Mr.. Foraker secured the adoption OF
resolution instructing the secretary OF
war to return to the state of Ohio the
regimentaI flags of the Twenty-first,
Twenty-eighth and Sixtieth regiments Of
the Ohio Volunteer Infantry upon the re-
quest of the governor of Ohio.
BERING SEA.
Mr.. Morgan (Ala.) presented resolu-
ton, which he asked to lie on the table,
requesting the president, if in his opinion
not inconsistent with the public service,
to send TO the senate the correspondence
and notes Of diplomatic character relating
10 the negotiations and the exchange OF
Publications upon a treaty between the
United States and Great Britain relating
TO compensation for the seizure of British
ships in the Boring sea, and also the in
structions and advice given by the state
department to the agent or attorney of
the United States as to the conduct of
the arbitration.
At the request of Mr.. Carter, chairman
of the census committee, the pending CEN
sus bill was made the unfinished business.
HAWAII
Mr.. Pettigrew Is. d. gave notice that
he would tomorrow speak upon his reso-
luton declaring it to be the policy of the
United States not to acquire territory,
TO defend which a navy would be re-
CURED.
Mr.. Hale anticipated he said, that the
proposed speech of the senator from
South Dakota would trench upon a sub
ject properly being considered by the sem
ate in executive session. If it should so
trench. it would be a violation of the
senate rules. and he wanted it understood
that objection would be raised.
Mr.. Pettigrew said he thought 1t would
be time enough to object when it became
evident that he was violating the senate
rules.
Mr. Chandler gave notice that on next
Friday. at the conclusion of the morning
business. he would move to take up the
case relating to the seating of Mr.. Cor
bett as a senator from Oregon.
KANSAS PACIFIC.
Mr.. Foraker called up the bill providing
under certain conditions for the purchase
by the government of the Kansas Pacific
branch of the Union Pacific railroad, and
asked that it be considered at once.
Mr.. Thurston offered the following
amendment to the bill
I'm case the Kansas Pacific division Of
the Union Pacific railroad shall be pur-
chased for the United States, that the
president may, in his discretion, sell the
railroad and property so purchased for
sum not less than the full amount paid
out by the United States TO purchase the
railroad and property. The secretary Of
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