Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-02-03
THE work OF CONGRESS.
Condense Daily Proceedings of tho FIFTY
Fifth Regular Session.

Condense Daily Proceedings of tho fifty |
Fifth Regular Session.
In the senate on the Gath Senator Morgan |
(Ala) spoke on a question OF personal privl- |
lese about Ex-President Cleveands denying
the assertion that when he was president he
favored Hawaiian annexation. Senator Nor
gan stated that during Mr. Cleveland's trstad-
ministratlon 1t was known TO his friends that
the president was In favor not only OF the an
nexation Of Hawaii, but also Of Cuba. Senator
Walthall (Miss) presented resolution OF the
Mississippi legislature urging the United
States government TO interfere In the Cuba
war The Teller resolution was then laid be-
fore the senate and Senator Turpie Qnd.) made
an address In support Of It, The pension
appropriation was afterwards debated, Senator
Allen (Neb) making an amendment that no
pension should be lower than S8 month The
discussion Of the amendment was postponed
1.-The house transacted some business relat-
ing to the District Of Columbia and spent the
remainder Of the day discussing the Indian ap-
preparation, Mr.. Simpson tKan.) raising live
ly debate relative to an alleged interview with
the president about immigration and Mr.. Gros-
venor (o) denying that the president had used
such language, Mr. Stevens (Tex) introduced
n resolution requesting the secretary OF the In
terror to withhold his approval OF any further
leases Of Comanche Kiowa and Apache lands
and to give the house information bearing on
the matter.
THE Teller resolution was under consider
alton In the senate on the 25th for nearly four
hours, the principal speakers being Senators
Allison Qa), Berry (Ark.), Hoar (Mass) and
Teller Coli. Senator Quay (Pa) secured the
passage OF the bill to indemnify Pennsylvania
for money expended In 1854 for militia called
into service by the government the amount In
volved being $4,000 The senate then took up
the pension appropriation bill. In tho execu-
tive session the nomination Of ]. w. Grlggs,
governor OF New Jersey, to be attorney general
[ OF the United States, was confirmed. The
house in discussing the Indian appropriation
bill spent nearly the whole day In flve"minute
speeches, which were chiefly political MI
Dockery tMo), in speaking about the cotton
mill strike in New England, stated that the
trouble was caused by over-production and
that the strike had been urged by the operators
in order to dispose of their surplus stock
| Messrs Smith (Ariz) and Walker (Miss)
spoke against the present system Of educating
| the Indian and declared 1t to be unsatisfactory
THE senate on the Goth considered the Teller
resolution providing that the government pay
the principal and interest Of United States
| bonds In silver The debate was devoid Of
| sensational incidents Senators Teller (CoL)
and Daniel CIV, Va) spoke in favor Of the
| TtSOluIlOu uuu ncudlOIS luuI NhluNSI uilN
| Platt Comm in opposition to it,. The house
| devoted the day to considering the Indian ap-
preparation bill, most Of the time being con-
| sumed in discussing eXtraneouS subjects, The
| question Of reducing the mail carrier service in
| the larger cities came up and Chairman Loud,
| OF the post office committee, said the service
| could not possibly suffer until June 10, before
which time there would be ample opportunity
| to pass n deficiency appropriation bill The
motion to strike out the appropriation for the
| Carlisle Indian school was defeated. The con-
| ference report on the urgent deficiency bill was
then submitted and agreed TO-
IN the senate on the 9th the Teller resou-
ton was practically under discussion through
out the entire session. The speeches in sup
| port Of 1t were delivered by Senators Daniel
| (Va), Lindsay (Sy), Smith IN. J.), and Cock
| rell MOI. Senators Lodge (MasS) and Caf-
| ferry Ua) opposed the resolution. When the
| senate took up the resolution the agreement to
take vote on it before adjournment was
changed to the following day In order to give
all senator's an opportunity to speak on the
subject. The house passed the Indian bill.
the features Of the debate being the denuncia-
tlon by Mr. Hartman (Mont), silverrepubican,
CT the financial policy of the administration,
and of Mr. Dolliver (Ia.) in reply to the gem
| eral attacks of the opposition. A bill was also
| passed making Santa Fe, N NJ, the permanent
capitol of that territory. The Lewis resolution
calling upon President NICK inley for his author
ity to negotiate q treaty binding the treasury
to pay 1000. QUO to the Hawaiian bondholders-
was laid on the table.
THE senate on the 28th passed the Teller
resolution by the decisive vote Of AZ to g. after
an animated discussion which occupied the
greater part of o week All efforts to amend
the resolution were voted down, the gold
| standard substitute of Senator Lodge (MaSS)
being defeated by vote of "a ayes to SO nays,
No less than rs senator's embraced the oppor-
| tunity to speak upon the subject under discus
sion and from ten o'clock in the morning until
seven in the evening the contest ragged In the
voting party lines were broken on both sides
Of the chamber, but on the announcement Of
the vote there was no demonstration. After
wards, on motion Of Senator Allison Qa), an
adjournment was taken until the Sst.... The
house passed the bill to pay the book publish
ing company of the Methodist Episcopal church
| south 1888 900 for damages sustained by that
corporation during the war, the vote on the
measure being 1888 to g. Mr.. Cooney MOI
presented petition of the w. c. I. u, Of
Rocheport, Mo-, protesting against kaleidoscope
productions of puglistic encounters Mr..
Lloyd (NIo.) presented petition Of citizens Of
Shelbyville, No., for bill to protect the first
day OF the week as day of rest A session was
held In the evening and the entire calendar Of
20 private pension bills was cleared before ad-
iournment