Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-01-29
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS
DISCUSS THE NATIONS AFFAIRS
Lenders In Both branches of the Ma
,to,,, LEGISLATURE Consume Time
i'm Talk rs Well as Transact Some
Public Busincss-What Has Been
Done.

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General McKenna to be associate justice
of the supreme court. Senator Allen CON
tinued his attack upon the attorney gen
cral. lie presented Il large number OF
documents in support OF his contention
that McKenna was not competent To dls-
charge the duties of the high office OF JUS
tice of the supreme bench, but the vote
was overwhelmingly in Mckennas favor
1t was day of comparative quiet IN the
house. which voted to concur i'll the SEN
ate amendment TO the urgent deficiency
bill striking out the provision compelling
depositors of bullion to pay the cost OF
transportation to minis The Nicaraguan
canal commission amendment was non
eoncurred in. The Lacey bill, to extend
the public land laws to Alaska and grant
general right of way to railroads, was
passed
In the house Saturday some odds and
ends of legislation were cleaned up by
unanimous consent Mr.. HIT reported
hack with unfayOrable recommendation,
the Lewis resolution calling on the state
department for draft of the Hawaiian
annexation treaty and for information as
TO what constitutional way the president
had to contract for the payment OF the
Hawaiian debt of $40O0,OOO out OF the
public treasury. Mr.. Hit explained that
AS the treaty had been made public there
was no necessity for the passage OF the
resolution. Mr.. Bailey created furry
bv rising to question of personal priv
lege in connection with his controversy
with Speaker Reed at the close OF the
Cuban debate last Thursday. Bailey made
a long explanation and reviewed the Ell
tire controversy, and in conclusion reit-
Grated several times the statement That
the agreement he had made with MIR. Hut
had been violated The speaker, from the
chair. reanirmed his statement that no
agreement had been made. The house
then took up the Indian appropriation
bill
The Teller resolution. providing that
bonds of the United States may be PAID
in silver, was laid before the senate, and
in accordance with the notice given, Sen
ator Stewart (pop.l of Nevada, addressed
the senate. He said disregard of reso-
luton, which is already the law OF the
United States, had brought many calami-
ties upon the land, and the result of such
disregard had been disastrous and Ia
mentahle Senator Spooner OF Wisconsin
presented the following as substitute
for the Teller resolution: THAT it is to
be the declared financial policy OF the
United States that, until we shall have
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the leading commercial nations OF the
world for the free coinage of silver, which
agreement the United States Is hereby FUR
Their pledged to promote, the faith, honor
and credit of the United States are sol
EMMY pledged to preserve the existing
cold standard, and all silver and paper
currency shall be maintained at parity
with gold, and all obligations of the
United States shall be maintained invio-
lably at the present standard.
Industrial Conditions.
The house spent two hours Monday
transacting business relating to the DIS
trict of Columbia, and the remainder of
the day on the Indian appropriation bill
During the consideration of the last nam
ed lively debate was precipitated by an
allusion made by Mr.. Simpson of Kan
sas relative to an alleged interview with
the president on the subject of immigra-
ton Mr. Grosypnor took occasion to eX-
press the opinion that the president had
never used some of the language imputed
to him. and the debate drifted into gen
eral discussion of our industrial condi
tons, in the course of which the strike in
New England. the high prices of wheat iii
Kansas and the defaulting republican Of
ticials in Nebraska successfully played
their parts Messrs. Dingley, Grone and
Never of Nebraska, Grosvenor of Ohio and
Simpson of Kansas participated.
Political Debate.
Under the parliamentary fiction of dis
cussing the Indian appropriation bill the
house devoted almost the entire session
of Tuesday to political debate in which
the main question was whether prosper
ity had come to the country as result
of the advent of the present administra-
ton. As speeches were limited to five min
utes, many members participated and the
partisan spirit kept the interest keyed to
IA high pitch. The acrimony which usu,
ally characterizes such debates was al
most entirely absent, and although good
natured. some hard knocks were given
and received Mr. Smith, the delegate
from Arizona, made an attack on the sys-
TEN of educating the Indians, and Mr.
Walker moved to strike out the appro-
priation for the Carlisle school. No vote
was taken on the motion during the day.
Indian Appropriation Bill.
Without preliminary business the
house Wednesday went into committee Of
the whole and resumed consideration of