The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-01-21
THE woRk o. coNeREss.
Condensed Daily PrsosedInes OF the Fifty
Fifth Regular Session

Condensed Daily REsceedInEE OF the Fifty
fifth Regular Session
TIE senate devoted almost the whole session
On the 18th 20 debating the Hawaiian annex
alton treaty Senator Davis QEiun) con
tinued his speech commenced the previous day
and presented the strategic features in favor Of
annexation Senator Allen CSeb.) followed
with speech IN opposition 70 the treaty and
dHeit on the necessity the United States would
be under Of defending the islands in case OF
war and Of always maintaining q separate feet
and army for their proteCtiou----The house
passed the urgent deficiency appropriation Bill,
the item for 9 further expenditure Of $1,000
Tor the soldiers home At DauTflle, III. causing
Mr.. DeArmOnd CAIo) TO attack Chairman
Cannon, whose home Is a. DanTflle- lIr- Beach
CO.. introduced q bin providing for the publ
cation and posting o. the pension roll. for
every county, annually, on March /. with fun
data o. each case, and 70 correct all alleged
abuses The diplomatic and consular apprO-
priatiOn bill was then reported
TIE immigration bill was taken up in the
senate on the 18th and Senator CAREY La)
made an address in opposition TO the measure
Senator Cannon CUtah) presented resolution
asking the president 70 inform the senate what
had been done BY the government to protect
the lives Of American citizens dwelling in Cuba
The resolution was adopted The Hawaiian
annexation treaty was then taken up, but little
progress was made with f. The house com
pleted the consideration Of the agricultural ap-
prOpTiatiOn bin in committee Of the whole a
TO farmers, but the effort to strike out the
sl30, 900 appropriated for it failed Mr. Clark
(AO) got an amendment adopted appropriate
ing slO5 900 for the publication and distribution
Of the Horse Book" The bill carries 50 81
402 Mr. Bland MOI introduced a free coin
age bin, making gold and silver the standard
and declaring all rules against the legal tender
Of such coin unlawful
IN the senate on the 18th Senator Hoar
Mass presented joint resolution proposing
an amendment to the constitution and making
April 30, instead Of March 4 as the commence
mcnt and termination Of the Official term OF
the president, vice president, senator's and rep
resentatives in congress- The resolution was
referred Senator Quay pa offered a resolu-
ton, which was also referred instruCting the
secretary OF the interior to investigate the re-
cent burning Of two Indians by mob in Okla
hOma The nomination Of Attorney General
McKenna to the supreme bench was taken up
in executive session and it was finally decided
TO take q vote on the matter on the 21st---- The
house passed the agricultural appropriation
bill the item for printing 80. 900 copies Of the
Horse Book being amended and reduced to 70
600 copies A resolution was adopted TO par
ticfpate in the international fisheries eLpOsi-
ton in Norway in September The rest Of the
day was consumed in q dlibuSter against pay
ing SOS. 900 to the Southern Methodist church
for property seized during the war at Nashville,
Tenn
THE senate was not in session on the 18th.
In the house, on motion Of Mr.. Lanham CTeZ.),
8 bill was passed authorizing the president to
appoint additional judge for the Northern
district OF Texas, as Judge Rector, the present
Judge, was incapacitared from performing the
duties OF his Office The house then went into
committee Of the whole on the army apprOprfa-
ton bill The debate on the bill was desultOTy
and was not confined to the subject Mr.. Henry
CTeL-) taking occasion to denOuuCe Secretary
Cages funding scheme, Mr. Terry (Arlz) made
some remarks about the protective tariff and
Mr. Gamer CTenn) spoke on the claim Of the
Southern Methodist church. At two O'Clock
the debate was suspended and eulOgies were
delivered on the late Representative Miiliken
(lde-), after which the house adjourned as .
further mark OF respect TO his memory
THE senate on the 18th listened TO q speech
by Senator Woleott CCoL) upon the negotia-
tons Of the bimetallic commission with Euro
pean countries relative to International bimet-
allism- The immigration bill was then taken
up and after debate passed By vote CT - TO q
The oath Of once was administered 70 Mark
Hanna as senator from Ohio and the urgent de-
6ciency bill was reported BY Senator Hale
(de) THE house passed three bills affecting
the District Of Columbia and then further con-
sideTed the army appropriation bill Nj Nc
Clellan N " made a vigorous speech in
which he attacked the present army OrganiZa-
ton as being obsolete and inefficient The
Mr.. Curtis C6an-) introduced a bill for the re-
organization Of the Indian territory. Mr..
BrOderick C6an-) secured an amendment to the
opening to white settlement Of the surplus
lands Of the POttaWatomie Indian reservation
in jackson county, Kan. and Of the KickapOO