The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-04-16
CONGRESSIONAL.
Condensed summary or the Proceeding
of Senate and House from Day to
Day-ImpOrIanu Biiis.

THERE was intense eNp,rtaEcy in the senate
on the 9Th over the president message. Soon
after assembling, at Ihs reuTest or Senator
Allison tla). the sundry ciyil Dill was consic-
cred At l:3O Senator Davis CNhE), chairman
Of The committee on foreign relations, got q
motion FOR an executive session carried. 10
which he announced thaL the presidents mes
sage would not be sent Ia tnAt day. Eight min
utes after the senate resumed its open session,
and the sundry civil bill vas practically COM
pleted when laid aside 60. The house debated
the army reorganization bill. but it attracted
little no attention, being completely over
shadowed by the more absorbing subject OF the
Spanish American difficulty and there was
great disappointment felt ut the presidents IS
message being held back. Mr.. Pearson (N. G.
introduced joint resolution for recognizing
Cuban independence.
THE senate on the eth took up the sundry
civil appropriation bill, the question pending
being the amendment OF Senator Pettus tAla.) }
proving for such Improvement Of the harbor at
Mobile, Ala as would enable warships to OBJ
tain coal and other supplies there. Senator
Morgan tAla) made n bitter speech. charging
the appropriations committee with discrimina-
tiOn. The amendment was lost AT two o CLOCK
the bill was laid aside and the remainder OF the
afternoon was devoted to eulogies of the late
Senator James II. George (Miss). Afterwards
the senate adjourned until the ifth -. During
the debate in the house on the army
reorganization bill Mr.. Lentz O) charged
that the administrations policy Of delay was
in the interest OF stock JOoberS Mr. Grcsveuor
(O.) denied the charge and defended the ad-
ministration. Mr. Sulzer then made a Vi9or-
GUS pro-Cuban speech in support OF the bill
and Mr.. Lewis (Wash.) aSsailel the measure
and charged that it was part OF a programme
to increase the regular army in time OF peace.
a motion was finally carried to strike out all
but the first two sections OF the bill and it was
afterwards recommitted- Mr. Robbins pa
introduced u resolution to recognize Cuban in
dependence. The house then adjourned until
the 1ith.
EVERY available seat on the floor and Ralle-
rieS were crowded on the lith when Vice Presi-
dent Hobart called the senate TO order Sena-
tor Quay (Pa.) presented some petitions about
Cuba and made speech advocating the use OF
our army and navy in making Cuba free. The
presidents message was then laid before the
senate. 1t occupied a. minutes IN the reading
and was then referred to the committee on for
eign affairs Senator Stewart (Sev.) thon
made brief address in favor OF recognizing
the independence of the Cuban insurgents
Senator Butler IN. c. offered resolution au-
thorizing the president to use the army and
navy to stop the war in Cuba The resolution
went over. Another message from the prest-
dent transmitting the Cuban consular reports
was laid before the senate and was referred to
the committee foreign relations. At 1:l5 p
m. an adjournment was taken .... The presi-
dents message was read in the house in the
presence OF big assem- blage and referred to
the committee foreign affairs without de-
bate. Some District OF Columbia business was
then transacted. after which the contested
election case OF Fairchilds- Ward. from the
Eighteenth New York district was settled by
confirming Ward title to the seat