The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-01-21
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS-.
First Regular Session.

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| annexation treaty Thursday. Several speeches
were delivered, but in every instance the
! speakers announced that Thursdays remarks
| were merely preliminary to what they should
| say before the close of the debate. The execu-
| tive session opened shortly after l o'clock with
| Senator White on the floor, but Senator Stew
| art interrupted and others cut the California
| senator out of the discussion. Those who
| spoke were Senators Stewart, Frye and Nor
| gan.
| HOUSE-The house Thursday completed the
| consideration of the agricultural appropriation
| bill in committee of the whole and then ad
| jOurned upon the motion of those opposed to
| the printing of another edition of the famous
| Horse book" There was the annual fight
| over the question of free seed distribution to
| the farmers, but the effort to strike out the ap
| preparation (S130,OO0 failed usual; the ma
| jority against it Thursday being 3l6.
| WASHINGTON, JAN 15-SEEATE-AlmoSt the
| entire four hours of the executive session of
! the Senate Friday were devoted to the indirect
! consideration of the nomination of Hon. Joseph
! McKenna, now attorney general, to be assO-
| ciate justice of the supreme court. The dis
! cussion was the result of an effort on the part
| of Senator Allen, of Nebraska (pOp.), to
! secure a pOStpOnement for two weeks.
| In the end a compromise REACHED
| deferring consideration until a week from Fri
! day, on the con ditiOn that the Nebraska sem
| atOr should agree to allow vote to be taken
! on that day. The Hawaiian treaty was not
| touched upon during the session. 1t was 4:30
| in the afternoon before an agreement was
| reached for concluding the McKenna matter at
| the sitting on next Friday, and by general con-
| sent the senate postponed consideration of the
| Hawaiian treaty until next Monday.
| HOUSE-It was the intention of the house
| managers to proceed with the diplomatic and
! consular appropriation bill Friday but owing
to the excited condition of affairs in Havana
| and the wildly exaggerated reports afOat, they
| decided to avoid the possibility of opening up
| Cuban debate by relinQuiShing the day to the
| committee on claims in charge of bills of the
| private calendar. Before this order was en-
tered upon the agricultural bill was passed.
! Most of the day was consumed in a filibuster
| against a bill to pay the publishing house of
! the Methodist Episcopal Church South, at
| Nashville, Tenn, S288.OOO for the seizure and
use of the property of that corporation during
! the
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-SENATE-No bnsi-
! ness of importance in the senate Saturday.
! HOUSEHOLDS introduced: Requiring that all
! employees on public works, aside from those
under contractors, be engaged by the engineer
| in charge. the object being to fix beyond ques-
| ton responsibility for those employed; prOvid
! ing that with exception of farm labOrers, eight
! hours shall constitute days work. The House
! devoted two hours to general debate on the
army appropriation bill and the remainder of
the day to eulogiZing the life and public Serv-
| ices of the late Representative Seth w. Milli-
| ken, of Maine, who served for IA years in the
| lower branch of congress.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-SENATE-The fea-
| lures of Mondays proceedings were the
| speech delivered by Senator WOlcott of Col
| oradO, chairman of the bimetallic commission,
| upon the negotiations Of the commission with
| European countries relative to international
| bimetallism, and the passage of the Lodge bill
restricting immigration into the United States.
At the conclusion Of the'mOrning business Mr..
| ut NUaC zad RI pUiD tic
| address He was in fine voice and commanded
| the earnest attention of his auditors At the
| conclusion of his speech the immigration bill
was taken up and discussed until o'clock. the
| hour at which, by previous agreement, it had
| been arranged to vote finally upon the amend
mentS and the bill The bill as passed pro-
vides that all immigrants physically capable
and over IS years of age shall be able to read or
| write the English language or some other Ian
| guage, but person not able to read or write,
| who is over so years of age and is the
pIrent or grandparent of a qualified
| immigrant over 81 years, of age and
| capable of supporting such parent or grand
parent may accompany the immigrant or the
| parent grand parent may be sent for and
| come to join the family of the child or grand
child over 81 years of age qualified under the
| law; and wife or minor child not able to read
or write may accompany or be sent for and
| come to join the husband parent who is
| qualified. The act does not apply to persons
! coming to the United States from the island of
| Cuba during the continuance of present dis
! orders there who have heretofore been inhabi-
tantS of that island.
| HOUSE-MOnday was District of Columbia
| day in the house; but only three bills of local
| Importance were passed. The remainder of
| the session devoted to further consider
| alton of the army appropriation bill, which
| was completed.
| WASHINGTON Jan. 19-SENATE-Tuesday
| q VIZ
| tically the only business accomplished aside
| from the routine proceedings was the passing
of the urgent deficiency appropriation bill.
| The measure as finally passed by the senate
carries S1,913,81O. The Teller resolution pro-
| Viding that bonds of the United States may be
| paid in standard silver dollars was favorably
| reported by a majority of the finance commit
tee and notice was given that it would be called
| up at an early date
| HOUsE--Cuba had a hearing in the house
| Tuesday and for time it looked as if parlia-
mentary precedents would be set aside and the
senate resolution recognizing the insurgents as
| belligerentS would be attached as a rider to the
| diplomatic and consular appropriation bill.
| Mr.. DeArmond, Missouri democrat precipi-
| tated the issue by offering the resolution as an
| amendment, but point of order against it
! was sustained. Mr.. DeArmOnd appealed The
| chair was sustained by vote of 152 to ia. Be-
fore the diplomatic bill came up the army bill
was passed.
| WASHINGTON. Jan, 20.-SESATE-A spirited
| debate was precipitated in the senate WedneS-
| lay b. the introduction of a resolution by Mr.
| Hoar CMass.), providing for an inquiry by the
| committee on post offices and post roads con-
corning the recent order of the postmaster gen.
eral reducing the force of letter carriers in sew
| eral cities of the country. Mr. Vest gave notice
| that he would move Thursday to take up for
! consideration the Teller resolution reported by
the finance committee providing that bonds of
the United States may be paid in standard sill
yer dollars.
HOUSE-Al day long the question of grant
! ing bellgerent rights to the Cuban insurgents
! was argued in the house, but Tuesday the
! minority hurled itself against a stone wall.
| The only vote taken Wednesday, motion
! designated to overrule the decision of the
speaker and direct the committee on foreign
| affairs to report without further delay the
! Cuban resolution passed by the senate at the
! last sesSiOn-the republicans stood stolid and
! voted to sustain the chair.
British Battleship at Nagasaki.
YOKOHAMA, Jan. 2O.-The British
battleship Centurian, flagship of the
British squadron in Chinese waters,