Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-05-19
.FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
FirnI Regular ssssioa.

iZlng the postmaster general To establish post
offices at military posts and camps. in order t.
facilitate the delivery Of mail Ia soldiers. was
reported fayoraby by the post Offices and
post roads committee and unanimously
passed. Subsequently an amendment
To the post office APP reputation hill
WIS agreed to appr"priatius s0O0 tn
carry the hill into effect. The post office APP
preparation bill was under discussion during
almost the entire session, the subject of dis
cusSion being the proposition To reduce the
comI cnSation Of railroads - per cent. for ear
ryinE mails The amendment was defeated by
the decisive vote of MOS
HOUSE The house Monday. 10y a unanimous
and rising vote. rendered its thanks To Commo-
dorc Dewey and his officers and men for their
gnllantry at Manila bay. aud next proceeded to
pass bill creating an additional rear admiral.
The house Monday spent a good deal Ot
time upon what il known n the immune
bill " or the senate hill To provide for volun-
teer brigade of engineers and an additional
force Of i0Cu men especially accustomed to
tropical climates. There was good deal Of
opposition made to the provision giving the
president the power To- appoint all the officers.
hut every effort tO give the priyatc> an Oppor-
tunity tn elect their company or rcgimcntal
officers was defeated by party vote. The hill
as amended was passed and now goes to the
senate.
wAsHINGToN, May Il.-SENATE -Four war
measures were passed by the senate Tuesday
Onc of them provided for carrying ON the adj
ditional work in the adjutant generals office:
the second authorized he enlistment Of "A vol
untcer signal corps, two-third~ Of the
members of which must be expert cleo
tricianS or tccgrapherS; the third
was the so-callcd immune bill"
passed by the house Of Representatives: and the
fourth was IA measure suspendlnF existing law
So that additional hospital stewards can be APP
pointed The post office appropriation bill.
carrying appropriations which aggregate more
than fia OOO,CJJ was passed after IA debate which
has lasted for several days A determined
effort made by Mr. Butler
pop, y. - to cut on the sum
appropriated for the fast mail service between
New York and Washington to Atlanta and
New Orleans, and to provide for two commit.
tees tn investigate postal affairs hut IL was
unsuccessful all amendments, except those Of
fercd by the committee ON appropriations, be-
ing voted down.
HoUSE-The house was Tuesday in ses sion
only 80 minutes, the early adjournment being
due to no urgent measures Of Importance he
IN Y before the house and to general indispO-
sition to take up minor matters.
WASHINGTON, May T.. SENATE For more
than three hours Wednesday afternoon the
senate discussed what is known as the railway
arbitration bill, a measure designed to adjust
by means Of voluntary arbitration. differences
that may arise between railroad officials and
their employees. Mr.. Kyle, rep, =. D. in
charge OF the bill offered number OF
amendments which were agreed to. In order
To meet objections raised to the measure MIR
Hoar reP.. MasS.) offered amendment
which was accepted, providing that no injunc-
tion should he issued which should compel the
laborer against his will to carry out any con-
tract for personal labor or service. The bill
was still under discussion when the senate AL.
lourncd.
paf,,
of ~ To 90 to consider the senate bill restrict
ing immigration, the house took up and de.
voted the session TO the house resolution TO
submit to the states proposition to amend
the constitution so as to provide for the elec &.
tion of senators by a direct vote. The amend
p9rted to the house, left 1t In the discrefs---
by direct vote or through their
legislatures but an amendment by Mo. Under
wood (Ala.) making selection by popular vote
mandatory. was adopted and the resolution
was then passed. The house refused &c concur
| in the senate amendment to the post Office ap-
! preparation bill and asked for a conference.
The house set apart May II for eulogies upon
the late Senator George, of Mississippi and at
sos adjourned
| WASHINGTON, May i3.-SENATE- q
prolonged discussion the senate Thursday
evening passed the bill concerning carriers
engaged in interstate commerce and their en-
| ployors" -popularly known aS the railway ar
| bitratiOn hill The most important amend
ment Ia the measure was that offered by Mr..
| Hoar (MaSS.) which provides that courts shall
| issue no injunction against rail
| way employees which shall compel
| them to give their personal service to a COM
psny against their will a bill was passed
| removing all disabilities imposed by the Four
tenth amendment to the constitution upon
persons who were at one time engaged in re-
| bellion against the United States. The war
revenue bill was reported TO the senate and
notice was given that it would be taken up
next Monday for consideration
| HoUSE-The house Thursday effected but
| little legislation. An important me sure pro-
viding for special line Of coast defense ves-
sells and the enlistment Of men adequate to
man them was passed The senate bill to eS-
| tablish a volunteer signal corps was passed
without amendment. resolution was passed
calling upon the secretary of war for
| information relative to the construction of d
ship canal at Sabine Pass. Tex. and its proba-
Die effect upon the depth of the harbor at that
| point The house voted to insist on its non
currence in the amendment to the bill provid-
ing for the Cuba people and the speaker named
as conferees Messrs. Marsh Ull), Grimm wis
and Cox Crenn.).
| WASHINGTON, May i.-SENATE-No bust.
ness of Importance.
| HoUsE-The entire session OF the house
Friday was devoted to pension and private
claim bills. The house agreed to adjourn unit
Monday. and at pm. recessed until o'clock
the evening session to be devoted Il
pension business. At the nigh
| session the house. in commit.
tee of the whole. voted to grant a pension o.
| $50 per month to Mai. Gen. Cassius NJ. Clay, o
| Whitehall Ky. The famous old veteran o
the Mexican and civil wars, was repre-
! sented as the owner of the extensiv,
| estate known as Whitehall" but with al
| income insufficient to meet his expenses
| Gen. Clay is now drawing III per montl
as a Mexican veteran, and is 81 years of age
| A bill granting pension to the widow of Brig
Gen. Daniel Macauley was acted upon favor
ably. A total of 46 bills were passed in com
mittee OF the whole and six were passed FINAL!
by the house.