The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-04-01
CONGRESSIONAL.

March 25.-The stirring scenes of the
| Fifty-first congress, when members of the
minority were charging down the aisles
| protesting against the rulings of Speaker
| Reed, were recalled to-day in the turbulent
protests made by the minority against
rulings of the chair during the con-
sideratlon of the naval approprl alton
Dill. The ruling in effect compelled
| members to cJnfne their remarks,
under the five minute rule. to the subject
| before the house, and was made against Mr..
| Hartman, silver Republican, of Montana,
| who attempted to make a political speech.
| The ruling was denounced as a usurpation,
and appeal after appeal was taken. When
all else failed every expedient was resorted
to to block progress of the bill AS result
but four pages were disposed of
March 81 The naval appropriation bill
was taken up in the House, and after con-
siderable dimculty an arrangement was
made to close general debate at / o'clock
tomorrow. There was great pressure for
time, but the leaders desired to limit as
far as possible, the opportunity for
lnfammatory utterances. The debate
to-day was not on sensational lines but
every radical expression was cheered to
the echo by the crowded galleries. The
speeches of Messrs. Dayton of West Vir-
GINA and Arnold of Pennsylvania both of
whom took advanced positions in favor of
aggressive action to stop the war in Cuba,
aroused intense enthusiasm Messrs Bou-
telle, chairman of the naval committee. and
Meyer Democrat of Louisiana, also a
member of the committee, confined their
remarks close y to the bill and the extra
ordinary emergency which necessitated the
large increase it carried. Several of the
other speakers discussed political ques-
tons
The Senate passed these bills: For the
ton.
importation into the United States OF birds,
feathers or parts of birds for ornamental
purposes be prohibited and prohibiting the
transportation or sale of such articles in
any territory of the United States or in the
District of Columbia to extend for one year
the time of beginning the construction of
bridge across the Missouri river at St.
Charles, Mo-; to place Lieutenant Colonel
Alexander Stewart Webb on the retired list
of the army and to provide for the pur-
chase of site and the erection of public
bui ding thereon at Joplin, Mo-, at cost of
100000.
March pr T. Thorpe was given the
seat from the Fourth Virginia district
Sidney p. Eppes, who obtained the certii-
cate of election, as un'eated by strict
party vote. Mr. Thorpe was given the seat
by a vote of ISL to 1870.
March % "A feature of the Senate wss
lana in support of the pending national
quarantine bill. In the course of his argu-
ment Mr.. Gallery said that he wanted the
whole quarantine power in the hands of
the United States government the only
authority which could make a quarantine
and he added that he was as
stanch a states rights advocate as any
man. Among the bills passed were the fol-
lowing: To prevent the app Iintment of
cadets to the naval or military academ my of
the United States from states, territories or
districts in which such cadets do not re-
side. to raise the age of protection for girls
in the district of Columbia and in the ter
ritories to eighteen years; to pay the state of
Wyoming $3.50. money expended by the
territory of Wyoming in protecting and
preserving Yellowstone national park dur
ing the years 18S4-85-96.
The naval appropriation bill was reported
to the House but as it had not been printe
the contested election of Thorpe versus
Eppe from the Fourth Virginia dist let was
taken up and debated until o'clock when
house adjourned,
March o. - The house unanimously
pa ,sed the bill for the relief of the survl-
vors and victims of the Maine disaster
The bill relmburses the surviving officers
and men for the losses they sustained to an
amount not to exceed years pay and d.
rec IS the payment of a sum equal to years
pay to the legal heirs of those who per-
shed. There was quite a spirited de-
bate over an amendment suggested
by Mr. Cannon to give the survivors
each a years pay out of hand instead of at
tempting to reimburse them for actual
ossts Mr.. Cousins of Iowa aroused the
galleries TO spontaneous applause when he
said that while the vul ures might be
watching over the dark waters of Havana
har Dor for the belated dead, above all the
eagles piercing eye was watching for the
truth
The Senate devoted the day to minor
routine business
March 19-The House has passed the
postofice appropriation The main points
Of attack we're the appropr atlons of 80
300 900 for railway transportation of mails,
bl71.000 for special facilities between New
York and New Orleans and $4,000 for spe-
,ial facilities from Kansas City to Newton.
Kansas. Mr.. Simpson of Kansas advocated |
he appropriation of SIS ,0o0 for special
facilities from Kansas City to Newton,
Kan He said that Hess this Apr opria-
ton was made the mails from Western
Kansas. Northern Texas and Oklahoma
would be delayed twelve hours.