The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-02-12
WORK OF CONGRESS-

yesterdays proceedings in the senate
were the speech delivered by Senator
Wolcott of Colorado, chairman of the
bimetallic commission, upon the rago-
tiations of the commission with Euro
pean countries relative to internation-
al bimetallism, and the passage OF he
Lodge bill restricting immigration
into the United. States. The proceed
ings were the most interesting and i'll
portant that have characterized any
single days work of the senate dur
ing the present session. In anticiDa-
tion of them the galleries were
crowded an an early hour. Quite un-
eXpectedly Senator Hanna appeared at
the opening of the session. Mr..
Foraker. the senior member from
Ohio, presented Mr.. Hanna'S creden-
tails for the remainder of Mr.. Shcr-
mars term, which will expire on
March +, 1890. and asked that the oath
of Office be administered to him. Mr..
Foraker escorted his colleague TO the
desk and Vice President Hobart adj
ministcred the oath.
At the conclusion of the morning
business MI. Wolcott was recognized
to begin his address. He was in fine
voice and commanded the earnest at
tention of his auditors. At the con-
clusion of Mr.. WOlcOtt's speech the
immigration Till was taken up and dis
cussed until o'clock. the hour, at
which. by previous agreement. it had
been arranged to vote finally upon the
amendments and the bill. Efforts
were made t. amend the measure but
failed. The bill was then passed by
Il vote of 45 to %.
The bill as passed provides that all
immigrants physically capable and
Ovcr sixteen years OF age shall be able
to read or write the English language
or some other language, but a person
not able to read or write who is over
fifty years of age and is the parent
or grandparent Of a qualified immi-
and capable of supporting such a par
ent or grandparents, may accompany
the immigrant or the parent or grand
parent may be sent for and come to
Join the family of the child or grand
child ovcr twenty-one years of age
qualified under the law; and Il wife or
minor child not able to read or write
MAJ accompany or be G II o and
come to join the husband or parent
who is qualified. The act docs not ap-
ply to persons coming to the United
States from the Island of Cuba during
the continuance of present disorders
there who have heretofore been inhab-
itants of that island.
In the House.
1t was District of Columbia day in
the house, but only three bills of local
Importance were passed. The remain
der of the session was devoted to
further consideration of the army APP
preparation bill. The debate was par
ticularly notable for a vigorous speech
by Mr.. Mcclellan Of New York. Il son
of Gen. George B. Mcclellan, attack
ing the present army organization as
obsolete and inefficient. He asserted
that we were woefully unpreparcd for
war should a crisis come, and con-
tended for modern methods in organ
iZation, equipment and supplies which
would enable the United States to
meet an emergency. MI. Lewis OF
Washington also made. a speech that
attracted attention in ~denunsiaiion of
trusts, which he declared were threat
ening the liberties of the country. The
consideration Of the army a%ppropria-
ton bill was not completed.
Washington. Jan. 19.-Cuba had a
hearing in the house. and for a time it
looked as if parliamentary proceedings
would be set aside and the senate res
olution recognizing the insurgents as
belligcrents would be attached as a
rider to the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill. Mr.. Dearmond. a
Missouri Democrat, precipitated the
;.l,,,o INV nffoNic~ f1,o roSn1uti0n nc an
amendment, but Il point. Of order
against it was sustained. MI. Dear
mond appealed. lie urged the Repub.
licans who had professed friendship
for the struggling Cubans to override
the decision Of the chair as the only
chance of securing action on the prop
osition. Mr.. Bailey. the leader OF the
minority. and other Democrats Joined
in the appeal. The excitement be-
came intense, but the appeals Of Mr..
Dingley. the floor leader OF the ma
jority, as well as other Republican
leaders to their associates not TO join
in the programme succeeded. MI.
Colson. Rep, Ky. warned his side
that unless he was soon given an Op'
p%ortunity to vote his sentiments on
Tic CUDil NuSSLlOl IC "OOAu No7oSSA-
ate in any revolutionary method TO Sc
cure action. The Republican tactics
kept to the front the point of the
minority seeking to override the rules
of the house and get every Republican
vote, sustaining the chair by a vote OF
152 to ia. One Democrat, Mr.. Flem-
ing of Georgia, voted with them OIL the
ground that he could not violate his
oath by voting against unfolding the
rules. During the debate Mr.. Bailey
challenged Mr.. Hit to give the house
any assurance that IN opportunity
would be offered to vote on the resolu-
ton passed by the senate at the last
session. but he received no reply. Be-
fore the diplomatic bill came up the
army bill was passed.
In the Senate.
The open session of the senate was
brief. Practically the only business
cccC mplished aside from the routine
proceedings was the passage of the
urgent deficiency appropriation bill.
The measure as finally passed by the
senate carries $1,913.S1O. The Teller
resolution providing that bonds of the
United States may he paid in standard
silver dollars was fsvorably reported
by a majority Of the finance commit
tee and notice was given that it would
he called up at an early date. An ef-
Fort will be made to fix a time for the
final vote on the pending census bill
but was abandoned until tomorrow.
Washington, Jan. 2O.-All day long
the question of granting belhgerent
rights to the Cuban insurgents was
argued in the house, but as on the pre-
yious day the minority hurled itself