Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-02-03
TWO BILLS PASSED.
The Army and Legislative App-o.
priations Get Through.
The TELLER RESOLUTION DEFEATED.
The Vote Reached In the House After Five
Hours OF Debate-An ANTI Trust Bill
Introduced by Mr.. Greene,
Of Nebraska

WASHINGTON, Feb. Yesterdays
session of the senate lasted six hours
Two OF the general appropriation bills
that for the army, carrying ss3, 49,
$40, and that for the legislative judi
cial and executive department, carry
rying S.i,65s, 52O-were passed. After
brief executive session the senate ad.
iourned. John M. McLaurin was
sworn in as senator from South Caro-
lima to fill the unexpired term Of the
late Senator Earle, the term ending
March 4, 1908.
Mr.. Turpie, of Indiana, presented an
amendment to the legislative, execu-
tive and judicial appropriation bill
providing that, in the proposed reduc-
ton of the force Of the pension Office,
honorably discharged soldiers and sail
ors or their widows and daughters
holding positions in that bureau shall
be protected. The amendment was re-
ferred to the appropriations commit
tee.
Mr.. Gallinger, Of New Hampshire,
chairman of the pension committee, re-
ported adversely the bill introduced
by Mr. Allen, of Nebraska, providing
that all pensioners now receiving less
than $40 per month receive that
amount after the bills passage. Mr..
Gallinger said that the whole number
of pensioners affected by the proposed
bill was 46s. 463, and that the total an.
nual increase in pensions would aggre-
gate SIS, sS6, QUO. The bill was placed
on the calendar.
Mr.. Foraker called up the bill pro.
viding, under certain conditions, for
the purchase by the government Of the
Kansas Pacific branch of the Union Pa
cifc railroad and asked that it be con-
sidered at once. Mr.. Thurston Of
fered the following amendment to the
bill.
In case the Kansas Pacific division OF the
Union Pacific railroad shall be purchased for
the United States, the president may, in his
discretion, sell the railroad and property so
purchased for o sum not less than the full
amount paid out by the United States to pur-
chase the railroad and property The secre-
tary Of the treasury shall, under the direction
OF tho president, make execute and deliver to
the purchaser or purchasers Of said railroad
and property q conveyance In writing. but not
under seal, which conveyance shall vest in said
purchaser or purchasers all the rights, title
and interest Of the United States in and to the
property therein described.
Mr.. Turpie, Of Indiana, offered to
the amendment an amendment provid-
ing that ''in no case shall the sale be
made for less sum than the original
claim and interest due thereon
Mr.. Vest, Of the senate committee
on public health, made report upon
the bill providing for the creation Of
a department Of public health. The
report is adverse to the proposition
and it recommends as substitute the
bill for the enlargement of the powers
Of the marine hospital service.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The house OF
representatives yesterday buried I'M
der an adverse majority of 50 votes the
Teller resolution declaring the bonds
Of the United States payable in silver.
The republicans were solidly arrayed
in opposition, with two exceptions,
Mr., Linney, Of North Carolina, who
voted with the democrats and populists,
and Mr.. White, Of North Carolina, the
only colored member Of the house, who
answered present" when his name
was called. The assertions from the
democratic side were Mr.. McAleer, of
Pennsylvania, and Mr.. Elliott, of South
Carolina, Both voted with the repub-
licans against the proposition. Speak
err Reed, although it is not customary
for him to vote, had his name called
and, amid the cheers of his followers,
went on record in opposition to the
resolution.
The vote was reached after five hours
of debate, under special order adopt
ed at the opening Of the session. The
majority, under the leadership of Mr..
Dingley, who made carefully-pre-
pared speech, sounding the keynote of
the opposition, assumed the position
that the last clause Of the resolution
was in reality disguised declaration
for the free coinage of silver, while
the assaulting democrats, under the
direction of Mr.. Bailey, maintained
that the defeat of the resolution was
another step in the direction of the es-
tablishment of the gold standard, to
which they alleged both the president
and Secretary Gage had irrevocably
committed the republican party. The
debate was at times fast and heated,
but there were no sensational Incl
loots Lorord tho b;oe;ur of Mr. Rhaa