Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-07
IN THE HOUSE.

Washington Feb. 6.-ThiS was sus-
pension day in the House and a num-
Der of bills were passed, several OF
Importance. The census bill prepared
by the House committee went through
by a vote of l4I to AZ. The bill differs
in several essential features from the
Senate bill, especially in the fact that
it makes the census bureau indepen-
dent OF any existing department.
Chairman Hopkins stated that the ex-
pectation was that the. Senate would
accept the House bill. A bill was pass
ed to accept the anti-contract labor
laws over the Hawaiian islands and
another bill was passed to refer A war
claims for stores and supplies to the
court of claims. They are the claims
reported in the war claims committee
and aggregated S212,000. A bill was
passed creating national military
park on the site of the battle at Nicts
burg: also one granting $4,000 acres If
land in Alabama to the girls industrial
school of that state.
Monday was suspension day in the
House. Senate resolutions We're adopt
ed authorizing cadets from Costa RIGA
and Colombia to enter Annapolis.
Grow. Rep, Pa, offered a resolution
for constitutional amendment pro-
viding that peace treaties shall be rati-
fled by a majority of the Senate. With
the simple statement that il was very
singular that a majority of the two
Houses could make war while two
thirds of the Senate We're required to
make peace. He asked that the reso-
luton be referred to the committee on
judiciary. 1t was so referred.
Grosvenor. Rep, Ohio, moved the
passage of Il bill to pay James and
Emma S. Cameron $4,000 for fuel used
by Gen. Rosecrans' army near Chatta-
nooga in 1863. Dockery, Dem. Mo.
declared that the passage of the bill
would open the way to the payment of
countless claims for damages incident
to the movement of our troops during
the Civil War. The bill was defeated
"a to Sc. Fisher. Rep, n. Y, moved
the passage under suspension of the
rules of a Senate bill to authorize the
President to appoint and retire Robert
Platt. a lieutenant in the junior grade,
I. s. ~, with rank of commander. II
was lost. 81 to So. two-thirds not hav-
ing been in the affirmative. A bill was
passed to authorize the widow of Gen.
Hiram Berdan to sue the government
in the court of claims for royalties due
her husband on inventions used by the
government between 1869 and 1881. To-
morrow and Wednesday were set apart
for the consideration of public building
bills. On motion of Often. Rep. Wis.
resolution was passed to refer to the
court of claims A war claims aggre-
eating $4,000.
The sundry civil bill was reported.
Hopkins, Rep. Ill.,, chairman of the
census committee then moved the
passage of the census bill under sus-
pension of the rules. Twenty minutes
were allowed for debate on each side.
Hopkins, in charge of the measure,
made brief explanation detailing
points at which the bill differed
from former bills. His explanation
followed the lines of the report.
He explained the committees reasons for
the failure to include provision for stat
istics regarding farm mortgages
johnson. Rep, Ind. made "a vigorous
onslaught upon the bill. because It did
ployes under the civil service regulations. |
The past two censuses, ne said. had beenl
unreliable and extravagant, owing to the
Ing the. rumor spread that the peace
treaty had been ratified. and wave OIL
applause swept over the Republican side. |
The bill was passed, 147 to A. On motion
OF Gardiner, the bill to extend the anti
contract laborlaws to Hawaii was passed
without division.
Grifi1n. Rep. Wis. moved the passage. |
under suspension of the rules. of the bill |
Tor the employment of women nurses III
the military HOSPITALS of the army. |
Steele, Rep. Ind. demanded second tor !,
the bill. Fischer Rep. n. y. gave notes
OF oi,. an amendment he desired n offer 70
authorize the secretary of VIZ in time OF