The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-12-15
WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING.
Debate in the House on the Currency
BilI-But Little Business Trans
acted in the Senate.

Washington, Dec. observation-disclosures
an appeal was made by Mr.. Mason (lll.)
for an expression Of sympathy for the
Beers in their war with Great Britain.
The resolution on which MI Mason
made his speech, was referred to the
committee on foreign relations. No other
business of Importance was transacted,
and at an early hour the senate ad-
jOurned until Tuesday
HOuse-MOnday the debate olened on
the currency bill. Messrs. DOllVer Qa.),
De Almond OIoD, Overstreet Urd.), Mad
dox (Ga.) and Mcclellan On. V made
speeches. Among the bills introduced
were: Mr.. Lorimer Qll), for pNstal saw
ings banks; Mr.. Richardson Ienn.), for
national military park at the battlefield
Of Stone river, Tenn; Mr.. Or ut (Nt),
extending and making flexible national
bank currency. Mr.. Greene ("a.) then
announced the death of his colleague, the
late Representa- We Ermentrout of Penn
sylvania, and at 500 the house adjourn
ed until Tuesday.
Washington, Dec. 13.-Senate-Mr. Pet
tigrew Is. D. Tuesday introduced a resO-
luton directing the secretary of the navy
o supply the senate with information as
o whether Adm. Dewey, acting for the
United States, formally or informally rec
Ognized the Philippine republic at Manila.
Mr. Chandler On. h objected to its i'm
mediate consideration. Following this OBJ
lection Mr.. Pettigrew and Ne. Chandler
had a sharp tilt over the resolution Of
fered Monday by the former, demanding
fl ON the secretary of war an eXplana-
ton of certain charges against Gen. Mer-
Ram in his conduct of the Occur d Alene
trouble.
House-The debate on the currency bill
continued Tuesday. The speakers were
Messrs. GrosvenOr (O), Cochran CMO),
Newlands (Nev.), Parker On. j., William
Alden Smith (N1ich.), Prince QIl), Law
renee (Mass.), Powers (Vt), ShaffrOth
(Col) and Sims CTenn.). three night s
session was ordered. Mr.. Grout (Vt.) in
PRODUCED a bill making oleomargarine
subject to the laws of the states to
| which it is shipped, and increasing the
tax on oleOmargarine cOlOred butter to
10 cents per pound.
Washington, Dec. 14-Senate-We dnes-
days session was short. Among the bills
| introduced were: To provide for tele-
| graphic communication between the Unit
| ed States of America, the Hawaiian is
lands, Guam. the Philippines, Japan and
China, and to promote commerce. The
| measure authorizes the postmaster gen
| eraI to contract with an American cable
| company for payment by the United
| States of not exceeding 100000 a year for
| 20 years for the electrical transmission OF
| official messages of the United States to
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| some point in Japan. The cable must be
i in operation by January l, 1903. A bill
| providing for a change of material from
timber to stone or concrete, in the build
| ing of the dry docks at League Island
| Pa, and Mare Island, Cal.
| House-The currency debate in the
| house lasted from 10 o'clock Wednesday
| morning until 11:30 Wednesday night
| The house adopted a resolution for a hol-
! iday recess from Wednesday, December
| 20, to Wednesday, January 3. Mr.. Rich
! ardsOn, the minority leader asked that
| the house adjourn over Thursday, tC
] give the members an opportunity to par
| ticipate in the Washington memorial eX-
ercises, but Mr.. Payne, the majority
| leader, objected. Mr. Moody (Mass.) ask
| ed unanimous consent that a committee
| of five members be appointed from the
| house to join a committee of three from
| the senate to be present at the unwilling
! January Is of the statue of Daniel Web
ster, presented to the city of Washington
by Stilson Hutchins. Mr.. Bailey asked
why the rules should be suspended to dc
| honor to an illustrious American when
the house had just refused to do honor to
| George Washington, the centenary OF
whose death was to be made the Occa-
! sion of the memorial exercises Thursday
He objected.