The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-01-13
PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS.
Work of Our National Law makers at Wa b
IngtOn During the Closing Days OF
the FIrty-Fifth Session.

THE first session after the holidays Of the
senate on the 4th occupied only IL minutes
The president sent in the peace treaty, with q
| short message OF transmittal, and the senate
went into executive session and on motion OF
Senator Davis (Minn.) the treaty was referred
TO the foreign relations committee The senate
then adjourned out of respect to the memory Of
the late Senator Morrill, Wt) - There was a
slim attendance when the house met at noon.
The blind chaplain prayed for the recovery Of
Mr. Dingley. the floor leader who is critically
ill., and the Alaska crimes bill was then taken
up Mr.. Lewis (Wash.l introduced resolu-
ton for committee to inv estigate the charges
Of bal meat having been supplied to our SOL
dierS The bill providing for the retirement Of
United States Judge Foster, of Kansas, on &C
count of the inconvenience caused by his ILL
health. was reported favora0ly from the judi
ciary committee. The house adjourned at 4:2j
.. m out Of respect to Senator MOrriirS mem
orr.
IN the senate on the 5th resolution offered
by Senator Hoar tMaSS) was adopted. 1t
asked the foreign relations committee to re-
port the status OF claims of United States citi-
zens in existence against Spain before the war.
Senator Calf Try (La) continued his speech iD
opPo SitiOn to the Nicaragua canal bill Sena-
tor b Try ARK presented a protest from an
Arkansas camp of United Confederate Veter-
ans AGAINST the proposition to get the federal
government to pension confederate soldiers
Senator Pettigrew IS. d. reported fay orably
from the Indi:n affairs committee the free
homes amendment to the Indian appropriation
bill The house debated the bill to codny the
laws of Alaska The remainder of the day was
given to the consideration OF bills reported by
the judiciary committee and quite a number of
minor importance were passed. among them
being one TO retire CassiuS G. Foster, United
States district judge of Kansas
Soon after the senate convened on the 9th
the resolution OF Senator Hoar (Mass calling
on the president for the in .tructionS to the
peace commissioners aud reports on the treaty
was adopted after a short 6eblte. Senator
Gallery ia then delivered an extende argu-
ment in support Of the resolution of Senator
Vest MOI against expansion Senator Nor
gan (Ala.) afterward announced that the COM
mittee accepted the amendments OF Senator
Berry (Ark.) to the Nicaragua canal bill but
they we're not passed on by the senate The
tiOn bill was taken up by the house committee
Of the whole and when the aspiration for the
civil service commission was reached Mr. Ev-
ans Ky made motion to strike it out The
motion carried by a vote OF 81 to 81. During
the general debate on the bill Mr.. Swanson
CVLl -livered a speech anti mDerialiSm.
A bill was passed to pay volunteers upon their
muster out two months extra paw il they have
served beyond the limits of the United States
and one months extra paw if they have only
served within the limits of the United States.
this extra pay to be in lieu of furloughs or
leaves OF absence.