Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-20

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On Saturday the House, in committee OF
the whole. resumcd consideration of tho
bill making appropriation for the legisla-
tive. executive and judicial expenses Of
the Government for the yea: ending June
~. 1890. On n point of order made by
Mr.. Dockery Dem., No. a paragraph APP
propriating $4,000 for making Il series OF
charts Of the coasts and harbors of the
philippines was stricken from the bill. In
the Senate the District Of Columbia APP
preparation bill was taken up. AS passed
ny the House, the bill appropriated &c.
100000. as against estimates of Sy.oSo..
NV. As reported by the Senate Commit
Tee on Appropriations, it appropriatcs ST.
-ol.oOo. The appropriation for the cur
cent hsca! year was $6,426.SS0. The
Rouse Diil granting extra pay upon nus
ter.out to officers and enlisted men of the.
Cnstcd states volunteers was taken nm
and passed without amendment. The
Senate then went into executive session.
and afterward adjourned.
In the Senate on Monday Mr.. Hoar Of
Massachusetts made q strong speech
against territorial expansion. Mr.. Plstt
OF New York replied. The Nicaragua
Canal bill was then taken up and Mr.. Caf-
fiery continued his speech in opposition to.
1t. Messrs. Bacon, Money and Clifton
engaged IN a general discussion Of the
.anding power Of treaties in general. The
House reversed the decision of Tho co,n-
nhltIee OF the whole last Friday, when the
appropriation for the support Of The civil
service commission was stricken ont NJ
the legislative. executive and in9ic;al an
propriation bill. The House ly ypccial
order decided TO proceed with the eonsid-
Grafton of the naval personnel Till. as soon
as the bill for the coditication Of the laws
CT Alaska was out of the way. Nhout
seventy additional pages of the latter bill
were covered.
Senator Mason of Illinois occupied The
attention of the Senate for nearly an hour
and a half ON Tuesday with n speech i'm
support of his resolution declaring TINT
the mite STATES will mover attempt to
govern the people of any country without
their consent. Mr.. Turlcy was ,ic,. rec
ognizcd to speak on the Nicaragua canal
I'LL. He announced himself as an adyo-
cate of the canal, but said he was o;.,oscd
TO the pending bill. At the conclusion of
-ar. Turkeys speech n bill was passed di-
recting the President to :ppoin, pnymas-
tersC'eneral Il. II. Stanton u major gen.
eral and retire him at that grade. The
House devoted it's undivided attention to
the bill for the codification Of tho criminal
laws of Alaska, and when adjourllncpt
was had all but ton pages of tho hill had
been disposed of.
In the Senate on Wednesday 81 sharp
debate was prccipitatcd by MIR. Allen
(Ncb.J by some remarks he made ,,,on a
resolution he had introduced. Mr.. Hoar
lMass.) and Mr.. GRAY ipcl.D were drawn
into 1t. The resolution stated thai, any
aggressive action by arms or navy ON the
part of the United Statcs aglirs; the
philippines would he am act of war MI
Warranted on the part of the President
anu the exercise of constitutional powers
vested exclusively in Congress. MIR. For
aker of Ohio was recognized after 81 short
aebatc and proceeded To deliver his set
speech on the general question of the now
or TO extend our territory. AT 3:1u u. IN.
The Senate, OH motion of Mr.. Davis, the
chairman of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee and in charge of the treaty of
peace, went into executive session. SEN
ator Davis reported the peace treaty and
moved that the treaty and the proceedings
OF the peace commission he made public.
This motion led to debate. The discussion
was brief, however, and the motion TO re-
move the injunction of secrecy prevailed
without division. The House completed
md passed the bill for the codiicalion of
the criminal laws of Alaska.
Tic Supporters and opponents az the
pcnrc treaty in the Senate had their first
contest over that document on Thursday
In executive session. The debate was
upon II motion by Senator Berry tn CON
slider the resolution of ratification in open
session. The discussion continued from y.
few minutes past ] O'clock until about ].
whom the Senate adjourned for the d h.
without reaching IL vote. There were no
set speeches in the usual acceptance of
THAT phrase. 1t was Il running ,lchatc, in
which Senators Berry, White. Hale,
E9nr, Vest and others in opposition to the
trcai' met Senators Davis. Frye. Teller,
...*s sad others in advocacy If il. The
jinlS, passed the diplomatic and consul
Lac appropriation hill without .:,mcnd-
n'fas During the general debate two set
ss'"e.hes were made against Imperialism
Il, Mcssrs. Cnrmack and Gaines of Ten
'',ssec. The diplomatic and consular is
NE. sixth of the regular appropriation bills
% pass the House. The bill ais passed
~rarries 81, 7O5, 533. 4 bill was passed au-
thorizing the Little River Railroad Com.
pany to construct n railroad through, tho
Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian rescrya-
tons.
Report Fails to Censure,
The report of the proceedings and lind.
fDgs of the court of inquiry to determine