Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-02-02
FIt is Eth CONGRESS.


| ciariug iha the dr.uo- ought 20 rr free and
| iLdcI cndcnt. Wac i- a brilliant speaker
aud he wa m'utcd uy hes colleague
and large Iu the raIl,r.tS with care
fu attention
IoUsE- Mouo D~ rict of columbia
daN IN IA" house % M Juy portion 81 the
GaY was GrNo-ci O., lDfsl.i.tlH n. lh~uulN
| action 81 puddle ina was the ra-~ar"u a.
the bill to extent TN 4-a,,"n law- of th'
| United states To IN, ,awaiiau Islands. O.,
| Of TIE p;u, i~iuu> IL IN nili grants American
| register To all yo~- Is uyinf the Hawaiian tn2
| owned uy Hawaiian citlI us july :, lNl>
| W'sHINGIuN. Jan. s,-~ENtrE Two Eota-
| bic ~Vcrrur, W,Tr de lNtr,d Ia the ~cua',
| Tuesday one hy MIR Lodge tMIN-p, and Tn
| other hy Mr.. tiay oiIl. While the two ScnI-
| tor, differed diamctrcllly ~ 10 the rolicy "i
| EXPANSION, upon whi'h they dwclt. both are g.
| favor " the mm"diatr ratification of the
| pending peace treaty. They contend that once
| the treaty o. r titled. congress will have tull
| power To deal with condition, rc-p,c Ing tho
| territory acquired during The W with spain
| and hot before.
| II"USE-Thc debate ON the army rcorganizl-
| tiun i'll opened IN the house Tuesday under an
| args"mcur 10y which the general debate ., &c
| Iun - hours exclusive eft three Hirht sessions.
| the h.al vote To Dr. tlkcn not ter than
| O'Clock rrAt Tuesday Practically three prop
| o~itious are urfurr Ia" house, the huG-t
| rul providing Tor Stauuiu" army 81 l,h.uh
|
| standing .rry to .srroI men. and lodging with
| the Irt.id Mt discretionary power to- call uuj
| > ,ouH volunteer, for cUicr. crry service. aud
| Irupu-itinu tu continue temporarily the r"su-
| lar army II it, present war sircngth-61uUt
| mon
| WA~HINr1oN. i'm. 2i-~ ENNTT- Ouiv "a
| trIrf time Mas occupied ny he senate We'd
| uc-dav ia open session. \ few hills "n the cal
| rudar were lus-"d hu' 10 other Du-luc, o.! i'm
| p,rtauC" Wa tran. acted.
| MORSE Not ~.uc. rhr stirring days bcf,rr
| the declaration Il war last spring has the
| house witnessed such an exhibition ct excite
| mcnt and such ~ccu'S 81 Uatuuud'i Cuthu- l.
| a~m as occurred "Wednesday wien the two re-
| IublicanS. Mr. J'hu~ou. IN" Indiana Nom
| Ter. and Nj puIuvcr, Of Iowa. locked
| horns on the question ~ expansion
| IN" army bill which was unl"r debate. WIS
| swallowed up Ia tho broader question 81 our lu-
| urr national policy ard irr drhat" was lifted
| from the dead l"NrI ui mU,lIurT.tv into ap>olut"
| hril,iaucv. Mr.. Johnson secured tim" from he
| democratic side to attack th' po-.t,nI ~ the
| administration. II was not the nr-t time he
| ha, hruN n away from hi, party On public
| questions.
| WASHINGTON. Jan. ,. -SENATE As the SEN
| ate minEiy wdS about To conclude consider
alton Of The pension appropriation bill late
| Thursday NJ crnoon' Mr. Butler dop.. y. -
| offered his amendment ANNOUNCED me tim"
| federal" soldiers. Upna this he took
| tn" floor and delivered speech. which.
| as It" proceeded. Lcy'lnn,I into a most
| unexpected ui,craucr. While his colleagues
| on luth Id VS. ut Ia" chamber listened with IN
| trrcrt Mr.. Butler def, nlcd thu pn-iti II taken
10y tn" south during The great ciV!l conflict al "a
| third Of a century arl. lie declared that the
| south was ri-ht and that history would 81
| record; and that every shot fired by a
southern soldier was fired in defense
| II the ri-hto Of his state conferred.
| 10y the constitution. in srlf-dcfcnse ard in de-
tense Of his home and iirc~ide.
HuU~E-1hc thirJ day 81 the debate upon
| the bill for the r.. RIA, izIt!on AMI increase of
| m" regular army la-~cd without Notable incl
| dent It, feature Wa an uoUr. speech 10y NJ.
| Grn~v"u"r cpl who's uttcrau,c~ rightly or
| wrongly. was frequently supposed to- reflect
| the views of the PRESIDENT. Mr. Gro~,cnor tie
| cared most cmphailCJlly that 1hr Trc~"u'
| situation in the Philippines was du' 10 tn" OPP
| position In this country to the ratification of
the peace treaty. lie announced thai th' fu-
| turc Of the Islands Wa matter for congress- TO
| decide. and that for The president 10 announc'
| policy would he for him To usuIp the author
| ity Il congress.
| WASHINCroS. Jan. r STNNTE-Particular
interest was manifested in the senate Friday
| ia brief speech delivered by T. G. Piatt New
| York. on the gen raj subject Of expansion. Mr..
| Plat took Tor his text the auti-eXpan,ion res
| olutiou offered by Mr.. Vest OF Missouri. hut in
the course 81 his speech merely touched
uuou the cnnNti'u ional quest ion involved in
the proposed drclaratic2, \ resolution
| was offered ly Mr.. sullivan jNiisSD declarin
| that the ratification o: the treaty should not
commit the government to colonial policy.
The pension appropriation hill. the second OF
The general appropriation measures was pass
Cd after some uchatr. Late in the afternoon
culoglc~ were pronounced On the late Repre-
sentative Cooke. cf Illinois, addresses bcial
made Ivy Senators Guile m, Allison. Wellington
and Mason.
EoTsE-Thc opposition to the army re-
organization bill on the republic can side OF IN,
house has become 80 strong that Friday Chair
mln Hull. after NJ. Henderson UlD, one OF
the floor leaders Of TN majority had thrc l.
cncd To vote totrcc, IDmit the bill decided it
| would be wise. ia order TO insure il
passage. to abandon the idea of pro-
Hing directly for regular amy oi
10000 men. He announced on the fioCI
that the committee would oncr amendment,
To reduce the number Of eniisted men to about
go o but ledge in the presidents di>cretioa
the authority 10 increase the army to a max
imum OF p0tn These amendments have
been repaired. They provide that the pre,i-
dent NAV, in his discretion. enlist only to mea
in the infantry companies and 60 in the cuyalry
troops
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3l-SENATE Senator
| Frye continued Ms argument Tor the ratlnca-
tiun Of the peace treaty with Spain in Satur-
| days Hcutive session of the senate. He
talked for an hour and half ana again made
the only speech If the days session. The
| principal questions under consideration
Saturday were those relating TO the pay
ment Of claims against the Spanish govern
mcnt, the re sons for agreeing to pay Spain
| for the Improvements made in the Philippine,
and the reason for extending to Spain the ben,
eft Of an open-door policy in her former pos
sessions. There were various interruptions by
| other senators, who, however. confined them.
| selves to questions. The consular bill. carry.
ing nearly sl.,0lOD was passed
House The house Saturday continued III,
consideration of the army reorglniz alton hill
until > O'Clock. when the members paid thci
| tributes to the memory of tn" late R"prrscn
tative SimptinS. Of Mas achusrtt>. Very liu!
| progress was made with the army bill tn,
onlT amendment being adopted being tina
offered by TIE committee 10 give vel;
| erinarianS in cavalry regiments the rank. pay
and allowances Of scconi ljcutenantS. Tn,
time before the eulogies began was chiefly de
voted 10 a continul ton OF tn" debate on the
| nd y af ref hp phiIipniugS