Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-12-26
WAR VETERANS BILL
Meets with Decided Opposition Il
the House.
A TRIBUTE TO BOUTELLE OF MAINE.
The House Will Take Up the Raopkfns
HeaPpertienmeht Bill Afssr ghe
Holidays. How Is Will AZ.
fect the Different
StnaAa

Washington, d. c., Dec. 17.-Under'
suspension of the rules the house to-
day passed bills to divit Kentucky
ana West Virginia into two juricdai
districts, to create another district
Judge In the northern district OF Ohio
and to refer to the secretary sof]the
Interior for investigation the claim OF
me sta','e cf Texas for moneys expend
ed on public Improvements in Greer
county before the decision of rhe a,
preme court placed It within the iiurfs
dfction of Oklahoma.
An attempt was made to pass = bill
to give soldiers and sailors of the
civil wan, the Spanish war and the
war in the Philippines preferences in
the maNter of appointment to the n
tentiom in positions dn the executive
department. of The government, but q
aroused opposition on the ground thar
ut would putactically shut out Of the.
government employ for years to come
all civilians and was overwhelmina1y
defeated.
One hundred and two private pen-
sion bills were passed.
just before the house adjourned
trr'bute was paid TO Represeutakiye
Charles A. Boutelle of Maine, who
served eighteen years dm congress and
who has been reelected to the fitty.
sventh congress. Mr.. Uttlefield Of
Maine asked unanimous consent for
the consideration of a bill to peacs
ham ON the retired List as a captain "a
navy. Mr.. Boute1le having been In tie
navy during the civil war. Mr.. it-
ule6eld said that Mr.. Boutelle's coni1.
ton was such that he undoubNedly
WrllTl6 7,Qclnp Tho Jn.A ~
Maine representative WAS well lonown
TO the representatives, and although
some of them were inclined ITO protest
against the proposed legislation alb q.
tabIishing "a dangerous precedent. Nd
objection was made and the bill Wus
passed.
Washington, d. c., Dec. 17.-The
house committee on census, by q ypts
OF to 6, agreed ITO report the Hopkins
reappor:djcnmemlt bill, leaving the total
membership OF the house alt 357 a a
present and rearrangfng a number Of
stare deaegasdOns. The bill wdl no1
be taken up unIuil after the holidays.
The only change in the bill was au
amendment requiring THAT the several
congressional districts Of the sevoral
std'tes should be composed of econ
tiguous and compact" territory. The
purpose of the amendment is to pre-
vent genrymanderdng Under the bNl
the following states will lose ona
representative each: Indiana, Kamaaa
Kentucky, Maine, Nebraska, Onla
South Carolina and Vfrginih- Ths
following will gain one each: Illinois
Louisiana, Minnesota, New Jersey
New York and West Virginia. Texas
win gain two representatives..
Based upon these political divisfou
neither parity will gain advantage II
the new reappoinltment proposed iu
the bdlq The republicans win rs6s
five and lose five and the democrota
Will gain three and lose three. The
basis of representation will be one
representative fer each POS, 1868 dnhahl
Nahts. By the terms of the agreemeuf
made in the committee the bill win
not be taken up und1 after the hoN
days. The vcte upon reporting tM
bill was as follows:
Ayes-Hopkins, Babcock, Achenon
Browulow, Mcdowell, Ryan and
Klutts.
NaysNRussel, Heaitwoie, Crum
packer, Burleigh, Griffith and Wilaua
OF South Carolina
Washington. D. c., Dec. 17-Jua
before adjournment latte this aftnr.
noon the senate gave it's consent "a
the fixing of definite time DO yoA6
upon the Hay-Pauncefote Hueakv,
Senators Money and Mason had cccu,
pied the time of the executive seszlo1
i'm making speeches upon the tua&y.
and when Mr.. Mason, who was tn
last spealosr, concluded, Senakoe
Lodge renewed his request TO ta1cs
~ote next Thursday. No voice wa
'sed In opposition. and the ume~f-
us agreement was recorded. ~
derstsnd;ntg IS thi-It The voting xo,o2I
on the amendnent at oscIo62r
nd THAT the seri-i'e VIII coq1tdnue a
,ssaom rTriI'l the first vrsse on a.
treaty ftss.f is reached.