The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-12-07
CONGRESS IN SESSION.
Debate Opened on the Ship Subsidy
Bill in the Senate.
A Resolution to Appropriate $780,
900 and to Admit Exhibits Free
of Duty to the West Indian
Exposition Passed.
Tuesday.


Washington, Dec. 5.-The pro-
gramme of the senate leaders for a
business session was taken up in ear
nest Tuesday and material progress
was made. What is popularity known
as the ship subsidy bill was made the
unfinished business Of the senate, in
stead of the Spooner Philippine meas
ure, and the discussion of it was
opened by Mr.. Frye, (Me.) chairman
of the Commute on commerce, from
which the measure was reported.
Bills on the calendar were passed as
follows: To authorize the use of
dispositions before naval courts in
certain cases, with an amendment re-
stricting its operation to dispositions
taken ut the instance of the accused;
to authorize Captain N. NJ. Brooks,
superintendent of foreign mails, to
accept the decoration of the Red Ea-
gle of the third class from the en-
peror of Germany; to authorize Hon.
John D. MeiIllejohn to accept a dec
Grafton of the first class from the
government of Sweden and Norway;
to encourage the holding of an in
terstate and West Indian exposition
in Charleston, S. c., in 1901. The
measure appropriates S25O,OOO and adj
mits exhibits free of duty.
The session of the house Tuesday
was brief. The real work began on
Wednesday, when the house took up
the consideration of the army reor-
ganization bill, which Mr.. Hull, the
chairman of the committee on mill
tary affairs, reported Tuesday.
Three bills were passed under the
call Of committees, the most impor-
tant being one to provide for the de-
tail of not to exceed 100 retired army
officers and 300 nOncommissioned of
fcers as military instructors in the
public schools of such cities as adopt
system of military instruction. The
others were ''to prevent the failure of
military Justice and to legalize an
issue of $25O,OOO of bonds by Pima
county, Arizona.
Wednesday.
Washington, Dec. 6.-When the
session of the senate opened Wednes-
lay the credentials of Samuel D. Nc
Emery and Murphy J. Foster, as SEN
atOrs from Louisiana, and George P.
Wetmore, from Rhode Island, were
received. Bills were passed permit
ting Capt. B. H. McCalla and Com
mander w. C. Wise, of the United
States navy, to accept decorations
from the emperor of Germany.
The resolution introduced Tuesday
by Mr.. Pettigrew, calling for infor-
nation as to the postal frauds in
Cuba, was referred to the committee
on relations with Cuba.
Consideration of the ship subsidy
bill was then resumed. Mr.. Frye, of
Maine, concluding his speech begun
Tuesday, said the amount of subsidy
should be no more than 100000 per
year. That limit, he said, was fixed
definitely in the bill.
Washington, Dec. 6.--The house de-
voted the day to the army reorgani-
Zation bill, which was brought up
under a special order adopted at the
opening of the session, which limited
general debate to two hours on a
side. Lieut.. Gen. Miles and a num-
Der of army officers were interested
spectators throughout the day.
House bills and resolutions intro
duced Wednesday,: By Mr.. Little
field, of Maine, to prohibit the sale
of firearms, opium and intoxicants
10 aboriginal tribes and native races
in the Pacific islands; by Mr.. Wilson,
of Arizona, to establish a supreme
court for the territories of Arizona,
New Mexico and Oklahoma; by Mr..
Fitzgerald, of Massachusetts,, provid-
ing for government ship to bring
Beers to the United States to take