Hutchinson gazette., 1900-12-20
WAR VETERANS BILL
Meets with Decided Opposition In
the House.
A TRIBUTE TO BOUTELLE OF MAINE.
The Houso Will Take Up the Hopkins
RoRppO rtiOnment Bill A!tor the
Holidays, HOw IL VIII Az
feet the Different
SIuIaA


Washington, u. G., Dee. 11.--Under
suspension Of the rules tie house TO-
day passed bills 10 divide Kentucky
and West Nirglnla into two iurical
districts, to cnelte another district
Judge In the northern district OF OHIO
and TO refer TO the secretary oithc
6nieltlor for investigation the chiD OF
the slaite OF Texas for moneys eNppnd-
ed on public improvements in Gr2sr
county before The decision of the su-
preme court placed IL within the ljuIds-
dlctlon Of Oklahoma
An Uttempt was made TO pass bill
TO give soldiers Wnd sailors Of the
civil war, The Spanish war and the
war in the Philippines preference in
the matter of appointment to The re-
Hentlon I'm POSITIONS In the executive
department. Of The government but 1t
aroused opposition ON the ground that
1T would practically shut out Of the
government employ for years to come
all civilians and was overwhelmingly
defeaIled
One hundred and two private pen
sion BILLS were passed.
just before the house adjourned @
tribute was paid to Representative
Charles A.. Boutelle of Maine, who
served eighteen years In congress and
who has been reelected TO the fifty
sventh congress, Mr. Llttlefeld OF
Maine asked unanimous consent for
dhe consideration of a. bill to place
him on the retired list as q captain in
navy. Mr.. Boutelle having been In the
navy during the civil war. Mr.. Lit
Ulefield said that Mr.. Boutelle's condi-
tlon was such that he undoubtedly
would resign. The condition of the
AfaIuc representative was well known
to the representatives and although
vome OF them were inclined 10 protest
against the proposed Legislation als es-
tabllslflu,, 4 dangerous 'preccde1t, 10
objection was made and the ibill was
passed.
Washington, ID. c., Dec. 1.-THE
house committee on census, by vote
OF z to o, agreed to report lhe Hopkins
Eeappordonment bill, leaving the total
membership of the house aOt 357 as at
present and rearranglng a number Of
state delegations. The bill VIII lot
be taken up untll after the holidays.
The only change in the bill was an
amendment requiring that the several
congressional districts of dhe several
tahaltes should be composed Of Con
tlguous and compact" territory. The
purpose of the amendments is to pre-
vent gerrymanderng, Under the bill
the following states will lose one
representative each Indiana, Kansas,
Kentucky, Maine, Nebraska, Ohio,
South Carolina and Virginia. The
following will gain one each: Illinois,
Louisiana, Minnesota, New Jersey,
New York and West Virginia. Texas
will gAIln two Representatives.
Based upon these political divisions
neither parity will gain advantage in
dhe new reNppoinment proposed in
the bill, The republicans will gain
fve and lose five and the democrats
will gain three and lose three. The
basis of representation will be one
representative fer each 20S,SGS inhabi.
'tamts. BY the terms Of the agreement
made In the committee the bill will
not be taken up unllIl after the holi.
days. The vote upon reporting the
hill was MS follows;
Ayes-lIopdins, Babcocl Acheson,
Brownlow, Mcdowell, Ryan and
KMtts.
Nays--Russell, IIeatwole, Crum,
packer, Burleigh, Grillith and Wilson
of South Carolina.
Washington, D. G., Dec. 17.-Just
before adjournment laI,e this after.
noon the senate gave its consent to
&he fixing OF n definite time to vote
upon the Hay -PNuncefote treaty.
Senators Money and Mason had uccu,
pied the time Of the executive session
I'm making speeches upon the tuatv,
hnd when Mr.. Mason, who was The
hast speaker, concluded, Senator
Lodge renewed his request to take a
vote next Thursday. No voice wns
raised In opposition, and the unaui-
NOUS agreement was recorded. TIE
understanding lis THAT the voting shall
be on the amendment at o'clock,
and THAT the senate will continue In
session untll the first vote on the
treaty itself rs reached.
A REIGN or TERROR.