Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-03
SCOTT GETS HIS SEAT
As Member of National Senate
from West Virginia.
ONLY THREE NEGATIVE VOTES.
Loud Complains of Fitzgerald In the
Houss-says the Massachusetts Man
Has PersIstsntiy Misrepresentsd Him
ST Louis Fair Gets a Hearing.

Washington, April 30.-The senate
voted upon the resolution declaring
Nathan B. Scott to be entitled to his
seat in the senate from West Virginia.
The number Of votes in the negative
was only three. The Alaskan and cot
ton claims bills took up the rest of the
day save for an announcement con-
corning the Clark case. At the conclu-
sion Of the routine business in the SEN
ate Mr.. Money (Miss.) by unanimous
consent called up bill to amend an
act to provide for the collection OF
abandoned property and the prevention
OF frauds in insurrectionary districts
within the United States. He offered
an amendment In the form Of a new
section restricting the provisions OF
the bill to the proceeds of cotton seized
and sold under the act of 1868. Mr..
Money explained that the bill, u
passed, would afford opportunity to
owners OF private property to go into
court and establish their proprietor
ship Of cotton that fell into the hande
OF authorized agents of tho Unite@
States during the civil war. The doors
would not. he said. be opened to q
general raid on the treasury. The
amount involved would be less than
$5,o00.000. He said that the money
from the sale of the cotton has been
placed in the treasury as a trust fund,
and asserted that under the law OF civ
ilized warfare and OF nations money so
received rightfully belonged to the
owners of the seized property. Mr..
Chandler thought 1t well to place this
little pittance as a setoff against the
enormous expenditure of $600,000,000
for the civil war. The bill was then
laid aside.
Mr.. Chandler gave notice that OIL
next Wednesday he would ask the
senate to take up the case of Senator
Clark of Montana, adding that if no
one should desire to speak in opposi
ton to the report of the committee he
would have nothing to say in support
OF it. .
Washington, April 2S.-At the
Occur d'Alene investigation Gen. Mer-
RAM described in detail his orders
from the war department and the as
sembling Of troops there by his orders.
Washington, April 2S.-Early ad-
journment of congress Is now assured.
Between the democrats and republic
ans Of the two branches full under
standing has been reached which will
result in adjournment shortly after
the LIST of June.
Washington, April 2S.-The house
broke all records Friday by passing
ninety-one private pension bills.
Among them was one to pension at the
rate Of $40 a month the widow Of the
late Col. John M. Stotsenberg of the
First Nebraska. who was killed in the
Philippines. When the house met the
question of adopting the conference re-
port on the Hawaiian government
bill was submitted. The report was
adopted, 1873 to "a. Mr.. Loud (Cal)
arose to a question Of personal privi-
lege and complained that In connection
preparation bill Mr.. Fitzgerald (Mass.)
had injected into the Record words not
spoken In the debate which reflected
upon him (Mr. Loud. He complained
that Mr.. Fitzgerald had persistently
misrepresented him on other oc-
casions. Some of his characterizations
OF Mr.. Fitzgerald were personal and
severe. At the request of Mr.. Fitz-
gerald the matter objected to by Mr..
Loud was struck out.