The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-05-03
No. -.
TIE RECORD SPOKEN.
The House Passes o. Private Peasloa
Hiis as oae Sessiou.

SENATE.
One Hundred Aaf Fo-th nay-Atcr
. brief debate the senate aErcca 60 the
conference report on the HawaiiAn civ
II government bill. tAc provisions rcla-
ting TO the righ; Of franchise and I'm
prisonment for debt having bcen amen
ded 20 conform 60 the ideas % the SEQ
ate. The agricultural appropriation
bill was passed. carrying a little over
5000. 600. IL aroused no discussion of
consequence. AlthouEA the committee
amendments reduction of the amounts
appropriated for farmcrs' baiictIns and
or the distribution cf seeds were dis
agreed 70. The rcsllution declaring
Nathan II. Scott 90 be entitled 60 his
sea; Is a Senator from West Virginia
was discussed by Mr.. McComas. OF Ma
ryland. but its Consideration Was not
concluded. The Alaskan civil govern
ment bill was under consideration for
an hour. but no progress was made.
At the conclusion 81 routine business
Mr.. Cullom presented the conference
report on the Hawaiian bin tie en-
planned that the principal changes
were the elimination Il TIE provisions
requiring the payment OF taxes before
registration to VOC. and imp .aonment
for debt for nonpaymeat Of tAKes.
One Hundred and FIN Day.-Al-
most the entire day was devoted 90
the consideration q the right II Ma
than B. Scott. Of West Virginia. 10 re-
faN l. a., a..
tus. Alabama, who alone ~ the mem
bers Of the committee on privileges
and elections - opposed 10 the claim
OF Mr.. Scott 10 a seat. made an elabor-
ate argument 60 sustain his views. Mr..
Morgan. Alabama. spoke In favor of
his colleagues contention. Mr.. McCo-
mas. Maryland. Mr.. Turlcy. Tennessee.
Mr.. Chandler. New Hampshire. Mr.
Teller. Colorado. and Mr.. Allen. Ne
braska. addressed the Senate in sup
port Of the resolution declaring Mr..
Scott entitled 10 his seat. The case
went over without action.
a resolution introduced 10y Mr. Per-
kins. California. calling on the Secre-
tary OF the Treasury 60 send Co the
Senate the imports by months and tho
rates Of duty under the reciprocal
agreement that went into effect Ia 1898,
was adopted
One Hundred and Sixth Day ne
Senate voted upon the resolution de-
claring Nathan II. Scott 10 be entitled
TO his seat I'm the Senate from wss.
Virginia. The number Of votes In the
negative was only 3. Mr.. Chandler
gave notice that he would call up the
case of Senator Clark. OF Montana. un
"Wednesday OF next week. bat mil
mated that he would not press con
sideration until the Senators cOul1
have time to reaa the testimony In the
case. Mr.. Money. Of Mississippi, by
unanimous consent. called up n blll 10
amend an act TO provide for the col
lection OF abandoned property and tho
prevention OF frauds in insuTrection-
airy districts within the United States.
One hundredlh and seventh day
The following bills were passed: For
the establishment. control. operation
and maintenance Cf the northern
branch 81 the National Home for Dis
abled Volunteer Soldiers at Hci
Springs I'm South Dakota. and appro.
priaiing $4,000 for the purpose.
Requiring that the dam ac.nols
Rainy Lake river. Minneso;a. be con-
menced within three years and com
| pleted within Eve years from May, &,
1898.
Appropriating $500 TO be paid cer-
tain persons for improvements relin-
qrished 70 the United States for TIE
use Ct Nez Pcrce Indians
To authorize Commander J. NJ MI.
Ter, United State Navy: Surgeon o. 70
Norton. United States Navy: and Ee-
win V. Morgan. formerly secretary oi
the Savoan commission and now sec
retary Of the legation OF the United
States at Seoul. COrea. TO accept pres
ents rendered them by the Emperor oi
Germany.