The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-05-10

On Saturday in the Senate Mr.. Petit
grew asked immediate consideration of
a resolution extending sympathy aid
hopes for success to the Beers in their
war with Great Britain. A motion to re-
fer the resolution to the committee on for
eign relations was carried by 81 TO IL.
Efforts to secure quorum failed. and the
resolution remains subject to call at any
time. resolution was adopted provid-
ing that the exercises appropriate to the
reception ard acceptance from the Grand
Army Of the Republic Of the statue OF
Gen. Ulysses s. Grant, to be erected in
the capitol, be made the special order for
Saturday, May 10, at 4 p m. The follow
ing bills were passed: For the establish
ment. control, operation and maintenance
of the northern branch Of the National
Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers,
at Hot Springs, in South Dakota, and
apprOpriating $15O,0OO for the purpose.
On Monday the Senate, by a vote of %
to ~, refused to consider the pro- Boer
resolution introduced by Mr.. Pettigrew
Agreed to the conference report on the
amendatOry Porto Rico resolution. Pass
ed bill apprOpriating $4,000 to enlarge
and improve the public building at Bur-
lington. Iowa. Agreed to the conference
report on the bill in behalf of northwest
ern lumbermen. authorizing the Secre-
tary OF War to make certain regulations
on the management of loose logs on sew
eral specified rivers. The House sent to
the committee on judiciary the joint res
olutiOn for a constitutional amendment to
disQualify pOlygamists for election as
SanafnrS foti
Of la to 26 passed the Lacey bill to
prohibit the transportation by Interstate
commerce Of game killed in violation of
local laws. Agreed to the conference
report on the Porto Rico amendatory
resolution. In committee of the whole
considered the Senate bill for the Gre
alton Of commission to study and re-
port upon the industrial conditions in
China and Japan. Struck out the enact
ing clause by vote of 5S to 81 after
amending it by reducing the number of
commissioners from FIVE to three, proyid-
ing that not more than two of these
shall be Of the same political party, and
that none shall be members of either
branch Of Congress. Motion to strike
out enacting clause was pending in omen
session when adjournment was voted.
Alaskan civil code bill passed the Sem
ate on Tuesday, amendments being with
drawn. Harris resolution passed con.
cerning conservation of the water of the
Arkansas river for the benefit of Colo
RADIO and Kansas. Tillman's resolution
concerning tests Of Krupp armor at In.
dian Head was agreed to. Consideration
Of army appropriation bill, carrying SlI4..
851 $50. was resumed. Lodges amend
ment fOrbidding establishment of tele
graph or cable lines in Alaska not owned
and operated wholly by citizens of the
United States was adopted. Rerry's
amendment giving preference to non-trust
bidders on army contracts was defeated.
IL to %. Stewards amendment. 'intend-
ed to prevent Cuban cable monopolv
was rejected. In the House the entire dav
was devoted to consideration of the Nic-
aragua canal bill.
The Senate on Wednesday passed hill
for the creation Of linked memorial marks
on the battlefelds of Fredericksburg
Charlottesville. the Wilderness and
Spottsylvania, in Virginia. Received no.
tice from Mr.. Hoar that OH Thursday he
would call up the Clark contest case for
consideration. Heard Mr.. Mason I'm SIM
port of his proposition to enact leghation
to prevent the adulteration of food De-
voted the rest of the day to debate on the
army appropriation bill, with the treat
ment Of American soldiers in the PhilIp-
pines as the chief subject. The House
by vote of 222J to 3J passed bill pro-
wiling for the construction of protected
but not fortified Nicaragua canal.
On Thursday the Senate adopted the
motion of Mr.. HOar to take up the reso-
luton of the committee on elections do
claring that Mr.. Clark of Montana was
not duly elected to the Senate and then
postponed consideration of the question
for n week. The army appropriation
bill, after rather spirited debate, was
passed without. division. The day closed
with the passage OF number of private
pension bills. including bills to pension
Mrs. Julia MacV. Henry, widow Of the
late Gen. Guy V. Henry; Gen. James
I.ongstreet. Mrs. Margaret VI. Badger.
widow of the late Commodore Badger.
and Mrs. Harriet Gridley. widow of the
late Captain Gridlcy of the navy. The
House passed the Nee Home" bill with
out division. The remainder of the day
was devoted to the sundry civil appropria-
ton bill. the last but one of the great
supply bills.
The Senate on Friday passed the army
bill. which practically rev.
olutiOnizes the present staff arrangements
Of the army. The bill provides for an in
crease in several branches of the service.
The fortifcations appropriation bill. car
rying $i.133.62S. an increase of Sj4O. 40
over the House measure was also passed.
In the House seventy-three of the 132
pages Of the sundry civil appropriation
bill were completed. Members of the
naval committee made efforts to cripple
The coast and geOdetic survey in retalia-
ton for the refusal of the House to place
the survey Of waters of our insrllar pos
sessions in the hands of our navy. A
message from President Mckinley Veto
ing the bill authorizing the adjustment Of
settlers on the Navajo Indian reservation
was laid before the House An order
was made giving the day following the
disposition Of the sundry civil bill to the
on claims.
Odds and Ends.