Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1899 — CONGRESS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CONGRESS

Chaimziaa Cammxwai of the Appropriations CVmuswilttee «ff the- House, in the course of the ®ewM*S <*cfeaiße «a the sundry eivil bail «m Thmrsstsy. swindled a note of varni#Wi agiinust extravagant appropriations, and pns'ftiiKafiily setndnj notice that neither the shiv *®bsidty bfikk nnr the Nicaragua vernal ham <cwtsW he |x*s»eii at this session. The swwusill ide&ate tnpwo the sundry eivil bill was ®®B vmacludedL Before it was take® Ep qicite- a ui-imbev of rtf nor biHs were pmsseid hy etas ui mo os consent. Thrwagbiwit its session the Senate had mawb-r vsnsjAderatiran: the legislative, -nawwaiw aswi jirodieiail appropriation bill. The fmnO-.imring- Wilts, were- t*a-ssedr Szcinagr the Siwwfix Chtty scad Oeraha Railway Owjwsmy to contstnoct and oferate a railway throHScgh s&f- Ousab&a ana Winnebago tvservaitSoiffi Bn Thmirstooi Coenty. Xeb., and ?«» rcss-fice t»> Shetr original status as J* '■ TScevs the- navy and matriine verpts who Botst ncuitMtiers by reason of the o-ff other officers for exa.n«t aaeiritiiisrions service during tine war with Spain. Danrimg the emtiiire q-petc session on Friday the Senate had under consideration the legsdatiiTe. exen-ntive ami judicial appaeiffaiasiwffi M3IIL little progress was made, the ifiimne largely beiag «wvupk-d with dehqte ana annnEwc- nwpccs-. A bill amending an a-ct #o> pewriide fw the reimbursement of Goiverawms; ksS States and territork-s for ‘KHPemsics. jwmirafd by theta in raising aud eqatpipigsg the volan'evr army tn the war with Spaiffi was repwarted b-y Mr. Warren (ffycu fSrwmii the Cocanitettee t>u Military Affairs. The fcißl uretst over to be printe<l. Mr. Alllle® «XeV) offered a jioiat resolution jwevwflEmg fw the siibcitssiou to the Legislatficres «#ff aa amwaxlateat to the constitutiena jwwialßißg for the- etection of United Staitvs Setters b-y dtrv-.-t vote of the people. The- ws>datieoc eras laid on the taMe. A special] Baessagac ft'-u®; tbe l*residwnt nrgirng en the Pacific cable was recme-l. tScssera! debate on the sunsflty civil aiypfflwgxriiatioa ftrtt was concluded a® the Ivoiois*-. The speakers during the day tvsw-hed! a variety of topics, but asi * raif the tfiebsste lacked spirit and iOie-i-cst.. Mr. IWhery of Missouri, who is at the head ®f the aauaioriTy ot the ApTWvqariatwari- OwstEffittee.. rv-enforved Mr. £swre« as t<r» the deficiency in the rej-enaes; Mr. De Arcnvnd @f Missouri, Mr. Giißiirttt of Massachnsetts and others dfecTßssed the pwEicy of expansion, amt Mr. Lvntx wff severely criticised the adsatlfmastratwiin for exeevistng clerucncy in the vase of Gen. Kagan.

After a gw*? deoil off debate- t» the Senate- cm Sataunday. the CesrisHatixe, executive a-r.d jtdkiall apfl'topmaibia titt was pasted, Jk &U to. saw-ad aw act entitled. “An act ff<» leisiibwKrse the- Gove-caucs. off, State* a»<B *ltarit«rieß ffw expenses incurred by tlbeffiß a® aids®* the United States to raise wad yargaaiae and soppily, and equip the ooltanteeraiuny off the United States in the exasrinas war with Spain”’ was passed. The Hknbsv passed several bridge bills Sod other nnneasnnvs off atinor importance At no tune dating the session of the Senate os Monday was a quorum present, a majority off the ntenabert being snowhpandat thgir horses. A sharp- debate over the laatiiiaiiiiowas consent agreement traded Saturday atftemwe® to Tote on the MeEwty twsudntie® was precipitated early in the session. The agrienttoral approigriatwa b«l!! was called up,, considered ara-i passed with ertly a few unimportant awcaadaw-sts. A bclE removing the disabilities -tiff certain persons engaged in the csvj war was passed. The raging blizzard eaased practicality a suspension of bmsiaess at the Hwsse. At Clerk McDowell coiled! tfce Hoo.se to order. There vw abniwt sixty meailiers on the tftwar. On Eaw'Cjk'B! ts.ff Mr. Gn-xivenor (-Rep.. O.r Mr. Payne off New Tort was elected Speaker ffflw less. oawd an outburst of aj >j>ia®se. I® exeemtive session the sundry e-srii haH was agrtin taken up. After haTomg eenspleted ffitfey-nine pages off the bain the eoaaaaittee sose. and the House ndjeanwfd. The UDBaunitnouis consent agreement reached hy the- Senate on Saturday to vote Tuesday affternwa on the- resolution of Mr. MeEnesy (Dem_ La.) deviating the pedae-y off this Government in the Philippines was not vacated. In accordance with that agreement the vote vras taken on the icsolotian. ami it was adopted—--36 t© 22. The Nicaragua canal bill was off-owd in the House as an amendment to the snndty civil appropriation bill by Mr. Hepburn off lowa, chairman off the committee that repotted it. and the leaders on the respective sides are engaged in a desperate straggle which involves the fate off the measure at: this session off Congress. The debate lasted two hours and was not concluded!. The IL-ss.se- oa Wednesday settled the fate off the Nicaragua canal bill in this Congress hy seffhsiag to override the devisee® off the chair, occupied by Mr. HopIkiTi*. in committee off the whole, when the chair held that the canal bill offered as an amendment by Mr. Hepbont was out off order. The reading off the sundry civil boil was coat Bn wd. The appropriation i for the viicep waterways commission was in creased from SMiMXMt to $90,000 on motion off the Appropriatsens Committee. After compiSeting tea addUtkmal pages off the ball the committee rose and the House adjourned. A bill extending the "cordial appsreciation" wff Congress to Miss Helen Miller (Mi ffwr her patriotic services during the recent war and providing that the President should present to her a gold medal was passed by the Senate. A bill was passed providing (or the admission to the naval academy as a cadet of Oscar W. Drignaa, one off the Memmae heroes. Senators CuUom. Sewell and Teller were named as conferees on the legislative aprpewpriation hiE.