Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1895 — NATIONAL SOLONS. [ARTICLE]

NATIONAL SOLONS.

REVIEW OF THEIR WQRK AT WASHINGTON. •»_ -X :J * { - Detailed Proceedings of Senate and House—Bills Passed or lutrodncediu Either Branch—Questions of Mo- . went to jhe Conntry at Lars:. — The Grind. The Senate into real business Tuesday. *’Natijfally|the rfesjdent’s mes*age attrUeted the iff ain attention of the day, but aside lrofii this there we¥e stirring resolutions on the Monroe doc-trine the usual deluge of bills and resolutions: - The message was given the closest attention. At its conclusion Mr. Lodge, of Massachusetts, offered a resolution, vigorous iu terms, reaffirming the principles of the Monroe doctrine and presenting them in such form as to permit their enactment as a permanent law rather than - an expression of the policy advocated by President Monroe. Lrr tlie same line was k resolution by Mr. Cullom, of Illinois, and another by Mr. Allen, of Nebraska. There were 272 bills and sixteen resoiutions introduced in the Senate alto--getlier, but a large majority of the bills were reprints of measures which failed to pass last session. Many of these, as also a large proportion of the new bills, were for private purposes. Tliero were also several for the modification of the. pension laws. Senators Peffer, Stewart, and Squire reintrodueed their bills of lasti session pertaining to silver coinage. Senator Pettigrew introduced a bill to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy and reintroduced liis bill of last session to prevent the extermination of t <e furbearing animals of Alaska. f tnator Vest reintroduced Ills Fill of last Session to prohibit monopoly in the, transportation of cattle to foreign countries, and alsohis hills for the compulsory education ,of Indinmehildron and the settlement of pri- . vate land claims. Senator Chandler reintroduced his bill for the exclusion of alien anarchists and also his bill lor the regulation of immigration. Senator Frye introduced a biff providing for the amendmont of the tariff laws, so as to admit free of duty all material used in tlie eon. stniction or equipment of vessels built in the United States. lie also presented several other bills for the encouragement of American shipping and American shipbuilding and general bills to amend tlie laws relating to navigation and .to prevent discrimination against American trade. Among the large nuinber»of biffs offered by Mr. Peffer (Pop., Kan.) were those limiting the President’s term to six years without re-election, ropealihg all v laws permitting the issuance of tibonds, the limitation of tlie power of injunction. Tlie _ Cuban situation received attention from both , the Florida Senators. 5 Tim Call resolution and the Monroe doctrifio will receive early attention. At ’the brief executive session the nominations of Mr. Gluey as Secretary of State and Mr. .Harmon os Attorney-General were confirmed, and that of Rufus W, Peckham to the Supremo bench referred t-> the Judiciary Committee. In the House a largo number of bills and joint resolutions were introduced, many of them measures that failed during the last session.. The session of the House was, how-' ever, brief and consumed almost entirely by the reading of the President’s mess** sage. This was listened to with fair attention, hut the features of the document rcW-ived no -signs either of approval or disapproval from the members until the conclusion of the reading, when several Democrats ere _ed a slijjlit detnonsr.%tion. When it was finished the* House immediately adjourned until Friday.

The Senate worked Wednesday, but most of the business transacted was of s routine character. Mr; Hoar offered a resolution denouncing the. recent atrocities in Turkey and assuring the executive brand? of the cordial indorsement by Congress of a vigorous course for tho protection of American citizen? in Turkey nnd the suppression of the bai'bnrb ties against Christianity. The first formal speech of the session was'made by Mr. Allen, of Nebraska, on, Cuba and'the Monroe doctrine. Mr. Allen urged the recognition of the. Cuban insurgents, tlfe annexation of Cuba and a strong foreign policy. The influx of bills continued. Among them was one increasing all pensions granted under the act of 1890.t0 $42. The session of, the Senate was brief Thursday. Its only feature beyond'the introduction of Dill by Mr. Chandler for the free coin agb of silver when England, France and Germany enact similar legislation, nnd a resolution by his colleague, Mr. (fatlinger, declaring it to be the sense of the Senate that it was unwise and inexpedient to retire tho greenbacks, was a short speech by Mr. Call in favor of 'the recognition of the Cuban revolutionists as belligerents.