Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1896 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

The House of Representatives have passed the Phillips bill, providing for a national industrial commission. "’the House of has passed tire river and harbor bill over the President's veto by the vote of 220 to 60. The report of the Committee was in the main a business-like defense of the bill. At 7 o’clock Tuesday night the long Struggle in the Senate over the bill to prohibit the issue of bonds came U> an end and the bill was passed by a vote of 32 to 25. The bill ns passed covers only four lines, as follows: “Be it enacted that the issuance of interest-bearing bonds of the United States for any purpose whatever without further authority of Congress is hereby prohibited.") The Senate Wednesday passed the river and harbor bill over, the President's veto by the vote of 56 to 5. This was the last step in making the bill effective and it is now a law. The vote was taken after three hours of spirited debate, during which the President was criticised and defended, the remarks at times l»eing directly and bitterly personal. The opposition to the veto was expressed by Senators Vest, Sherman, Pettigrew, Hawley and Butler, while the veto was defended by Senators Vilas, Hill and Bate. Senator Hawley, from the Committee on Military Affairs, has reported his bill for the reorganization of the militia. The bill is a recodification of the laws relating to the with such changes u are necessary to adapt them to exist-

ipg conditions. The b'lll provides for two clashes of militia, the organized and the unorganized, the to be knotvn as the-national guard, and the latter as the reserve militia. It appropriates <400,000 annually for the purchase of military stores and supplies to be issued to the militia of the various States. The bill also permits the use of United States forts by the militia, upon the application of the Governors of the States, as a campground and authorizes the use of the guns belonging to any fort for purposes of drill by any militia company. Washington dispatch: The voluntary statement put out by Senator Quay conceding the election of McKiniey on the first ballot has produced something of a sensation in political circles. His trip to Canton was a tacit admission'to the same effect, but a public “authorized” tabulation from him giving the Ohio candidate 479 votes on the first ballot “certain,” with' many known McKinley defecates not included in the figures, is regarded as peculiarly binding., The Senator's statement, taken in connection with the fact that he announces that his own name and the names of the other favorite sons would be put ip nomination and given complimentary votes is accepted as evidence that he is prepared to turn the solid Pennsylvania delegation over to McKinley at the proper moment, adding sixty-four to 479 previously conceded.